News Releases for 1996

• January 3: UCSD presents the Children's Theatre Company's Ramona Quimby January 24 in Mandeville Auditorium
• January 3: Chicago's Vermeer Quartet to perform January 20
• January 6: High technology advancements to be presented at UC San Diego School of Engineering Research Review
• January 11: UCSD sociologist Richard Madsen explores moral side of U.S.-China relations in recent book on China and the American Dream
• January 12: Colorado Quartet to perform February 2 at UCSD
• January 17: UCSD sponsors British percussion group Stomp in performance February 9-11 at Spreckels Theater
• January 17: UCSD's International Center releases annual report
• January 17: Contemporary poets will read from their works beginning January 31, in UCSD's "New Writing Series"
• January 18: UC scholars claim ethnic conflict stems from fear of the future, not "ancient hatreds" or communism's collapse
• January 19: UCSD to offer new Doctor of Musical Arts Degree
• January 19: UCSD to present Transnational Economy, Citizenship, Ethnic Identity conference January 26 at the Cross Cultural Center
• January 19: March 26 election will include school construction measure
• January 19: UCSD offers Early Admission Honors program for high seniors
• January 22: Awards for Excellence will be presented to four UCSD faculty members
• January 24: Calendar announcement, UCSD Grove Gallery is showing photographs of four artists
• January 24: Media alert, British percussion group STOMP to perform at Spreckels Theater in downtown San Diego
• January 25: Evolutionary tree of major biological kingdoms constructed by team of UCSD researchers
• January 29: White House National Security Council director Richard Feinberg appointed dean of UCSD Pacific Rim School
• January 29: Klezmatics to perform Jewish Klezmer music at UCSD's Price Center Ballroom
• January 29: Documentary film on life and work of international artist Niki De Saint Phalle to be presented at UCSD
• January 29: Exhibition, After Art: Rethinking 150 years of photography opens at the University Art Gallery, UCSD
• January 31: New study abroad scholarships announced: The Betty R. Tate International Scholars awards
• February 1: UCSD awards and honors in physics
• February 1: Prominent Neuroscientist Mu-ming Poo named first holder of UCSD's Stephen W. Kuffler chair
• February 1: UCSD celebrates publication of Poet Jerome Rothenberg's new anthology
• February 7: UCSD's Grove Gallery to show "Polymer--The New Clay," a juried exhibition of works made from a new art medium
• February 9: Red Shoe added to Stuart Collection at UCSD; reception to be held for artist Elizabeth Murray, February 25
• February 9: "Women and Equity" forum to be sponsored by UCSD March 7 in the Price Center Ballroom
• February 9: Glenn Miller Orchestra to Perform February 28 at UCSD's Price Center Ballroom
• February 9: UCSD presents Hubbard Street Dance Chicago February 24 and 25
• February 12: Calendar announcement, UCSD visitors program tours
• February 12: Writer James Fallows to give free talk February 22 at UCSD
• February 12: UCSD visitors program offer free campus tours for residents and visitors
• February 13: Programs for middle school students offered by area colleges
• February 13: UCSD police to form senior citizens patrol on campus
• February 13: UCSD reports $1.1 billion in revenue in 1995 fiscal year
• February 20: The Canadian Brass to perform March 6 at UCSD's Mandeville Auditorium
• February 20: Four musical styles take the stage when Guitar Summit performs March 9 at UCSD's Mandeville Auditorium
• February 22: Bone marrow drive to be held February 28 and 29 at UCSD
• February 22: UCSD researchers discover similar genetic mechanism triggers common form of dwarfism and certain cancers
• February 23: Traditional Irish band Altan to perform in pre-St. Patrick's Day concert March 10 at the Mandeville Auditorium in UCSD
• February 23: Flatfish found to be "chameleons" of the sea
• March 11: UCSD graduate programs in science, medicine and engineering among the nation's best, says U.S. News and World Report
• March 11: UCSD economists receive grant to study government methods for gauging public opinion on environmental amenities
• March 12: UCSD genetics expert calls for creation of national DNA database for crime detection
• March 12: Musical accomplishments of UCSD's Robert Erickson traced in Thinking Sound Music to be released March 15
• March 12: F. Richard Moore to chair UCSD Department of Music
• March 12: TV Tips from UCSD
• March 13: Media advisory, seniors in the Urban Studies & Planning program at UCSD, display research projects during an open house exhibit, March 14
• March 15: Grove Gallery at UCSD features David Hessler works
• March 18: UCSD takes lead in proposal to NSF for new era in computational science
• March 18: Civil rights attorney Percy Sutton to discuss affirmative action in talk at UCSD April 1
• March 18: Calendar announcement, U.S.-Latin American relations will be examined during a three-day conference sponsored by Center for Iberian/Latin American Studies at UCSD May 16-18
