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Students Encouraged to Find
Their Passion at Campus Convocation
Event Kicks Off More Than 100 Welcome Week Activities
After graduating from UCSD in 2006, Kate Pillon headed to South Central Los Angeles to teach fifth grade. She saw many of her pupils struggle. Then, she saw them flourish. Sunday, Pillon was back on campus to talk about her experiences to about 1,000 freshmen and new transfer students during UCSD’s second campuswide convocation, held on the Sun God lawn. During the 45-minute event, Chancellor Marye Anne Fox, Pillon, Associated Students President Marco Murillo and top administrators and faculty tried to give students a road map to finding that passion and helping it flourish. More  |
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Learning Center in Southeast San Diego
Housing Project Joins the Information Age
Under New Campus Partnership
 In Southeast San Diego, the “digital divide” separating the haves and the have-nots in computer literacy just narrowed a bit hanks to a new partnership with UC San Diego and the San Diego Supercomputer Center.
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Kumeyaay Bonds and American Indian Education
to be Explored During Campus Native American Day
Cultural, social, and ceremonial bonds between the San Diego and Baja Kumeyaay Native Americans, the American Indian and education, and the accomplishments and direction of these indigenous peoples will be explored during the 2007 California Native American Day Celebration at UC San Diego. Events will run Sept. 28 through Nov. 6. More |
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Medical Center Performs Southwest’s First
“Natural Orifice” Surgery that Virtual Eliminates Scarring
Surgeons at the UCSD Medical Center have performed the first clinical trial surgery in the Southwest to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of performing abdominal procedures through the body’s natural openings, virtually eliminating scarring. More |
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Goals in Action Program Reports Promising
Results in Helping Academically At-risk Undergraduates
 What can colleges and universities do to help their low-performing students set and attain higher academic goals while transitioning successfully to campus life? More |
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Surf Contest and Luau Raises More than
$600,000 to Support Research at Cancer Center
 A record-breaking 700 guests—including surfing legends, scientists, doctors, business leaders and cancer survivors—gathered on August 19 for UC San Diego’s annual Luau and Longboard Invitational. The event raisded more than $600,000 for the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center. More
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Birch Aquarium at Scripps
Marks 15 Years on Expedition Way
Divers unveil a banner inside the 70,000-gallon kelp tank at the Birch Aquarium at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The aquarium celebrated its 15-year anniversary at the currrent location on Expedition Way on Sept. 15.
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Longtime UC San Diego Dean and Academic Leader Appointed Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
 Paul W. Drake, dean of the Division of Social Sciences for the past 12 years and a member of the faculty since 1984, has been appointed as UCSD's new Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Drake’s appointment, effective Oct. 1, was approved by the UC Regents at their Sept. 20 board meeting. Drake succeeds Marsha Chandler, who stepped down from the senior vice chancellor position in June 2007. More
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Nationally Recognized Educator Named
New Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Dr. Penny Rue, a creative educator and champion of students, has been appointed as UCSD's Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. The UC Board of Regents approved Rue’s appointment, effective Sept. 10. Rue comes from the University of Virginia, where she has served as dean of students since 1999. More
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Scripps Research Institute Biologist
Named UCSD Dean of Biological Sciences
 Steve A. Kay, a pioneer in the biology of circadian rhythms at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, has been named dean of the Division of Biological Sciences at UC San Diego. He assumed his new administrative position Sept. 17, replacing Suresh Subramani, a professor of biological sciences who served as interim dean during the past year, and Eduardo Macagno, who was the founding dean of the division from 2001 to 2006. More
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UCSD Researcher Awarded
One of First-Ever NIH New Innovator Awards
 Jing Yang, Ph.D., an assistant professor of pharmacology and pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, has been awarded a “New Innovator Award” by the NIH for her work to develop new approaches to studying how cancer cells metastasize to distant organs.More
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Get Your Workout In
 RIMAC gym's fall hours start Sept. 23, with a new 5:30 a.m. opening time on weekdays. Get a Rec card — and get in shape!
Full Shuttle
Fleet Returns
 Academic-year shuttles, including Campus Loop, Cityshuttle and East Parking, resume service Sept. 24. Several shuttles also have new schedules or stops for Fall Quarter.
Upcoming
Staff Education and Development Courses
Introduction to Microsoft
PowerPoint 2003
9/26/07 and 9/28/07
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Advanced Microsoft
PowerPoint 2003
10/2/07 and 10/4/07
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
FacilitiesLink 101
9/28/07
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
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The Politics of Difference in Medical Research
By Steven Epstein
As a society, we have learned to value diversity. But can some strategies to achieve diversity mask deeper problems, ones that might require a different approach and different solutions? With "Inclusion," Steven Epstein argues that in the field of medical research, the answer is an emphatic yes.
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Benefits, safety and child care were the focus of the first town
hall meeting held by Chancellor Marye Anne Fox this academic year. Nearly 150 staff members gathered Sept. 17 at Eleanor Roosevelt College’s Great Hall to listen to Fox and ask questions.
The chancellor thanked them for their work.
