UCSD Experts Analyze Nation’s Financial
Crisis, Assess Prospects for U.S. Economy
It’s not clear whether the $700 billion government bailout of the financial industry will solve the economic crisis the country faces, but five UC San Diego economists and finance scholars said they hoped the economy will improve after several quarters of recession. They spoke on the U.S. financial crisis before overflow crowds Friday night at the Institute of the Americas on campus. More

Four Home-Schooled Siblings Together Again at UCSD
Kim Nguyen is used to going to school with her siblings—all five of them—but not in a regular classroom. The Nguyen brothers and sisters were all home schooled for many years. Now, Kim and three of her siblings are back together again, this time on the same campus at UC San Diego. More

Chancellor’s Challenge 5K to Reach $2 Million Milestone for Undergraduate Scholarships
UC San Diego students have two million reasons to thank alumni, faculty, staff, friends—and even their fellow students. On Oct. 17,  the Chancellor’s Challenge 5K Run/Walk for Scholars will surpass the cumulative $2 million fundraising mark since the event’s founding in 1996 to address the need for more undergraduate scholarships. More

Free Software Helps You
Track Your Laptop If Stolen or Lost
Researchers at the University of Washington and UC San Diego have created a laptop theft-protection tool that will help you locate your lost or stolen laptop while at the same time ensuring that no third party can use the system to monitor your whereabouts. More

First Detection of Magnetic Field
in Distant Galaxy Produces a Surprise
Using a powerful radio telescope to peer into the early universe, a team of California astronomers has obtained the first direct measurement of a nascent galaxy’s magnetic field as it appeared 6.5 billion years ago. More

Eleanor Roosevelt College to Mark 20th Anniversary
In the fall of 1988, the first class of 390 students launched UCSD's “Fifth College” as the newest in its expanding constellation of undergraduate colleges. More

Oral Vitamin D May Help Prevent Some Skin Infections
A study led by researchers at the School of Medicine suggests that use of oral Vitamin D supplements bolsters production of a protective chemical normally found in the skin, and may help prevent skin infections that are a common result of atopic dermatitis, the most common form of eczema. More

NSF Awards $12 Million to Science of Learning
Center to Study Role of Time and Timing in Learning
The Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center, founded at UC San Diego in 2006 as one of six National Science Foundation Science of Learning Centers, has been awarded an additional $12 million for the next three years to expand its work studying the role of time and timing in learning. More

What's New: People
What’s new this academic year? This Week @ UCSD has been looking at all the changes taking place on campus. Here is a short list of new appointments, transfers and promotions announced since the beginning of this year for key administrative and academic positions. More

Wireless Pioneer
Andrew Viterbi Wins National Medal of Science
Wireless pioneer and UC San Diego professor emeritus Andrew Viterbi has been awarded a National Medal of Science, in part for work that would become known as the Viterbi algorithm. This algorithm is used in virtually every cell phone today where it performs interference suppression and efficient decoding of digital transmission sequences. More

Researchers Receive $1.14 Million for Breast Cancer Research from Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Four cancer researchers at the Moores Cancer Center have received a total of $1.14 million from Susan G. Komen for the Cure® to study the nature, development and spread of breast cancer. These are the organization’s only research and training awards given to scientists in San Diego for 2008. More