News Releases for 1999

• January 4: UCSD physics team pinpoints novel energy scale associated with superconducting materials
• January 4: Universities and colleges will hold talks for students and parents
• January 5: Free Sunday afternoon tours offered this winter by UCSD Visitors Program
• January 5: Free Sunday afternoon tours of UCSD offered this winter
• January 5: Canadian-based St. Lawrence String Quartet to perform Jan. 15 in Mandeville Auditorium at UCSD
• January 5: Jazz/Blues Singer Barbara Morrison to headline benefit at UCSD
• January 5: Hung Liu: a ten-year survey 1988-1998 opens Jan. 22 at UCSD's University Art Gallery
• January 6: New investigation by UCSD astronomer questions the distance, cosmological use of quasars
• January 6: Chinese techniques to blend with spirited modern dance when Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company performs Jan. 23 at UCSD
• January 7: UCSD among top universities with graduates currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers
• January 8: Free public lecture by David Korn, M.D. on "Information Technology and the Privacy of Biomedical Information" at UCSD, Jan. 14
• January 8: Free Sunday afternoon tours of UCSD offered this winter
• January 11: Grammy Award-winning Emerson String Quartet to perform Jan. 29
• January 13: Internationally acclaimed Congo musician and composer Dominic Kanza gives free public lecture at UCSD on Feb. 19
• January 20: UCSD posts record freshmen, transfer applications for Fall '99
• January 20: UCSD faculty members to receive, "Awards of Excellence" Feb. 16
• January 22: Metabolism studies shed light on activity of potent new class of anti-cancer drugs
• January 25: UCSD's Feb. 9 "Hearts & Scholars" Luncheon Honors Supporters
• February 1: UC San Diego receives major grant to initiate new dialogue with San Diego community
• February 1: Nobel Laureate Poet Seamus Heaney to read selections at Feb. 22 UCSD Center for the Humanities Lecture
• February 3: UC San Diego sociologist wins awards for book on AIDS activism and its impact on scientific knowledge
• February 4: New book on first black woman journalist in U.S. traces the black press and protest in the 19th century
• February 4: Quebec's La Bottine Souriante to perform traditional, modern and folk music Feb. 20 in the Price Center at UCSD
• February 5: UCSD talk Feb. 10 to focus on invisible privilege systems
• February 5: Applications for students in grades 6-8 accepted for fall term at The Preuss School on the UCSD campus
• February 8: Internationally acclaimed musician and composer Dominic Kanza to perform at UCSD Feb. 19
• February 12: Diverse music of Africa to be showcased Feb. 26 at UCSD
• February 16: UCSD International Center sends record number abroad; ranks fifth in the country as a host for foreign scholars
• February 16: Nobel Laureate Walter Kohn to give public lecture at UCSD on March 4
• February 16: The outlook of research development funding topic of science and technology council lecture
• February 16: Nobel Laureates in literature, chemistry and economics to present programs in 1999 Nobel Laureates series at UCSD
• February 17: Obituary for former UC San Diego Chancellor and National Science Foundation Director William D. McElroy
• February 18: UCSD and NIH researchers isolate candidates for genetic basis of human taste
• February 18: Students invited to Seuss birthday event
• February 18: UCSD psychologist to be honored for "Experimental Breakthroughs" by the National Academy of Sciences
• February 19: UCSD to host San Diego International Film Festival Feb. 23-June 4
• February 19: Award-winning British ceramic artist to exhibit works, present workshop at UCSD's Grove Gallery, Crafts Center
• February 22: "Page Mothers": March 5-6 UCSD Literary Conference spotlights the poets, their presses, their poetics
• February 25: Applications for admission to the new Preuss School at UCSD being accepted through March 12
• February 25: Applications for Preuss School at UCSD now being accepted through March 12
• February 26: Terrorism, corruption, and drug trafficking are focus of March 5-6 conference at UCSD
• February 26: UCSD to present The English Patient author Michael Ondaatje March 17 at the Price Center
• March 1: Lecture by Walter Kohn, 1998 Nobel Prize winner, at UCSD on March 4
• March 2: Free tours of UCSD campus offered this spring
• March 2: Free tours campus offered this spring at UCSD
• March 2: Free Sunday afternoon tours of UCSD offered this spring
• March 3: Study finds visitors to New York 134% more likely to die of heart attack than visitors to other cities
• March 8: UCSD scientist honored by American Physical Society for advancing physics in developing countries
• March 9: Vicente Fox will visit the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at UCSD on March 13
• March 10: Free street fair to be held at Marshall College at UCSD on April 10
• March 11: Musical performance of The Mystery of Edwin Drood presented at UCSD on April 9
