A Sampling of Clips for April 22^nd, 2008

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Keep Hopes Aloft
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, April 22 – Since the late Jonas Salk's establishment of an internationally renowned institute on Torrey Pines Mesa in 1963, San Diego has been in the vanguard of global medical research. But the emerging plan by four of San Diego's premier research centers, including UCSD, to collaborate on a single institution centered on stem cell studies holds the promise of medical advances on a much wider scale. More

Economists: Strife at Home Means More Fouls on Soccer Field
The Wall Street Journal, April 22 -- U.C. Berkeley economist Edward Miguel and political scientists Sebastian Saiegh, of UCSD, and Shanker Satyanath, of NYU, analyzed the nationalities of the players that drew the most yellow and red cards in six major European soccer leagues. Their finding: Players from countries with a recent history of civil conflict were more likely than players from peaceful countries to commit fouls. More

Peak Water: Aquifers and Rivers Are Running Dry
Wired News, April 21 -- Water has been a serious issue in the developing world for so long that dire reports of shortages in Cairo or Karachi barely register. But the scarcity of freshwater is no longer a problem restricted to poor countries. (Mentions research by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

US to End Controversial Shark ‘Finning’
New Scientist, U.K., April 22 -- The oceans just got a little safer for sharks. Fishermen must bring their shark catches to shore with fins still attached, the US fisheries service has decided. (Quotes marine ecologist Stuart Sandin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

UF Researchers Identify Key Target for Cancer Therapies
Sun Sentinel, April 22 -- New therapies must target a key protein interaction to destroy aggressive cancer cells' protective force field, University of Florida scientists reported last week at the American Association for Cancer Research's annual meeting in San Diego. (Quotes David D. Schlaepfer, a professor of reproductive medicine at the Moores Cancer Center at UCSD) More

UCSD Collections Added to Online Project
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 22 -- UCSD is digitizing thousands of volumes from its East Asian language collections and from its international relations and Pacific studies library that will be searchable on Google's Book Search project. More

Apparel's New Pattern
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 22 -- DressMonkey.com, a Web-based San Diego apparel company founded by two self-described “office monkeys” with a passion for fashion, is selling affordable, custom-made clothes for professional men. The company was co-founded by Jeff Horowitz, a UCSD graduate student. More

Composers Find Their Voice
Penrith Press, Australia, April 15 – Music students from the University of Western Sydney took the ultimate master class last week. World renowned contemporary classical music composer and UCSD Professor Chinary Ung visited the university's Penrith campus last Wednesday to speak with students about their music. Prof Ung said he was looking for an energy that could connect composers. More