UCSD News

A Sampling of Clips for
December 6^th, 2007

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Scientists Beg for Climate Action
FOX News, Dec. 6 -- For the first time, more than 200 of the world's leading climate scientists, losing their patience, urged government leaders to take radical action to slow global warming because "there is no time to lose." (Quotes Jeff Severinghaus, a geosciences professor at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Global Instability
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, Dec. 6 -- Whatever you think of it, there's no question that global warming has been making a lot of news lately. Just this year, thousands of scientists working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change surveyed a vast body of science literature and concluded that there was a 90 percent probability that humans were a major cause of global warming. (Written by Richard Norris, a professor of geosciences at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Abstract Painter Was Founding
Dean of the Art School at California Institute of the Arts
Los Angeles Times, Dec. 6 -- Paul Brach, a painter and founding dean of the school of art at California Institute of the Arts who revolutionized teaching of the discipline by insisting that it reflect what is going on in contemporary art, has died. He was 83. He served for two years as the first chairman of the visual arts department at UCSD. More

Lure of Waves Draws Many from Workaday World
Los Angeles Times, Dec. 6 – The biggest oceanic swell in nearly two years pummeled Southern California's shoreline Wednesday, causing minor flooding in low-lying coastal areas and creating epic conditions for surfers trying to match their skills against powerful waves with faces 12 feet and taller. (Quotes James Mueller, a 30-year-old genetics research technician at UCSD) More

Economic Pinch Becoming a Bite for Businesses in S.D. County
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 6 -- Analysts at Wall Street investment firms and think tanks are debating whether the economy is slipping into recession, but that debate seems purely academic in many parts of San Diego County. (Quotes UCSD economist James Hamilton) More

Fake Bomb in UCSD Lab Leads to FBI Investigation
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 6 -- The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating after a fake bomb, made to look like the real thing, was found yesterday in a research building at UCSD's medical school, authorities said. More

S.D. Developer Wins a Round in the Battle over Bay Front Proposal
KPBS, Dec 5 -- A major San Diego developer has won another round in the ongoing battle over the Navy Broadway Complex on the Embarcadero downtown. The San Diego City Council voted to deny an appeal filed by the citizens' coalition that opposes the project. Manchester's "Pacific Gateway" development is planned for an area often called "San Diego's front porch.” (Quotes Walter Munk, who holds the Secretary of the Navy's Chief of Naval Operations Oceanography Chair at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Weather Stations at UCSD to Cut Campus Energy Costs
The San Diego Daily Transcript, Dec. 5 -- Ten undergraduate students at UCSD designed, built and set up a network of five weather-monitoring stations to lower energy costs on campus. More