A Sampling of Clips for April 8, 2010

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In Sleepless Nights, a Hope for Treating Depression
The New York Times, April 8 -- Is there anything good about insomnia? Could there possibly be any upside to a long, torturous sleepless night? To answer the question, let’s look at another condition entirely. (Written by Terry Sejnowski, a professor of biological sciences at UC San Diego and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies) More

On the Energy Gap and Climate Crisis
The New York Times, April 8 --It’s worth beginning Dot Earth’s new iteration with a few straightforward points about humans and their planet that I feel are powerfully established. Below, I start with several thoughts on energy and climate. In coming days, along with a regular flow of news-driven posts, I’ll add similar foundation-building pieces on relations between people and Earth’s other inhabitants and on ways to mesh humanity’s infinite aspirations with life on a finite planet.  (Quotes Richard Somerville of UC San Diego) More

Systems Biology and Bioinformatics: Something for Everyone
Science, April 9 -- Systems biology and bioinformatics want you. These highly collaborative fields are looking for biologists, engineers, chemists, mathematicians, and computer programmers. If you can work in a diverse team, says Bernhard Palsson of UC San Diego, "It's an era of unprecedented opportunity." More

Good Thing About Financial Overhaul: It's Not Health Care
McClatchy Newspapers, April 7 -- This year's next big legislative battle — overhauling the nation's financial regulatory system — will involve a different and probably gentler style of politics from the one the capital has seen recently. (Quotes UC San Diego political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

Facebook Friends Make Workouts and Diets Easier
Chicago Tribune, April 7 -- Researchers say there's another powerful use for it and other social-networking systems: They can help you lose weight. That's one idea professor James Fowler of UC San Diego explores in his book with Nicholas A. Christakis: "Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives." More

Today’s Parents Are Spending More Time With Children
KPBS, April 7— The advent of the working mother meant parents, moms in particular, were spending less time with their kids. But research by two UC San Diego economists shows that trend has turned around. For the past twenty years the U.S. has seen a dramatic increase in the time that college-educated parents spend with their children. But it's unclear whether this is what we would call quality time. More

New Treatment for Solid Tumors Announced
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 8 -- Cancer scientists at the Sanford/Burnham Medical Research Institute in La Jolla said Thursday that they have developed a new way to attack solid tumors. The long-sought advancement delivers drugs deeper into the diseased growths, producing significantly more effective results while using smaller doses and producing fewer negative side effects. (Quotes David A. Cheresh, a professor of pathology at the Moores Cancer Center, part of UC San Diego) More

Support Grows for 'Activist' UCSD Professor
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 8 -- UC San Diego Professor Ricardo Dominguez works in the field of electronic civil disobedience, and has become the target of two investigations related to his work, including scrutiny from three conservative congressmen from San Diego County who question his work helping illegal border crossers find water stations in the desert. More

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UCSD's Chancellor Works to Improve Campus Environment
La Jolla Light, April 7 -- With the announcement about the Jacobs Medical Center on the UC San Diego Medical Center campus, Chancellor Marye Anne Fox can mark another notch on her list of greatest achievements during her six-year tenure. More

1975 Vietnamese Camp Relived at Pendleton
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 8 – Camp Pendleton’s role in temporarily hosting 50,400 refugees at the end of the Vietnam War  is becoming a distant memory for some, but the base’s historical society wants to make sure it’s not forgotten. (Quotes Yen Espiritu, ethnic studies department chairwoman at UC San Diego) More

Kyoto Prize Symposium Coming to San Diego
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 8 -- A three-day event featuring the latest recipients of the Kyoto Prize and commemorating the 25th anniversary of Japan's highest private award for global achievement, is coming to San Diego in April. The Inamori Foundation and the Kyoto Symposium Organization have scheduled the ninth annual Kyoto Prize Symposium for April 20-22, 2010, in cooperation with UC San Diego, San Diego State University and the University of San Diego. More

UCSD Receives Jan Weimer Culinary Collection
Del Mar Times, April 7 -- The public will have to wait until September before being able to view the entire personal library of the late Bon Appetit magazine editor Jan Weimer, which was recently donated to the Mandeville Special Collections Library at UC San Diego’s Geisel Library. More

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