• March 15: Original pottery by artists of Mata Ortiz, Mexico will be on view April 6-24 in Grove Gallery at UCSD
• March 15: A group of science honor students from La Jolla High School visit UCSD's School of Medicine during national Brain Awareness Week on March 17
• March 16: Two UCSD neuroscientists visits Pacific Beach Middle School as part of UCSD's BrainWorks: Plug Into It in observance of National Brain Awareness Week, March 18
• March 16: Corrected Copy: UCSD announces 1999 freshmen admissions data
• March 18: British-Indian film maker to screen two films April 8 as Regents' Lecturer in Department of Literature at UCSD
• March 18: Contemporary artists exhibition opens April 8 in the University Art Gallery at UCSD
• March 19: Contemporary writers and poets to read works in UCSD's New Writing Series: Spring 1999 April 7-May 26
• March 20: UCSD, CalSOAP will administer PSAT tests at no charge to area underrepresented college-bound students at Mission Bay High School, March 20
• March 23: Real Estate Wheeler-Dealer Samuel Zell to discuss real estate in the 21st Century at April 7 UCSD Roundtable
• March 23: Groundbreaking set March 30 for the Preuss School at UCSD
• March 24: Interdisciplinary group at UCSD laser-generated x-rays to watch atoms move
• March 25: UCSD political scientist named to governor's Commission on Building for the 21st Century
• March 25: Lyrical and graceful Odissi Temple Dance of India to be performed April 16 in Mandeville Auditorium at UCSD
• March 26: San Diego International Film Festival schedules 11 screenings in April at UCSD
• March 26: Peabody Trio with guest clarinetist Charles Neidich to perform April 17 in Mandeville Auditorium at UCSD
• March 29: UCSD architect named to prestigious fellowship
• March 29: Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Preuss School at UCSD, March 30
• March 29: UCSD research awards up 31 percent in five years; $400 million total tops in University of California
• March 30: San Diego Science and Technology Council convenes high-tech leaders to discuss U.S. competitive strength
• March 30: Youngsters break ground for charter school on UCSD campus
• April 2: Inventive dancer-illusionists Momix to create surreal imagery April 25 in Mandeville Auditorium at UCSD
• April 5: The Black West: Reinventing History, Reinterpreting Media will be explored in a symposium April 22-23 at UCSD
• April 9: Award-winning, Budapest-base Keller Quartet to perform April 24 in Mandeville Auditorium at UCSD
• April 16: "Emotional Fervor, Power" of Limón Dance Company to be showcased May 7 in Mandeville Auditorium at UCSD
• April 16: San Diego International Film Festival to showcase major films, animated features and short subjects in May/June at UCSD
• April 19: UCSD sociologist to trace history of political participation in the U.S. in public lecture April 28
• April 22: "Tribal History and New Technology" convenes May 12
• April 23: Leadership alliance holds national diversity conference April 28- May 1
• April 23: Five professors to receive distinguished teaching awards from the San Diego Division of the Academic Senate at UCSD
• April 23: Graceful styling and gentle mannerisms of traditional hula to be presented by Hawaiian Dance Company May 8 at UC San Diego
• April 23: UCSD to host conference on mental health issues May 4-6
• April 26: Spanish expert to talk on Latin American culture and the Cold War May 13 at UCSD
• April 26: President's Initiative on Race appointee to share experiences, observations May 10 at UC San Diego
• April 26: UCSD proposes development of conference center/hotel
• April 26: UCSD biologists compile genetic history of apes and humans; 'Family Tree' shows that humans had brush with extinction
• April 26: UCSD Hispanic Council holds its second annual Fiesta de las Estrellas Moondance May 22
• April 27: UCSD water & infrastructure guru Steven Erie to discuss So. Cal water wars at Social Sciences Supper Club May 12
• April 27: National Diversity Conference to be held Apr. 28-May 1, 1999 at the Doubletree Hotel, Mission Valley
• April 29: Hispanic leaders to be honored May 22 by UCSD Hispanic Scholarship Council
• April 30: Klezmer and Jazz Festival to be held May 16 at UCSD
• April 30: Diversity and richness of Jupiter's satellite system to be explored by Cal Tech Planetary scientist May 17 at UCSD
• April 30: Research professor to discuss how blood clots May 18 at UCSD
• May 6: UCSD to hold all-campus commencement and eight individual college ceremonies
• May 6: UCSD mathematician is elected to NAS
• May 7: UCSD management team earns USA Today Quality Cup Award
• May 7: Fourth graders go to college in UCSD Outreach Program
• May 7: Alumni, faculty and students to be honored by UCSD Alumni Association at June 12 gala
• May 12: Alum gift will establish UCSD student foundation; student trustees sought
• May 18: Zoo Story by Jean Lowe and Kim MacConnel opens June 11 at UCSD's University Art Gallery
