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February 8, 2018   thisweek@ucsandiego

UC San Diego is headed to the Fiesta Bowl. Sounds impossible for a university without a football program, but for the first time the Fiesta Bowl organization, which puts on the eponymous college football bowl game, is branching out to an exponentially growing market: competitive video game playing, or esports. The UC San Diego team headed to the championship plays Overwatch, which is a video game released by Blizzard Entertainment in May 2016. Read More » Issues of Identity: In Conversation with Hilton Als Pulitzer Prize-winning theater critic Hilton Als joined UC San Diego neurobiologist Gentry Patrick Monday to discuss access and student mentorship. Read More » Campus Survey@Work Results In Each year, UC San Diego employees make their voices heard with the campus Staff@Work survey on topics ranging from treatment from supervisors to campus inclusion. Read More »   From Borders to Bridges The work of UC San Diego alumnus Luis Alberto Urrea was highlighted in a groundbreaking music and literature festival like no other. Read More »   UC San Diego-Based Mathematics Testing Project Goes Viral » NEWS CENTER UC SAN DIEGO HEADLINES Children Affected by Prenatal Drinking More Numerous than Previously Estimated » What Makes a Good Egg? » Astronomers Unearth New Clues about Composition of TRAPPIST-1 Planets » Peptide Improves Glucose and Insulin Sensitivity, Lowers Weight in Mice » IN THE MEDIA The New York Times  |  Feb. 06 Far more U.S. children than previously thought may have fetal alcohol disorders » Washington Post  |  Feb. 07 Lazy? John Kelly ‘simply misses the mark,’ say DACA advocates » CNET  |  Feb. 05 Sobriety gets the social treatment » The Atlantic  |  Feb. 03 The man who saw inside himself » Seattle Times  |  Feb. 04 To study ‘atmospheric rivers,’ scientists take lab into skies off Washington coast » San Diego Union-Tribune  |  Feb. 06 Report from Antarctica: Scripps scientist recalls the dangers and beauty of searching the ice-scape for fallen meteorites » READ MORE AT UC SAN DIEGO NEWS CENTER TRENDING ON SOCIAL UC San Diego February 5 at 3:22pm Chancellor Khosla met with international swimmers, including from China, who are training on campus for the 2020 Olympics.  View » Views: 1,078    Conversations: 14   Follow UC San Diego on social media. EVENTS   February 9 UC San Diego Spirit Night The entire campus community is invited to celebrate UC San Diego's historic move to NCAA Division I as a member of the Big West Conference. More Info »       CALENDAR Feb. 12 Perspectives Lecture: Early Detection Fire Camera Systems Prove Their Worth »     Feb. 15 Campus Wide First-Generation Event: Bouncing Back & Exploring your Passions »     Feb. 22 Conference for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) »     March 6–7 IGNITE 2018: Innovator and Entrepreneur Conference »     SEE ALL CAMPUS EVENTS ATHLETICS   Women’s Softball Finishes Third, Unbeaten at Desert Stinger Tournament »       SCHEDULE 02/08/18 at 6 p.m. Men’s Volleyball vs BYU     02/09/18 at 4 p.m. Women’s Water Polo vs Cal State East Bay     02/09/18 at 5:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs Cal Poly Pomona     02/09/18 at 7:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs Cal Poly Pomona     SEE FULL ATHLETICS SCHEDULE March 1: Honoring Diversity Champions Twenty individuals, departments and programs will be recognized at a ceremony on March 1 for outstanding contributions in support of UC San Diego’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. For a full list of 2017 Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Diversity Award honorees, follow the link below. More Info » CAMPUS NOTICES Freshman Seminar Program and Senior Seminar Program – Call for Proposals, 2018-19 Academic Year » Guidelines for Academic Recruitments - Assembly Bill 168 Prohibits Inquiries About and Reliance Upon Salary History in Employment Decisions » Exemplary Staff Employee of the Year Award Program » Call for Proposals - Global Seminars Summer 2019 - Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs » Call for Applications to Fund Travel to Scholarly Meetings » UC San Diego Office of the Registrar Final Registration Report – Winter Quarter 2018 » UPDATES ON ALL CAMPUS NOTICES

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