Staff Members Learn Secrets to
Success at UCSD’s First Women’s Conference
Define your career goals. Overcome your fears and seek out mentors. Find and maintain balance in your life. Build and protect your reputation. These were some of the pieces of advice that veteran UC San Diego employees gave to more than 400 staff members during the campus’ first Women’s Conference Wednesday at the Price East Center Ballroom. More

Termite Killer Lingers as a Potent Greenhouse Gas
Sulfuryl fluoride, a gas commonly used to rid buildings of termites and other pests, is a greenhouse gas that remains in the atmosphere about 36 years, six to 10 times longer than previously thought, according to a research team led by Jens Mühle, an atmospheric chemist at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. More

Campus Celebrates National Women's
History Month with Hall of Fame Ceremony
The Women’s Center will host the eighth annual induction ceremony for the San Diego County Women’s Hall of Fame March 28 in the Price Center Ballroom. The ceremony highlights National Women’s History Month celebrated each March. More

Medical Center Announces Trauma
Research and Prevention Program
Six minutes from now, someone in the United States will die from trauma. Another victim will be permanently disabled. Unintentional injury kills more people between the ages of one and 44 than any other disease or illness. Physician-researchers at the Medical Center are leading the effort to stop the spread of the disease known as ‘trauma.’ More

Alumni Gather in Sacramento for Annual “UC Day”
The annual “UC Day” brought alumni, students and friends from all 10 UC campuses to the state Capitol to share the story of UC’s contributions with the state’s elected officials. More

MFA Studios Open April 4
Fifty candidates for the Master of Fine Arts degree will open their UC San Diego studios and invite the public to engage with their creative processes on April 4. During the daylong event, which also features symposia, performances and film screenings, visitors will be granted a rare glimpse into artists’ working spaces with the artists themselves onsite to discuss their practices. More

Engineering Students Launch
Cockroaches and Cameras Into Space
A group of cockroaches recently took a ride on a high-altitude balloon launched into space by UCSD freshmen aerospace engineering students The cockroaches were put in a variety of capsules to see how they would survive in different extreme environments, including cold temperatures (-40 degrees F), minimal atmosphere and high solar radiation. The high-altitude balloon experiment came off without a hitch—all the cockroaches survived. More

Dean of Arts and Humanities Wins
National Award for Book on Children’s Literature
Seth Lerer, dean of Arts and Humanities, has won the National Book Critics Circle award for criticism for his work, “Children’s Literature: A Reader’s History from Aesop to Harry Potter.” The honor was bestowed at a ceremony Thursday in New York City. More

Former Engineering Dean Named
President of Kavli Foundation
Robert W. Conn, a former dean of UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering, will become the new president of the Kavli Foundation—only the second president since the foundation was established in 2000. Conn will begin serving as president in late April of this year. More

Bioengineering Professor
Trey Ideker Wins 2009 Overton Prize
UC San Diego bioengineering professor Trey Ideker—a network and systems biology pioneer—has won the International Society for Computational Biology’s Overton Prize. The Overton prize is awarded each year to an early-to-mid-career scientist who has already made a significant contribution to the field of computational biology. More