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UCSD Scientists Get Piece of Nobel
Peace Prize for Work on Global Warming
A group of UCSD scientists saw their work recognized internationally Friday when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and former Vice President Al Gore received a Nobel Peace Prize for their fight against global warming.
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Medical Center Participates in $21 Million
Program to Preserve Fertility in Women with Cancer
 The UCSD Medical Center, in collaboration with four leading academic medical centers, will share a $21 million National Institutes of Health grant for a landmark national research, clinical and education program to preserve the fertility of women being treated for cancer.
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Saving Baby Jonah
Campus Community Reaches Out to Support Infant Son
of UCSD Pediatrician in Need of Bone Marrow Transplant 
Jonah Chuang is barely two months old, but he already needs a bone marrow transplant. The infant son of a UCSD pediatrician suffers from a rare genetic disorder that causes his immune system to attack his organs and blood cells. More |
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Campus Community to Rally in Support of Students at Chancellor's Challenge 5K Run/Walk for Scholars
 “On your mark. Get set. Go!” In what is now a twelve-year tradition, UC San Diego students, staff, faculty, alumni and friends will again hear these words as they join forces to raise funds for undergraduate scholarships as part of the 12th Annual Chancellor’s Challenge 5K Run/Walk for Scholars on October 26. More |
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Scripps Announces Expansion
of Undergraduate Courses Offerings
New Minor in Marine Sciences Launched
 An established leader in earth science graduate education for more than a century, Scripps Institution of Oceanography has expanded its official curriculum to include major and minor courses for undergraduate students, in addition to its long tradition in graduate education. More |
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UCSD Graduate Motivates Others to Give to Scholarships
Physician Tony Jackson Helps Generate
Scholarship Support for Underrepresented Students
 With the rising cost of higher education and increased competition for scholarships, a growing number of college students will have to work to help pay their way through school. In fact, currently one third of UC San Diego students pay all of their costs out-of-pocket, according to a recent article in the San Diego Union-Tribune. More |
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Medical Center to Participate
in $37 Million National Study
of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
 The Clinical Trials Center at the UCSD Medical Center is one of 16 clinical study centers nationwide selected to participate in the most comprehensive study of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ever undertaken. COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.
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UCSD Physicians Breathe Life
Into Cutting-Edge Stem Cell Procedure
 Patients living with Myasthenia Gravis may breathe easier thanks to a rare bone marrow transplant procedure performed at The Bone Marrow Transplant Program at the UCSD Medical Center, the only program in the western United States that has attempted this procedure. More |
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Which Came First,
the Chicken Genome or the Egg Genome?
 Which came first, the chicken genome or the egg genome? Researchers have answered a similarly vexing (and far more relevant) genomic question: Which of the thousands of long stretches of repeated DNA in the human genome came first? And which are the duplicates? More |
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What's New: Campus Construction
 What’s new this academic year? This Week@UCSD has been looking at all the changes taking place on campus in 2007-08. Here is a look at many of the new buildings that have already made their appearance on campus or will be popping up within the next 12 months. We also include a brief preview of some projects under construction for the 2008-09 academic year. More |
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This Week in Pictures
 Students hunted for that dream job and learned more about how to handle stress. Friday, they just plain rocked. Meanwhile, staff members learned all about soups and stews. It's been another busy week on the UCSD campus and we've got snapshots to prove it. Click to see more of This Week in Pictures. More |
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Campus Lecture by Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Sold Out; Live Webcast and TV Broadcasts Available
 The campus lecture by 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, at 2 p.m., Oct. 21 is sold out. Due to the enormous interest, Calit2, in partnership with UCSD-TV, will provide a live Webcast and seven recorded broadcasts in November of the event. More |
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U.S. and Belgian Physicists Share Award
for International Collaborative Research
 For more than 25 years and across the 9,000 miles separating their home institutions, UCSD physicist Ivan Schuller has worked closely with Belgian physicist Yvan Bruynseraede on more than 75 joint papers. For their enduring partnership and contributions to understanding nanostructures, the scientists are now the recipients of the 2007 Sômiya Award for International Collaboration in Materials Research. More |
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It certainly was ambitious. The university’s fundraising consultants said it couldn’t be done. But seven years after its start, UC San Diego reached its $1 billion campaign fundraising goal and, in fact, exceeded it by $30 million. 
