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Wildlife Extinction Rates Skyrocket After Forest Disturbance

September 26, 2013

Species living in rain forest fragments could be far more likely to disappear than previously assumed, according to an international team of scientists that included biologists at the University of California, San Diego.

UC San Diego, UMD Researchers to Build ‘WIFIRE’ Cyberinfrastructure

September 26, 2013

Three research organizations at the University of California, San Diego, have been awarded a multi-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to build an end-to-end cyberinfrastructure to perform real-time data-driven assessment, simulation, prediction, and visualization of wildfire behavior.

Chancellor Khosla Powers Up Incoming Tritons

September 26, 2013

Throngs of students crowded Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla on Ridge Walk Monday to exchange a smile, pose for a photo and receive a chocolate chip cookie as a personal gesture of hospitality during Welcome Week. As he handed out the cookies, Khosla lightheartedly reminded students to “Try to eat lunch before you eat that!”

Record Number of Incoming Freshmen Join Students Heading Back to Campus for Start of Academic Year

September 26, 2013

Fall quarter classes begin today for approximately 31,000 students at UC San Diego, including a record estimated 5,179 incoming freshmen and 2,645 new transfer students.

Students Explore Campus Resources at Student Services Fair

September 26, 2013

UC San Diego students filled Ridge Walk on Monday for the annual Student Services Fair, a signature Welcome Week event designed to give new and continuing students the opportunity to learn about the wide variety of student resources available on campus.

New Traffic Signals Installed on Campus as Part of SuperLoop Transit Project

September 26, 2013

If you’ve been to the center of campus recently, you have probably noticed some new additions on Gilman Drive. This bustling thoroughfare is now home to four new traffic lights at Scholars Drive/Osler Lane, Library Walk, Myers Drive and Russell Lane.

Carlos Blanco Aguinaga, One of Founders of UC San Diego Literature Department, Dies

September 26, 2013

Carlos Blanco Aguinaga, distinguished literary critic, fiction writer, and one of the founders of UCSD’s Literature Department, died in La Jolla on September 11, 2013.

Prepare to Be WoWed

September 26, 2013

UC San Diego artists will show new site-specific works at the inaugural WoW (Without Walls) Festival to be held Oct. 3 through 6. Centered in and around the La Jolla Playhouse/UCSD Theatre District, productions will radiate out from this “Festival Village” core–which also includes artist talks, food trucks, a beer garden and live music–to several unusual spots on campus and other locations in San Diego.

Philanthropist Darlene Shiley Among Star Cast in San Diego Performance of Surviving Grace

September 26, 2013

A star cast – including San Diego philanthropist Darlene Shiley, actress Marilu Henner and singer Helen Reddy – will take the stage Sept. 27 for a special ensemble reading of Act 1 of Surviving Grace.

Convocation Keynote Urges Students to See World Through Eyes of Those With Different Point of View

September 26, 2013

Just a few weeks ago, UC San Diego professor Carol Padden, an expert in language, communication and culture, was riding in the back of a tractor, traveling between two small farming villages in the southern part of Turkey. Why was she there?
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