A Sampling of Clips for December 9^th, 2008

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Number of Eggs in a Nest Depends on Climate
MSNBC, Dec. 9 -- Some birds lay one egg while others lay up to 50 or more, and now researchers at UCSD have figured out why, to the point where they can accurately predict egg counts for virtually all bird species. More

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Preuss Ranked No. 8 in Nation
KPSB, Dec 8 -- UCSD's Preuss Charter School has made the Top 10 list of America's Best High Schools for 2009. That's based on U.S. News and World Report second annual survey of high schools across the country. More

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Robots of the Ocean
BBC, Nov. 30 -- The best way to monitor and understand the sea is to go with the flow. Jules Jaffe and colleagues at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD have been developing robots to do just that. More

The Origin of Life
BBC, Nov. 30 -- In a box hidden in a corner of the lab belonging to the late Stanley Miller was an experiment which could explain the origins of life on Earth, conducted 50 years ago. How will the experiment stand up to modern analytical techniques? Extremely well, as Jeffrey Bada of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD explains. More

Obama to Borrow China’s Wealth, Clout in Effort to Steady World
Bloomberg, Dec. 9 -- Thirty years ago this month, President Jimmy Carter held secret negotiations to establish formal diplomatic ties with a poor, insular communist China. President-elect Barack Obama will inherit a relationship with a China whose wealth and influence are essential to rescuing the world economy. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Susan Shirk) More
 

Gates Foundation Announces First
Grants in New Program on College Completion
Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 9 -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today $69-million in grants to kick off its effort to double the number of low-income young people who complete a college degree or certificate program by age 26. (Quotes Amanda L. Datnow, a professor of education studies at UCSD and a co-director of a study to be funded by the grant) More

Sharing Has Role in Nobel Win
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 9 – When 2008 Nobel laureate Roger Tsien of UCSD accepts his Nobel Prize in chemistry tomorrow in Stockholm, he'll be thanking more than the usual family members and colleagues. More

San Diego's New Elected Officials Sworn In
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 8 – The city's new elective offices holders took on the mantra of President-elect Barack Obama today – it's time for change. Businesswoman Sherri Lightner, the new District 1 councilwoman, is a UCSD alumna. More

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