News Releases for 1993

January 11: UCSD presents the Orion String Quartet

January 13: California State Senate hearing on NAFTA to be held at UCSD Jan. 22

January 13: Dean Richard Attiyeh has been appointed Institutional Coordinator

January 13: Korean Cultural Festival 1993 to be held at UCSD Jan. 23-Feb. 6

January 14: "An Evening with John Muir," a one-man show, Jan. 25 in Price Center Theater

January 15: UCSD labor expert Harley Shaiken appointed to two U.S. office of Technology Assessment panels on industrial competitiveness & U.S. technology

January 15: UCSD biologists stage gecko wars to find out how invading animals win

January 15: UCSD's John Muir College to celebrate anniversary with free one-man drama about the naturalist, Jan. 25 in Price Center Theater

January 19: Mandeville Gallery to present "Conceptual Sculpture: Body & Soul" from Jan.30-Mar. 7

January 20: UCSD presents "The Jungle Book" by the Children's Theatre Company, Jan. 31

January 22: UCSD presents "Mardi Gras Galore! "--Feb.6- with Louisiana bands "Beausoleil" and the "Rebirth Brass Band" at Price Center Ballroom

January 23: "Vienna Architecture: The State of the Art" exhibition to be held at UCSD Feb. 1-20

January 25: Harvard historian Akira Iriye to speak on U.S.-Japan relations Jan. 27 at UCSD

January 26: Clarence Fountain and the Blind Boys of Alabama will perform at UCSD on Feb.11

January 28: UCSD to present "Clearcut," a Canadian film about a native American response to the destruction of the forests, Feb.12

January 28: UCSD to present the "American Indian Dance Theatre" on Feb. 10 in Mandeville Auditorium

January 29: Dean of American Indian writers N. Scott Momaday to present lecture at UCSD, Feb. 26

January 29: National & Regional Politics & Public Policy Experts

January 29: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

February 1: Department of Literature awards and honors

February 1: Politics & Economics of the Pacific Rim

February 1: Notice of Department of History awards, honors, fellowships, special projects or publication of books

February 1: UCSD's Institute for Biomedical Engineering receives $3 million grant from Whitaker Foundation

February 2: UCSD to host Anti-Defamation League's Third Annual Student Leadership Conference on Feb. 24 at Price Center

February 6: Chancellor Richard Atkinson served as chairman of a conference on "The origins and Development of High Ability", Jan. 24-28

February 8: Official visit of UC President Jack Peltason, library expansion will be marked at UCSD events slated Feb. 25-27

February 8: UCSD to present the Prazak String Quartet, Feb. 27 in Mandeville Auditorium

February 10: 1st Annual Best Buddies Valentine's Dance, Feb. 11 at Price Center Cove

February 11: Jazz musicians' photographs to be displayed at UCSD's Central University Library

February 12: The Stuart Collection to inaugurate its 12th work by Jenny Holzer -- March 6

February 12: UCSD's Grove Gallery joins with 40 other San Diego galleries in hosting the 1993 NCECA conference in March with a show titled "Ceramic Figures of Ocumicho"

February 16: UCSD to kick off annual United Way/CHAD campaign, Feb. 18 in Price Center Plaza

February 17: Symposium on "Vienna Architecture: The State of the Art", Feb. 19 at Warren Lecture Hall

February 17: UCSD will be host to Anti-Defamation League of San Diego's Third Annual Student Leadership Conference, Feb. 24

February 18: UCSD to host Anti-Defamation League's Third Annual Student Leadership Conference, Feb. 24

February 19: UCSD presents the Paul Taylor Dance Company-Feb. 26 & Feb. 28

February 19: Lecture on the "Consuming Experience: Shopping Malls and the Situationist International"

February 19: UCSD to host Student Leader Exchange program with McGill University from Feb. 20-27

February 19: La Jolla philanthropist Florence Seeley Riford dies

February 22: UCSD economist George Borjas is appointed by Governor Wilson to Council of Economic Advisers

February 24: UCSD marks rededication of Central Library today with official visit of UC President Jack Peltason

March 1: UCSD's Mandeville Gallery to present "Ceramic Variations: Three Installations," Mar. 20-Apr. 25

March 2: Lecture, "Edges and Centers," presented by Rene Davids, Mar. 10

March 3: UCSD to present Swiss mime group,"Mummenschanz," Mar. 7

March 4: UCSD fitness expert John Cates is appointed by Governor Wilson to Council on Physical Fitness

March 5: Temporary American Center show goes on display at UCSD School of Architecture Gallery Mar. 17

