News Releases for 1978

• January 4: All-Cal Men's Volleyball Tournament
• January 6: U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to speak
• January 9: Professor Joel Hurstfield will be 13th speaker in Friends of the UCSD Library Public Events Series
• January 9: Provisional Theatre of Los Angeles to perform "Voice of the People
• January 9: Exhibition of cartoons by Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Paul Francis Conrad to be on display
• January 9: Public urban affairs forum sponsored by Urban and Rural Studies Program lecture series
• January 9: Graduate student Joseph Kotarba explores the subject of hypochondriacs in book "Existential Sociology
• January 10: Joffrey II Dances to appear in program of ballets
• January 12: Laurence E. Peterson named winner of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Space Science Award for 1978
• January 12: Alvin Weinberg to present his views on current energy dilemma
• January 12: Ceremonies to mark naming of Earl Warren College
• January 16: UCSD to conduct capital gift campaign toward construction of major cancer center
• January 16: Musical program honoring composer Dr. Ernst Krenek
• January 16: Lecture series on different concepts of healing practiced today
• January 18: Joseph Strick to serve as a Regents' Lecturer
• January 23: "The Hostage" by Brendan Behan to be performed
• January 23: Four part series "San Diego Inside: The Power Structure and How It Works" to be presented
• January 23: "El Grande de Coca Cola" to be played
• January 23: Exhibition of replicas of paintings, pottery and bronzes from National Palace Museum at Taipei to be on display
• January 25: Mystery memorabilia collection donated by Ira G. Wolff
• January 25: Symposium on "Saccharin, Delaney and the FDA"
• January 26: Peter and Patricia Adler, doctoral students in sociology, have been studying the role momentum plays in sports and everyday life; planning to publish their findings
• January 27: Ralph Nader to speak on "Consumer Protection and Corporate Responsibility
• January 30: Media Advisory - James Arnold to participate in symposium in Washington, D.C
• February 1: Juilliard String Quartet to perform in Mandeville
• February 3: Media Advisory - Ralph Nader news conference
• February 8: "Native Son" to be performed by Oakland Ensemble Theatre
• February 8: Leon Dash to give lecture on "Adversary Journalism: The Washington After Watergate"
• February 9: Symposium on the role of the automobile in creating air pollution
• February 9: Winter quarter poetry series to include Robert Duncan, Michael Holzman, Kenneth Rexroth, Nathaniel Tarn
• February 9: Series of interdisciplinary courses focusing on interrelationship between law and society offered by Revelle College
• February 13: Alan Beerbower has been elected to American Society for Testing and Materials
• February 13: Prof. Sanford A. Lakoff states research universities and the federal agencies which fund much of their research are mistrustful of one another--harmful to science and education in this country
• February 15: Dr. Xusen Adam to speak on "The War on the Horn of Africa: A Somali Perspective"
• February 17: Guarneri String Quartet to perform in Mandeville
• February 17: Regents approved agreement with Theatre and Arts Foundation of San Diego County in which foundation will underwrite construction of a 500-seat theater at UCSD
• February 17: Dennis Banks to speak in public program
• February 21: Dr. Michael Davidson to discuss contemporary poetry and collection development in Public Events Series by Friends of UCSD Library
• February 23: Dr. Linus Pauling to discuss sickle cell anemia at symposium in dedication of Third College Chemistry Research Building
• February 27: Painter Tom Wudl to deliver lecture about his creative life and philosophy
• February 27: Program to call attention to the challenges facing women and to introduce methods of self-help and mutual assistance for women (honoring International Women's Day)
• February 28: Campaign to raise $2.3 million toward construction of cancer center and medical library at UC San Diego Medical Center
• March 3: "The Balcony" a play by Jean Genet to be performed
• March 3: Poet Kenneth Rexroth to read and perform
• March 6: "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" to be presented by John Muir Theatre Ensemble
• March 8: Poet Nathaniel Tarn to read from his works
• March 8: Dr. James Arnold, Dr. Stanford S. Penner, and Dr. Alvin M. Weinberg named as National Lecturers for 1978-79 by Sigma Xi
• March 16: List of events held in May
• March 17: Dr. Stanford S. Penner selected to head Fossil Energy Research Working Group
• March 20: Nathan O. Kaplan and Gordon H. Sato awarded grant to continue research on transplanting human tumors into nude mice
• March 20: Media Advisory - California Dance Educators Association (president Yen-Lu Wong) to meet in San Diego for first time
• March 24: Spring workshop of Popular Culture Association/West
• March 29: Spring Quarter Calendar of Events
• March 30: Emmett Ashford, umpire, to serve as regents lecturer
• March 30: "Stage Blood" by the Ridiculous Theatrical Company performed
