A Sampling of Clips for 
August 10, 2005

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USCD Foundation Has an Expanded Role In Funding
San Diego Metropolitan, Aug. 2005-Governed as part of the UCSD system, the UCSD Medical Center falls under the direction of the UCSD Foundation, which is the foundation for the entire UCSD campus. Volunteer advisory boards for various Medical Center programs help raise funds. More

Preserve the Curve
National Review, Aug. 9-If you prefer a commodity-price-rule approach to monetary policy, the following will beg your attention. (Refers to research by James Hamilton, an economics professor at UCSD.) More

In the Jelly of the Beast
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 10-Jellyfish are in the news this summer as thousands of huge, and extremely rare, black jellyfish suddenly appeared off San Diego beaches last month, causing an upsurge in reports of swimmers getting stung. (Quote by Leslee Matsushige, assistant curator at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Catch of the Day
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 10-The next time that unmarried friend of yours complains that, for all the fish in the sea, he or she can't find the perfect mate, tell him (or her) about the California fiddler crab - arguably the world's pickiest mate-selector, according to UCSD. More

CSU Likely to Win Right to Award Doctorates
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 10-The California State University system is expected to win a round in the decades-old debate over whether it could be - or should be - awarding academia's most advanced degree. (Mentions UCSD.) More