U.S. Open Information- Transportation and Parking Services is planning to implement a number of measures to ensure the parking and transportation needs of the campus community are met during the U.S. Open Golf Championship June 9-15, 2008, at Torrey Pines Golf Course. Click here for more information.

Tops in Teaching- Professor Emeritus David Jordan, Anthropology, has been named a top recipient in the UCSD Alumni Association’s 30th Annual Awards for Excellence, to be held June 7.

Lifetime Achievement- Sociology professor Hugh “Bud” Mehan, director of CREATE, received a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

Sloan Fellowship- Adam Aron, of Psychology, has been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship, which supports the work of exceptional young scholars.

Cozzarelli Prize- The National Academy of Sciences has selected a paper coauthored by Jim Moore, of Anthropology, as one of the year's best.

Chimps Dig Up Clues to Human Past- Our closest living relatives use tools to forage for underground food in Tanzania, finds research coauthored by anthropologist Jim Moore, suggesting what our ancestors might have done as well.

Distinguished Career Award- Marta Kutas, of Cognitive Science, has received the highest award in psychophysiology.

Social Science Supper Club
Dan Yankelovich, visiting scholar in the Department of Political Science, will consider “The United States and the Muslim World: Is the Long War Inevitable?” when he addresses the Social Sciences Supper Club on April 16, 2008, beginning at 5:30 p.m., at the UCSD Faculty Club.

Economics Roundtable
Peter Hooper, managing director and chief economist of Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc, presents “Digesting the Credit Crunch” on April 22, 2008, beginning at 7:30 a.m., at the UCSD Faculty Club.