• March 30: The Beaux Arts Trio to perform
• March 31: Exhibition of paintings by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo displayed
• April 3: "Price of Folly" performed by mime Antonin Hodek
• April 3: Six faculty members chosen to receive Guggenheim Fellowship Awards for 1978
• April 6: Job offers to women are running 37% ahead of last year, job offers to men are running 29% ahead of last year; job offers to women with bachelors degrees make up only 19% of all jobs offered-- Gloria Liebrenz explains the reasons for discrepancy
• April 7: "Alice" premieres in UCSD Theatre
• April 10: Harry N. Scheiber, Ramon E. Ruiz, Roy Harvey Pearce, and Andrew H. Wright to conduct Summer Seminars throughout the United States
• April 11: Christian B. Anfinsen chosen to deliver the Fifth Annual Lectureship in Chemistry series
• April 13: Dr. Zeno Vendler awarded fellowship for independent study and research by National Endowment for the Humanities
• April 13: Dr. Ricardo Romo awarded post-doctoral fellowship by National Chicano Council on Higher Education
• April 14: Carmen G. Warren, R.N. to be first speaker in the San Diego Rape Prevention Education Program
• April 17: Media Advisory - "What's Cooking? II", second annual performance art conference at Center for Music Experiment
• April 17: Media Advisory - "Children, Our Future Leaders" is program for Cinco de Mayo celebration
• April 17: Bella S. Abzug to speak in Mandeville, press conference scheduled
• April 19: Ten-year reunion planned for classes of 1967 and 1968
• April 19: Poet, Jerome Mazzaro to read from his works
• April 20: Dr. Stanford S. Penner named chairman of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences- National Research Council Advisory Committee on the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis
• April 20: Association of Medical Arts and Sciences to sponsor a three-part "Experiment in Preventive Medicine"
• April 20: Harold W. Chase to serve as a regents' lecturer
• April 20: Dr. Gertrud Weiss Szilard invited to present 1978 Leo Szilard Award for Physics in the Public Interest
• April 24: Friends of UCSD Library to hold 6th annual book sale
• April 25: Dr. E. Margaret Burbidge and Dr. Morris E. Friedkin elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences
• April 26: Robert O'Brien to meet with high school counselors and students from the Chicago area who are interested in UCSD
• April 26: About 250 youngsters to participate in sports and field trips this summer conducted by PE Department (National Youth Sports Program)
• May 1: Dr. Nathan Glazer to offer his "Analysis of Jewish Leadership in the United States"
• May 2: Media Advisory - Cinco de Mayo festivities
• May 3: Dr. Paul D. Saltman selected to receive Intra-Science Research Foundation's "Distinguished Health Sciences Service Award" and will present the Intra-Science Founder's Lecture
• May 4: Professor Kenneth Bowles explains problems of mini and microcomputers
• May 4: Student Stephen Keiffer wins first prize for essay and personal collection in 4th UCSD Undergraduate Book Collection Contest
• May 4: Moving Company to appear in Mandeville (modern dance)
• May 5: Poet Michael McClure to read from his works
• May 8: Dr. Warren L. Butler and Dr. Diego Catalan elected to membership in American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• May 11: Auction of found and unclaimed property to be conducted
• May 11: Campaign to raise $2.3 million toward construction of medical center and library has passed the half way point and close to having 2/3 of the goal in hand
• May 12: UCSD to christen its new four-oared racing shell
• May 12: Media Advisory - Dedication and christening of four-oared racing shell
• May 12: Chinese Poet Dr. Matthew Y.C. Chen to lecture
• May 18: Yen-lu Wong to study Chinese cultural experience
• May 19: Drama Dept. Graduate Repertory Season opens with plays
• May 19: Robert Meeropol to speak
• May 19: The Ruby Millsap Dance Theatre to perform
• May 22: Winners of High School Honors Mathematics Contest were honored
• May 24: Musical version of "Guys and Dolls" to be performed
• May 25: Theater for New Repertory will present evening of dance and theater pieces by Yen Lu Wong and Donna Sternberg
• May 26: Dr. Min Chiu Li to speak
• June 7: Summer session to offer variety of courses
• June 9: Commencement ceremonies planned
• June 16: June Louin Tapp elected president of the Society of the Psychological Study of Social Issues
• June 16: Symposium and banquet honoring 65th birthday of Dr. Eric Reissner
• June 17: Dr. Shirley W. Thomas to be commencement speaker at Third College
• June 17: Spring graduation, Honors and Award winners
• June 23: Free football seminar by San Diego Chargers
• July 3: Third annual dinner dance honoring members of Chancellor's Associates and Board of Overseers
• July 3: Public Information Office named winner of Exceptional Achievement Award in national competition
• July 6: UCSD librarians William E. Maina and Faith A. Meakin selected to participate in Health Sciences Library Management Intern Program
• July 10: Media Advisory - Groundbreaking of Academic Unit II, Third College
