A Sampling of Clips for 
December 17, 2004

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UV Light Might Color Tribes' Languages
The Baltimore Sun, Dec. 17-Dozens of tropical cultures have no word for the color we know as blue, and two researchers say they've discovered why: The people who live in those areas can't see it. (Quotes Kimberly A. Jameson, a psychologist and associate project scientist at the Center for Research in Language at UCSD.) More

Write-in Mayoral Bid Has Fresh Hope
Christian Science Monitor (Boston), Dec.17- Whether she wins or loses, Donna Frye's long-shot bid for Mayor of San Diego is indicative of a deeper political shift in a former Republican stronghold but where Democrats now have a voter-registration edge. (Quotes Steve Erie, a political scientist at UCSD). More

SD Best Universities
City News Service, Dec 17-In a ranking of the world's 200 best universities, the Times of London named UC San Diego 24th, UCSD officials said today. Three California schools made the top 10 -- UC Berkeley was ranked second, Caltech in Pasadena fourth and Stanford seventh. UCLA was ranked 26th. More

UCSD Bioinformatics Researcher Studies
Tumor Genome Architectures with Career Award
Medical News Today, Dec.17-Jacobs School postdoctoral researcher Benjamin Raphael is one of only eleven scientists nationwide honored by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for work at the intersection of computer science, mathematics, and biology. The UCSD mathematician and computer scientist will receive $500,000 over five years from BWF to support his research in the area of high-resolution analysis of tumor genome architectures. More