A Sampling of Clips for January 26^th, 2010

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Prostate Cancer Care Varies By Hospital Type
BusinessWeek, Jan. 26 -- The type of treatment received by prostate cancer patients is influenced by the kind of health care facility where they receive care, a new study conducted by UCSD and UCLA has found. More

New Understanding Of How Plants Use Water
Voice of America, Jan. 26 -- Scientists have discovered more details about how plants use water. Their findings could help to engineer plants that grow better and more effectively in conditions with higher levels of carbon dioxide. Julian Schroeder, a professor of biology at UCSD, and his team have identified proteins that control the tightening of a plant's pores. More

Economists React: Should Bernanke Stay at the Fed?
The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 25 -- Journalists, economists, including UCSD’s James Hamilton, bloggers and others weigh in on the troubles facing Ben Bernanke’s confirmation as Fed chairman. More

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From Inside and Out, Climate Panel Is Pushed to Change
The New York Times, Jan. 26 -- There is growing pressure on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, from within and without, to change some practices to ensure the credibility of its future reports. (Quotes David Victor, a specialist in climate policy at UCSD) More

Reaching the Poorest
The Economist, Jan. 26 -- Despite the inspiring rhetoric that accompanied the adoption of the UN’s “Education For All” goals in 1999, progress has been patchy. The numbers of unenrolled school-age children dropped by 33m in 2007 compared with 1999. (Mentions research by Karthik Muralidharan of UCSD) More

Local Doctors Try to Help in Devastated Haiti
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 26 -- When a team of four San Diego doctors arrived at a badly damaged but still-standing hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, they found the structure abandoned, more than 1,500 people crowding into a tent city on the grounds and three exhausted physicians working with scant resources to treat horrific injuries. Physicians include Dr. Christian Sloane, an emergency medicine specialist with UCSD Medical Center. More

Can the Multiverse Explain Time's Arrow?
New Scientist, U.K., Jan. 21 -- In 1516, Mark Anthony Zimara hit upon the ultimate idea in renewable energy. Instead of merely using windmills to generate energy, he suggested employing them to power bellows to blow air... back at the windmills! The self-blowing windmill, he thought, would run forever. (Written by Craig Callendar, who is on the UCSD philosophy faculty) More

Three Composers, One Inspired Show
Boston Globe, Jan. 25 -- One interesting facet of Thursday’s concert by the Callithumpian Consort was the presence of “Triplex Mobilis,’’ a piece co-written by composers Lei Liang, Adam Roberts, and Nicholas Vines. Liang is on the UCSD faculty. More

Contemporary Museum Winter Party
Baltimore Sun, Jan. 24 -- As folks entered the Contemporary Museum for its winter party, they were greeted with a cacophony of electronic noise, which sounded like the soundtrack of a 1950s sci-fi B-movie. Michael Trigilio, Lee Montgomery and Jon Brumit, of the Neighborhood Public Radio artist collective, showed party guests how to tweak various contraptions in order to create the strange sounds. Trigilio is on the UCSD faculty. More

Mexican Spice in Boi Mela
India Times, Jan. 26 -- Over the next 10 days, savour the flavour of Mexico in town, as some of the best authors, chefs and dancers are in Kolkata to participate in the 34th Kolkata Book Fair. Mexico is the theme at the mela this time. (Book fair participants include Cristina Rivera Garza, who is on the UCSD faculty) More

Human Genome Scientist Targets the Secrets Of the Oceans
KPBS, Jan. 26 -- Given that he became famous for studying genes and mapping the human genome, it might be quite correct to say that Dr. J. Craig Venter "started small." But his latest venture is certainly much bigger in scope -- if not in implications. The UCSD graduate and co-founder of Synthetic Genomics Incorporated has begun to sail to oceans of the world in a project called "The Sorcerer Two Global Sampling Expedition." It was inspired in part by the historic voyage of Charles Darwin aboard the HMS Beagle. More

San Diego Subways Test Text-in Ordering
NBC San Diego, Jan. 26 -- It's a busy lunch-time crowd on the campus of UCSD, but the students standing in line at Subway could jump to the front with a text message. The on-campus Subway is using a new system that let’s customers text in their sandwich order before they arrive, then simply pay at the counter and go. More

Has PETCO Park Been A Good Investment?
KPBS, Jan. 26 – In the near future, the eastern edge of downtown San Diego might be transformed by a brand new Chargers stadium. The City of San Diego has already built one stadium downtown and is considering building another. But has PETCO Park been a good investment? (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steve Erie) More

Lawmakers Own Up to Gift Filing Omissions
North County Times, Jan. 25 -- Ten days after a probe found nearly one-third of the state Legislature failed to report perks and freebies, three North County lawmakers acknowledged the omissions and said they've filed revised reports. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

Financing Woes Delay Stem Cell Lab Construction
San Diego Business Journal, Jan. 25 -- A taxpayer-funded stem cell research laboratory planned for the Torrey Pines Mesa is among three facilities in the works statewide that have hit snags in their construction timelines. (Mentions UCSD) More

Slam-Dunk
San Diego Business Journal, Jan. 25 -- As executive chairman of San Diego trade group CONNECT’s Sports & Entertainment Innovators organization, former NBA star Bill Walton will lead local efforts to strengthen and accelerate the growth of San Diego’s startup and growth-stage entertainment and sports-related companies through entrepreneur educational programs, business mentoring and access to capital. (Mentions that CONNECT was founded in 1985 at UCSD) More

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