A Sampling of Clips for April 20, 2010

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Taylor Swift Gives Triumphant Performance But Loses Out at ACMs
MTV.com, April 19 – Taylor Swift  gave a buzzy performance that paid homage to her close connection to her fans. She was joined by the Tritones, a UC San Diego a cappella group she reportedly spotted on YouTube after the act uploaded their version of "You Belong With Me." More

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For Some Birds, It’s Not Always the Same Old Song
The New York Times, April 19-- Songbirds are not born with songs in their heads, but learn them from others. And as in a game of telephone, it would seem natural that, over generations, the songs might change. But Jeffrey Podos of the University of Massachusetts and Eben Goodale, who is now at UC San Diego, found that some songs have persisted over four decades. More

Review: Mark Morris Dance Company, Coliseum, London
Financial Times, April 17 -- In 1988 Gérard  Mortier, director of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, brought about a seismic change in that opera house’s dance identity by inviting the relatively unknown Mark Morris to install his company as successor to the Maurice Béjart troupe. (Mentions James F. Ingalls, who is on the UC San Diego faculty) More

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Campus Goes Dumpster Diving
NBC San Diego, April 19 -- Monday was the annual Trash Sort at UC San Diego where staff and volunteers collect trash from resident hall dumpsters to determine which houses are recycling and which are not in a friendly competition. More

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Skinny Minny May Be on the Way
NBC San Diego, April 19 -- UC San Diego researchers find a way to fool mice into losing weight. It's long been known that it can be easier for people to lose weight at higher altitudes because their bodies burn more calories to make up for a lack of oxygen. More

San Diego Universities Go Extra Mile to Help GLBT Students
San Diego Gay and Lesbian News, April 19 -- When most people think of the typical Southern California college, the safety, equality and rights of GLBT students don’t usually cross their minds. However, San Diego State University and UC San Diego are working hard to foster an environment of acceptance and pride for GLBT students on each of the campuses. More

Medicine Men Take the Surgical Rubber Gloves Off
SDNN, April 19 -- Is a commitment to community medicine better served by pursuing innovation and new technology or by helping to shoulder the load of underserved, poorer patients in the urban core? UC San Diego Health Systems will try to do both. More

Cecil Houghie, Founding Faculty Member of UCSD Med School, Dies
Del Mar Times, April 19 -- Cecil Hougie, M.D., one of the founding faculty when the UC San Diego School of Medicine opened in fall 1968, died Sunday at La Jolla's Thornton Hospital at age 87. He and his wife Barbara would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary next month. More

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