A Sampling of Clips for April 18^th, 2008

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How Breathtaking is Human Skin?
MSNBC, April 17 -- The same oxygen sensors found in frog skins and in mammalian lungs have unexpectedly been discovered in the skin of mice. Now the same oxygen sensors found in frog skins and in mammalian lungs have unexpectedly been discovered in the skin of mice. "No one had ever looked," explained researcher Randall Johnson, a molecual biologist at UCSD. More

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More Than Shy: How to Cope With Social Anxiety
US News & World Report, April 18 – It's a condition that can make leaving one's house a terrifying ordeal. It's called social anxiety disorder or social phobia, and while often debilitating—a new survey underscores its harmful effect on relationships—it's treatable. (Quotes Murray Stein, a professor of psychiatry at UCSD) More

'Phantom Sightings' at LACMA
Los Angeles Times, April 15 -- At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the sprawling exhibition "Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement," brings together a diverse and satisfying array of recent painting, sculpture, video, installation and mixed-media work. Sometimes the art is specific to questions of ethnic identity; often it's not. The exhibition was curated by Rita Gonzalez, a UCSD Visual Arts graduate, and included current UCSD Visual Arts faculty member Ruben Ortiz-Torres. More

Baja Leader Calls Projects for Energy, Water Crucial
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 18 -- Projects in water conservation and renewable energy will be key to Baja California's development in the coming years, Gov. José Guadalupe Osuna Millán said yesterday in a speech delivered at UCSD.  More

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Can't Lose for Winning
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 18 – UCSD’s baseball team is winning games at a record pace, boasting a 34-9 record that has helped the Tritons to a No. 8 national ranking in Division II and a No. 1 ranking in the West Region. More

UCSD Standout Student
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 18 – Russ Hardy slammed the last kill during the fifth game in this year's UCSD-UCLA match. Alumni stormed the courts, and of course, and gave the 6'5 outsider hitter a personal parade atop their shoulders. More

Wellness is Topic for Everyone at School
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 17 -- The Golden Avenue Comprehensive Wellness Plan, which Golden Avenue School Principal Rick Oser created with Dr. Ellen Beck, director of the UCSD Student-Run Free Clinic Project and others, focuses on family wellness, child wellness, environmental wellness and staff wellness. More

San Diego Looks to Building Green to Cut Emissions, Energy Use
KPBS, April 16 -- In the routine of our average daily lives it's pretty hard to avoid the structure of a building. Whether you are going to work or shopping, buildings touch our lives, and they are everywhere. So much, that it's not surprising to see the great impact, and carbon footprint, buildings have on our environment. (Mentions UCSD’s green campus program) More

Donors Invited to Name New Species at Scripps
KPBS, April 15 -- The art of naming scientific discoveries is a process that abides by certain rules, and they've got a good understanding of those rules at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which is part of UCSD. Scripps has discovered many new species of marine life over the years. Now the institution is trying to raise some money by allowing people to have new sea creatures named after them, if they donate a fair amount of cash to the institution. More