STORIES
FROM UCSD
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Athletic Scholarships
On February 2, 2007, students voted to add $78 to their athletic activities
fee, meeting requirements for Division II athletic scholarships.  MORE
Food
for Thought
Are carbohydrates good or bad? What are the benefits of fiber? Can
a good diet prevent cancer? And perhaps most important for a cookbook:
How can
I eat healthily and still enjoy my food? MORE
The
Bering Bridge?
When did the Bering Land Bridge become the Bering Strait? When and
how did the first Americans cross from Asia? MORE
Cell
Talk
Changing the chemical languages that nerve cells use to communicate. MORE
Back
to the Future
South America’s indigenous Aymara have a radically different metaphoric
mapping of time. MORE
New
Anorexia Treatments
A nationally recognized authority on eating disorders says
that an intervention program aimed at families of anorexic patients
offers promising treatment for a disease that currently results in
death in approximately 10 percent of all cases. MORE
The
Da Vinci Detective
Maurizio Seracini, '73 will head a new interdisciplinary center
at UC San Diego.
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Celebrating Excellence
Spotlights, music, Taiko drummers, a glowing bar and a global al fresco dinner kicked off of an evening to celebrate the 29th annual Alumni Awards for Excellence on Saturday, June 2, 2007, hosted by the UCSD Alumni Association.
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Alumni Leadership Scholars Announced
Twenty-seven junior and senior students have been named Alumni Leadership Scholars for 2007-2008. Among the diverse recipients of the $2,000, two-year award are a future oceanographer, veterinarian, teacher, doctor, journalist, civil rights attorney, businessman and dancer.
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By
the Numbers
Some feel-good Triton
facts and figures.
• 1: U.S. Ranking for UCSD Graduate Neuroscience
Program by the National Research Council.
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9: World ranking for UCSD in engineering, technology and computer
sciences by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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30: Percentage of UCSD waste recycled (over 2,500 tons) in 2006.
• 15:
Percentage UCSD fleet’s fuel emissions were
reduced by using biodiesel in 2006.
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ENCORE
Twenty years ago:
May 18, 1987
STUDENT ARRESTED FOR BITING FEDERAL AGENT—A UCSD student
was arrested by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI) last Thursday
afternoon for allegedly biting an agent on the hand during a scuffle that apparently began when the student photographed
the agent.
Thirty years ago:
May 16, 1977
KOALA PROPOSED AS NEW MASCOT—In an effort to generate
enthusiasm, the Alumni and Friends, UC San Diego, have proposed that the nickname
of the campus be changed from the Triton to the Koala.
June 8, 1977
UC HOLDING HIT AT RALLY:
STUDENTS DEMAND SALE OF S. AFRICAN STOCK—Three-hundred and fifty
people held a rally at Revelle plaza and marched to the chancellor’s
complex Friday to protest the University of California’s investments
in corporations active in South Africa. The demonstration was held in conjunction
with protest actions staged at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz.
Forty years ago:
May 26, 1967
(The first issue of the Triton Times)
RADIO KSDT COMES ALIVE—Radio KSDT, UCSD’s student-operated
radio station, plans to go on the air at the beginning of the fall quarter.
Operating from the future Matthews Commons Facility, located behind Behring
Hall, KSDT will broadcast to both the Revelle and Matthews dorms.
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E-CLIPPINGS
A selection of UCSD research stories. For more visit: ucsdnews.ucsd.edu
T.B. in Tijuana A two-year project to support Mexico’s efforts
to control and prevent tuberculosis in Tijuana, is to be spearheaded
by Richard Garfein, Ph.D., of the UCSD School of Medicine. MORE
Sharing H.I.V. Therapies Online To help determine the best therapies
for patients with H.I.V., seven medical centers around the country,
including UCSD, are creating the first electronic network to pool
information. MORE
Violent Genesis A team of scientists including UCSD physicist
Gerardo Dominguez has examined the first samples brought to Earth
from a comet. They confirm that our early solar system was a violent
place in which dust and gas underwent considerable mixing. MORE
Finding Their Way Researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine have
discovered how neutrophils—specialized white blood cells
that play key roles in the body's immune defense against bacteria—navigate
to sites of infection and inflammation. This could lead to new
treatments for inflammatory diseases in patients. MORE
Sand
Saver If only Santa Catalina Island were bigger. According
to a new study by scientists at UCSD’s Scripps Institution
of Oceanography, even at its smallish size, Catalina’s rocky
bulk shelters beaches from Oceanside to Los Angeles from giant
winter waves and helps them retain sand. MORE
Copper
Time On June 10, 2007, the San Diego Museum of Man will
present a display of pre-biblical archaeology from Israel called “Journey
to the Copper Age.” It is based on a National Geographic
expedition led by Thomas Levy, a UCSD professor of archeology. MORE
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