NEWS
Stimulus Grant-
Nearly $9 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will help Terry Jernigan, of Cognitive Science and the Center for Human Development, and colleagues search for links between genetic variation and developing brains.
Houston to Head ERC-
Alan Houston, of Political Science, has been named provost of UCSD's Eleanor Roosevelt College.
Chichen Itza in 3-D-
Anthropology Department faculty and a graduate student are using a free Google download to model the ancient Maya city
Lies My Parents Told Me-
Parents say that honesty is the best policy, but they regularly lie to their children to influence their behavior and emotions, according to Gail Heyman of Psychology.
'Apples-to-Apples' Analysis-
The Arab world is not the socioeconomic basket case that conventional wisdom holds, says James Rauch of Economics.
Believing Is Seeing-
Psychology professor Piotr Winkielman and colleagues in New Zealand and France show that our initial interpretations of other people.s ambiguous facial expressions bias subsequent memory and perception.
HUD Highlight-
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recognized the innovative efforts of social sciences students, Communication Professor Mike Cole and many others at an affordable housing project in southeast San Diego in a national webcast.
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