• May 18: UC San Diego experts on U.S.-Mexico relations available to provide comment on President Zedillo's visit to California
• May 19: UCSD Campus Wide Yard Sale being held on May 23 will be opened to the public
• May 19: Sociologist to head up K-12 Partnership Programs at UCSD
• May 25: UCSD announces composition of 1999 freshmen class
• May 25: UC San Diego launches Center for Immigration Studies
• May 27: UCSD to hold June 1-11 Book Drive to benefit San Diego K-12 schools
• May 27: UC San Diego Launches Center for Immigration Studies
• June 1: Free Sunday afternoon tours of UCSD offered this summer
• June 1: Free Sunday afternoon tours of the University
• June 1: Free tours of the University of California, San Diego campus are being offered this summer
• June 7: Four UCSD physics professors recognized for achievements
• June 8: UCSD's Preuss School admits 150 students selected by lottery from 503 applicants
• June 8: 1999 all-campus commencement at the University of California, San Diego
• June 9: UCSD communication specialist sheds light on kids' tv and the fascination with superheroes
• June 10: UCSD astronomers' findings cast doubt on the existence of powerful magnetic fields
• June 10: University statement on staff research issues
• June 12: Qualcomm CEO Irwin Jacobs deliver 1999 commencement address
• June 12: UCSD commencement ceremonies, June 12, 1999
• June 15: UCSD biologists uncover the identity of a gene important in toxic waste removal
• June 15: Construction begins on three campus parking facilities; new surface parking lot schedule to open in the fall
• June 16: Smart growth, affordable housing and the environment to be examined at UCSD conference June 29
• June 17: Research scientist reinforces UCSD's commitment to bioinformatics as an important emerging discipline
• June 21: UCSD Animal Subjects Program director honored for increasing public understanding of the use of animals in teaching/research
• June 22: Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable to be held at UCSD Faculty Club, June 24
• June 24: Research roundtable keynotes roles of industry, universities & government in meeting need for workers
• June 28: UCSD's largest construction project gets Board of Regents green light
• June 29: Coronary bypass patients more likely to stick to diet, exercise regimen when shown informational videotapes
• June 30: Public policy institute CEO to discuss state of California Dream in 2000 and beyond at UCSD roundtable July 12
• July 7: Peak in deaths at beginning of month due to substance abuse, government payments, says new UC San Diego study
• July 9: Sherley Anne Williams (1944-1999)
• July 19: UCSD management team wins dual honors for web-based innovations
• July 19: Internationally renowned Freeman Dyson to speak at UCSD July 22, 1999
• July 19: Keck Foundation awards UCSD two million dollars for biomedical research
• July 27: UCLA librarian named to head UCSD Libraries
• July 29: Joany Mosher elected president of "Friends of UCSD Healthcare"
• July 30: West coast premiere of Malcolm X to be presented Aug. 12-15
• July 30: International Center volunteers receive UCSD Chancellor's awards for outstanding contributions
• July 30: UCSD International Center Friends award $25,000 in student scholarships
• August 5: Cutting the Edge concert to be presented Oct. 22 at UCSD
• August 13: Preuss School at UCSD to welcome charter class with weekend orientation activities August 21-22
• August 19: Preuss School at UCSD welcome class with orientation activities August 21-22
• August 20: UCSD ranks seventh nationally in annual survey
• August 25: UCSD professors in natural sciences recognized for excellence
• August 26: UCSD collects 11,000 books to donate to three San Diego School districts
• August 27: Noted UCSD biologist, nutrition expert acclaimed teacher Paul Saltman dies Aug. 27
• August 30: UCSD collects 11,000 books to donate to three San Diego School districts
• August 31: UCSD private support reaches record levels
• September 1: UCSD selects Lowe Enterprises to develop conference hotel
• September 2: UCSD offers free Sunday tours this fall
• September 2: UCSD Visitors Program offers free tours this fall
• September 2: Free Sunday afternoon tours of UCSD offered this fall
• September 3: UCSD Preuss School opens for classes Sept. 7
• September 10: "Spaced Out" So-Cal Art Exhibition at UCSD Oct. 15-Nov. 15
• September 10: Regents Express shuttle to begin Sept. 17; shuttle changes, free bus passes announced
• September 10: "Beyond Babel": Western humanities scholars meet Oct. 14-16
• September 10: Chancellor's 5K, Alumni events slated for Oct. 22-23
• September 13: Oawwali: Devotional Music of the Sufis to perform Oct. 1 in Mandeville Auditorium at UCSD
• September 17: UCSD to host Oct. 2-3 conference on media & communications in new global economy to honor communications Guru Herb Schiller
• September 21: UCSD to welcome record number of students as fall quarter gets underway September 30
