Chancellor Engages Faculty in Dialogue
About Diversity, Salaries at Town Hall
Diversity, budget cuts and salaries were top topics at a town hall meeting Chancellor Marye Anne Fox held with faculty Tuesday. About 50 faculty and top administrators turned out for the event at the Faculty Club.
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Potential Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Target Identified
In findings with the potential to provide a therapy for Alzheimer’s disease patients where none now exist, a researcher at the UC San Diego and colleagues have demonstrated in mice a way to reduce the overproduction of a peptide associated with the disease.  The study, which showed substantial improvement in memory in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease, was led by UCSD Professor Vivian Y. H. Hook. More

Health Problems in Persian Gulf War
Veterans Higher Due to Chemical Exposure
A study by researchers at the School of Medicine shows there is increasing evidence that high rates of illness in Persian Gulf War Veterans can be explained, in part, by exposure to certain chemicals, including pesticides and nerve agents. Veterans from the 1990-91 conflict have a higher rate of chronic, multi-symptom health problems than either non-deployed personnel or those deployed elsewhere. More

New UC Analysis Shows Alarming Increase in
Expected Growth of China's Carbon Dioxide Emissions
The growth in China's carbon dioxide emissions is far outpacing previous estimates, making the goal of stabilizing atmospheric greenhouse gases much more difficult, according to a new analysis by economists at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego.
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Key Protein in Cell's "Self-Eating" Function Identified
Molecular biologists at the UC San Diego have found one piece of the complex puzzle of autophagy, the process of “self-eating” performed by all eukaryotic cells — cells with a nucleus — to keep themselves healthy. More

UC San Diego Delegation
Advocates for University in State Capitol
Chancellor Marye Anne Fox and a delegation of UC San Diego alumni, staff and students met with state lawmakers in Sacramento on March 4 to advocate on behalf of the university as part of UC Day.
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Going the Distance: This Spring UC San Diego
Students Break from College Parties to Volunteer
A lot of college students travel to exotic destinations to party during their spring break. In contrast, a number of students at UC San Diego will spend their spring vacations providing humanitarian services to developing countries through the Alternative Breaks program from March 22 to 30. More

Dedicated Volunteer Has Tiniest Babies
Covered at UC San Diego Medical Center
“I’ve crocheted 664 baby blankets since 1993,” said Joan Graves, 71, a volunteer and retired UC San Diego Medical Center nurse. “I don’t consider it work. The time spent is instant gratification. Each blanket is a joy to create for these fragile infants.” More

Top UC San Diego Academic Chosen to
Lead University of California’s Academic Senate
Dr. Henry C. Powell, a professor of pathology and immediate past chair of the Academic Senate at UC San Diego, has been chosen for a leadership role on the University of California’s Academic Council and Academic Senate in Oakland. His two-year tenure, first as vice chair, and then chair, begins Sept. 1 and lasts through 2010. More

Pioneer in Marine Chemistry
and Ocean Pollution Research Dies
Edward D. Goldberg, a world-renowned marine chemist who spent more than half a century at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, died March 7 at his home in Olivenhain, Calif., after a prolonged illness. He was 86 years old. Goldberg had been affiliated with Scripps since 1949 and focused his long career on marine science as well as complex environmental problems facing the world. More