A Sampling of Clips for June 3, 2010

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Study: Fatal Medication Mistakes Surge in July
TIME Magazine, June 2 -- A new study from researchers at UC San Diego and UCLA suggests that a sharp uptick in fatal medication mistakes in July corresponds with the entry of thousands of trainee doctors into medical residency programs across the U.S. More

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'Merchants of Doubt' Delves Into Contrarian Scientists
USA Today, June 2 -- No matter how overwhelmingly the scientific community may back a research study, naysayers can always find a scientist to support the opposing view on issues ranging from tobacco smoke to global warming. According to science historians Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, the same contrarian scientists keep popping up no matter the topic. Oreskes, co-author of “Merchants of Doubt,” is on the UC San Diego faculty. More

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Female High Jumper Competes With Broken Back
ESPN, June 2 -- Not even a broken back was going to keep UC San Diego athlete Linda Rainwater from trying to defend her NCAA Division II high jump title last Saturday in the national championships at Charlotte. More

BP Suggestion Box Frustrating Companies, Not Cameron, Costner
BusinessWeek, June 2 -- BP Plc has received almost 35,000 ideas in just over a month on how best to clean up millions of gallons of oil from the biggest spill in U.S. history. So far, only four have made it into testing. (Quotes Daniel Rudnick of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

LACMA to Text, Tweet and Tell
Los Angeles Times, May 28 -- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art  is launching "Cell Phone Stories," a three-month series beginning Saturday that will use mobile phone technology, e-mail, Facebook and Twitter to share essays and tales inspired by the museum and told by artists, actors and designers.   Artist Steve Fagin, conceived the project and is on the UC San Diego faculty.  More

How Development Can Fight Radicals 
Foreign Policy, June 1 -- The United States' current approach to counterinsurgency centers on protecting the population, with a special emphasis on political and economic development. But does that development-based strategy work? In a study we conducted using data on reconstruction spending and violence in Iraq, we found that the provision of certain government services does lead to a reduction in violence. (Co-authored by Eli Berman, associate professor of economics at UC San Diego, and a Research Director at the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. He is the author of "Radical, Religious, and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism") More

Will US Revoke the Right of American Citizenship to Foreigners Born Here?
Christian Science Monitor, June 3 -- Anyone born on American soil is an American. That’s an unconditional right, according to the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution. A bill making its way through Congress, if passed, would bring the US more into line with current European birthright policies. But in the wake of the controversy over Arizona's new immigration policy, any changes to the 14th amendment would likely become another flashpoint in the debate over illegal immigrants. (Quotes John Skrentny, Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies and sociology professor at UC San Diego) More

UK Police Look for Motive in Shooting Spree
CBS3, Philadelphia, June 3 • British detectives investigated Thursday whether financial troubles or a family feud triggered a taxi driver's murderous rampage across a tranquil part of rural England, which left 12 people dead and 11 wounded. (Quotes J. Reid Meloy, a forensic psychologist and adjunct professor at UC San Diego) More

Cash-strapped UC Adds High-salary Positions
San Francisco Chronicle, June 3 -- It has been a period of austerity at the University of California, with layoffs, across-the-board pay cuts and fee hikes. Yet some UC employees earned significantly more money in 2009 than in 2008, with two more million-dollar earners added to the payroll, new salary data show. (Quotes Julian Posadas, a food-service worker at UC San Diego and vice president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees at UC) More

Sam Popkin Talks Politics, and Everyone's Listening
La Jolla Light, June 2 -- Sam Popkin, Ph.D., is a UC San Diego professor of political science and this year's recipient of the UCSD Alumni Association's Distinguished Teaching Award. Popkin is a nationally known political analyst, public opinion expert, and a prolific author known for his work on peasant societies in Southeast Asia.More

Dramatists Adele and Ted
Shank Leave Legacy at UCSD
La Jolla Light, June 2 -- Del Mar residents Adele and Theodore "Ted" Shank have put their lives into the theater. They have written and directed critically acclaimed plays and have taught for more than two decades in the UC San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance. To help budding playwrights, the couple are donating $200,000 to establish the Adele and Theodore Shank Professional Playwriting Residency Award Fund. The gift will support students graduating with a master of fine arts in playwriting at UCSD. More

Blast from the Past: 100 Years of Tom Swift Fun in New Exhibit at UCSD
La Jolla Light, June 2 -- This June and July, The UC San Diego Arts Library will celebrate the Tom Swift Centennial with an exhibit of artwork, books and other treasures featuring the hero of juvenile literature. More

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