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A Legacy Takes Root
Alumni Brothers Cultivate Family
Business in Vineyards of Paso Robles
In the past four decades, Daniel and Georges Daou have lived in three different countries on three different continents. It’s perhaps not surprising then that the two UCSD alumni are attracted to the notion of terroir, a French word that roughly translates to a sense of place and has come to mean a wine’s character. This interest now has taken the Daou brothers to the wine region of Paso Robles, where they are planting vines and building a winery. More  |
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Tsien Among Nobel Laureates to Visit White House
 Roger Tsien, a UCSD professor of pharmacology, chemistry and biochemistry, was among three of this year's American Nobel Prize winners to accept the invitation by the Swedish ambassador to the United States to visit Washington, D.C. Wednesday. Tsien, along with Paul Krugman, winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics, and Martin Chalfie, co-recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, took part in a panel discussion that was held before a large audience at the Alfred Nobel Hall. More
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Turkey Calls Just One of Many Thanksgiving
Sounds Filling Corridors of Geisel Library
 It’s not often that patrons at the Geisel Library hear the sound of turkeys calling—or eggs frying, or a cow being milked for that matter. Yet, these are exactly the sounds that could be overheard Wednesday in the building’s Arts Library. And, no, patrons weren’t suffering from a collective case of Thanksgiving fever. They were just taking part in the library’s special pre-Thanksgiving performance. More
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Researchers Identify Potential
New Drug Target for Chronic Leukemia
 Researchers have discovered what could be a novel drug target for an often difficult-to-treat form of leukemia. The UCSD investigators have identified a unique “signature” or pattern of a specific family of enzymes in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, the most common form of adult leukemia. More |
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Scripps Oceanography Awarded
$12 Million to Build New Research
Building to Study Fragile Marine Ecosystems
 UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been awarded $12 million to construct a new laboratory building on the Scripps campus for research on marine ecosystem forecasting. This new building will become a resource for marine ecological research at Scripps and for other national and international ocean science organizations that address the management of marine resources. More
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Student to Spend 365 Hours Immersed
in "Second Life" Virtual World as Part of Research Project
 In an age when biotechnology has made it possible to alter the fundamentals of our food supply, our energy sources and even our genetic makeup, one graduate student at UC San Diego, is pushing the limits of what it means to be human by exploring the intersections of biotechnology, art and virtual-reality in an immersive, durational performance titled "Becoming Dragon." To fulfill the final project requirement for her master's degree in visual arts, graduate student Micha Cardenas will spend 365 consecutive hours immersed in "Second Life", an online, 3-D virtual world where users create avatars and interact with one another. More |
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Student Gives Voice to
New Generation of Green Builders
 As an international studies major, Erika Kociolek didn’t expect to give a presentation at one of the biggest green building conferences in the world. After years of working on several sustainability projects, the UC San Diego senior was invited to serve as a student speaker at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo. More |
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Think UC San Diego has one of the coolest sustainability programs around? Now there’s a way to let everyone know. The campus is talking part in the nationwide Chill Out competition organized by the National Wildlife Federation. Voting is easy: just watch UCSD’s video and other contest submissions and vote for the strongest entry. 
The holidays are coming, but the economy is shrinking and everyone’s budgets get a little tighter. Stores on the UCSD campus will be offering a wide array of sales within the next two weeks for shoppers.
