UC San Diego and Black Student Union
Sign Agreement, Announce Common Goals
The University of California, San Diego reports success in defining common goals at today’s meeting between senior administrators, faculty and students, led by Black Student Union co-chairs David Ritcherson and Fnann Keflezighi to address diversity issues to improve the campus climate.  The adopted recommendations aim to move the university past hurtful incidents and improve the campus climate by enhancing diversity on the campus, in the curriculum and throughout the UC San Diego community. More

March 4 Day of Action Calls for
Increased State Funding to the University of California
In response to state budget cuts to the University of California system, students, staff and faculty at all ten UC campuses – including the University of California, San Diego – are expected to participate in the Day of Action for Public Education on Thursday, March 4. Employees and students in all sectors of public education across the state plan to rally Thursday to raise awareness about the immediate and long-term effects of state defunding of public education. More

UC San Diego Police Complete Investigation
of Noose Incident, Send Case to City Attorney
UC San Diego Police have completed their investigation of a female student’s role in hanging a noose in the seventh floor of the Main Library last week, an action that set off a series of campus anti-hate protests on Feb. 26. The investigation was filed with the San Diego City Attorney about 2 p.m. March 2 as a possible hate crime. More

Aggressive Police Investigation Underway for Individuals Involved with Latest UC San Diego Incident
University stands in firm solidarity with students and is committed to improving campus climate
UC San Diego police are investigating the discovery about 11 p.m. Monday of what appeared to be a white pillowcase that had been crudely fashioned into a KKK-style hood with a hand-drawn symbol. It was placed on a statue outside the main campus library, and a rose was inserted into the statue’s fingers. More

UC San Diego Committed
to Addressing Campus Diversity
Officials at the University of California, San Diego are committed to working with the Black Student Union to address and implement positive change on the campus. UC San Diego Chancellor, Marye Anne Fox, noted,“We are hopeful that we will be able to come to agreement on the climate issues that have been raised by students over the last few weeks.” More

UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox Issues
Video Statement Regarding Recent Incidents on Campus
University of California, San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox has issued a statement regarding recent hate- and bias-related incidents on campus. To view Fox’s video statement, visit http://battlehate.ucsd.edu. More

Voices from UC San Diego’s Campus
Community Heard at Teach-In and Rallies
Wednesday, a campus-wide Teach-In offered an example of the positive actions that have taken place on campus. The event presented the UC San Diego community with an environment to engage in discussions on why racially stereotyped events still occur, and the impact of these events in the community. As part of the Teach-In, which provided two-way dialogue for participants, members of the campus community shared their concerns and emotions regarding the recent incidents; related rallies offered another forum for other individuals to express their views. Both outlets were opportunities for UC San Diego voices to be heard and individuals to express their feelings. More

UC San Diego Committing Resources to Make
Positive Changes to Campus Community
The University of California, San Diego, stunned recently by hate- and bias-related events, is committing its resources—legal, moral, ethical, communal and educational—to make positive, necessary changes on its campus. “As we continue to meet with the UC San Diego Black Student Union and leaders with San Diego’s African-American community, we are committed to working together to keep our students safe and to discuss and address the issues on our campus so that we can heal and rebuild,” said UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox. More

UC Studies Show Marijuana Has Therapeutic Value, Reports to Legislature
Researchers from the University of California’s Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR) have found “reasonable evidence that cannabis is a promising treatment” for some specific, pain-related medical conditions.  Their findings, presented today to the California legislature and public. More

Genes, Environment, or Chance?
Biologists attribute variations among individual organisms to differences in genes or environment, or both. But a new study of nematode worms with identical genes, raised in identical environments, has revealed another factor: chance. More

Defective Signaling Pathway Sheds Light on Cystic Fibrosis
In a study that could lead to new therapeutic targets for patients with the cystic fibrosis, a research team from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has identified a defective signaling pathway that contributes to disease severity. In the study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, the researchers report that defective signaling for a protein called the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-g (PPAR-g) accounts for a portion of disease symptoms in cystic fibrosis, and that correction of the defective pathway reduces symptoms of the disease in mice. More

Biologists Image Birth of Blood-Forming, Stem Cells in Embryo
Biologists at UC San Diego have identified the specific region in vertebrates where adult blood stem cells arise during embryonic development. Their discovery, which appears in a paper in this week’s early online edition of the journal Nature, is a critical first step for the development of safer and more effective stem cell therapies for patients with leukemia, multiple myeloma, anemia and a host of other diseases of the blood or bone marrow. More