A Sampling of Clips for March 24-25, 2010

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UC Regents Sorry for Acts of Hate on Campuses
San Francisco Chronicle, March 23 – UC Regents laid out plans Wednesday to make largely white and Asian American schools more inclusive. And they decried the repeated, hateful incidents that began in February with a San Diego frat party mocking black students. (Mentions UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox)
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Courted in California, But Dreaming of New York
The New York Times, March 23 -- Earlier this month, I picked up my phone and heard a voice I didn’t recognize. “Hello, my name is Elise and I am a B.S.U. student from U.C.S.D.,” she said, “and I would like to congratulate you on your acceptance to U.C.S.D.” (The B.S.U. is the Black Student Union at UC San Diego.) Talk about a wake-up call. I am utterly excited about this news. I mean, I consider U.C.S.D. among the top three campuses in the University of California system. More

Parents Spending Time With Kids: Good and Bad News
The Washington Post, March 25 -- Here’s the good news: Parents are spending more time with their children. The bad part is that the increase is twice as great for college-educated parents as it is for less-educated parents. In this study, to be presented at the April 10 conference of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, a pair of researchers from UC San Diego analyze 12 time-use surveys conducted between 1965 and 2007. More

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Resistance Against N. Korean Regime Taking Root, Survey Suggests
The Washington Post, March 24 -- There is mounting evidence that Kim Jong Il is losing the propaganda war inside North Korea, with more than half the population now listening to foreign news, grass-roots cynicism undercutting state myths and discontent rising even among elites. A survey of refugees has found that "everyday forms of resistance" in the North are taking root as large swaths of the population believe that pervasive corruption, rising inequity and chronic food shortages are the fault of the government in Pyongyang -- and not of the United States, South Korea or other foreign forces. Stephan Haggard, an Asian specialist at UC San Diego, co-authored the survey. More

Health Vote Provides GOP With Few New Targets
NPR, March 23 -- Republicans despondent over passage of the health care bill are consoling themselves with the prospect that Democrats will pay a price come November. But there's already debate about how high that price will be. (Quotes UC San Diego political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

Scientists Urged to Form Networks
The London Free Press, March 24 -- Finding cures for diseases will require scientists to work together in networks to handle the massive amount of data now available, said Dr. Andrew Baird, a professor in the department of surgery at UC San Diego at a London conference Tuesday. More

New Studies on Generosity Get a Generous Grant
The Chronicle of Philanthropy, March 23 -- Fund raising and charitable giving are the subject of a growing body of research by economists, psychologists, and other scholars.  This emerging line of study got a lift last week, with the announcement of $1.4-million in grants that will pay for four research projects that seek to advance scientific understanding of generosity, including a $250,000 study of how empathy affects charitable donations by James Andreoni, a behavioral economist at UC San Diego. More

'Weather to Go to College'
Inside Higher Ed, March 23 -- Walking across the quad on a beautiful day doesn't necessarily assure that prospective students will enroll, and a cloudy day may increase the odds, according to a paper in the new issue of The Economic Journal. In the paper, "Weather to Go to College," Uri Simonsohn, an assistant professor at UC San Diego, reviews enrollment decisions of 1,284 prospective students who visited a university "known for its academic strengths and recreational weaknesses." More

New Treatment for Intestinal Worms Studied
UPI, March 22  -- UC San Diego scientists say a combination drug treatment for parasitic intestinal roundworms shows promise in a test on a common laboratory species. More

Tributes to Chavez Under Way, More to Come
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 24 — The state holiday honoring the late farm labor leader Cesar Chavez isn’t until Wednesday, but tributes are happening throughout San Diego County already and will continue into next month. (Mentions UC San Diego) More

Salk Institute Gets Millions for Brain Research
Fox6 News, March 23 – A consortium of researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and UC San Diego received a $4 million grant from a United Kingdom-based charitable foundation to study brain circuitry. More

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Doctors See Increase of Uncommon Childhood Disease in San Diego
KPBS, March 23  — Doctors at Rady Children's Hospital say they're seeing an unusually high number of kids with Kawasaki disease. The condition involves inflammation of the blood vessels, and can affect the heart. (Quotes Dr. Jane Burns, a professor of pediatrics at UC San Diego) More

Thyroid Eye Disease
10News, March 24 -- Thyroid-related eye disease is a potentially blinding and disfiguring disorder. When patients are told by their doctors that "nothing can be done," hundreds of them turn to UC San Diego's Thyroid Eye Clinic for help. Dr. Don Kikkawa, an eye specialist at the Shiley Eye Center, joined us to talk about the clinic's unique way of treating patients. More

Studios of Artists Open to Public at UCSD
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 25 — There aren’t many events where you can visit 48 artists’ studios in one building. But that will be the case on April 10, from 3 to 8 p.m. for the 2010 Open Studios event, presented by the Visual Arts Department at UC San Diego. More

My Hero, Sally Ride
SDNN, March 23 -- Because serendipity connects Women’s History Month with the San Diego Science Festival, and both connect to my admiration and undying respect for women pioneers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), my choice for hero of the month is astronomy’s national symbol of female achievement and local treasure, astronaut Sally Ride. Ride was on the UCSD faculty. More

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