A Sampling of Clips for June 18, 2010

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Will Bacterial Plague Follow Crude Oil Spill Along Gulf Coast?
The New York Times, June 17 -- Some bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico love eating oil as much as they like infecting humans. A close relative of the bacteria infamous for seafood contaminations that often lead to fatal disease, the microbe Vibrio parahaemolyticus, is common in warm coastal waters like the Gulf. The long comma-shaped bacteria, slurped down with raw oysters, brings twisting cramps and nausea to 4,500 American shellfish aficionados each year. (Quotes Doug Bartlett, a microbiologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Fiorina’s HP Mishaps Prompt Technology Executives to Back Boxer
Bloomberg, June 18 -- Carly Fiorina, the former head of Hewlett-Packard Co., faces a wall of opposition from her Silicon Valley peers as she campaigns to win one of California’s U.S. Senate seats. (Quotes Thad Kousser, associate professor of political science at UC San Diego) More

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More M.B.A. Graduates Will Get Jobs in 2010
U.S. News & World Report, June 18 -- Before M.B.A. student Ryan Utsumi received his diploma from UC San Diego this month, he already had a job offer in hand. He was relaxed when he graduated, but the process of landing that job had tested his nerves. More

Menopausal? Try Bioidentical Drugs
FOX43, June 18 -- When a woman stops making estrogen, her body notices. Hot flashes, night sweats, moodiness, foggy thinking — all can be part of the menopausal package. (Quotes Dr. Cynthia Stuenkel, clinical professor of medicine at UC San Diego and president of the North American Menopause Society) More

The Best Vacation Ever
The Boston Globe, June 18 --  Time off is a scarce resource, and as with any scarce resource, we want to spend it wisely. Partly, these decisions are matters of taste. But there are also, it turns out, answers to be found in behavioral science, which increasingly is yielding insights that can help us make the most of our leisure time. (Mentions research by Ayelet Gneezy at UC San Diego) More

Review: Merchants of Doubt
America Magazine, June 17 – In “Merchants of Doubt,” UC San Diego science historian Naomi Oreskes and co-author Erik Conway document, through a series of case studies--about the health harms of tobacco and second-hand smoke; acid rain; the ozone hole caused by chlorofluorocarbons released by spray cans, air-conditioners and refrigerators; about the harmful effects of the insecticide, DDT; about global warming--how a handful of contrarian scientists (almost none of them, in fact, specialists on health or climate-issues) crop up again and again as skeptics about the harms of tobacco and second-hand smoke, about acid rain, the ozone hole, the effects of DDT or global warming. More

Backstage Pass: 'Arrow to the Heart' at Vox Nova
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 17  -- “Arrow to the Heart” is Vox Nova’s second collaboration with playwright Allan Havis, the provost of UC San Diego’s Thurgood Marshall College and a prolific writer. The just-opened show focuses on a young man struggling with the health and financial troubles of an aging parent. More

Give U.S. Troops Time to Win, Generals Say
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 17  -- As skepticism mounts over President Barack Obama’s plan to quell the insurgency in Afghanistan and begin withdrawing combat forces next summer, military leaders from San Diego to Kabul are urging Americans to give the troops enough time to prevail. (Quotes Eli Berman, a UC San Diego history professor and research director for the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation) More

UC Employees' Salaries Increased in 2009
10News, June 17 -- The head coach at University of California, Berkeley made more than $2.3 million last year, making the most money of California state employees. (Mentions UC San Diego) More

Sustainable Fish Tales Draw Foodies to Water
Del Mar Times, June 17 -- On June 6 at Fibonacci's Bistro, a sold-out crowd of 350 foodies gathered for the kickoff event of Sustainable Seafood Week, sponsored by Cooks Confab and Slow Food Urban San Diego.  Spurgin, a co-founder of Cooks Confab, hosted the evening of tastes and tipples that also included a presentation by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego marine ecologist Nancy Knowlton and an excerpt from "The End of The Line," a documentary film about overfishing. More

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