• March 18: Calendar announcement, The Tale of Sweeney Todd will be performed by the John Muir College Musical Ensemble on April 5 and 6
• March 19: Celebrity chefs for UCSD Cancer Center benefit announced
• March 20: Community college students to benefit from new UCSD fund
• March 20: "Consider the source": new research indicates people may pay too much attention to origin of information instead of content
• March 26: The big fix: how plants turn nitrogen into nutrients will be focus of McElroy Lecture at UCSD
• March 26: UCSD to host policy roundtable on Asian Pacific immigration April 16
• March 26: UCSD provides e-mail to all incoming students starting fall of 1996
• March 27: April chimes at UCSD to honor Provost Emeritus John Stewart
• March 27: UCSD presents performances of Feld Ballets/New York April 17 and 28 at Spreckels Theater in downtown San Diego
• March 27: UCSD to offer variety of summer college courses
• April 1: UCSD awards and honors in natural sciences
• April 8: New chancellor named for UCSD, April 9
• April 9: UCSD's Grove Gallery to exhibit African stone carvings, April 16-May 17
• April 10: Blues artist and UCSD Regents' Lecturer Willie King to perform in free public concert
• April 11: UCSD Percussion Ensemble to perform May 2: cellist Maya Beiser will be featured soloist
• April 12: Media advisory, Leroy Hood, M.D., will deliver talk at UCSD
• April 12: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies will sponsor a conference on Latino Politics: Hispanic Political Participation in San Diego County
• April 12: Ballet Folklorico do Brasil to perform May 3 at UCSD
• April 13: "The Grape Escapade" staged by UCSD Cancer Center Associates
• April 22: Media Advisory, Martin Kamen will be receiving the Enrico Fermi Award, April 24 in Washington, D.C.
• April 22: Roger Reynolds' Odyssey to make U.S. premiere May 15 at UCSD
• April 23: Jorge Huerta honored at Kennedy Center ceremony, April 21
• April 23: Distinguished Teaching Awards go to four UCSD faculty members
• April 23: UCSD to stage Community Outreach Information Fair, May 18
• April 24: Media advisory, Take Our Daughters to Work Day, April 25
• April 24: May 3 conference on Latino politics to kick off Cinco de Mayo weekend
• April 25: Media advisory, a Vietnamese American Conference, "Resolving Conflict with Compromise" on April 27
• April 25: New scholarship announced for UCSD gay and lesbian students
• April 29: Calendar announcement, David Quammen will deliver a lecture on ecology and the significance of islands
• April 29: Media advisory, David Quammen will deliver a lecture at UCSD
• April 29: Media advisory, 12th Annual California Biotechnology Conference, May 9
• April 29: UCSD launches New Writing Series' poetry readings for spring
• April 30: Veteran commentator Daniel Schorr to speak at UCSD, May 8
• April 30: UCSD developmental biologist Michael Levine receives award from National Academy of Sciences
• April 30: Five members of UCSD faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
• April 30: Media advisory, An international conference on "Public Space and Democracy: Theatricality, Legitimacy, Politics" on May 3-4
• May 1: UCSD offers summer programs for high school students interested in Marine Biology, Environmental Science or Health Care
• May 1: UCSD to host pre-Olympic volleyball match
• May 2: Two members of the Department of Literature at UCSD have received recent honors
• May 2: UCSD alumni awards to be presented June 15
• May 3: UCSD team to join in Union-Tribune Dr. Seuss Race for Literacy
• May 6: UCSD philosopher Avrum Stroll selected to receive Emeriti Award for scholarship, teaching and public service
• May 6: Artist Leonard Baskin to lecture May 9 at Friends of the UCSD Libraries meeting
• May 7: Status of U.S.-Latin American relations to be examined at May 16-18 conference at UCSD
• May 8: Fermi Award winner Martin Kamen to deliver Suess Lecture at UC San Diego, May 14
• May 8: Eight UCSD professors elected to prestigious Academy of Arts and Sciences
• May 9: UCSD philosopher selected to receive Emeriti Award for scholarship, teaching and public service
• May 9: UCSD anthropologist Thomas Levy to receive Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
• May 10: Renowned philosopher of science Clark Glymour will join UCSD as first holder of Valtz Family Chair
• May 14: Do you hear what I hear? Children learn music perception from mom
• May 14: UCSD study shows more homework gives big boost to math scores
• May 14: UC Education Abroad Program offers historic student internship during transfer of sovereignty in Hong Kong 1997
• May 14: UC Education Abroad Program to offer students study year in South Africa for the first time
• May 14: UCSD conference to focus on migration, ethnicity
• May 14: DNA vaccine to fight allergies created by UCSD medical researchers
• May 15: UCSD scientists answer fundamental question about makeup of the universe
• May 16: UCSD will hold a Community Outreach Information Fair on May 18
