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Founders’ Day to Meld Tradition with Fun, Food and Frivolity

November 8, 2011

Food truck wars at Founders’ Day? You bet! The newest UC San Diego campus tradition has been lightened up with a shorter program and added whimsy to make Founders’ Day a fun, free event for the entire campus community.

Space Shuttle Data Helps Researchers Develop Better Model for Forecasting Solar Power Production

November 8, 2011

The space shuttle program may have ended, but data the space craft collected over the past three decades are still helping advance science. Researchers at the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego recently used measurements from NASA’s Shuttle Radar Topography Mission to predict how changes in elevation, such as hills and valleys, and the shadows they create, impact power output in California’s solar grid.

‘Lost Boy of Sudan’ Among Former Foster Youth to Benefit from Sony Electronics Gifts

November 7, 2011

Deng Bol counts himself fortunate to be a student at the University of California, San Diego. Born in Sudan, Bol survived the horrors of civil war, refugee camps and a dangerous trek through the African continent—all before he reached the age of 13.

Local Families to Share Thanksgiving Tradition with International Students

November 7, 2011

This year, international students at UC San Diego will get a home for the Thanksgiving holiday. Students from across the globe will be offered the opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving with an American host family in San Diego through a new program hosted by the university’s International Center.

A Tradition of Service: UC San Diego Honors Student Veterans Nov. 7-11

November 7, 2011

U.S. Army veteran Barrett Blake is set to graduate this spring with a degree in theatre and high hopes of becoming an actor and comedian. His journey to earning a bachelor's degree has spanned over 16 years—but he wouldn’t change a thing.

Link Established Between Air Pollution and Cyclone Intensity in Arabian Sea

November 7, 2011

Pollution is making Arabian Sea cyclones more intense, according to a multi-institutional study that included scientists at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

‘Be Different or Die:’ Words of Advice from Entrepreneur and Peregrine Semiconductor Founder

November 4, 2011

Capital comes with instructions. Everything takes π times longer and costs π times as much as you thought. Information only has value when it’s in motion. These are the three rules that govern the interaction of entrepreneurism with technology, according to Ron Reedy, UC San Diego alumnus and co-founder and chief operations officer of San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductors.

Biologists Use Flies and Mice to Get to the Heart of Down Syndrome

November 3, 2011

A novel study involving fruit flies and mice has allowed biologists to identify two critical genes responsible for congenital heart defects in individuals with Down syndrome, a major cause of infant mortality and death in people born with this genetic disorder.

First-ever Procedure in Region’s Only Hybrid Operating Room

November 3, 2011

UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center experts have performed San Diego’s first-ever coronary revascularization procedure using a hybrid operating room, the only facility of its kind in the region. The state-of-the-art operating room allows patients to be treated in one place at one time without having to schedule multiple procedures. The result is less time in the operating room and reduced costs for hospitalization.

Hippocampus Plays Bigger Memory Role Than Previously Thought

November 1, 2011

Human memory has historically defied precise scientific description, its biological functions broadly but imperfectly defined in psychological terms.
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