A Sampling of Clips for Sept. 24, 2010

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From Brain to Language to Accent
CNN, Sept. 23 -- Ping Li, of Pennsylvania State University's Brain, Language, and Computation Lab, wants to know what distinguishes someone who can easily pick up a new language from someone who struggles. (Quotes Grant Goodall of UC San Diego) More

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Planned Distribution of BP Research Funds Worries Some Scientists
Los Angeles Times, Sept. 24 -- With its well finally shut down, BP  is close to agreement on funneling a promised $500 million in research funds through an organization overseen by Gulf Coast governors, not the nation's scientific community. The pending decision has stirred concern among some scientists who fear most of the money will be doled out to institutions in the governors' home states — in effect making the distribution of research grants more like pork-barrel projects, rather than pure scientific pursuits. (Mentions Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

UCSD Begins 50th Anniversary Celebration
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 23 -- As classes begin at UC San Diego Thursday, the campus begins celebrating its 50th anniversary. Talk about a growth and development story. Thanks to UCSD, San Diego can look to the area's high-tech industries and jobs that go with it. More

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Perfect Pitch
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 23 -- UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox turned heads in La Jolla’s Sagebrush Road neighborhood last weekend when she was seen repeatedly pitching a baseball in her front yard. Her catcher was her husband, UCSD chemistry Professor James Whitesell. Fox, no doubt, was practicing to deliver the opening pitch at Petco Park Sunday when it’s “UCSD Day at the Padres” in honor of the college’s 50th anniversary. More

Whitman, Brown Tied in Latest Field Poll
Sacramento Bee, Sept. 23 -- After months of negative advertising fueled by more than $100 million in campaign spending, the California governor's race is the closest it's been this near the election in two decades. (Quotes UC San Diego political scientist Thad Kousser) More

2 Locals Make "Richest" List
NBC San Diego, Sept. 23 -- Forbes Magazine is out with its new list of the 400 richest Americans and two San Diegans are included with the Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerbergs of the world. Investment adviser and San Diego State University alum Charles Brandes came in at 239 with income worth $1.5 billion. La Jolla resident Irwin Jacobs  came in at 365 on the list. His wealth, $1.1 billion. The Qualcomm co-founder worked in the early 70s as a professor at UC San Diego. More

Charity Golf Tourney Saturday
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 23 -- San Diego-based Miracle Babies will host its first charity golf tournament Saturday in hopes of continuing its mission to raise money for families caring for struggling newborns. The organization this year has aided more than 150 families whose newborns were in intensive care units at UC San Diego, Sharp Mary Birch and Rady Children’s hospitals. More

How Could Prop. 25 Change Calif. Government?
KPBS, Sept. 23 -- How could state government change if voters approve Proposition 25? We speak to KPBS Reporter Tom Fudge about the impact the state legislature's two-thirds vote requirement for passing a budget has had in California. And, we'll also discuss how the role of the political parties could change if a simple majority is all that's needed to pass a budget. (Mentions UC San Diego political scientist Thad Kousser) More

Two Goals: Start a Company. Cure Cancer
Voice of San Diego, Sept. 23 -- The two goals sound like they are worlds apart, like they come from two completely separate sets of motivations: Start a company. Cure cancer. Raj Krishnan, who finished his bioengineering doctorate at UC San Diego in June, set those targets for the same reason: just to see if he can reach them. More

UCSD Doctor Given $10M Grant to Study Hypoxia Tolerance
Del Mar Times, Sept 23 -- A doctor at UC San Diego Medical Center received a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a study on hypoxia tolerance, it was announced Thursday. Dr. Gabriel Haddad, chair of the Department of Pediatrics at UCSD's School of Medicine and physician-in-chief at Rady Children's Hospital, was the recipient of the grant through the NIH's Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. More

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