• May 16: Media Advisory, Community Outreach Information Fair sponsored by UCSD, May 18 at Bayview Baptiste Church Community Center
• May 17: 39th Annual High School Winners announced in mathematics contest at UCSD May 16
• May 20: UCSD Commencement ceremonies to be held June 9, 15 and 16
• May 21: UCSD Professor Allan Havis, play appears in New American Jewish Anthology
• May 23: Mathematics award given to UCSD professor Bruce K. Driver
• May 24: UCSD names interim Senior Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Richard Attiyeh
• May 30: Comet Hyakutake spawned from pre-solar material
• May 31: Pioneer gene-splicer David V. Goeddel named UCSD Outstanding Alumnus of the Year
• June 3: Governmental representatives address UCSD leadership meeting
• June 3: UC San Diego Foundation makes Civis Universitatis awards
• June 3: Detailed physical map of soil amoeba genome constructed by UCSD developmental biologists
• June 4: UCSD awards and honors
• June 4: Braille Guild endowments to aid visually disabled UCSD students
• June 4: Una Tardeada to be sponsored by UCSD for Hispanic community leaders June 21
• June 6: Media Advisory, Commencement ceremonies to be held at UCSD
• June 10: UCSD biology student receives award for excellence in undergraduate research
• June 12: UCSD chemist receives Dreyfus teacher-scholar award
• June 12: Media Advisory, Commencement ceremonies to be held at UCSD
• June 12: National economic adviser Laura Tyson to visit UCSD June 15
• June 18: 1996 San Diego Film Festival award winners announced
• June 21: Calendar Announcement, Free tours of the UCSD campus offered this summer
• June 21: Free tours of UCSD campus are offered this summer
• July 1: Trying to decipher life's patterns from the language of physics and math
• July 3: New satellite imager will provide early warning of geomagnetic storms
• July 9: UCSD scientist Thomas O'Neil wins Maxwell Prize in plasma physics
• July 10: New UCSD chancellor Robert Dynes honored at reception July 10
• July 16: Volunteers needed to host foreign students at UCSD
• July 16: UCSD International Center Friends award $21,000 in scholarships
• July 17: UCSD Foundation elects new trustees, officers
• July 17: UCSD to present Tina Modotti photographic exhibition; recently discovered, never before seen works included
• July 23: UCSD establishes Center for Advanced Computational Science and Engineering
• July 25: Media Advisory, UCSD political experts are available for comment on Republican National Convention issues
• July 26: UCSD International Center honors eight Volunteers of the Year
• July 26: UCSD physicist Scott Renn awarded 1996 Hellman Faculty Fellowship
• July 30: UCSD receives $1.9 million--the largest gift in university history for undergraduate scholarships
• August 5: UCSD receives Management Achievement Award for third year
• August 7: UCSD physicist George Feher named Fellow of EPR/ESR Society
• August 8: By sun's early light: discovery of new chemical reaction provides clues to primordial gases in early solar system
• August 9: Media Advisory, ceremonies honoring first "Science San Diego" award winner
• August 13: U.S. Representative John Porter receives first "Science San Diego" award
• August 15: Hellman Faculty Fellowships Awarded to eight At UCSD
• August 15: UCSD biologist receives major award for leading plant science research
• August 23: UCSD will hold 'first-ever' homecoming; astronaut Sally Ride to give keynote address
• August 23: UCSD will hold its first homecoming
• August 26: Center for Research on Biological Structures created at UCSD
• September 3: Tuning into chaos may signal new form of communications
• September 5: UCSD ranked among best national universities in annual survey
• September 6: UCSD receives 'Energy Manager of the Year Award'
• September 6: UCSD music professors chosen for 1996-97 ASCAP Awards
• September 13: UCSD Music Department to hold piano sale Sept. 21 and 22
• September 13: Two new UC San Diego endowed chairs to support wireless communications research
• September 16: Chancellor Dynes to be inaugurated October 25
• September 16: American Academy of Arts and Sciences announces new fellows at UCSD
• September 19: Students get electronic help as UCSD fall quarter opens September 23
• September 19: Private support at UCSD up 68 percent over previous year
• September 19: Bilingual folk singer Tish Hinojosa to perform October 6 at UCSD
• September 20: International singing star Cesaria Evora to perform her blues style, Morna, October 10
• September 23: Grammy award-winning Emerson Spring Quartet to perform at UCSD
• September 24: New outpost of Egyptian civilization discovered in Israel
• September 24: UCSD to present Tina Modotti photographic exhibition; recently discovered, unpublished works included
• September 24: Conference on photographer Tina Modotti planned at UCSD
• September 24: The photographic eye, concerns, and life of Tina Modotti
• September 25: Calendar Announcement, Campus tours by UCSD Visitors Program
• September 25: Free tours of UCSD campus are offered this fall
