A Sampling of Clips for Sept. 29, 2010

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Arts and Culture Leaders Among Winners of MacArthur Prizes
The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Sept. 28 -- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in Chicago, has announced the 23 recipients of its 2010 MacArthur Fellowships. Commonly referred to as the "genius awards," the fellowships single out individuals from disparate disciplines who show creativity, originality, and the promise for continued innovative work. Carol Padden, 55, a professor of communication at UC San Diego, is one of the recipients. More

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Parents' Drinking May Be Risk Factor for SIDS
Reuters, Sept. 28 -- Parents and caretakers who drink alcohol may put infants at a higher risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), new research suggests. Researchers at UC San Diego found that SIDS cases occur 33 percent more often on New Year's Day than any other day of the year, which is also when more people drink alcohol than at any other time of year. More

UCSD Researcher Gets $10 Million Grant for Medical Study
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 28 -- The head of the pediatrics department at UC San Diego School of Medicine has been awarded a $10 million federal grant to lead a team investigating the impact of low oxygen levels in the heart, lung and brain. More

Forster Considers UCSD a Lab for City Planning
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 28 -- Kurt W. Forster, architectural historian and critic at Yale, will kick off the “UCSD by Design” lecture series this week by posing UC San Diego’s campus as a living laboratory for addressing city planning issues and melding together science and nature. More

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Scripps: How Robotic Explorers Will Rule the Seas
San Diego Union-Tribune Radio, Sept. 28 -- The army of miniature robots that monitor conditions in the sea is going to get a lot bigger, says Tony Haymet, director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, who sat down with us on Sept. 27 to talk about everything from deep sea exploration to controversies in climate change research. More

Cypress Rejects Takeover Bid But Opens Door for Change
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 28 -- Cypress Bioscience directors Tuesday unanimously rejected an institutional investor’s sweetened offer to buy the La Jolla drug developer but said they would reconsider the company’s strategy in light of complaints from shareholders. The directors also adopted a “poison pill,” a defensive measure designed to discourage more hostile takeover bids. (Quotes Robert Sullivan, dean of the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego) More

San Diego’s Wildfire Experience Provides an Edge in Disaster-Tracking Tech
Xconomy, Sept. 29 -- Octobers have been cruel to San Diego. Still, we’re getting better at dealing with firestorms in San Diego—and natural disasters in general—as innovations in sensor technologies, wireless networks, and predictive analytics have helped provide more accurate forecasts and better warnings. And much of the technology is being developed in San Diego. (Quotes Hans-Werner Braun of the San Diego Supercomputer Center) More

UCSD Hosting Seminar on Latin America This Week
San Diego Daily Transcript, Sept. 28 -- UC San Diego's Institute of the Americas is hosting an international seminar today through Friday on the social, political and economic challenges facing Latin America. More

Solana Beach Activist Takes on Greenhouse Gases, Proposed I-5 Expansion
Del Mar Times, Sept. 28 -- From Solana Beach's first unsuccessful incorporation attempts in the early 1980s to the current battle against the expansion of Interstate 5, Jack Hegenauer has been a highly visible participant in a wide range of local issues. And more often than not, he's been on the prevailing side. Hegenauer is a UC San Diego professor emeritus. More

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