• September 21: UCSD physicist pushes ahead in describing the "Pairing Glue' in novel superconducting materials
• September 22: UC San Diego Foundation to present three Civis Universitatis recognition Awards in Honor of Volunteer and Donor Support
• September 24: A combination of tango and modem dance, TANGOkinesis, to perform at 8 P.M. Oct. 13 at UCSD
• September 27: Dramatic, colorful Brentano string quartet to perform Oct. 17 in UCSD's Mandeville Auditorium
• September 27: Nature/Process at University Art Gallery Oct. 2-Dec. 11
• September 27: UCSD researchers pinpoint the genetic mechanisms associated with leukemia in children
• September 30: UCSD's Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies to celebrate 20th Anniversary with conference on changing Mexican politics
• September 30: "Celebration of Life" honoring Paul Saltman to be held Oct. 11 in Revelle Plaza at UCSD
• October 1: Local dance companies to premiere new works in Cutting the Edge concert at 8 p.m. Oct. 22 at UCSD
• October 1: Varying media explored in faculty show at UCSD's Grove Gallery
• October 4: Well-heeled interest groups usually don't succeed in buying elections, says UC San Diego political scientist
• October 4: UCSD lesbian gay bisexual transgender office opens Nov. 8
• October 5: UCSD receives $2 million grant to prepare San Diego area middle, high school students for college
• October 6: River North Dance Company to present 'Mystical, Sexy' Jazz Dance from Chicago at 8 p.m. Oct. 30 at UCSD
• October 6: Sherley Anne Williams: A celebration of her life and legacy
• October 7: UCSD to observe annual disability awareness celebration with a celebration of abilities Oct. 12 and 13 on the UCSD campus
• October 7: UCSD team connects electronic circuit to brain cells enabling repair of damaged neurons
• October 11: Climate policy for global warming to be examined at Oct. 20 UCSD economics roundtable
• October 12: Humorist David Sedaris - who parlayed escapades as santa's elf into speaking, writing career-to entertain at 8 p.m. Nov. 4 at UCSD
• October 13: Rethinking the 1960's: UCSD sociologist tells the untold story of the '60s in A Generation Divided: The New Left, The New Right, & The '60s
• October 14: UCSD Community Outreach Information Fair to be held Oct. 28
• October 15: UCSD student named one of Glamour Magazine's top ten college 'movers and shakers' for 1999
• October 19: Intel, Intervu and UCSD deliver unique educational television programming over the internet
• October 21: UCSD to kick off blues-and-border music series with Oct. 29 colloquium on "Jazzing up France" in the 20th Century
• October 22: H. Stuart Hughes (1916-1999)
• October 26: National Science Foundation Director Rita Colwell to speak at San Diego Science and Technology Council event
• October 26: 22nd Annual Muir College Pumpkin Drop and Holloween Carnival
• October 26: UCSD hosts "Preview Day" for prospective students
• October 27: "Preview Day"
• November 1: 'Exhilarating' Muir String Quartet to perform Nov. 20 at UCSD
• November 2: Mozart's gift of perfect pitch may not be so rare after all, according to new UC San Diego study on musical perception
• November 5: UCSD Honored by the Work-Life Coalition of San Diego for setting an example in work-life policies and programs
• November 8: Saucy, seductive vocalist Susana Baca to perform Afro-Peruvian Music Dec. 1 at UCSD
• November 8: Memorial service for H. Stuart Hughes at UCSD Nov. 12
• November 10: Awards & Honors in the UCSD Division of Social Sciences
• November 10: 5K raises funds for scholarship; clean car for Chancellor
• November 11: UCSD scientist uses laser and x-ray technologies to watch a different way of 'melting' semiconducting material
• November 12: Six contemporary country musicians to perform in a Concert for a Landmine Free World Dec. 4 at UCSD
• November 16: UCSD linguist elected president of Linguistic Society of America
• November 17: 5k Run/Walk for scholars, Dynes car wash
• November 18: "Framing the Golden State" Historian lectures at UCSD Dec. 2
• November 18: Dr. Seuss Goes To War author lectures at Geisel Library Dec. 8
• November 18: Applications for Preuss School at UCSD now being accepted through February 15
• November 24: UCSD Connect Director Bill Otterson dies November 24, entrepreneur built internationally known program
• November 24: Holiday craft sale at UCSD offers one-of-a-kind items
• December 7: UCSD professor in natural science honored for achievements
• December 14: UCSD senior receives top national award in mathematics
• December 15: UCSD hosts teacher of the year ceremony
• December 15: Chancellor, Diversity Council to convene town hall meeting Jan. 18
• December 20: 1999 faculty honors in UCSD Arts & Humanities
• December 27: Human genome project, workshop and symposium
• December 29: Living in context: Archetypal urban housing for 21st century on exhibit at UCSD's university art gallery Jan. 28-March 18