A Sampling of Clips for May 7, 2010

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Pain Gone, Walton Talks With Zeal Once Again
The New York Times, May 8 -- There was never any doubting Bill Walton’s passions, not while the ball was bouncing, the cameras were rolling and the microphone was on. It would take something extreme to rip Walton from the press table and push him into virtual solitude. It happened in February 2008. A back injury sustained decades ago had become a chronic, intensely painful condition that was destroying Walton’s spirit. But a positive turning point came when Walton connec ted with Dr. Steven Garfin, the chairman of the department of orthopaedics at UC San Diego. More

Gulf Oil Spill Highlights the Increasing Dependence on Deep-Sea Robots
Scientific American, May 7 -- The work involved in shutting down the nearly 200,000 gallons of crude oil spewing up into the Gulf of Mexico daily for the past two weeks has demanded a tremendous amount of coordination involving, among others, BP, the U.S. Coast Guard and local fishermen. But given the depth of the damaged Macondo well the use of undersea robots is the only way to cut off the flow of escaping oil. (Quotes Glenn Sasagawa, development engineer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics) More

Needle-Sharing by Sex Workers Tied to Spread of Syphilis
BusinessWeek, May 6 -- Needle-sharing among drug abusers may play as big a role as risky sexual behavior in the transmission of syphilis, a new UC San Diego study suggests. More

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UC San Diego Professor Who Studies
Disobedience Gains Followers -- and Investigators
Los Angeles Times, May 7 -- When protesting students spilled into University of California campus courtyards in March, Ricardo Dominguez took to the streets in his own way — digitally — leading a march to the online office of the UC president. Dominguez is on the UC San Diego faculty. More

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Nancy Pelosi's Republican Challengers Score Nationwide Backing
Los Angeles Times, May 7 -- Nancy Pelosi is no easy target, even in this surly anti-incumbent environment. In the history of the country, only two House speakers have been deposed by voters back home, and Pelosi is unlikely to become the third. (Quotes UC San Diego political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

Mexico Quake Could Have Been Far Worse
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 7 -- The magnitude 7.2 earthquake that erupted near Mexicali in early April could have been far more destructive if it had started on a nearby fault system, says David Sandwell, a geophysicist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Sandwell has extensively studied the quake, which killed at least two people and damaged some buildings. More

Less May Gray and June Gloom, But More Rain?
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 7 -- A relatively cloud-free start to this month could be an omen that May gray and June gloom will go easy on us this year. Then again, the picture, pardon the expression, isn’t perfectly clear. (Quotes Dan Cayan, a researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

UC Execs Get Extra Payment During Budget Crisis
10News, May 5 -- UC San Diego student Sarah Pfeil needs $2,000 more for tuition this fall. That's how much it went up across the board for all in-state UC undergraduates. Tuition alone is $11,300 a year. More

CIRM's Klein Wins BIO Humanitarian Award
San Francisco Business Journal, May 6 -- Bob Klein, the father of California’s $3 billion stem cell research funding initiative, was awarded the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s 2010 Biotech Humanitarian Award. (Quotes Lawrence Goldstein, director of UC San Diego’s stem cell program) More 

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