A Sampling of Clips for April 21^st, 2008

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Stem Cell Lab Planned for San Diego
TIME, April 21 -- A new nonprofit institution plans to build a $115 million stem cell research facility in San Diego that would open by 2010. The facility would be located on more than 7 acres owned by UCSD in the Torrey Pines area biotechnology cluster. The university is one of four members of the consortium. More

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The Lost Leonardo Da Vinci
CBS News, 60 Minutes, April 20 -- After three decades of battling skepticism and bureaucratic resistance, an art detective named Maurizio Seracini, a UCSD researcher, believes he's close to solving the mystery of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Battle of Anghiari” by suggesting the mural hasn't been lost at all, but is right where it’s always been - for 500 hundred years. More

Fear in the Genes
Nature, April 2008 -- A tendency toward fearfulness does have genetic underpinnings, but those shift several times as children become adults, a study has found. (Quotes Murray Stein, who studies the biological underpinnings of anxiety at UCSD) More

Statistician: Some ‘Truthiness’ to ‘Colbert Bump’
FOX News, April 18 -- Colbert's fans have been touting the powers of "the Colbert bump" in blogs, claiming it has boosted support for numerous politicians. But most of the evidence cited lacks a certain amount of scientific rigor, said James Fowler, a political scientist at UCSD and a fan of the show. So he decided to put Colbert's claim to a real test. More

Three Tips from Gen-Y
The Wall Street Journal, April 19 -- Sure, seasoned professionals can mentor younger folks on climbing the ladder, but insight can flow in the other direction, too. Generation Y may be able to teach baby boomers a thing or two about navigating the 21st century workplace. (Quotes Judy Piercey, director of development communications at UCSD) More

Corporate Lobbying: The Best Investment a Company Can Make
Portfolio, April 17 -- A recent study from researchers at the UCLA and UCSD found that the more a firm gives to candidates through its political action committee, the lower the tax rate it pays. Increased spending by $1 produced tax benefits of between $6 to $20. More

Migrants Send Less Money Back to Mexico
Los Angeles Times, April 20 – The U.S. economic downturn and tightened border controls have begun to alter the rhythms of undocumented migrants who used to move back and forth with regularity, which has crimped the flow of money sent home to Mexico, one of the nation's main sources of foreign income. (Quotes Wayne Cornelius, an immigration expert at UCSD) More

On the Border with Michael Chertoff
Los Angeles Times, April 19 – In the three years since Michael Chertoff took office, his job has been transformed by a bitter debate over illegal immigration that made sealing the border a priority. Once dubbed the nation's "anti-terrorism czar," he is now also its top border agent. (Quotes Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD) More

Just Weight
Los Angeles Times, April 19 -- UCSD baseball Coach Dan O'Brien might be glad he's not the biggest loser in a wager he made with his team before the season started. O'Brien bet his players that he would lose more pounds than the Division II Tritons won games. With 12 regular-season games remaining, the Tritons have already piled up 34 victories, three short of the school record. By comparison, O'Brien has lost only 15 pounds. More

Mysterious Striped Currents Revealed in the Oceans
New Scientist, U.K., April 21 -- Between 1992 and 2003, Peter Niiler of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California, and colleagues collected data from more than 10,000 drifting ocean buoys, which they tracked with satellites. More

Sportfishing Photographer Hooked on Oceans
Sacramento Bee, April 20 -- Like many youngsters, Bill Boyce picked up a fishing rod and starting casting as a kid. But he got hooked on a passion for marine life and oceans unlike most others. Boyce later spent 12 years at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. More

Combat Vets Now Vie for Votes to Win House Seat
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 20 -- One survived an ambush in Iraq, another visited a prisoner-of-war camp there, and a third oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Navy SEALs, Army Rangers and Green Berets in the war. Three of the seven candidates vying to replace Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, have combat experience in Iraq. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

David Noel Freedman; UCSD Professor a Legend Among Bible Scholars
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 20 – In these final years, he had been bowed by age. Last June, he needed a steadying arm to make his way from his office at UCSD to a lunch meeting. But Dr. David Noel Freedman, eminent professor of history and Judaic studies, had an enthusiasm that time could not deter. More

Pilots to Protest Consortium's Construction Near Gliderport
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 20 -- Glider pilots who sail into the breeze from the Torrey Pines bluff top are rounding up all the support they can muster to protect the historic airstrip from nearby development, including the stem cell center proposed by the San Diego Consortium for Regenerative Medicine. (Mentions UCSD) More

Pond Scum Has Potential in Push for New Bio-Fuels
San Diego Business Journal, April 21 -- Researchers at UCSD, who are studying ways to genetically modify the algae, say the organism could one day solve the world’s reliance on fossil fuels. “The only real solution we can see that answers economics, geopolitical issues and the environment is this algae platform,” said Steve Kay, dean of UCSD’s Division of Biological Sciences. More

San Diego's Willy Wonka
Voice of San Diego, April 19 -- Master Chef Michael Antonorsi has a passion for combining unique ingredients with chocolate -- goat cheese, Earl Grey tea, cayenne pepper and ginger. Both he and his brother, Richard, graduated from UCSD with engineering degrees. After starting the first computer and wireless networking company in their native country Venezuela, they used the cacao produced there to start their own chocolate company in Carlsbad in 2002. More

Kudos
San Diego Business Journal, April 21 -- Five UCSD faculty members were presented with awards for excellence in teaching, research and community service by the chancellor’s associates. They were recognized for their contributions to teaching, research and community service. More