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New Year, New Students, New Look

September 28, 2011

Notice something new this year? As UC San Diego welcomes our many new freshmen and transfer students along with faculty and staff additions, we are also ushering in a new look and feel for ThisWeek@UCSanDiego—the university’s weekly enewsletter that reaches more than 60,000 members of our vibrant campus community.

‘Secret to Success’ is No Secret, Former Congressman Tells Students at Welcome Convocation

September 28, 2011

The unexpected can lead to opportunity. You can achieve anything if you put your mind to it. Know what you want to do, love what you do and believe in what you’re doing.

Students Celebrate Start of New Academic Year with Welcome Week Festivities

September 28, 2011

The Triton spirit was felt throughout UC San Diego’s annual “Welcome Week” tradition. The Unolympics, Welcome Week dance, Students Services Fair and the Triton Power Hour were just a few of the week’s events, all designed to foster UC San Diego’s school spirit and sense of community for both new and returning students.

University Kicks Off Academic Year with Dynamic New Housing, Academics and Events

September 28, 2011

The University of California, San Diego will welcome an estimated 3,400 incoming freshmen and record 2,750 transfer students for the first day of classes, Thursday, Sept. 22.

Growing Green Jobs

September 28, 2011

Biofuels certificate program trains workers for new jobs in biofuels industry

Tech Industry Visionaries Foresee “Internet of Everything” at Marconi Symposium

September 28, 2011

The "Internet of everything" has arrived, and according to a panel of prominent experts who assembled at the University of California, San Diego earlier this month for the 2011 Marconi Society Symposium, surfboards, dog collars and even tube socks will one day cross the digital divide and make for an increasingly Internet-enabled world.

‘Fallen Star’ to Land on Campus This Fall

September 28, 2011

New Stuart Collection piece to sit 100 feet in air

J. Craig Venter Institute Breaks Ground on New Facility on Campus

September 28, 2011

The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit genomics research institute, held an official groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for their new facility on the UC San Diego campus. The JCVI building, designed by ZGF Architects, will be a state-of-the-art, "ultra-green" 45,000-square-foot, highly adaptable wet laboratory and computational laboratory building. The building, slated to be completed in 2013, will support 125 scientists and staff.

UC San Diego Places 1st Among Division II Colleges in Comprehensive Study of Both Academics and Athl

September 28, 2011

The National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA) has once again ranked UC San Diego as the top Division II institution in the country in its annual Collegiate Power Rankings, it was announced on Tuesday. Ranked on the NCSA's list for the seventh year in a row, UCSD also earned a No. 6 overall ranking in the study.

White House Awards UC San Diego Bioengineering Professor Shu Chien National Medal of Science

September 27, 2011

President Barack Obama today named University of California, San Diego bioengineering professor Shu Chien one of the seven eminent researchers to receive the National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on scientists and engineers. Chien is the only engineer among the seven medalists.
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