Thursday, November 26, 2009

UC-San Diego

UC-San Diego Sends Welcome E-Mails to Rejected Students

More than 28,000 rejected students received the misdirected E-mail. more >>

Southern California Road Trip: UC-San Diego

Now <i>That's</i> a Wide-Screen TV

San Diego researchers unveil world's biggest scientific display system. more >>

More Cancellations at UC Schools

Wesley Clark and Henry Waxman refuse to cross picket lines. more >>

Ditching Cafeteria Trays for the Environment

Several schools across the country have begun experimenting with and implementing cafeteria tray bans in hopes of reducing waste and water usage in dining halls. more >>

Wildfires Shutter UC-San Diego Campus

Raging fires force UC-San Diego to cancel class, while out east, Duke and UNC continue to water nongrassy field hockey fields. more >>

Trail Mix

MIT has launched a fundraising drive--but this one will raise money just for students, the Tech reports. Cornell University's antihazing website is a "great place to pick up hazing ideas," IvyGate reports. more >>

Trail Mix

The University of Kentucky will update a war memorial with the names of 565 Kentuckians who have died as a result of war. It's the first time names have been added since the end of the Vietnam War, the Kentucky Kernel reports. more >>

Asian Students Will Soon Become Majority on California Campuses

More Asian students enroll at the University of California-San Diego every year than any other racial group–and that could soon be the case across the state university system, the UCSD Guardian reports. In 2005, white UC enrollees outnumbered their Asian peers by just 1 percentage point. more >>

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