March 10: Yale University Associate Librarian Gerald Lowell is appointed head of libraries at UCSD

March 11: Health Lecture Day Apr. 17 to feature talks on latest in women's health care developments

March 11: The Philip Glass Ensemble to accompany "Powaqqatsi," a silent film, Mar. 26

March 15: UCSD presents the Peabody Trio -- Apr. 3

March 15: UCSD to co-sponsor symposium on international trade opportunities for women business owners

March 16: UCSD Foundation presents awards to outstanding benefactors

March 19: UC research shows Latinos and Asians need different strategies to increase political participation in California

March 19: UCSD students to present "Into the Woods"

March 19: UCSD Center for Magnetic Recording Research awarded $1.1 million for advanced recording technologies

March 23: Revelle College to stage Renaissance Faire

March 23: Thirteenth Annual Renaissance Faire presented by Revelle College students Apr. 18

March 23: Symposium on International Trade Opportunities for Women Business Owners Mar. 24-26

March 29: The Reduced Shakespeare Co. presents "The Complete Works" on Apr.15--and The Complete History of America on Apr. 16

March 30: Symposium on Art, Aesthetics and Politics in Africa and the Carribean to be held Apr. 9-22

March 31: UCSD chemists take first steps to develop silicon-based "inorganic tongue"

March 31: UCSD to rename Third College for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall

April 1: Experimental math course at UCSD to give students insight on "chance"

April 1: Apache-Chicano scholar Ines M. Talamantez to present 1993 Burke Lecture on Apr. 22

April 1: UCSD's Division of Engineering's Annual Research Review to be held Apr. 16

April 1: UCSD historian Paul G. Pickowicz selected to receive award for book on China

April 1: UCSD presents the Emerson String Quartet

April 5: High School College Bowl set for Apr. 24

April 5: Three UCSD researchers awarded Sloan Research Fellowships

April 9: UCSD researchers stalk new approach to achieving giant magnetoresistance

April 12: UCSD libraries receive book collection from Taiwanese government

April 13: Strategic partnership formed to build first vehicular bridge using lightweight advanced composites

April 14: UCSD's Mandeville Gallery to show selected works of Conrad Atkinson, May 1-Jun. 3

April 15: UCSD Alumni Association to select representative to serve on UC Board of Regents for two year term

April 15: Discovery of "jumping gene" in plants provides new tool for genetic engineering

April 16: Richard Podgorski is appointed new development director at UCSD

April 16: UCSD to hold Thurgood Marshall forum Apr. 27 in honor of Third College renaming

April 19: UCSD philosopher Philip Kitcher appointed to new Presidential Chair

April 21: UCSD biology professor Suresh Subramani awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

April 21: Shirley Jones to head entertainment at Jun. 5 Opening Night Gala marking completion of UCSD Medical Center's Thornton Hospital

April 21: UCSD's Grove Gallery to present "Verdict L.A.: Recent Serigraphs from Self Help Graphics"

April 22: UCSD graduate student Dennis Mazzocco wins fifth Emmy Award for Olympics coverage

April 23: "Dr. Seuss Collection" on public display at the Central Library, May 24 through Aug.

April 23: UCSD to present traditional music of southern Philippines, May 1 in Mandeville Auditorium

April 23: Musicologist Jann Pasler receives prestigious Stanford academic fellowship and a UC Irvine Humanities Institute grant

April 23: "Hands on San Diego" volunteer event, Apr. 24

April 27: Sha Sha Higby combines dance, performance art and sculptural costuming May 2 at UCSD

April 27: San Diego firefighting units to drill May 2

April 27: Symposium to mark 10th anniversary of UCSD's Center for Magnetic Recording Research

April 28: Preview open house events planned for UCSD's family

April 29: Selections from Dr. Seuss Collection to go on display at UCSD's Central Library

April 29: Spanish speaking faculty members at UCSD

May 5: Rangan named acting managing editor for multimedia systems

May 5: CMRR endowed chair named for Stephen O. Rice

May 5: Forman A. Williams, director of Center for Energy and Combustion Research receive the American Institute of Aeronautics Pendray Aerospace Literature Award for 1993

May 5: Charles Elkan, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering receives award from IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence for 1993

May 7: James U. Lemke, founder of the UCSD's Center for Magnetic Recording Research was awarded the Revelle Medal May 4

May 11: UCSD hold conference May 15 on women of color in politics

May 11: Ramon Gutierrez of Ethnic Studies Department receives Chicano Studies grant, fellowships. Bennetta Jules-Rosette, Sociologist, appointed coordinator of the recently created African and African-American Studies Research Project. Gillermo Algaze, professor of Anthropology at UCSD, receives grant from NEH. James Lyon, provost of UCSD's Fifth College and professor of German Literature, appointed first Bertolt Brecht Professorship. Levin Middlebrook, a senior research fellow at UCSD Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, receives Hoover Institution National Fellowship

