A Sampling of Clips for Aug. 24, 2010

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A Different Way of Ranking Colleges
The New York Times, Aug. 23 -- The college guide is part of Washington Monthly’s continuing effort to build better college rankings. The biggest flaw with the famous U.S. News & World Report ranking is that it largely rewards colleges that enroll highly qualified (and, typically, affluent) students, regardless of how much those students learn while on campus. Washington Monthly instead tries reward those colleges that do a good job educating students.  The No. 1 university this year is UC San Diego. More

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S.D. Scientists React to Stem Cell Ruling
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 24 -- San Diego stem cell researchers criticized a federal judge's decision Monday to block the Obama administration from funding human embryonic stem cell research.  (Quotes Larry Goldstein, professor of cellular and molecular medicine at UC San Diego) More

Qualcomm Then and Now
Will the Next 25 Be as Innovative as the Last 25?
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 24 -- Since its beginnings in July 1985, Qualcomm has become a global pioneer in digital wireless technologies—especially with its proprietary Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) innovation in cellular communications—the world’s biggest mobile chipset provider, an $11 billion technology giant, and the largest company in San Diego. So Qualcomm has something to celebrate as the company marks its 25th anniversary on its website, and in events that have included appearances by Irwin Jacobs and his son, Qualcomm CEO and chairman Paul Jacobs. (Quotes Ramesh Rao, director of Calit2 at UC San Diego). More

High Schoolers Learn About Careers As Scientists
San Diego News Network, Aug. 23 -- Most students wait through several years of college for the chance to work side-by-side with the cutting edge researchers at UC San Diego, but a special pre-college program made it possible for a handful of high school students to spend part of their summer doing just that. More

Digital Overload: Your Brain On Gadgets
NPR, Aug. 24 -- The average person today consumes almost three times as much information as what the typical person consumed in 1960, according to research at UC San Diego. More

Scripps Institution Scientists Honored
La Jolla Light, Aug. 23 -- Four scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography have been honored for their work in exploring the biological aspects of the oceans. More

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Composer Brett Dean Exposes Himself
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 21 -- Violist Brett Dean, performing his own music, made his instrument do things that just didn’t seem possible. But more telling, Dean’s 1997 “Intimate Decisions” for solo viola is that rare contemporary piece that if not a masterwork (it’s a little early to make that proclamation), then at least a work that every violist ought to consider.  (Mentions Chinary Ung, professor of music at UC San Diego).  More

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