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Archives for May 2008
General News
2008-05-01 -
Hybrid cars are harder to hear
2008-05-05 -
Anita Borg Institute auctions lunch meeting with SDSC Director Fran Berman
2008-05-08 -
Geneticist plays scientific adviser to movie about “love, adventure and ... genetically modified rice”
2008-05-19 -
UC Merced selected for national workgroup on community-engaged scholarship
2008-05-19 -
UC Irvine announces 2008 Medal recipients
2008-05-19 -
New book weighs merits of wine and beer
2008-05-27 -
DNA fingerprinting identifies bean in patent dispute
2008-05-29 -
UC Irvine students raise $30,000 for China earthquake relief
Administration
2008-05-08 -
UC statement on appointment of Senator Jack Scott as next chancellor of California Community Colleges
2008-05-12 -
UC Regents will meet to appoint new chancellor for UC Riverside campus
2008-05-15 -
Timothy P. White named UC Riverside chancellor
2008-05-15 -
Statement regarding housing for incoming UC president
2008-05-23 -
State government relations director named
Agriculture
2008-05-27 -
New book promotes GMOs and organic farming
2008-05-30 -
Study shows growth rate of public funding for agricultural research has declined, mirroring productivity trends
Astronomy
2008-05-21 -
X-ray outburst leads to all-out study of supernova
2008-05-22 -
New Hubble, Keck images show turbulent Jupiter
Biochemistry
2008-05-02 -
New idea for how anti-aging products delay ripening of fruit, wilting of flowers
2008-05-23 -
Glowing films reveal traces of explosives
Biology
2008-05-06 -
Plight of the Puerto Rican parrots
Budget
2008-05-15 -
May Revision restores some proposed UC cuts; Regents approve 2008-09 student fee levels
Business & Finance
2008-05-08 -
Technology, biotech ventures tie for first in Business Plan Competition
Economy
2008-05-19 -
Economist explains pricing mysteries consumers encounter every day
Events
2008-05-08 -
May 9 public forum to address global hunger and agricultural development
2008-05-14 -
Free public lecture explores an evolutionary experiment with bacteria
2008-05-16 -
Eaton Science Fiction Conference returns
2008-05-21 -
Conference tackles stricter SoCal air quality standards
2008-05-29 -
Latino families to gather at college outreach event
2008-05-29 -
From launchable satellite to accidental-fall sensor, undergraduates present variety of research projects
Faculty
2008-05-01 -
3 UCLA professors elected to National Academy of Sciences
2008-05-05 -
Pioneering 'scarless' surgeon named president of SAGES
2008-05-05 -
Seven from UC San Diego named fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
2008-05-06 -
Space is current frontier for first recipient of Ericsson Endowed Chair in Wireless Access Networks
2008-05-07 -
Egyptologist Cathleen Keller dies at age 62
2008-05-08 -
Physician-scientist wins national honor for pediatric research
2008-05-08 -
Renowned physicist and inventor of wetsuit dies
2008-05-09 -
Physician receives Ellis Island Medal of Honor
2008-05-09 -
Murray Jarvik, 84, UCLA pharmacologist, nicotine patch inventor dies
2008-05-12 -
Shiley Eye Center physician honored with day of recognition
2008-05-13 -
Medical center awards Physician of the Year to endoscopic ultrasound expert
2008-05-19 -
Faculty named to Association of American Physicians, American Society for Clinical Investigation
2008-05-27 -
UC San Diego biology professor named Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator
2008-05-27 -
Eight UC researchers named HHMI investigators -- five from UC Berkeley
2008-05-29 -
Geographer David Hooson dies at age 82
Global Warming
2008-05-05 -
Global warming will negatively impact tropical species
2008-05-05 -
Unmanned aircraft to study Southern California smog and its consequences
Health Research
2008-05-01 -
UC's California Program on Access to Care announces $271,750 in research grant awards
2008-05-02 -
Brief secondhand smoke exposure can cause blood vessel, stem cell damage in 30 minutes
2008-05-05 -
TB strain may be linked to unpasteurized dairy
2008-05-06 -
$2.5 million NIH grant to establish digestive diseases research center
2008-05-06 -
Researchers target tumors with tiny ‘nanoworms’
2008-05-07 -
Study uses music to explore the autistic brain's emotion processing
