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UC San Diego Economist Halbert White Dies at Age 61

April 3, 2012

Halbert L. White, Jr. – Chancellor’s Associates Distinguished Professor of Economics in the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, San Diego and cofounder of Bates White Economic Consulting – died March 31, 2012, following a four-year battle with cancer. He was 61.

Don’t Know Much About Charter Schools

January 12, 2012

Some two decades into the grand national experiment with charter schools, how much do we really know about them? Not all that much. And not nearly as much as we easily could, say researchers from the University of California, San Diego Division of Social Sciences.

Oreskes’ Book Wins History of Science Society Prize

November 15, 2011

“Merchants of Doubt” (Bloomsbury Press, 2010), coauthored by Naomi Oreskes of UC San Diego’s department of history with Erik Conway, has earned its share of public plaudits – including repeated praise from former Vice President Al Gore.

“Fallen Star” House to be Hoisted Atop Jacobs School of Engineering Building Today

November 15, 2011

Come witness a remarkable feat today: Provided the weather cooperates, a small house will be lifted seven stories and perched atop a Jacobs School of Engineering building on Warren Mall.

Funny Finding:  Men Win Humor Test (by a Hair)

October 19, 2011

Men are funnier than women, but only just barely and mostly to other men. So says a psychology study from the University of California, San Diego Division of Social Sciences.
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