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“Happy Birthday To You” – Dr. Seuss’ 112th Birthday Celebration Set for March 2nd

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The University of California, San Diego campus is making preparations for its annual birthday party to celebrate one of the campus’s most beloved luminaries, Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. The fantastically creative children’s book author’s 112th birthday celebration coincides with national Read Across America Day and comes on the heels of the UC San Diego Library’s recent announcement to name its new café in honor of the author’s wife, Audrey Geisel.

“Happy Birthday To You” – Dr. Seuss’ 112th Birthday Celebration Set for March 2nd

New Center for Cyber-Archaeology and Sustainability Partners with Israel Antiques Authority

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A new cyber-archaeology research center in the Qualcomm Institute at UC San Diego has received data on 18,500 archaeological sites under a new partnership between the center and the Israel Antiques Authority.

New Center for Cyber-Archaeology and Sustainability Partners with Israel Antiques Authority

Prominent Astrophysicist Michel Mayor to Speak at UC San Diego March 16

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World-renowned astrophysicist Michel Mayor, Ph.D., will speak at the University of California, San Diego on March 16 at 3:30 p.m., as part of the annual Kyoto Prize Symposium.

Prominent Astrophysicist Michel Mayor to Speak at UC San Diego March 16

UC San Diego Hosts Third-Annual ‘Women in Philosophy’ Summer Program

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The University of California, San Diego is taking applications for the Department of Philosophy’s third-annual 2016 Summer Program for Women in Philosophy (SPWP), June 20-July 1. In its third year, SPWP offers select applicants access to visiting scholars who teach two philosophy seminar courses and to UC San Diego female philosophy graduate students who lead workshops that range in topic from applying to graduate programs and navigating academic culture, to philosophical writing and funding and resources. This year's guest instructors are Connie Rosati, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Arizona, specializing in ethical theory and jurisprudence, and Sondra Bacharach, senior lecturer at Victoria University in New Zealand, specializing in aesthetics. SPWP applications are due March 1 and selected participants will be notified by April 1.

UC San Diego Hosts Third-Annual ‘Women in Philosophy’ Summer Program

“A” is for Audrey at Geisel Library Café, Slated to Open at UC San Diego in Spring 2016

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The long-awaited Geisel Library café won’t open its doors until spring 2016, but, already, it’s earned an “A.” But, this “A” is not the coveted grade, it’s for Audrey, specifically Audrey Geisel, the generous benefactor of the University of California, San Diego Library for whom the new café will be named.

“A” is for Audrey at Geisel Library Café, Slated to Open at UC San Diego in Spring 2016

Rebels with a Cause

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They clicked immediately, as though long-lost brothers. Gerardo Arellano and Gabriel Agundez were best friends and roommates who bonded over house music and political activism as undergraduates at UC San Diego more than 20 years ago. They reunited at a recent event at the campus Raza Resource Centro, which Arellano now directs. Agundez was there with his step-son, Christian Sanabria, a new transfer student. He told Arellano he was entrusting him—and the university—with his son, to gain the student experience they lacked.