2008-05-09 -
More focus needed for effective HIV prevention strategies in Africa
2008-05-09 -
UC San Francisco joins public campaign to accelerate cancer research
2008-05-15 -
Global view shows link between vitamin D status, breast cancer
2008-05-15 -
New role found for a cardiac progenitor population
2008-05-18 -
Mystery solved: The Ashwell receptor reduces mortality during bacterial infection
2008-05-19 -
Majority of U.S. kidney cancer cases now diagnosed at earliest, most treatable stage
2008-05-19 -
A modest glass of wine each day could improve liver health
2008-05-22 -
Rapid escalation characterizes arms race between virus and host
2008-05-29 -
Scientists identify source of epileptic condition in kids
2008-05-29 -
Fruits, vegetables, teas may protect smokers from lung cancer
2008-05-29 -
Researchers examine health benefits of video games
2008-05-30 -
Drug may prolong organ life in non-compliant kidney transplant patients
Humanities
2008-05-20 -
UC San Diego Libraries acquire letters of Pulitzer Prize-winning Beat poet Gary Snyder
2008-05-28 -
Broadside Ballad Archive receives second NEH grant
Labor
2008-05-23 -
UC reaffirms commitment to employees, patients and students despite potential strike by union
2008-05-27 -
UC requests restraining order against patient care and service employees' union
2008-05-29 -
Joint statement from UC and AFSCME regarding contract negotiations for patient care and service employees
Libraries
2008-05-05 -
Librarian named ‘2008 Mover & Shaker’ in Library Journal
2008-05-23 -
Holocaust workshop brings together students, survivors
2008-05-27 -
UC libraries launch Next-Generation Melvyl Catalog
Medical
2008-05-06 -
Hospitalists set new benchmark
2008-05-14 -
Shiley Eye Center noted for excellence in study
2008-05-14 -
UC Regents' committees authorize UC Merced to continue planning for medical school
2008-05-19 -
Halpert named associate dean for Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
2008-05-20 -
New procedure treats gastric bypass weight regain
2008-05-21 -
Patients find relief from liver disease
Music
2008-05-30 -
$3 million gift is music to ears of UC San Diego
Nanoscience
2008-05-14 -
Nanowires may boost solar cell efficiency
2008-05-14 -
Nanostructures will raise thin-film solar cell efficiency
Oceanography
2008-05-01 -
Oxygen depletion: a new form of ocean habitat loss
2008-05-02 -
Research pegs ID of red tide killer
Private Giving
2008-05-07 -
Corporate connections: UC San Diego alumni make a business of supporting their alma mater
2008-05-20 -
Andrew Viterbi endows Mediterranean Jewish studies
Stem cell
2008-05-01 -
Stem cell researchers create heart, blood cells from skin cells
2008-05-06 -
Researchers demonstrate safety of gene therapy using adult stem cells
2008-05-07 -
UC Irvine awarded $27.2 million for new stem cell building
2008-05-07 -
UC Santa Barbara receives stem cell funding from state
2008-05-07 -
UCSF receives funding for building from California stem cell agency
2008-05-07 -
UC campuses receive $180 million to build stem cell research facilities
2008-05-07 -
CIRM awards $20 million for UC Berkeley stem cell research facilities
Students
2008-05-09 -
Craigslist founder to give commencement speech
2008-05-12 -
More than 1,000 freshmen choose UC Merced
2008-05-13 -
Top graduating senior an infectious disease detective
2008-05-13 -
Craig Newmark to address graduating seniors Tuesday
2008-05-13 -
Journalism student wins Lange Fellowship for 'California's Main Street'
2008-05-22 -
Job outlook for graduates sunnier than expected
Sustainability
2008-05-02 -
$2 million for sustainability projects designed by students and faculty
Technology
2008-05-05 -
There’s a hole in my bucket — and in the data as well!
2008-05-14 -
Researcher develops simple technology to help women in rural India
2008-05-16 -
Thinking inside the box: UC San Diego opts for eco-friendly data centers
UC Regents
2008-05-02 -
UC Regents to meet at Los Angeles campus May 13-15
2008-05-15 -
UC Regents select new board officers for 2008-09
2008-05-19 -
Staff advisor-designate to Regents selected
2008-05-23 -
UC Regents' grounds and buildings committee to meet
2008-05-23 -
Committee for selecting student regent to meet May 28