May 12: V. Wayne Kennedy, UCSD Vice Chancellor named to Systemwide Senior Vice President for Business and Finance post

May 14: UCSD Alumni Association hold its annual Award Banquet June 12 in the Price Center Ballroom

May 15: David Hendrickson, professor of chemistry elected as Humboldt Award Recipient

May 18: UCSD Alumni Association to hold annual awards for excellence dinner June 12

May 19: Molecule that could aid organ transplantation synthesized by La Jolla Researchers K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and Darlene Shiley, professor and chairman, Department of Chemistry

May 20: Gift of $50,000 made to Korean Studies Program at UCSD Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies

May 20: UCSD Undergraduate Research Conference--from Cowboy Poetry and Indian Drumming to student fashion, toddler's memories, and "Star Trek" held May 22

May 21: UC Regents approve renaming of UCSD's Third College

May 21: Regents approve endowed Katzin chair of Jewish civilization at UCSD

May 21: Peltason calls for reassessing UC's future

May 25: Division of Engineering at UCSD becomes the School of Engineering

May 25: UCSD to honor 99th Birthday of Librabry Carillon donor, Joe Rubinger

May 26: Larry Vanderhoef, provost of UC-Davis to brief reporters on budget-cutting of Davis's budget

May 28:

June 1: UCSD Economics Class "Presidential Debate" on Federal Budget Proposals held on June 3

June 2: Annual Watermelon Drop at UCSD on June 4

June 2: UCSD Commencement ceremonies will confer approximately 3,170 degrees on June 6, June 12 and June 13

June 2: Honors and Awards, Paul Mares

June 3: Research foundation head and UCSD alumnus Peter Preuss is named alumni representative to UC Board of Regents

June 5: Sellout crowd attends "Opening Night" festivities for new facilities at UCSD Medical Center-La Jolla

June 14: Dean of Fifth College, E. Jane Hett, died

June 15: Teddy G. Traylor, distinguished UCSD professor of chemistry, died

June 15: Eminent astronomers offer alternative to the Big Bang

June 16: Free tours of the campus offered this summer by UCSD Visitors Bureau

June 16: Free special tours of UCSD campus are available

June 18: Two well-known university supporters named to receive Distinguished Service Medals from Chancellor's Associates

June 18: UCSD's Mandeville Gallery to show photographs from the Library of Congress--Sept. 24-Oct. 31

June 23: San Diego Supercomputer Center upgrades Intel Paragon Supercomputer

June 25: UCSD Mandeville Gallery Art Council members take art tour of Minneapolis

June 28: Biological sciences at UCSD rank in the top 10 in latest "Citation Analysis" poll conducted by ISI

June 30: UCSD physicist Kim Griest receives Outstanding Junior Investigator Award

July 1: Rogers Davis is appointed new personnel director at UCSD

July 2: "Future Problems in Mechanics and Materials" meeting, July 6-9 at IBM Almaden Research Ctr.

July 6: New director Gregory Snee of UCSD Transportation and Parking Services named

July 7: UCSD student/Long Beach resident wins fellowship with San Diego Mayor's Office

July 9: UCSD historian Bob Edelman writes about spectator sports in USSR

July 9: UCSD student Julie Chung receives State Department Foreign Affairs Fellowship

July 14: UCSD chemist Michael Sailor named 1993 Beckman Young Investigator

July 19: San Diego chemist K.C. Nicolaou elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

July 20: First UC Foundations Conference held at UC San Diego this spring

July 21: "Jim Arnold-Fest" - July 25 in Sumner Hall Auditorium, SIO

July 26: UCSD engineering professor Forman A. Williams appointed Presidential Chair in Energy and Combustion Research

July 29: More than a dozen UCSD proposals submitted for defense conversion funds under new federal program

August 4: UCSD launches U.S.- Vietnam research and exchange project

August 9: UCSD Chancellor's Awards presented to International Center volunteers

August 9: UCSD International Center awards $14,000 in scholarships

August 10: New "virtual reality" computer system will give Scripps scientists inside view of climate models

August 20: "Bioinorganic Chemistry -- Sixth International Conference, August 23-27

August 24: New service brings employers and job seekers together

August 31: Free tours of the campus offered by the Visitors Program

August 31: Free tours of the campus from Visitors Program

August 31: Free tours of campus are offered this fall

September 2: The UCSD Mandeville Gallery will open its 1993-94 season with a Library of Congress photo exhibition, "Documenting America"

