pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/10-09Philanthropy01TS.jpg alt=Photo of Chancellor Fox and Students height=80 width=120 //p pIn the face of rising educational and living costs, many students are rallying to support philanthropic endeavors at the University of California, San Diego. From helping fund scholarships to building awareness about the true cost of a UC San Diego education, students are making a difference throughout the campus community. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/campaign/10-09Philanthropy.aspMore/a/p

pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/10-09ALS01TS.jpg alt=Photo of Don W. Cleveland, PhD height=80 width=120 //p pA chemical cousin of a drug currently used to treat sepsis dramatically slows the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, in mice. The results offer a bit of good news in efforts to develop a therapy to stop or slow the progression of a disease that generally kills its victims within just a few years. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/health/10-09ALS.aspMore/a/p

pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/10-09Brocas01TS.jpg alt=Photo of a Brain scan height=80 width=120 //p pA study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine reports a significant breakthrough in explaining gaps in scientists’ understanding of human brain function. The study – which provides a picture of language processing in the brain with unprecedented clarity – will be published in the October 16 issue of the journal Science. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/health/10-09Brocas.aspMore/a/p

pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/10-09CarbonationTaste01TS.jpg alt=Photo of bubbles height=80 width=120 //p pIn 1767, chemist Joseph Priestley stood in his laboratory one day with an idea to help English mariners stay healthy on long ocean voyages. He infused water with carbon dioxide to create an effervescent liquid that mimicked the finest mineral waters consumed at European health spas. Priestley’s man-made tonic, which he urged his benefactors to test aboard His Majesty’s ships, never prevented a scurvy outbreak. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/10-09CarbonationTaste.aspMore/a/p

pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/10-09ARRA01TS.jpg alt=Image of a Brain Scan height=80 width=120 //p pThanks to a grant of $8,950,590 provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), researchers at the University of California San Diego looking for the biological bases of differences in human behavior will use sophisticated gene-mapping tools and imaging technology to collect a wealth of data about brain development in children. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/general/10-09ARRA.aspMore/a/p

pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/10-09KellyKovacic01TS.jpg alt=Photo of Kelly Kovacic height=80 width=120 //p pKelly Kovacic, social studies department chair at UC San Diego’s Preuss School, has been selected as one of five San Diego County “Teachers of the Year” and will contend in state Teacher of the Year awards next month. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/awards/10-09KellyKovacic.aspMore/a/p

pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/10-09Carson01TS.jpg alt=Photo of Dennis Carson, MD height=80 width=120 //p pResearchers at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center have received $6 million from the National Institutes of Health to spend the next five years looking for, testing and developing chemicals called “adjuvants” that they hope will make current vaccines more effective. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/health/10-09Carson.aspMore/a/p

pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/10-09SustainabilityTS.jpg alt=Photo of Sustainability height=80 width=120 //p pYears of emphasis on sustainable operations have resulted in an outstanding green “report card” for UC San Diego. Citing such factors as the organic food served in its dining halls and strong student involvement in sustainability initiatives to 56 hybrid and 33 biodiesel vehicles in its fleet, the non-profit Sustainable Endowments Institute listed UC San Diego as one of the nation’s 26 greenest campuses in its 2010 College Sustainability Report Card. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/general/10-09Sustainability.aspMore/a/p

pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/10-09RamakrishnanTS.jpg alt=Photo of a Ramakrishnan height=80 width=120 //p pA scientist who shared this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry was a biology graduate student at UC San Diego from 1976 to 1978. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, a co-recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, worked under Mauricio Montal, a professor of biology at UCSD studying the biochemistry of cell membranes. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/10-09Ramakrishnan.aspMore/a/p

pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/09-09BreastCancerTS.jpg alt=Photo of Barbara Parker height=80 width=120 //p pThe Moores UCSD Cancer Center is participating in an unprecedented statewide University of California collaboration to improve care for breast cancer patients by designing and testing new approaches to research, technology and health care delivery. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/health/09-09BreastCancer.aspMore/a/p

pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/09-09NicholasKristof01TS.jpg alt=Photo of Nicholas Kristof height=80 width=120 //p pTwo-time Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof, a columnist with The New York Times, will speak on "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" at 7pm Wednesday, October 28 at the University of California San Diego Price Center Ballroom West. The event is free and open to the public with no tickets or reservations required. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/general/09-09NicholasKristof.aspMore/a/p

pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/09-09Excitons01TS.jpg alt=Photo of Physicists at UC San Diego height=80 width=120 //p pPhysicists at UC San Diego have successfully created speedy integrated circuits with particles called “excitons” that operate at commercially cold temperatures, bringing the possibility of a new type of extremely fast computer based on excitons closer to reality. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/09-09Excitons.aspMore/a/p

pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/09-09KAUST01TS.jpg alt=Photo of KAUST height=80 width=120 //p pIn inaugural ceremonies webcast around the world, Saudi Arabia inaugurated the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) on Sept. 23. The campus on the Red Sea was built in just 24 months, and its world-class facilities and programs are funded by the King's $10 billion endowment -- one of the largest in the world, and enough to fund the university for years to come. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/general/09-09KAUST.aspMore/a/p

pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/09-09InventTheFuture01TS.jpg alt=Photo of Jesse Dubler and Chancellor Fox height=80 width=120 //p pAt the University of California, San Diego, a growing number of potential students will need financial support to offset rising fees and the cost of living. To address this critical need for funding, San Diego community leaders Pauline Foster and Joan and Irwin Jacobs have joined forces with the university to launch “Invent the Future: The UC San Diego Student Support Campaign,” a three-year, $50 million fundraising effort. Private support generated by the campus-wide campaign will help UC San Diego stay competitive in attracting outstanding graduate and undergraduate students to campus. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/campaign/09-09InventTheFuture.aspMore/a/p

pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/09-09AlanHouston01TS.jpg alt=Photo of Alan Houston height=80 width=120 //p pAlan Houston, a professor of political science and an internationally recognized scholar of early-modern British and American political thought, has been appointed provost of Eleanor Roosevelt College at the University of California, San Diego. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/general/09-09AlanHouston.aspMore/a/p

pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/09-09HCV01TS.jpg alt=Image of HCV height=80 width=120 //p pViruses like Hepatitis C proliferate by tricking cellular machinery into manufacturing the parts for duplicate viral particles. Although thwarting that process might effectively treat viral infections, the few inhibiting compounds that have been identified so far aren’t good candidates for drugs. And biochemists weren’t exactly sure how they were working. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/09-09HCV.aspMore/a/p

pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/09-09NIHAwardsTS.jpg alt=Logo of N.I.H. height=80 width=120 //p pThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today that it is awarding $348 million nationwide to encourage investigators to explore bold ideas that have the potential to catapult fields forward and speed the translation of research into improved health. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/health/09-09NIHAwards.aspMore/a/p

pParents say that honesty is the best policy, but they regularly lie to their children as a way of influencing their behavior and emotions, finds new research from the University of Toronto and the University of California, San Diego. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/soc/09-09Lies.aspMore/a/p

pimg src=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/images/2009/09-09Glaucoma01TS.jpg alt=Photo of Kang Zhang, MD, PhD height=80 width=120 //p pAn international team, led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the National Eye Institute, has discovered gene variants for glaucoma in a black population. The finding could lead to future treatments or a cure for this disease, which leads to blindness in two million Americans each year. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/health/09-09Glaucoma.aspMore/a/p

pUC San Diego’s fourth annual “California Native American Day” won’t be limited this year to just one day—the celebration has been expanded to five separate fall events to enable such diverse activities as an appearance by an internationally renowned performer and a tribute to a San Diego City School icon. a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/events/09-09NativeAmericanDay.aspMore/a/p