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Campus Celebrates Opening
of Price Center Expansion with Launch Party
Students, staff members and faculty packed the Price Center’s new atrium, leaning over balconies and crowding staircases. Many held plates piled with food. Other listened to the many DJs and bands scattered throughout the building. In all, about 4,000 members of the UC San Diego community turned out Thursday for a launch party that celebrated the expansion of the Price Center.
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Global View Shows Link
Between Vitamin D Status, Breast Cancer
 Using newly available data on worldwide cancer incidence, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine have shown a clear association between deficiency in exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B and breast cancer. More |
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Thinking Inside the Box:
Campus Opts for Eco-Friendly Datacenters
 It’s not often that researchers at the UC San Diego are asked to think inside the box, but two large shipping containers installed on the campus yesterday hold great promise for scientists in the form of advanced data storage and energy savings. More |
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Chancellor to Speak at College
Fair for Imperial Valley Juniors
 Information on opportunities to pursue a college education for 600 juniors in high schools in the Imperial Valley will take the spotlight when Chancellor Marye Anne Fox meets with students and higher education representatives May 20 at Calexico High School. More |
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Latino Families to Gather at UCSD May 31
for Comienza con un Sueño College Outreach Event
 Nurturing the desire for college and keeping it on track is the purpose of Comienza con un Sueño (It Begins with a Dream), a major college outreach event taking place this month at UCSD. Aimed at Latino and Mexican American students, parents and families, this free event will be held Saturday, May 31 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in various stages on Library Walk, Center Hall and Geisel Library terrace. More |
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Nanowires May Boost Solar Cell Efficiency
 UC San Diego electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly efficient thin-film solar cells of the future.
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Researcher Develops Simple
Technology to Help Women in Rural India
 For Shannon Spanhake, the idea for a new product came when she picked up one of the ten-liter metal jugs that local women in thousands of Indian communities use to carry water. “I lifted the jug of water and to me, it was heavy,” exclaims Spanhake, a researcher in the UC San Diego division of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2). More
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Local Whiz Kids Win Awards in Math and Statistics
 Elegant solutions to challenging problems have earned honors for local high school students in mathematics and statistics competitions held at UC San Diego in April. More
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External Relations Leader
Debra G. Neuman Named as New Vice Chancellor
 Debra G. Neuman, Senior Vice President, External Relations at CARE USA in Atlanta, has been appointed as UC San Diego’s Vice Chancellor – External Relations, following approval by the University of California Board of Regents. Neuman, a nationally recognized development professional who led CARE USA’s fundraising response to the December 2004 South Asia tsunami and similar international efforts, will join UC San Diego on June 16, 2008. More |
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Medical Center Awards Physician
of the Year to Expert in Endoscopic
Ultrasound
 Every year, UC San Diego honors physicians for their outstanding commitment to healthcare, both in the hospital setting and throughout the community. This year, Dr. Thomas J. Savides, clinical service chief for gastroenterology for the UC San Diego Medical Center was named Physician of the Year. Dr. Byron Buckley and Dr. Brian Kolski were awarded House Officers of the Year. More |
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Calling 1st Generation College Women
 Are you the first woman in your family to attend college? The Women's Center invites you to share your experience and thoughts in a poem, essay, drawing, or whatever creative expression you choose. Your work and others will be complied by the Women's Center Programming and Events intern for an anthology available at all three community centers at the end of Spring quarter.
Submit your work to the Women’s Center by email, women@ucsd.edu, or in person any time.
Read and Discuss
 The Philosophy Department invites you to join one of several reading groups on a variety of topics.
Upcoming
Staff Education and Development Courses
Creating a Rewarding
Staff Environment
05/29/08
8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Cost Sharing Overview
05/27/08
9:00 am to 11:30 am
Introduction
to Microsoft Excel 2007
05/30/08
8:30 am to 12:30 pm
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Dilemmas of Victory
By Paul G. Pickowicz
This illuminating work examines the social, cultural, political and economic dimensions of the Communist takeover of China. Instead of dwelling on elite politics and policy-making processes, "Dilemmas of Victory" seeks to understand how the 1949-1953 period was experienced by various groups including industrialists, filmmakers, ethnic minorities, educators, rural midwives, philanthropists, stand-up comics and scientists.
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Students swarmed RIMAC field Friday as the Sun God music festival marked the highest attendance ever in its 26-year history. This year, the festival offered a new format. For the first time, Sun God was centrally located on RIMAC field and it featured three distinct stages, a street fair, art show and carnival. In addition, a new ticketing system allowed students to enter and exit the grounds for the majority of the festival. 
Back in his native Iran, Pouya Jamshidi served as the assistant conductor for the Tehran Philharmonic. Now a senior at UCSD, he has been able to recapture the conductor’s baton by starting his own orchestra at the International House, where he lives. 
