A Sampling of Clips for April 14, 2011

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UCSD to Show How to Be Green
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 13 -- UC San Diego is rolling out the green carpet Saturday to show off campus sustainability efforts. The daylong event includes music, tours, electric cars and even Chancellor Marye Anne Fox's glowing pickle trick for the kids. There's also a beer garden and an electronic-waste recycling event. More

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Community Leader's View: Join UCSD at the Green Open House
La Jolla Light, Opinion, April 13 -- In honor of UC San Diego's 50th anniversary, and in celebration of National Earth Week, the university is hosting a Green Open House on April 16 and everyone is welcome. We invite you to come explore the campus and learn more about our top-quality educational opportunities, groundbreaking translational research, and our numerous initiatives that are creating a cleaner and greener future for us all. (Written by UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox) More

Follow the Krill: A New Theory on Penguins' Decline
The New York Times, April 13 -- Just what is ailing the Southern Ocean penguins? For a long time, the answer seemed to be that their icy habitat was being lost to global warming. But as the BBC and others reported on Tuesday, a new study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests that isn't the case. More

Club (not too) Tropicana
The Economist, April 14 -- The natural processes which dispose of carbon dioxide are, in aggregate, rather slow, which means that an increase in the atmosphere's carbon-dioxide level will, left to itself, last a long time. David Victor, a professor at UC San Diego, has a keen eye for such simple basics and the uncomfortable ways they may fit together. He sees this one as underlying all three of the things that make climate change a particularly pernicious sort of problem. More

Boneworms Gnawed on Ancient Reptile Corpses
MSNBC, April 13 -- Bone-gnawing worms that feast on whale carcasses at the bottom of the ocean may be far more ancient than scientists previously thought, scavenging corpses in the abyss long before mammals ever began living at sea, according to a study by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. More

Experts Call for Twist on Football Helmet Design
U.S. News & World Report, April 13 -- A new report suggests that researchers should explore ways to redesign football helmets to reduce the risk of brain hemorrhage after a collision, a rare occurrence but one that could kill a player. (Quotes Dr. Michael L. Levy, a professor of pediatric neurosurgery at UC San Diego) More

At-home Volunteers Help Scientists Look for Khan's Tomb
The Arizona Republic, April 14 -- Albert Lin is hunting for Genghis Khan. Legend has it that Khan, the conqueror who was the first emperor of the Mongol Empire, was buried in an unmarked tomb in northern Mongolia about 800 years ago. Luckily, the explorer and research scientist at UC San Diego has more than 7,000 people around the world helping with his mission, called the Valley of the Khans Project. The idea is to find the tombs of Genghis Khan and his descendants, and other ancient Mongolian artifacts. More

Tweens Tackle Prescriptive Drugs at Local Middle School
KPBS, April 13 -- The pilot project is a joint effort between pharmacy residents at the UC San Diego Medical Center and the San Diego Unified School District. Drugs like Ritalin, prescription pain-killers and over-the-counter sedatives will be the focus of interactive classroom discussions that start on Thursday. More

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