A Sampling of Clips for May 5, 2010

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Economic Crisis Leads Business Schools to Meld Ethics into MBA
USA Today, May 5 -- Business school discourse today has a new set of topical lessons, emphasizing the roles played by MBAs in precipitating the global recession and creating financial products that benefited corporations but hurt consumers. (Quotes Robert S. Sullivan, dean of the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego) More

Room-Temperature Microlasers
MIT Tech Review, May 5 – UC San Diego scientists have created the smallest ever laser capable of operating at room temperature. The device is less than one cubic micron--less than the wavelength of the light it emits. It is the first sub-wavelength laser that doesn't require cryogenic cooling. More

Facts Show Climate Change is Real
Kansas City Star, May 5 -- Overgeneralization and folly of logical thinking has been applied to one of today’s most hotly debated topics — climate change. This past winter further fueled the discussion; one year’s snowfall total has somehow nullified two centuries of scientific study along with any constructive dialogue on the subject. (Mentions research by Naomi Oreskes, Professor of History and Science Studies at UC San Diego) More

Cutting Edge, With Few Cuts
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 5 -- With pressure building from federal and state efforts to reform health care, doctors and hospitals are looking for new ways to reduce surgical pain, lower the risk of infection and quicken a patient’s recovery time. All of those improvements have the potential to lower health insurance costs and raise profits for hospitals, which typically get paid set amounts for each medical case. UC San Diego is on the cutting edge of that trend. More

Scripps Ship Imaging Deep Blue Sea
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 5 -- The mysteries of the open ocean -- from the shape of eddies to the movement of currents -- should become a bit more understandable in the weeks ahead as a research ship from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography uses sound to analyze the physical properties of the deep blue sea. More

Pediatric Ophthalmology
KUSI, May 5 -- From cataracts to crossed eyes and various other vision problems, Dr. David Granet has seen it all. Dr. Granet specializes in pediatric ophthalmology and eye alignment disorders at UC San Diego's Ratner Children's Eye Center at the Shiley Eye Center. Dr. Granet was here to show us how some of these eye disorders are now being treated, and to put to rest a common myth about eyeglasses. More

Playhouse Revels in 'Sunshine' and Tony Nods
North County Times, May 5 -- It's been a good week for La Jolla Playhouse, which on Sunday announced it will produce a musical version of the Oscar-wining film "Little Miss Sunshine" as the final show of its 2010-2011 season, and on Tuesday learned that "Memphis," the rock 'n' roll musical that had its world premiere at the Playhouse in 2008, earned eight Tony nominations. The Playhouse is located on the UC San Diego campus. More

Students Overcome Odds to Snag Scholarships
North County Times, May 5 -- When Adriana Ramos and Yovani Ramirez entered kindergarten, the odds against them even finishing high school seemed daunting. The idea each would attend college was highly unlikely. Now Ramirez, 18, was named a Dell Scholar and will receive a $20,000 award. He will attend UC San Diego, majoring in astrophysics. More

Golf Tourney Scheduled for Microfinancing Group's First Fundraiser
North County Times, May 5 -- Inspired by the adage about feeding a man for life by teaching him to fish, Fallbrook resident Rico Dence has created a nonprofit microfinancing group that he hopes some day could fund small businesses worldwide. The Fallbrook native is running the year-old charitable project with the help of UC San Diego student Jennifer Renfer. More

UCSD Officials Question Value of New Medical School at UC Riverside
KPBS, May 5 — Riverside County Supervisors have committed to raising $10 million to help support a medical school at the local UC campus. Officials at UC San Diego question whether the new medical school is a good idea. More

Local Health Care Providers Get $15M for IT Systems
San Diego Business Journal, May 5 -- The federal government has awarded $15.3 million to a group of San Diego hospitals, clinics and emergency response teams that will serve as a model for widespread use of health information technology systems in an effort to drive more efficient patient care. The grant will be led by UC San Diego. More

Venter Institute Raises $53M Through Sale-Leaseback Deal
Xconomy, May 5 -- The $53 million generated by the sale of the J. Craig Venter Institute’s five-building campus in Rockville, MD, could help finance construction of a multi-disciplinary research facility proposed for a scenic coastal bluff on the UC San Diego campus. More

UCSD Resolution Against Israel Up for Vote Tonight
SDNN, May 5 --- The Associated Students of UC San Diego will re-consider a resolution, first debated last week, that the university divest itself of economic ties to corporations and groups that do business with Israel. The meeting will be held today at 6 p.m. at UCSD’s Price Center Ballroom East. More

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