Campus to Celebrate the 200^th
Birthdays of Darwin and Lincoln
Feb. 12 marks 200 years since the births of two men whose ideas and actions helped to shape the modern world: Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. A series of events at UC San Diego this anniversary year will reflect on both men’s roles in the history of ideas and celebrate their achievements. More

Employees Savor Holiday Spirit at Pancake Breakfast
Take more than 600 UC San Diego staff members. Sprinkle in top campus administrators. Add 1,500 lbs. of eggs, untold amounts of pancakes, sausages and fruit and you've got the recipe for one fun get together—this year's Staff Association Holiday Pancake Breakfast at the Price Center Ballroom. Click here to view a slideshow of the event. More

Clinical Trial at Medical CenterTests
Treatment for Heart Failure with Adult Stem Cells
The UC San Diego Medical Center is the first hospital in California to enroll patients in a multi-center clinical trial to examine the safety and feasibility of administering adult stems cells to treat congestive heart failure. More

Cancer Disparities Are Target of $15 Million
Grant to UC San Diego, San Diego State University
San Diego State University and the Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego are joining forces to help explain and eliminate cancer disparities. The five-year combined $15 million grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health will fund research, education and community outreach programs in the San Diego region with the goal of reducing differences in cancer incidence and deaths in the population. More

A Diet High in Vegetables, Fruit and Fiber May
Cut Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence in Some Women
A secondary analysis of a large, multicenter clinical trial has shown that a diet loaded with fruits, vegetables and fiber and somewhat lower in fat compared to standard federal dietary recommendations cuts the risk of recurrence in a subgroup of early-stage breast cancer survivors—women who didn’t have hot flashes—by approximately 31 percent. More

UC San Diego and Genentech Scientists Develop Potentially Disruptive Antibody Sequencing Technology
Bioinformatics researchers at the UC San Diego and Genentech have developed a new, quicker way to sequence monoclonal antibodies—a process that is many times faster than the sequencing technology typically used by academic and industry researchers today. More

Rady School of Management
to Offer New Doctoral Program
The Rady School of Management at UC San Diego announced the launch of a doctoral program in management, to begin in fall 2009. The Rady School’s doctoral program will combine faculty expertise, intimate size and rigorous interdisciplinary training for highly qualified doctoral candidates. More

Take a Seat, or Two:
UC San Diego Has the Ideal Gift for Arts Lovers
If you’re wondering what to give the arts lovers in your life this holiday season, the department of music has the answer. For a limited time, the department is offering the opportunity to honor or remember friends and family with a gift that will last a lifetime. More

Five UC San Diego Faculty Named AAAS Fellows
Five faculty members have been awarded the distinction of “fellow” by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science. More

New Associate Vice Chancellor
for University Development Named
Julianne Larsen has been named associate vice chancellor for University Development, effective immediately, and will serve as a core member of the senior management team for Vice Chancellor for External Relations Debra Neuman. More

New Chair of Cellular and Molecular Medicine Named
Don Cleveland, professor of medicine, neurosciences, and cellular and molecular medicine, and head of the Laboratory of Cell Biology at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, has been appointed chair of the department of cellular and molecular medicine at the School of Medicine.
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