A Sampling of Clips for June 19-20, 2011

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Is Global Warming Changing California Current?
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 19 -- Changes could undermine biological productivity in one of the world’s richest marine ecosystems — the California Current — which provides the state’s bounty of seafood, generates jobs and attracts tourist dollars. Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and other groups have been methodically measuring the current’s southern waters for 62 years, and their data series is touted as the most extensive of its kind in the world. “It may not be obvious to your eyes, but it’s going on,” said Mark Ohman, lead principal investigator for the California Current Ecosystem Long Term Ecological Research program at Scripps. More

At UC-San Diego, First-Generation
Students Get Help From Retired Professors
Chronicle of Higher Education, June 19 -- When Lila Gitesatani arrived on the UC San Diego campus as a freshman, she had a multitude of questions: How should she choose a major, go about selecting courses, or even explore activities on campus? But Ms. Gitesatani was limited in where she could turn for advice. As a first-generation college student, she says, her parents could be of no help. Within weeks of starting class, however, she was paired with Barney J. Rickett, a retired professor who could bring years of experience to such questions. More

Surfboard Event Brings Cancer Survivors Together
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 19 -- As a show of support for cancer survivors and those who care for them, Survivor Beach was thriving along La Jolla Shores. Hundreds of boards stretched 1,674 feet from the pier south along the beach. “Today we are celebrating all the survivors and all the caregivers, all the tough fights against cancer, and encouraging a cure,” said Terry Ash, a co-chair of the fifth annual Survivors Beach hosted by the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center. More

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Analysis: Gov. Brown Draws a Line in the Sand in Budget Battle
Los Angeles Times, June 17 -- Gov. Jerry Brown was elected on a pledge to break legislative gridlock by changing Capitol culture, and he showered state lawmakers with attention as he tried to forge a bipartisan compromise to fix the state's chronic financial mess.
But the budget that Democratic legislators sent to him Wednesday — and his swift veto of it — threaten a rerun of the same dysfunction that has paralyzed Sacramento for years. Democrats and Republicans are as divided as ever, a viable budget seems elusive and the governor is feuding with his own party. (Quotes Thad Kousser, UC San Diego political science professor.) More

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San Diego Leads UC System in Royalties From Top Inventions
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 19 -- The University of California system's top five inventions brought in $43.3 million in royalties and fees last year, one-third of which went to its San Diego campus. UC San Diego earned $14.3 million for two basic discoveries, one involving cancer, the other involving bladder pain, according to a new report from UC. More

UCSD's 50th Anniversary Celebration
KFMB Ch. 8, June 19 – UC San Diego is wrapping up its 50th anniversary celebration this weekend, by honoring its alumni. There are more than 145,000 UC San Diego alumni worldwide.  Fifty of them were honored in a celebration Saturday night. More

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Sidestepping Iconic Status for a Terrorist
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 17 –We need not fear bin Laden any longer, yet it is quite possible that in the future he will be resurrected and reinterpreted in light of new circumstances and concerns. As with Che [Guevara], it is likely that different people will project diverse meanings onto his image, ones that may even contradict his ideology. (Op-ed by Jeremy Prestholdt, associate professor of history at UC San Diego.) More

HD! 3D! Now It’s Smell-o-vision
New York Post, June 20 – Researchers at UC San Diego, in collaboration with Samsung, have developed a compact device capable of generating on command thousands of aromas, according to a paper published in the scientific journal Angewandte Chemie. The device is small enough to attach directly to the back of any TV set or to mobile phones, the article says.
The smell comes from solutions held in 10,000 tiny chambers in the device. A small electrical charge heats the solution, turning it into a gas with the desired smell, the developers claim. More

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“Why Geology Matters” a Clear-Eyed Primer on Global Warming
North County Times, June 19 -- Doug MacDougall, emeritus professor over at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, has presented one of the most balanced explanations yet of global climate change and man's likely role in the current warming. His new book, "Why Geology Matters," lays out the state of the art in how our scientists try to figure out past climate change in a way that average non-scientists can easily understand. More

When Breakthroughs Follow Failure
Boston Globe, June 20 -- Letting scientists fail may be key to motivating the kind of exploration that ultimately leads to big breakthroughs and innovation, according to new research by MIT  and UC San Diego economists. More

Non-Californians at UC Campuses Get Summer Subsidy
Sacramento Bee, June 18 -- A taxpayer subsidy that out-of-state students enrolled in the University of California system have been receiving for years is under scrutiny as the schools search for extra revenue. During the regular school year, nonresidents pay up to three times as much as students from California, bringing the universities a few hundred million dollars. But partly due to measures taken to boost summer enrollment, they are spared from paying higher fees for summer classes. (Quotes Becky Arce, UC San Diego summer sessions director.) More

Tales of the Technologically Inept
Denver Post, June 19 -- People who become highly dependent on digital devices — like many of our kids — may do so at their peril. Today, average Americans are bombarded with three times as much information as they received in 1960, according to research at UC San Diego. More

Why's That Bear in the Engineering Courtyard?
Voice of San Diego, June 17 – UC San Diego has been assembling an art collection for 30 years — public sculptures by some of the world's leading artists. The Stuart Collection is paid for with private donations and the pieces are commissioned for the exact spots where they'll go. The collection's director, Mary Beebe, was honored with a national award this week for her work in public art as part of the national Americans for the Arts convention happening in San Diego. More

Two UCSD Programs Offer Easy Access and Incentives for HIV Testing
San Diego Gay and Lesbian News, June 17 -- Two programs based out of UC San Diego are working to reach out to the community, with a focus on the LGBT community, to ensure that individuals are able to easily and comfortably access HIV testing. The "Lead the Way" campaign and the Early Test Program's "Testing for Pride Tickets" provide community members with easy access and incentives for taking this step to protect their health. More

Festival of the Arts at UC San Diego
KNSD 7/39, June 19 -- This weekend, La Jolla celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Festival of the Arts. The event was held at UC San Diego. Over 200 award-winning local and national artists from the U.S., Mexico and Israel took part in the festival. More

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