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UCSD Considers Law School


Faculty and administrators from UC San Diego and California Western School of Law (pictured) have formed a joint committee to consider an affiliation that may lead to a new law school that enhances the research, teaching and public service mission of UCSD.

Haiti Earthquake Strikes Home


The catastrophic losses on the island of Haiti have stuck close to home as the UCSD community mourns the loss of one of its own. UC San Diego former swim team member Ryan Kloos, ’o8, died while visiting his sister, Erin, who was volunteering at the Father Wasson Center, an orphanage in Petionville, Haiti.

Kite Runner novelist, Khaled Hosseini, M.D. ’93, highlights Afghan Poverty


After the success of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini, took on another challenge as a goodwill envoy with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. In September 2009, he made a return visit to Afghanistan for the United Nations and, in an opinion column in USA Today (January 12, 2010), Hosseini appeals to Washington saying the number one killer in Afghanistan is poverty.
  

The Angry Years


Take a closer look at the 1960s as part of the “Witness to History” series. During the 1960s, American college students felt they could change the world. But as the Vietnam War dragged on, their voices grew louder and angrier—event at UCSD’s new campus. This story is part of @UCSD magazine’s “Witness2History” series.

Over There


In the summer of 2007, Dana DePaul, M.F.A. ’02, took a position as one of three producers for the USO (United Service Organizations), the non-profit organization that has staged entertainment events for the military for 67 years. Most recently, she collaborated with comedian Stephen Colbert on four episodes of The Colbert Report, filmed live in Baghdad at the Al Faw Palace.

Interview with Chancellor Fox


Chancellor Marye Anne Fox discusses the importance of the UC system and the budget crisis facing UC San Diego. This is the first in a series of interviews with Chancellor Fox, leading up to UCSD’s celebration of its 50th anniversary in 2010-11.
  
  
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Mark Rosenbaum, Revelle '84, was recently hired as the new CFO of News Corp.’s MySpace. With 22 years of experience including senior financial roles at companies such as MGM, Twentieth Century Fox, and Walt Disney, just to name a few, his challenge is to help MySpace during its next steps of financial growth.

Linda Lee, Revelle '90, a broker associate with Prudential California Realty, has been named the new president of the San Diego chapter of the Women’s Council of Realtors. She also volunteers at the San Diego Association of Realtors and the California Association of Realtors.

Elizabeth Victoreen Coffey, ERC '02, married Sean Coffey on May 2, 2009. The wedding was attended by 12 of her closest UCSD friends: Kim Michaud, ’02, Kimberly Carey, ’01, Melisa Bittancourt, ’04, Meredith Haase, ’02, Meredith Abby, ’03, Erica Chan, ’02, Sara Pak, ’02, Abe Coffman, ’02, Michelle Prather, ’01, Laurent Butzbach, ’02, Caitlin Halferty, ’02, and Shannon Tracy, ’00.

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From Petro to Bio

Christophe Schilling, Ph.D. ’00, launched Geomantic along with Bernhard Palsson, the Galetti Professor of Bioengineering at UCSD, in 2000. Their aim was to enable the chemical industry—through Genomatica’s novel bio-manufacturing processes—to transform its feedstock base and take the “petro” out of the “petro-chemicals” business.  Learn more

Mimic Technologies

Jeff Berkley, ’93, president of Seattle-based Mimic Technologies, created the new dV-Trainer for the robotic da Vinci Surgical System to teach basic robotic skills, such as instrument manipulation, camera control and suturing.  Learn more
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