September 2: Champagne Membership Brunch featuring Women's Health Center, Sept. 21 at University House

September 4: Student outreach and Recruitment Office changes schedule for UCSD campus tours

September 6: UCSD biologists to get better view of developing animals with purchase of $190,000 laser scanning confocal microscope

September 6: UCSD biology professor William Harris awarded Fogarty Fellowship from NIH

September 10: Bailey appointed to development post

September 10: UCSD carillon anniversary concert to be held Sept. 20

September 13: UCSD Crafts Center to show instructors' works in the Grove Gallery, Sept. 28-Oct. 30

September 22: Hans E. Suess, professor emeritus of chemistry, died

September 22: UCSD names UCLA fusion expert Robert Conn as dean designate of School of Engineering

September 24: Emergency Preparedness Drill at UCSD on Oct. 1

September 24: Morning "wake-up" call prepares UCSD students for real emergency, Oct.1

September 27: The innovative Kronos Quartet to open UCSD's University Events 1993-94 Season, Oct.7

September 29: International Flag Raising for ITER, Oct.1

October 1: UCSD will host annual Preview Day October 16

October 4: Alaskan performers bring ancient Tlingit legend to the stage, Oct. 24

October 5: UCSD presents monologist Eric Bogosian in "Dog Show: A Personal Vision" on Oct.29

October 7: U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno will discuss NAFTA and immigration issues at UCSD, Oct.7

October 8: UCSD International Center hosts "Quest International '93" on Oct. 22

October 8: Ceremony to celebrate $3 million grant awarded to UCSD's Institute for Biomedical Engineering

October 8: Burke Lectureship sponsors "Children at Risk: Voices of Hope" on Oct. 23

October 8: Burke Lectureship sponsors "Children at Risk" symposium, Oct. 23

October 11: 16th Annual Muir College Pumpkin Drop & Halloween Carnival, Oct. 29

October 13: Dedication of Thurgood Marshall College at UCSD set for Oct. 22

October 14: Diamanda Galas returns to San Diego for "Judgement Day" in Mandeville Auditorium

October 15: Novel approach by UCSD scientists links protein to inflammatory disease

October 15: UCSD Alumni Association sponsors Black Alumni reunion, Oct. 21-23

October 18: Painter Lari Pittman will show "Paintings and Works on Paper: 1989-1993", Nov. 6-Dec. 12

October 20: British rock group "Squeeze" to play at UCSD's Price Center Ballroom, Nov. 22

October 22:

October 26: UCSD to host 10K Race/5K Fun-Run to benefit UCSD Alumni Association Scholarship Fund

October 28: Ysaye Quartet opens 19th season of UCSD's Chamber Music Series

November 4: UCSD to present "Les Ballets Africains" for two nights, Nov. 18-19

November 5: UCSD research suggests psychosomatic factors can precipitate death by more than 5 years

November 5: UCSD historian and editor of Anchor Bible Series receives award

November 11: James R. Arnold awarded Kuiper Prize

November 11: Social and ethical issues of human genome project to be analyzed by UCSD philosopher Philip Kitcher, for Library of Congress

November 11: UCSD chosen to host two Russian artists for one-month residency

November 19: Two endowed chairs established in chemistry

November 19: Walter J. Zable Endowed Chair in Engineering established at UCSD

November 24: Bridge to the future

November 29: Diamond wafers discussed by Israeli scientist

November 30: Historian Steven Hahn elected to Society of American Historians

November 30: People, Events, Research

December 2: Two UCSD historians receive awards

December 2: Highest prize in scientific computing goes to chemists from UCSD and SDSC

December 14: New book by Nancy Scott Anderson traces history and development of UCSD

December 16: UCSD to present the "Throat Singers of Tuva". Three Siberian musicians from Kyzyl, performing a throat singing technique made famous by the nomadic people

December 20: UCSD Sociologist David P. Phillips finds hidden suicides in death statistics

December 22: UCSD present the Alexander String Quartet,winners of the 1985 Portsmouth International Competion and first quartet ever to win the Concert Artists Guild International Award, Jan. 8

December 22: UCSD Presents the Parsons Dance Company Jan 9

December 22: UCSD Present Polish Sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz's "Recent Work" to be shown from Jan 15 to Feb 27

December 24: Technique for "Growing" Electrical Connections Developed by UCSD Chemist Michael Sailor

December 29: Mandell Weiss who played an instrumental role in establishing the University of California, San Diego as a major center for theater in the United States died at his home in San Diego at the age of 102