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New Students Urged to Become Part
of
the Solution at Welcome Week Convocation
Internet pioneer Larry Smarr challenged the next generation of UC San Diego students to help solve the big challenges facing humanity, including global climate change. Smarr, director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), delivered the keynote speech to thousands of students at the fourth annual Welcome Week Convocation and Dinner Tuesday night. A record number 4,200 new freshmen and transfer students gathered together on RIMAC field to mark their formal entrance into the UC San Diego community.
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New Blink 2.0 Launched to Enhance
Campus Productivity in Tight Budget Climate
 The Internet has grown by leaps and bounds since Blink, UC San Diego’s intranet for faculty and staff, was launched in 2000. A redesign with major enhancements was long overdue for the 9-year-old Web portal, which is used by more than 100,000 people each month. More
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Dispatches From the Field – September Update
 One concludes his investigation of archeology, memory and war crimes in Spain. Another poses with a fluffy panda and contrasts hectic Hong Kong with
enchanting India. Yet another recalls her final encounters with Japanese culture, including a tour of a sacred shrine, sausage making in the countryside
and karaoke singing on a bus. A new academic year is beginning and UCSD students who studied abroad this summer are reflecting on their experiences and favorite memories. Here are their last Dispatches from the Field. More
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Energy Technology Coalition
Formed to Develop San Diego ‘Smart Grid’
 With smart grid pioneers from around the world convening on campus this month, San Diego Gas & Electric, UC San Diego and CleanTECH San Diego announced the formation of a coalition of 25 local, national and global organizations to transform the San Diego region’s electrical grid into a digital smart grid. More
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Sailing on the Plastic Seas
Students Travel to Great North Pacific Garbage Patch in Search of Trash
 When a group of graduate students at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography put together a trip to an area known as the Great North Pacific Garbage Patch this summer, they wondered what they would do if they didn’t find any garbage. They spent a fair amount of time coming up with contingency plans, just in case they came up empty-handed. They needn’t have worried. More
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UC San Diego Alumni Host
Annual Summer Send-Off Picnics
 The UCSD Alumni Association welcomed incoming students and their families at the annual Summer Send-Off Picnics that took place the weekend of Sept. 12-13. In its 20th year, the picnics bring together alumni and students to welcome the newest members of the university community and provide insights on life and studies at UC San Diego. The family-style, pot-luck picnics are organized by alumni chapter volunteers. More
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RIMAC Opens New Addition
 Add another green structure to the campus’ ever-growing list. The Sports Facilities department welcomed students to its just-completed RIMAC Annex on the first day of the quarter, touting the many green elements of the $10 million building. The colorful, multi-windowed complex includes a convenience store, the “Short Stop”; Peet’s Coffee & Tea; lounges; meeting space, and improved softball facilities. The “Home Plate Café” is under construction and will open later in the fall. More
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Scripps Oceanography, San Diego Unified School District Partner to Bridge Science Education Gap
 As part of a U.S. initiative to improve science education in public schools, graduate students and teachers from UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and San Diego Unified School District are partnering on an innovative program to help translate cutting-edge earth science research into new education programs and curriculum for aspiring young scientists. More
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Alan Houston Named Eleanor Roosevelt College Provost
 Alan Houston, a professor of political science and an internationally recognized scholar of early-modern British and American political thought, has been appointed provost of Eleanor Roosevelt College. More |
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Five UCSD Researchers Recipients of NIH Awards
to Encourage High-Risk Research and Innovation
 The National Institutes of Health is awarding $348 million nationwide to encourage investigators to explore bold ideas that have the potential to catapult fields forward and speed the translation of research into improved health. Five researchers from UC San Diego have been awarded grants totaling $8.5 million for their innovative research.
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UC San Diego Launches “Invent the Future” Student Support Campaign
A growing number of potential UC San Diego students will need financial support to offset rising fees and the cost of living. To address this critical need for funding, San Diego community leaders Pauline Foster and Joan and Irwin Jacobs have joined forces with the university to launch "Invent the Future: The UC San Diego Student Support Campaign," a three-year, $50 million fundraising effort. Private support generated by the campus-wide campaign will help UC San Diego stay competitive in attracting outstanding graduate and undergraduate students to campus.
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Read the Latest Information on the Furlough Plan
The furlough plan approved by the UC Regents on July 16 took effect Sept. 1, 2009. The plan is being enacted to help offset a portion of the $813 million reduction in support from the state general fund. Due to the complexities of the plan, it's important that academic and staff employees have the most up-to-date information to assist their work planning and use of personal leave.
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Upcoming
Staff Education and Development Courses
The Practice of Listening
10/6/09
8:30 am to 11:30 am
Internal Controls:
What Are They and
Why Should I Care?
10/7/09
9:00 am to 10:30 am
The Supervisor’s
Toolkit in Dealing with
the Troubled Employee
10/7/09
1:00 pm to 4:00pm
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28,500: Estimated number of students who arrived on the UCSD campus Monday, Sept. 21, for the start the fall quarter. |
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550: Reduction in number of freshman this fall compared to last, due to budget restrictions. But more continuing students means enrollment across the university has stayed stable. |
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814: Number of new international students joining UCSD this fall, up seven percent from last year. |
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Cheating In School: What We Know and What We Can Do
By Tricia Bertram Gallant (co-author)
From grade school to graduate school, cheating has reached epidemic proportions and teachers, administrators and parents are at a loss for how to bring integrity back into the classroom. In “Cheating in School,” Bertram Gallant doesn’t merely look at the causes or manifestations of this problem. She also offers concrete and practical solutions, ranging from immediate deterrents to long-term methods for moral development. The ultimate aim? To teach students that honesty is more profitable than cheating.
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Letter from the Chancellor
