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UC San Diego Captures CCAA Title with 72-64 Win at Cal State Monterey Bay
The Tritons celebrated their third CCAA regular season title in four years following Friday's victory over the Otters.

Women’s Basketball Team Goes 22-0 with Win Against Cal State Dominguez Hills
Emily Osga and Daisy Feder combined to score 33 points to lead the top-ranked UC San Diego women's basketball team to a convincing 77-52 victory over visiting Cal State Dominguez Hills in California Collegiate Athletic Association play on Saturday evening at RIMAC Arena.

Twenty Straight Wins for Top-Ranked Women’s Basketball Team
Chelsea Carlisle and the Tritons equaled their win total from last season with their triumph over the Gators on Saturday.

Top-ranked Women’s Basketball Team Extends Winning Streak to 18 Games
Daisy Feder scored 20 points to lead four players in double figures as the No. 1 UC San Diego women's basketball team blew by California Collegiate Athletic Association rival Humboldt State, 74-49, on Saturday evening at RIMAC Arena.

Women’s Basketball Team Topples Rival Cal State Monterey Bay as Winning Streak Reaches 16 Games
In a season full of them thus far, the second-ranked UC San Diego women's basketball made another huge statement on Saturday, rolling over No.

Pro athletes are wise to bolster their star status, say researchers
Basketball fans in Cleveland may disagree, but two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Lebron James' decision to play with a higher-profile Miami Heat team and all-star teammates shows sound marketing and

Probing Question: How are museums keeping up with the changing times?

F. Warren Hellman, philanthropist and friend of UC Berkeley, passes away
UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau issued the following statement on the passing of his dear and trusted friend: Berkeley - The University of California, Berkeley, mourns the lo

Peter K. Mangurian Named Patricia and Shepard Alexander Head Coach of Football
NEW YORK – Peter K. Mangurian (pronounced Man - GUHR - ee - an), veteran NFL coach and former Ivy League head football coach, has been named Columbia University's Patricia and Shepard Ale

Record Number of Tritons Selected for National Soccer Coaches Association of America Team
Sarah McTigue earned NSCAA All-America Third Team honors, it was announced on November 9. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications UC San Diego has placed a school-record six players on the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division II All-West Region Team.

Helping computers make faster decisions
Industrial and systems engineering professor Jeff Linderoth is working on a way to help computers make yes/no decisions faster by enhancing the standard algorithm computers use to solve a class of problems called integer programs.

Football fever comes to the Farm
In the early morning hours, a crowd of more than 2,000 gathered on the Oval for ESPN's first-ever College GameDay broadcast from the Stanford campus.

Tracking athletes with a GPS
Opponents know that Kaelen Watson , U of T's most recent female athlete of the year, is a force to be reckoned with on the field hockey turf.

Tritons Clip San Francisco State to Clinch No. 1 Seed in CCAA Tournament
Jessica Wi and the Tritons will head to Turlock for next week's CCAA Tournament at the top overal seed.

University of Minnesota Homecoming 2011 Parade is Oct. 21

Trustees approve construction projects, get extensive briefing on StanfordNYC
At its first meeting of the 2011-12 academic year, the Board of Trustees approved several construction projects.

Stanford’s Jim Young reflects on Moneyball and his time with the A’s
Among those anticipating the Sept. 23 release of the new Brad Pitt movie Moneyball is Jim Young, senior assistant athletic director for and media relations.

Stanford welcomes the Class of 2015

Meteor Likely Cause of Southwest U.S. Light Show
PASADENA, Calif. - A meteor is the most probable cause of a bright, colorful fireball witnessed by people in a wide swath of the southwestern United States, according to Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at JPL.

With help from UCLA, teenage cancer patient begins to make strides
The doctors told Allie Newman that the pain in her right thigh was tendonitis, nothing to worry about.

Cardinal football season ticket sales up 42 percent over last year
What a difference a winning football record, a victory at the Orange Bowl and an expanded and more competitive conference can make to ticket sales.

U of M State Fair schedule for Tuesday, Aug. 30
Department of Civil Engineering to demonstrate interactive earthquake simulations Learn about earthquakes, eye donation and more Tuesday, Aug.

A Decade Later: The University Reflects on 9/11
As the city, nation and world pause to remember the 10th anniversary of the destruction and heroism that will forever mark lower Manhattan, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa., Columbia University is c