In honor of civil rights and labor leader Cesar E. Chavez, UCSD’s Early Academic Outreach Program has joined the San Diego Cesar E. Chavez Commemoration Committee in sponsoring the Fourth Annual Cesar E. Chavez Essay Contest for students in San Diego and Imperial Counties.
Students of all ethnic backgrounds are encouraged to enter by composing essays on the theme “”Celebrate, Educate and Serve.”” Students are to identify a situation in their own community that needs to be improved and, based on Chavez’s commitment to social justice and helping others, write an essay on how they would bring about this improvement.
The contest is open to students in grades nine through 12, and will be part of a wide range of community celebrations sponsored by the university and the commemoration committee. The deadline for entries, which should be two pages long, is March 7.
Computer and savings bond prizes will be awarded first- through sixth-place winners in the essay competition. The first-prize author will be invited to read his or her composition at the Fourth Annual Cesar E. Chavez Breakfast on March 28 at the San Diego Convention Center.
Students may obtain an entry application and contest guidelines from UCSD’s EAOP Web site at http://sea.ucsd.edu/eaop, or by contacting Rafael Hernandez at [email protected] or at (858) 534-4250.
UCSD holds outreach information fair
Admissions, educational and employment opportunities, business contracting, and various university events and resources will be discussed at UCSD’s Community Outreach Information fair on March 4 from 9 a.m. to noon at Southwestern College in Chula Vista.
UCSD representatives will staff information tables, offer interactive displays and give workshop presentations.
Free refreshments and door prizes will be offered, and the event is free and open to the public. For additional information or to request accommodations, call the UCSD Human Resources Division of Equal Opportunity/Staff Affirmative Action at (858) 534-3694.
Science Watch ranks Salk Institute as nat’l leader
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies has been ranked as one of the nation’s leaders in molecular biology and genetics research by Science Watch.
By focusing on a 10-year period spanning 1992-2002, the publication’s January/February issue analyzed the impact of scientific papers published in major journals to determine which collectively garnered at least 50,000 citations.
The Salk Institute ranked No. 1 in total citations per paper with 82.66, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with 77.37, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory with 76.62 and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center with 64.77.
The Salk Institute also ranked second in percent of highly cited papers at 7.46, with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ranking first at 7.82 and MIT ranking third with 6.42.
Jacobs School to host Annual Research Review
The Jacobs School of Engineering’s 22nd Annual Research Review, which will focus on “”DATA to Decision: Predicting, Assessing, and Responding to Today’s Challenges,”” will be held Feb. 28 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Price Center.
Research Review speakers will discuss their new systems for analyzing data and for putting that data to use. Featured speakers will include AT&T Labs President and Chief Technology Advisor Hossein Eslambolchi; Fair, Isaac and Company Vice President of Research and Development Larry E. Rosenberger; National Science Foundation Assistant Director for the Directorate for Computer and Information Science Engineering Peter K. Freeman; and NSF Acting Assistant Director for Engineering Esin Culari.
Six members of the Jacobs School faculty will discuss topics ranging from systems biology, to genetic circuits, to advances in biomedtrics and facial recognition.
The Research Review will also feature more than 170 research posters by Jacobs School graduate students and technical displays by members of the Corporate Affiliates Program.
Form more details and to register for the Research Review, visit http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/researchreview2003/index.html. $25 covers parking, a continental breakfast, lunch and the reception.