• July 13: Dr. June Louin Tapp resigned post as provost of Revelle College
• July 14: Groundbreaking ceremonies to mark beginning to addition to Third College
• July 19: Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine will speak on "Time and Structure" (Esmark Corporation)
• August 11: Michael Soule organized International Conference on Research in Conservation Biology, to be held at Third College
• August 11: Media Advisory - Dr. Paul Ehrlich to address First International Conference on Research in Conservation Biology at Third College
• August 15: Media Advisory - Section of American Astronomical Society to hold meeting to discuss results from HEAO-A Satellite
• August 15: Housing shortage a hardship for students
• August 16: Nobel Laureates to speak at Symposium "From Cyclotrons to Cytochromes" to honor Martin Kamen
• August 16: Third International Congress of Biorheology to meet at UCSD
• August 21: Faculty members receive grants from American Cancer Society to pursue research into causes and cures for the dread disease
• August 25: International Center locking for volunteer tutors to teach students and family members from foreign countries English
• August 25: Israeli folk song and dance at Mandeville
• August 28: SEVEN NOBEL LAUREATES TO SPEAK AT SYMPOSIUM TO HONOR DR. MARTIN KAMEN, DISCOVERER OF CARBON-14
• August 28: A reception honoring the Ira Wolff family
• September 11: William H. Webb named collection development librarian
• September 13: Media Advisory - The Los Angeles Lakers will hold a week of pre-season practice sessions on the University of California, San Diego campus
• September 13: Media Advisory - Welcome Week activities, orientation, films, lectures, jogs, parties, picnics and excursions
• September 13: Exhibition of enameling, an artistic pursuit, will be mounted at UCSD Central University Library
• September 13: Enrollment is up at UCSD, housing crunch will continue to be a problem
• September 15: McElroy's to welcome chief executives and spouses of more than 70 top San Diego companies at Executive Women International "Firm Night at UC San Diego"
• September 20: Dale L. Walker named head of public affairs office at Scripps
• September 20: Calendar of Events Fall Quarter 1978
• September 21: Media Advisory - Annual Sports Bizarre and Pizza Eating Contest
• September 21: Robert Erickson explains idea behind the Contemporary Music Archive in special collections of Central University Library
• September 28: Drama season opens with "Krapp's Last Tape" and "On the Harmfulness of Tobacco"
• September 29: "L.A. Women/Narrations" to be first presentation of school year in Mandeville Art Gallery
• October 5: Marie Rhines to perform
• October 11: Edward Albee's famous one act plays "The Zoo Story" and "The American Dream" to be presented
• October 11: Dr. Henry G. Booker elected honorary president of International Union of Radio Science
• October 17: Dr. Jorge A. Huerta receives award from National Chicano Council on Higher Education Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program
• October 17: Tokyo String Quartet to open 1978-79 Chamber Music Series at UCSD
• October 18: Media Advisory - Lionel Van Deerlin to discuss issues involved in rewriting Federal Communications Act
• October 24: "The Cage" and "Of Mice and Men" to be presented by Drama Dept
• October 24: Fall enrollment reached an all time high of 10,797
• October 25: Prague String Quartet to perform
• October 26: Yen Lu Wong named member of Advisory Panel for National Endowment for the Arts
• October 26: The National Theatre of the Deaf to perform
• October 27: The Kathryn Posin Dance Company to perform
• November 1: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo to perform
• November 1: "Micro-Sculpture" to be on exhibit at Mandeville Art Gallery
• November 2: Dr. Kurt E. Shuler invited to attend 17th International Solvay Conference on Physics in Brussels
• November 6: Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" to be presented
• November 9: Media Advisory - International Violin Makers Competition and convention of Violin Society of America at UCSD
• November 10: Paul G. Pickowicz to discuss "New Directions in China"
• November 14: Media Advisory - Professional ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren to present look at "The Amityville Horror"
• November 16: Media Advisory - Conference on ethnicity in the social sciences
• November 16: Floyd Gaffney receives foreign research award from Council for International Exchange of Scholars--will go to Brazil in 1979
• November 22: Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre to perform
• November 27: Conference "The Significance of the E Factor in Community Mental Health" to be held at UCSD
• December 14: Media Advisory - Conference on Inorganic and Nutritional Aspects of Cancer to be held at UCSD
• December 14: Yen-lu Wong served as delegate to First International Choreographers Conference held in New York
• December 22: Media Advisory - Press Preview for Christmas television special produced by and for the elderly
• December 22: Earl "Fatha" Hines to be regents' lecturer
• December 22: Herbert C. Brown to deliver a series of four seminars