A Sampling of Clips for August 6^th, 2009

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Recyclers, Scientists Probe
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The New York Times, Aug. 5 - Scientists, sailors, journalists and government officials set sail from San Francisco Bay yesterday to study the planet's largest known floating garbage dump, about 1,000 miles north of Hawaii. A second ship launched from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego will aid the Kaisei over the next 30 days and focus on science. More

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America's Best College Buys
Forbes, Aug. 5 -- For many students, the price of a school is as important a factor in deciding where to go as its quality. Knowing where you can get the most quality for each tuition dollar spent helps for those shopping on a budget. That is the goal of this year's Best Buy Ranking. UCSD is ranked number 23 on the list. More

Strong Quake Hits Mexico's Gulf of California
The Washington Post, Aug. 3 -- A powerful earthquake Monday shook fishing villages along Mexico's Gulf of California and prompted alarm as far away as Phoenix, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. (Quotes Debi Kilb at Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

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How Penguins & Seals Survive Deep Dives
U.S. News & World Report, Aug 6. -- My main research interest is physiology in extreme environments, particularly those with low levels of oxygen. Animals that thrive in such "hypoxic" environments are ideal species to investigate for how their physiology responds. (Written by Jessica Meir of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

U. Researchers Aim to Slow Alzheimer's
Salt Lake Tribune, Aug. 6 -- University of Utah researchers are beginning to explore a new treatment that may slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease. (Mentions UCSD) More

UC to Lend State Millions to Kick-Start Plans
San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 6 -- The cash-strapped University of California - forced to lay off employees, cut pay and offer fewer classes because of deep cuts in state funding - has now agreed to lend the state nearly $200 million. In turn, the state will pay UC back over three years with 3.2 percent interest and will use the money specifically to help UC get its bulldozers moving again on several stalled capital projects at eight of its 10 campuses across the state. (Mentions UCSD) More

The Winter Sun: Notes on a Vocation
Boston Review, August 2009 -- In one of its many aspects, this peculiar book is a kind of Fool’s journey. Meandering through dream and recollection, at times breaking without warning into song, Fanny Howe’s notes are ecstatic rather than linear, in touch, like Emily Brontë (of whom she writes here), with the brilliant wildness of childhood. Howe is on the UCSD faculty. More

UCSD Finds a New Way to Reduce Appetite
KPBS, Aug. 5 -- Surgeons at UCSD have created a new way to reduce the size of the stomach in obese people. Doctors believe this new surgery reduces trauma and risk of infection. More

UCSD Doc to Be Deported
Before Fellowship Ends
10News, Aug. 5 -- The work of a doctor at UCSD might be cut short due to deportation. He is in the United States on an H-1 work visa that expires this October. More

Drug Company Discloses
How Much It Paid Doctors
10News, Aug. 5 -- Visit any doctor's office and you'll see drug reps give doctors samples to promote their products. Drug companies are known to lobby doctors and health care providers but until now there was no way to find out how much money doctors were being paid by pharmaceutical companies. (Mentions UCSD) More

Mobley's Money
San Diego Reader, Aug. 5 -- Back on February 26, UCSD announced Dr. William Mobley’s appointment in a news release in which David Brenner, the university’s vice chancellor for health sciences and dean of the medical school, praised the then-Stanford professor. More

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