A Sampling of Clips for May 14, 2010

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Cars’ Computer Systems Called at Risk to Hackers
The New York Times, May 13 -- Automobiles, which will be increasingly connected to the Internet in the near future, could be vulnerable to hackers just as computers are now, two teams of computer scientists, including one at UC San Diego, are warning in a paper to be presented next week. More

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Paying It Forward Pays Off
USA Today, May 13 – When people benefit from kindness, they “pay it forward,” which creates greater cooperation that influences others in a social network, say researchers Nicholas Christakis, a physician and sociologist at Harvard University, and James Fowler, a social scientist at UC San Diego. More

Case Study: How to Build a B-School
BusinessWeek, May 13 -- How do you create a business school from scratch? Yash Gupta, dean of the Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University, is about to find out. (Quotes Robert Sullivan, who launched UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management in 2003) More

University Enlists Dogs to Relieve Student Stress
Kansas City Star, May 13 -- Last week, Minnie became one of the first therapy dogs at the University of California-Merced to help students relax before their finals. Greg Spurgeon, assistant director of Health Services for the university, said he brought the program to campus after learning of a similar program at UC San Diego. More

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Grown Men Swap Bodies With Virtual Girl
Discovery Channel, May 13 -- Virtual reality can get downright unreal. In this simulated realm, grown men given a new perspective on the world suddenly find themselves convinced that they inhabit the body of a young girl. (Quotes neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran of UC San Diego) More

UC Students Rally to Protect Cal Grant Funding
KPCC, May 13 -- Students from UCLA, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara rallied Wednesday at the state office building in downtown L.A. to support funding for the statewide Cal Grant scholarships. More

Transit Board Backs UCSD, UTC Trolley Stops
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 13 -- San Diego transit officials on Thursday backed a trolley extension that would provide direct service to UC San Diego, Scripps Memorial Hospital and University Towne Centre. More

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Professors: Ariz. Law Passes Constitutional Test
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 14 -- A panel of three law professors discussing Arizona’s anti-illegal immigration law Thursday at UC San Diego concurred that the law could well pass constitutional muster, although violations could occur as police officers enforce it. More

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UCSD Breezes in First Round
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 14 -- The No. 1-ranked UC San Diego baseball team wasted little time making its point Thursday. Top-notch pitching, timely hitting and errorless defense helped the Tritons shut out overmatched Hawaii Pacific 12-0 in NCAA West Regional first-round action at the MLB Urban Youth Academy in Compton. More

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Tijuana Native's Film Makes the Cut at Cannes
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 14 -- Giancarlo Ruiz took two years to shoot “St. Jacques,” a short film that follows a man and a woman whose spouses drowned in the ocean and their struggle to cope with the loss. On March 30, the 38-year-old Tijuana native got an e-mail announcing that his film was selected to be shown at the prestigious Cannes festival, which started Wednesday and runs through May 23. The filmmaker also works as a media specialist in the graduate program at UC San Diego’s Visual Arts department. More

Dash for Trash
NBC San Diego, May 13 -- Students at UC San Diego have been collecting junk for the past few weeks and pooled it for the big UCSD Junkyard Derby Mad Dash for Trash Wednesday. More

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