Faculty and Staff Honored
for Role as Diversity Champions
One taught more than 400 low-income, minority students how to work in a laboratory. Another helped students learn about global warming and become familiar with research work at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Many others allowed UCSD to reach out to the underserved through mentoring, outreach and research. All were recognized during UCSD’s 13th annual Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action and Diversity Awards Thursday at the Price Center Ballroom. More

New Approach May Render
Disease-Causing Staph Harmless
A multi-institution collaboration between U.S. and Taiwanese scientists, including researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine and the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has uncovered a completely new treatment strategy for serious Staphylococcus aureus ("Staph") infections. The research, published Feb. 14 in the online version of the journal Science, comes at a time when strains of antibiotic-resistant Staph, known as MRSA, are spreading in epidemic proportions in both hospital and community settings. More

Research Team Identifies
Novel Anti-Cancer Drug from the Sea
A potent new anti-cancer drug isolated from a toxic blue-green algae found in the South Pacific has been identified by a collaborative team of researchers spearheaded by Dr. Dennis Carson, director of the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center. More

Gene Therapy Protocol Activates
Immune System in Patients with Leukemia
A research team at the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center reports that patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who were treated with a gene therapy protocol began making antibodies that reacted against their own leukemia cells. More

UCSD to Offer Nation's First Concurrent
Oceanography Doctoral and MBA Degree
UC San Diego will begin offering a concurrent oceanography doctoral and MBA degree program this year. This is the first concurrent degree program in the country to combine a doctorate in oceanography and an MBA. More

Flying Tomatoes and a Golden Calculator:
It Must be National Engineers Week at UCSD
Today, while you’re walking around Warren Mall, you may be wondering why tomatoes wrapped in insulation and tape are falling from a giant balloon floating in the sky. “And what’s with the mobs of laughing people and the huge golden calculator trophy?” you might find yourself asking. The answer is simple: you’ve just happened on E-Games, held to kick off Engineers Week at UCSD. More

Correcting Poor Vision
Can Help a Preschooler's Performance
Preschoolers with poor vision have lower scores in developmental testing indicative of success in school performance, but those scores improve significantly within six weeks when the children are given prescription glasses, according to a new study by researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine. More

Want to Get Fit? Walk UCSD Luring
New Members By Offering Team Competitions
Want to spend more time with friends and exercise? UCSD’s recreation department has a program for you. Just form a team and sign up on the Walk UCSD Web site and you will be eligible to win rewards while getting fitter. More

Kiss Away Cancer and Help Spread Awareness
Students from UCSD's Colleges Against Cancer sold Valentine grams Feb. 13 on Library Walk to fundraise and promote cancer awareness. Their catch phrase was "Kiss Away Cancer because nothing says 'I love you' more than preventing cancer."

Molina Among Those Asked to Identify
21st Century’s Grand Challenges for Engineering
UCSD Nobel-Prizewinning chemist Mario Molina was one of 18 members of a National Academy of Engineering committee that undertook a yearlong project to identify the 21st Century’s Grand Challenges for Engineering. The committee’s findings, which were reviewed by more than 60 experts, were released Friday in Boston at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Click here to view findings.

Hard Disk Pioneer Elected to
National Academy of Engineering
Paul Siegel, a professor of engineering who is a leading authority on coding for hard disk magnetic recording systems, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for the invention and development of advanced coding techniques for digital recording systems. More