• September 25: UCSD announces new senior director of development
• September 27: Alums of UCSD's Pac Rim School to celebrate 10th anniversary
• October 1: Noted television news anchor to headline UCSD's disability awareness & safety fair
• October 1: UCSD appoints senior director of university projects
• October 1: Calendar announcement, UCSD holds Disability Awareness and Safety Fair Oct 16
• October 1: UCSD serves students with unified communications network, and Zenith cable modems
• October 2: Panel on California Civil Rights initiative to be held October 7 at UCSD
• October 4: UCSD's International Center to host "Quest International '96"
• October 4: Crafts Center at UCSD presents Faculty Show Ninety Six
• October 4: UCSD "Preview Day," for high school and community college students November 9
• October 4: UCSD presents contemporary poets reading their works as part of the 'New Writing Series,' beginning October 16
• October 4: Australia's Queensland Ballet to perform at UCSD's Mandeville Auditorium October 15
• October 4: UCSD astronomer Margaret Burbidge named honorary fellow
• October 7: UCSD's 1996-97 Chamber Music Series to feature five ensembles October 12
• October 7: Power Percussion Troupe from Brazil to perform at UCSD October 16
• October 8: UCSD to hold panel on '96 Presidential Election October 14
• October 10: Media Advisory, Nobelist F. Sherwood Rowland will discuss impact of greenhouse effect during Helen Edison Lecture Series on October 21
• October 10: Dr. Robert C. Dynes to be inaugurated Oct. 25 as Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego
• October 11: UCSD will hold 'First-ever' homecoming; astronaut Sally Ride to give keynote address
• October 11: Capitol Steps to spoof politics/politicians at October 27 performance in UCSD's Mandeville Auditorium
• October 11: UCSD to present Odissi classical dance from India October 25
• October 14: UCSD to host 'Preview Day 1996' on campus November 9
• October 14: UCSD's Eleanor Roosevelt College to sponsor international symposium Oct. 25 on worldwide challenges faced by children
• October 18: Manhattan tap dance troupe to perform November 9 at UCSD
• October 23: Contemporary chamber music ensemble Speculum Musicae to perform in concert November 17 in UCSD's Mandeville Auditorium
• October 24: Media Advisory, UCSD's 6th Chancellor Robert C. Dynes inauguration ceremonies
• October 24: Sports excitement comes from 50/50 blend of skill and chance
• October 25: Craft Center at UCSD presents Timor: Textiles from Indonesia
• October 25: Southern California's future as hub of PAC Rim trade hinges on L.A. infrastructure projects, according to recent study
• October 25: Media Advisory, Nancy Soderberg to speak at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
• October 25: Dr. Robert C. Dynes inaugurated today as UCSD Chancellor
• October 30: Media Advisory, UCSD's 19th annual Muir College Pumpkin Drop and Halloween Carnival
• October 31: Origins of brain wave patterns seen in sleep suggest answer to old question: Why do we sleep?
• November 4: Media Advisory, UCSD's first High School Teacher of the Year Award Ceremony/UCSD Preview Day
• November 7: UCSD to sponsor regional conference Nov. 23 on immigrant communities and multiracial identities
• November 7: UCSD chemists find a better way to trap molecules
• November 8: Three major book awards won by UCSD history professor
• November 8: Chamber music ensemble to serve as Regents' Lecturers at UCSD
• November 8: Media Advisory, UCSD Lambda Phi Epsilon fraternity sponsor bone marrow drive for 10-year old Krystle Renee Nichols
• November 13: La Jolla consortium awarded $2.5 million grant to foster training for new generation of scientist
• November 18: Media Advisory, Groundbreaking for the Department of Theatre's new dance studio facility at UCSD on Nov. 20
• November 18: UCSD Scientists to study protein "motors" under three-year, $1.2 million NSF grant
• November 19: New study by UCSD associate professor Jaime Pineda show smoking found to improve memory
• November 25: UCSD Crafts center presents 1996 holiday show and sale
• November 27: National R&D ranking of universities announced
• December 2: Yeltsin's attempts to institute democratic reforms in Russia have failed, says UC San Diego sociologist
• December 6: One of world's most famous astronomical artists to discuss his work during two UCSD Regents' lectures
• December 9: Japanese monarchy is a product of modern times, not ancient Japan, according to UCSD historian
• December 16: Angeles string quartet to perform January 10 at UCSD
• December 16: Affiliation under way for UCSD and medical foundation
• December 16: International perspectives on ethnicity is topic of February 4 forum at UCSD International Center
• December 17: $3000 Chris Borton Memorial Scholarship established for undergraduate study abroad
• December 18: Tina and Weston reading to be presented Jan. 11, 1997 at UCSD
• December 20: UCSD visual arts professor awarded honorary doctorate from Russell Sage College