UCSD to Expand Shiley Eye Center

UCSD announced last week that because of extensive research programs and increasing patient visits at the Donald P. and Darlene V. Shiley Eye Center, it has secured $8.1 million in private support for an expansion of the center.

Located at UCSD Medical Center, the complex is home to the department of ophthalmology; its activities include clinical care, research, teaching and community outreach programs.

The expansion is fully funded and will increase existing clinical space by more than 50 percent and add a waiting room and registration area to the first floor.

In total, the project will add 13,000 square feet of space to the center.

Stuart I. Brown, chairman of the UCSD ophthalmology department and director of the eye center, stated in a press release that the center has outgrown its facilities faster than anticipated and that an expansion is definitely needed.

Since its conception 20 years ago, the center has produced contributions in the areas of diagnosis, prevention and treatment of eye diseases, including a mobile children’s eye unit and the first macular degeneration outreach program.

The center had more than 55,000 patient visits in 2004.

Gallery Showcases Faculty Artwork

From urban landscape collages to examples of electronic civil disobedience, the University Art Gallery is featuring the work of seven new faculty members from the visual arts department until March 25.

On display are pieces created by photographer Amy Adler, media theorist Jordan Crandall, architect Teddy Cruz, “hacktivism” artist Ricardo Dominguez, techno artist Natalie Jeremijenko and environmental artist Brett Stalbaum.

The university gallery will also screen “Hungarian Passport,” a film-diary created by cultural filmmaker Sandra Kogut, in March.

University Art Gallery Director Kathleen Stoughton organized the display, dubbed “New Faculty Exhibition 2006,” on the premise of combining traditional art media with new technologies.