STORIES
FROM UCSD
 Professors
Win Nobel Prize
On December 10, 2003, UCSD economics professors
emeriti Clive Granger and Robert Engle accepted the Nobel Prize
for economics at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.  MORE
Music
and Molecules
Mike Burkart, a biochemistry professor,
and James La Clair, a visiting scholar, have developed a way
to use a conventional CD player as a diagnostic tool. And
the error message is the key. MORE
Off
and Running
On October 2, 2003, UCSD Chancellor Robert
C. Dynes stepped into his new role as the Univeristy of California's
eithteenth president. MORE
Rethinking
'Rithmetic
Would you spend 100 hours of your summer
vacation wrestling with math problems? High school teachers
relearn algebra at UCSD as they strive to be more effective educators. MORE
Shake,
Rattle and Roll
An experimental "shake table",
which will replicate the motions of actual earthquakes, is under
construction for UCSD researchers who analyze the effects of
earthquakes on buildings and bridges. MORE
Skiing
Blind
UCSD researchers follow the progress
of a formerly blind man who can now see and uncover the complex
layers of perception involved in interpreting the world. MORE
Monumental
Marxist
Philosopher Herbert Marcuse was one of
UCSD's most controversial professors, in an era marked by controversy
and student unrest. A grave monument will now be erected in Berlin
- twenty four years after his death. MORE |
ENCORE
30
years ago
Triton Times: January 22nd, 1974.
Drug Crackdown at Muir… In recent weeks
fourteen marijuana plants have been discovered and confiscated. They were found
in the rooms of students who “Just wanted to see if it would grow.”
20 years ago
The UCSD Guardian: January 17th
1984.
Weaving Their Way to an A. Wednesday,
January 25 marks the first session of a new course offered by the recreation
department entitled ‘Underwater Basketweaving.’ The course will
be taught at the Canyon View Pool Center by Stephanie Litvak,… The first
day of class, students will weave in the pool, but all weaving thereafter will
be done in the Jacuzzi.
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ALGEBRAIC ANGST
Check out the solution to the problem mentioned in the print magazine. MORE
E-CLIPPINGS
A selection of recent research stories. For more visit: ucsdnews.ucsd.edu
Green
Machine: UCSD biologists are designing plants to clean
up heavy metals at hazardous waste sites. MORE
Up
in Smoke: Apparently there is no substantial neurocognitive
harm in long-term recreational users of marijuana. MORE
Manatee
Flash: Scripps Institution of Oceanography and SeaWorld
have joined up in a bioacoustic engineering project to save manatees.
One third of manatee deaths in Florida are caused by boat collisions.
MORE
Who Let the Dogs Out? After
much controversy, dog labs are no longer required at the school
of medicine.
MORE
Heady
Stuff: UCSD researchers have linked autism to excessive
brain growth and rapidly expanding head size during infancy.
MORE
Here’s
the Rub: A
medical school study concludes that Ketoprofen creams are proving
effective in the treatment
of patients with arthritis and sports injuries. MORE
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