California Climate Change Experts
to Discuss Key Findings at Science Summit
California’s leading experts on the potential effects of climate change on the state will gather at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography today to discuss recently released findings and gather feedback from the public. More

UC San Diego Video Wins National
Wildlife Federation ‘Chill-Out’ Contest
UC San Diego has been recognized in the National Wildlife Federation’s annual Chill-Out awards for a video that highlights a wide array of sustainability efforts on the campus. UCSD and seven other U.S. colleges and universities received Chill-Out awards for implementing outstanding green initiatives and programs and offering creative solutions to global warming on their campuses. More

Students Compete in ‘Battle of the Brains’ in Stockholm
Three UC San Diego engineering students will join the next generation of elite problem solvers to compete in the IBM-sponsored “Battle of the Brains” World Finals contest in Stockholm, Sweden. More

Campus Trees Pay Big Eco-Dividends
How much can trees reduce an institution's carbon footprint and save in cooling and other costs? The total effect of UC San Diego's 200,000 trees was a reduction of nearly 10,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year, or 5 percent of its annual emissions. The total annual savings attributed to the trees were $2.2 million. More

Nature Matters Lecture:
Climate Change and Southern California Ecosystems
Climate change will disturb ecosystems found here and in rest of California, posing a challenge for managers and policy-makers. On April 30, Elsa Cleland will describe what we know about the coming changes, how plant communities are likely to respond, and what we still need to find out in order to protect important natural habitats. More

Obama’s Education Promises to Be
Examined at UCSD Economics Roundtable
One of the nation’s leading authorities on the economics of education, and on the performance of students in public schools, will address promises from the Obama administration when Julian Betts, professor of economics at UC San Diego, speaks to the UCSD Economics Roundtable April 29. More

Former UC President Richard Atkinson Reflects on Standardized Testing, Grades Controversy
Although more than three million high school seniors take standardized college admissions tests such as the SAT, “it is well known by educational researchers that high-school grades are the best indicator of student readiness for college,” according to Richard C. Atkinson in a speech last week at the American Educational Research Association’s meeting in San Diego. More

San Diego Charger, Best-Selling Author Among Honorees at Fiesta de las Estrellas
What do a San Diego Charger and a bestselling author have in common with a police chief and two education advocates? They will all be honored for their outstanding community leadership Thursday at UC San Diego’s 2009 Fiesta de las Estrellas celebration to benefit undergraduate scholarships. More

Pharmacy Students Provide
Screenings at Start Walking Event
UCSD School of Pharmacy students got a chance to meet San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders and Councilwoman Sherri Lightner at a National Start Walking Day event hosted by the American Heart Association. The students, led by Jennifer Lai, provided blood pressure and diabetes screenings, answered health-related questions, and provided health education and referral information.

San Diego Holocaust Survivors to Share Stories at Holocaust Living History Workshop Series
Five local Holocaust survivors will recount their personal experiences during the Holocaust in Nazi Germany in “Discovering History: Holocaust Survivors in San Diego,” a series of presentations being held by UC San Diego’s Holocaust Living History Workshop, a joint effort of the UCSD Judaic Studies Program and the UCSD Libraries. More