A Sampling of Clips for Nov. 15, 2010

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Revelle's Cathedral, a Premier Center of Learning, Turns 50
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 14 -- The description is inescapable. It is prominent in the official history of UC San Diego, which will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding Thursday. It turns up in old newspaper stories and speech transcripts. And it is found in the papers of Roger Revelle, the spiritual and temporal father of UCSD. “The university was the modern counterpart of the medieval cathedral,” Revelle wrote, “rising in the heart of the city and lifting the spirits of men, serving their aspirations and bringing reality to their ideals.” More

Special Report: UCSD @ 50
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 14 -- At UC San Diego, ideas are alive. Present and future mingle on a 1,200-acre campus next to the ageless ocean. In 50 years, the university has gone from startup to powerhouse, an authentic force in the push for innovation, exploration and better lives. On these pages, we offer a glimpse of how that occurred. More

UCSD's Fox Heads to White House to Receive Medal
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 15 – UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox has been to the White House about 20 times over the years, mostly as a science advisor. But Wednesday, the spotlight will be on her, not on the many presidents she has served. Fox is one of 16 people who will presented with the country's highest science and technology award. The medal has previously gone to such luminaries as Edward Land, the genius behind Polaroid instant cameras, and James Watson, who shared the Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of DNA. More

Why Isn’t Mexico Rich?
The New York Times, Nov. 12 -- That’s the question asked by UC San Diego economist Gordon H. Hanson in a new working paper. “Over the last three decades, Mexico has aggressively reformed its economy, opening to foreign trade and investment, achieving fiscal discipline, and privatizing state-owned enterprises,” Hanson writes. More

UC Campuses Move to Recruit More Out-of-state Students
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 14 -- From Boston to China and across the Internet, University of California campuses this year are taking unprecedented and potentially controversial steps to recruit out-of-state and international students for the extra revenue and geographic diversity they bring to the cash-strapped system. (Mentions UC San Diego) More

Is Climate Change to Blame for Bigger Ocean Waves?
McClatchy Papers, Nov. 14 -- Ocean waves are becoming bigger and more powerful, and climate change could be the cause. (Quotes Richard Seymour, the head of the Ocean Engineering Research Group at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

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Memo to Legislature: End the Suspense
NBC Los Angeles, Nov. 12 -- UC San Diego political scientist Thad Kousser has a smart idea for the Democratic majority in California's legislature: Stop using the so-called suspense file for bills that might have majority support. More

The Price is ... What?
San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 15 -- While paying as little as possible for a variably priced good or service might seem like the best way to go, the decision isn't always so straightforward. In reality, there are all kinds psychological, economic and interpersonal complexities. A group of marketing professors recently examined some of these complexities by conducting an experiment at a large amusement park. The researchers (Leif Nelson, from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, and Ayelet Gneezy and Uri Gneezy, of UC San Diego) sold photos to passengers exiting a roller coaster ride (you know, those pics they snap during the freefall, right as your stomach drops out of your body?) and offered pay-what-you-want pricing -- but they added a charitable twist. More

Okeanos Explorer Returns to S.F. With Data Trove
San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 13 – After 180 days at sea, the NOAA research vessel Okeanos Explorer has returned to the Bay Area to be refitted in an Alameda dry dock for new expeditions to Indonesia's fabled "Coral Triangle," one of the richest regions of marine biodiversity in the world. (Quotes Miriam Goldstein, an oceanography graduate student from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

 ‘We Know It’s Not Legal’
The Sacramento Bee, Nov. 14 -- Immigrants — mostly Mexicans — have duped customs agents with fake passports, overstayed their visas, sneaked across the border hidden in cars and trucks, trekked through the scorching Arizona desert or waded across the Rio Grande. Until recently, more than half a million immigrants were entering the United States illegally each year — about 50,000 to 100,000 of them pouring into California, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. (Quotes UC San Diego economist Gordon Hanson) More

Border Czar Speaks at UCSD on Border Violence
CW6, San Diego, Nov. 12 -- An end to the violence? Despite the drug trafficking and killings South of the border. One expert says the situation is about to get better. Border Czar, Alan Bersin has a positive outlook on the violence we are seeing across the border. More

UCSD Offers Free Memory Screenings for Older Adults
KPBS, Nov. 15 -- The Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at UC San Diego is offering free memory screenings on Tuesday. The event targets older adults concerned about memory loss. More

UCSD Biology Professor Travels the World as a “Darwinian Tourist”
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 14 -- UC San Diego biology professor Christopher Wills has traveled the globe studying ecosystems and writing about them. His new book, “The Darwinian Tourist: Viewing the World Through Evolutionary Eyes,” also includes more than 100 of his photographs. He’ll be at DG Wills in La Jolla for a book signing on Friday at 7 p.m. He answered questions recently by e-mail. More

EconoMeter: Can DeMaio's Plan Balance Budget?
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 13 -- Each week the Business section will ask its panel of economists, including UC San Diego’s James Hamilton, to weigh in on an economic issue of concern to San Diegans. This week's question: With many tax increases rejected by voters, San Diego County cities, as well as states, counties and school districts, face chronic budget deficits in 2011. More

Neuroscientists, Animal Activists Meet at Center
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 13 -- Armed with some graphic pictures and a Lincoln-quoting neurological researcher, a small band of protesters stood in front of the Convention Center on Saturday trying to turn the tide in animal research while many of the 32,000 registered attendees at the Society for Neuroscience Convention streamed in to hear the actress Glenn Close talk about research and depression. (Quotes UC San Diego neuroscientist Lawrence A. Hansen) More

What Does San Diego's Economic Future Look Like?
Voice of San Diego, Nov. 14 -- This is third part of a series of questions about San Diego's economy we're asking economic leaders who will be a part of the 2010 Workforce Summit, including Mary Walshok, associate vice chancellor of extended studies and public programs, UC San Diego. More

Stem Cells Take Root in Koreatown
Los Angeles Business Journal, Nov. 15 -- Patients seeking one of the most complicated and experimental therapies in medicine have been descending not on UCLA or Cedars-Sinai but on a small corner storefront in the Koreatown Galleria. n this most unlikely place, one of the world’s largest stem cell clinics, a South Korean company called RNL Bio Co. Ltd., has established its American headquarters. (Quotes Larry Goldstein, director of UC San Diego’s stem cell program and a board member of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, who cautions against unapproved medical uses of stem cells) More

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