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Greetings from Jeff Elman, Dean
In this issue of the e-Connection Newsletter we feature an interview with Dan Yankelovich. As Dan remarks, he is one of those people who have "flunked retirement." We are very happy for this! As a member of the UCSD Foundation Board and the Social Sciences Dean's Advisory Council, Dan has been a great friend to the campus and to the Division of Social Sciences.
Dan has also been an inspirational figure for our division.
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Social Sciences News
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UC San Diego establishes an endowed chair to honor the late Clive W.J. Granger, professor emeritus and Nobel Prize-winning econometrician.
Is there a key to perfect pitch? A new study by psychologist Diana Deutsch suggests the rare musical skill is more common among fluent speakers of tone languages such as Mandarin.
Social Sciences departments and subspecialties rank highly in U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Graduate Schools, 2010 Edition.
Political Science professor Alan Houston discovers a treasure trove of Benjamin Franklin letters in the British Library.
Earning Accolades: Social Sciences faculty members are honored for their research by various organizations.
Could raising rates solve the water shortage? Economics professor Richard Carson and graduate student Ben Fissel make the case.
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Upcoming Events
Social Sciences Supper Club, October 7, 2009 — Save the date for the next Social Sciences Supper Club to be held at the UCSD Faculty Club at 5:30pm. Speaker and topic to be determined. For more information or questions, contact Marcie Marsh at (858) 246-0372 or mmarsh@ucsd.edu.
Economics Roundtable, October 22, 2009 — What is "The Fed's Exit Strategy"? Find out during a presentation by William Poole, former chief executive, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. 7:30-9 a.m.; UC San Diego Faculty Club; $50 fee includes parking and Continental breakfast. For more information or to register, call (858) 822-0510 or email emunk@ucsd.edu.
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Recent Gifts
Thank You We gratefully acknowledge the following donors who made gifts to support the establishment of the Sir Clive W. J. Granger Endowed Chair in Econometrics:
Jessica and Richard Attiyeh, Julian Betts Ph.D., Richard Carson Ph.D., Susan Charrette Ph.D. '89, Xiaohong Chen Ph.D. '93, Clara Chu Ph.D. '84, Zoe and Vincent Crawford Ph.D., Zhuanxin Ding Ph.D. '94, Alvaro Escribano Ph.D. '86, Carroll Foster Ph.D. '80, Doc Ghose Ph.D. '90, Michelle Glenn '89, Kim '87 and John Iorillo '88, Jennifer and Ken Kroner Ph.D. '88, Tae-Hwy Lee Ph.D. '90, Stephanie '87 and Craig Leupold '85, Robert Leupold '86, Jin-Lung Henry Lin Ph.D. '91, Norman Morin Ph.D. '97, Loan Nguyen '84, Marianne Ramer '83, Russ Robins Ph.D. '82, David Selover Ph.D. '91, Joel Sobel Ph.D., Ross Starr Ph.D., Norman Swanson Ph.D. '94, Debbie and Mark Watson Ph.D. '80, Joel Watson '88, W.P. Carey Foundation, Alice Marie Young
Support for Psychology Students The UC San Diego Department of Psychology recently received an $80,000 gift from Distinguished Professor Emeritus Norman Anderson to establish the Norman Henry Anderson Travel and Fellowship Fund. The fund will support undergraduate or graduate psychology student travel to present a research paper at a scientific meeting.
"Dr. Anderson's extraordinary generosity and dedication to supporting excellence in research and teaching in psychology cannot be overstated," said John Wixted, department chair. "His support reaches to faculty, graduate and undergraduate student populations to encourage collaboration and exploration that otherwise would not be possible."
To learn more about how you can support the Social Sciences, please contact Jeannee Ow at (858) 822-6608 or jow@ucsd.edu.
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