Energy Technology Coalition Formed to Develop San Diego ‘Smart Grid’
With smart grid pioneers from around the world convening this week at University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), UC San Diego and CleanTECH San Diego today announced the formation of a coalition of 25 local, national and global organizations to transform the San Diego region’s electrical grid into a digital smart grid. More

UC San Diego Announces Wide-Ranging
Plans to Cover H1N1 Flu Contingencies
Preparations are in place at UC San Diego in anticipation of a possible surge in numbers of H1N1 flu cases as more than 28,000 students return to campus Sept. 21. Plans to handle prevention and/or treatment of the new influenza virus have been underway since spring at various locations, ranging from the Early Childhood Education Center and its toddlers, to the Medical Center and its staff and patients, to the Preuss School and its teen-age students. More

Going With the Flow: Using Star Power to Better Understand Fusion
UC San Diego researchers are using “star” power to help ignite the field of fusion, which is being looked at as a future reliable green energy source. Under a new $5.8 million five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), UCSD will host and lead the new Center for Momentum Transport and Flow Organization in Plasmas and Magnetofluids. More

An Estimated 28,500 Students Will Begin Fall Quarter Classes Sept. 24
Due to budget cuts imposed on the University of California system, estimated undergraduate enrollment for the fall quarter at UC San Diego is expected to remain relatively unchanged from last year’s 28,500 students. More

UC San Diego to Develop Ocean Observing Cyberinfrastructure
The U.S. has taken the next step toward construction of the revolutionary Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI): a network of ocean observing components, and their associated cyberinfrastructure, that will allow scientists to examine ocean processes on global, regional and coastal scales. More

UC San Diego is Ranked 2nd in the Nation in
Washington Monthly New College Rankings
In new rankings announced today by the Washington Monthly measuring “what colleges are doing for the country,” the University of California, San Diego was ranked second in the nation. UC Berkeley topped the list of 253 public and private universities, with UCLA ranked in third place and Stanford University in fourth. More

Believing Is Seeing
Folk wisdom usually has it that “seeing is believing,” but new research suggests that “believing is seeing,” too – at least when it comes to perceiving other people’s emotions. An international team of psychologists from the United States, New Zealand and France has found that the way we initially think about the emotions of others biases our subsequent perception (and memory) of their facial expressions. So once we interpret an ambiguous or neutral look as angry or happy, we later remember and actually see it as such. More

UC San Diego Kicks Off Student Welcome
Week with 4th Annual Convocation Event
Internet pioneer Larry Smarr and the director of UC San Diego’s Community Law Project, Alejandra Sotelo-Solis ’01, will address more than 4,000 students and faculty at the 2009 Welcome Week Convocation and Dinner on Tuesday, September 22 on RIMAC Field. More

UC San Diego Kicks Off Student Welcome
Week with 4th Annual Convocation Event
Speakers include Calit2 founding director
Larry Smarr and alumna Alejandra Sotelo-Solis
Internet pioneer Larry Smarr and the director of UC San Diego’s Community Law Project, Alejandra Sotelo-Solis ’01, will address more than 4,000 students and faculty at the 2009 Welcome Week Convocation and Dinner on Tuesday, September 22 on RIMAC Field. More

Deadly Heat Waves are Becoming More Frequent in California
Conditions that drove potent heat wave in July 2006 likely to worsen under evolving climate change
From mid July to early August 2006, a heat wave swept through the southwestern United States. Temperature records were broken at many locations and unusually high humidity levels for this typically arid region led to the deaths of more than 600 people, 25,000 cattle and 70,000 poultry in California alone. More

UC San Diego Ranked 9th ‘Greenest University” by Greenopia
The Greenopia national publication has ranked the University of California, San Diego as ninth out of the 100 largest U.S. colleges for its “environmental performance.” More

From ‘Econauts’ to Bio-swale, Major Green
Efforts Are Underway on UC San Diego Campus
Students entering the University of California, San Diego campus in September will find a next-generation array of green innovations ranging from Econauts and drought tolerant bio-swale landscaping to organic foods and “hydration stations” that eliminate the need for disposable water bottles. And as an incentive to keep energy consumption as low as possible, each student in the new Village apartments will receive individual electricity bills. More