A Sampling of Clips for June 11, 2010

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Could You Be 'Infected' by Friend's Divorce?
CNN, June 10 -- Divorce is contagious in social networks, a new study says. The idea is based on the theory of social contagion, or the spread of behavior or emotion through a group. In this case, the heated feelings and actions of one person's divorce can be transferred like a virus, causing others to divorce, according to the study. Not only can the risk of divorce spread from one couple to their friends or family, it can also affect relationships at least two degrees of separation away from the original couple splitting up, said James H. Fowler, a professor of political science at UC  San Diego. More

Renowned Heart Surgeon Leaving Arizona
San Francisco Chronicle, June 10 • Renowned heart surgeon Dr. Jack Copeland has resigned from the University of Arizona to take a job at UC San Diego. Copeland was co-director of the UA's Sarver Heart Center. He arrived from Stanford University in 1977 to develop a transplant program and performed the first heart transplant in Arizona in 1979. More

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How a Greene Candidate Can Win
Newsweek, June 10 -- There are unknown political candidates, and then there’s Alvin Greene, the winner of Tuesday’s Democratic U.S. primary in South Carolina. (Quotes UC San Diego political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

GOP Pins Hopes in California Races on Business Experience
Kansas City Star, June 11 -- Heading into the 2010 general election campaign, Democrats and Republicans may not agree on much, but both parties are ready to make the corporate experience of GOP candidates a key issue in the top two races. (Quotes UC San Diego political scientist Thad Kousser) More

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The Life and Loves of Scripps Icon Walter Munk
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 11 -- Walter Munk got into marine science more than 70 years ago through a side door. He was smitten by a girl whose grandparents lived in La Jolla so he moved from Cal Tech in Pasadena and talked his way into a summer job at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1939. One thing led to another and a young Austrian man destined for a career in banking ended up becoming one of the 20th century’s top scientists. More

Hispanics Abandon Arizona, Fleeing Economy, Immigration Law
Christian Science Monitor, June 10 -- Arizona’s hard-hitting immigration law is driving Hispanics out of the state weeks before the controversial law goes into effect. (Quotes David Gutierrez, a professor of immigration history at UC San Diego) More

UC Nurses Replace One-Day Strike With Rally
10News, June 10 -- Stymied in their plans to hold a one-day strike, registered nurses at UC San Diego Medical Center-Hillcrest and other hospitals across the state plan to hold rallies Thursday to protest what they call dangerous staffing shortages. More

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Law School Expands Access to Advanced Research
San Diego Daily Transcript, June 10 -- Is there room for an extended law school in San Diego? That is the question asked by many community attorneys and business persons but not an issue on my radar screen until recently. While having lunch at a City Club meeting, I was pulled into the debate by chance. The speaker for the event was Marye Anne Fox, chancellor of UC San Diego, seated at my left. More

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