A Sampling of Clips for
December 17th, 2007
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Teleconference a Holiday Treat for Marine Families
Los Angeles Times, Dec. 16 -- For nearly two years, the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UCSD has been helping Marine and Navy families communicate with relatives in Al Asad and Fallouja. More
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San Diego Union-Tribune
Geochemists Chart Carbon-Dioxide Levels at 650,000-Year High
The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 14 -- For a half century, sensors atop Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii have captured the world-wide signature of increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, due largely to burning coal, oil and natural gas. For 50 years, these CO2 readings, known as the Keeling Curve, have been climbing steadily, setting and then breaking a new record every 12 months or so. The curve was named after Charles D. Keeling, a scientist at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. More
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Reefs in Trouble: Life on the Mean Reefs
Science Magazine, Dec. 14 -- Imagine an atoll in the time of Eden. It would be teeming with fish, a few big ones and a lot of little ones swarming among the coral reefs. Think again, says a group of marine biologists, led by researchers at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography who have been studying the Line Islands south of Hawaii. More
The Facts Say No
The New York Times, Opinion, Dec. 16 -- As James Hamilton, an economist at UCSD, has demonstrated, simple statistical models exist that can take economic data and deliver an indication of the current state of the economy. These models do not render an opinion but rather provide a factual answer to a question. More
Calculating Drugs' Side Effects
MIT Technology Review, Dec. 15 -- A new computational method that searches an enormous database of protein structures could allow researchers to predict a drug's potential side effects without breaking out a single test tube. The technique, developed by researchers at UCSD, could also be applied to existing drugs to explain known side effects or to identify additional uses. More
Lab Rat?
The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 15 -- Because cancer seems to eventually overcome most individual therapies, researchers for a decade have advocated using combinations of new, targeted therapies on the theory that the best hope lies in cutting off all known avenues for the cancer to grow. (Mentions Ben Williams, a behavioral psychology professor at UCSD) More
Ho, Ho Heart Attack?
Los Angeles Times, Dec. 17 -- The good side of holiday hoopla -- increased camaraderie, generosity of spirit -- can help ease depression for some. But what is balm for the mind can be bad news for the ticker. (Mentions research by David P. Phillips at UCSD) More
Faculty Split Over Proposal to Change UC Eligibility
Los Angeles Times, Dec. 16 -- UC faculty leaders are debating a proposal to change freshman admission rules in ways that would both broaden the pool of potential applicants but also limit the guarantees of entrance for some high-achieving students. (Mentions UCSD) More
Grading Preuss School's Performance
San Diego Union-Tribune, Letters to the Editor, Dec. 15 – The Preuss School has become known as one of the top high schools in the nation. In just the last few months, the school ranked in the top 10 high schools in the nation in reports by Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. It is providing a very high quality education to many promising, underserved students. More
Preuss School: 26 Percent of the Time, It Works Every Time
Voice of San Diego, Dec. 17 – UCSD’s Preuss School and the local housing market have a lot in common. In the early part of the decade, the reputation of the much-acclaimed charter school rode the wave of media hype, and Preuss' potential seemed limitless. In recent months, a grade-tampering scandal has forced casual observers of the local education establishment take a closer look. More
Tampering With Grades Gets Preuss Automatic F
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, Dec. 15 – In September, my daughter brought home a copy of her high school's Academic Honesty Policy. It described nine ways she could corrupt her own education, and the penalties that would crash down on her freshman head if she did. (Mentions the Preuss School at UCSD) More
Stand Up and Lose Weight
KSN, Wichita, Kan., Dec. 17 -- Stand up to lose weight and sit down to fatten up. Standing up stimulates a fat burning enzyme explains UCSD Professor and the American Council on Exercise Physiologist Fabio Comana. More
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Evolution Chat Transcript
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 14 – Last month, Dr. Steve Kay, the dean of UCSD's Division of Biological Sciences, wrote an informative and provocative commentary, "Why evolution matters," for the San Diego Union-Tribune. Kay is here today to continue his discussion on evolution and its importance in modern biology. More
San Diego in Line for Stem Cell Facility
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 15 – The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine announced yesterday that a $50 million facilities grant application filed by a consortium of San Diego institutes – UCSD, Salk Research Institute, Scripps Research Institute and Burnham Institute for Medical Research – has passed through the first level of judging. More
UCSD Gift
FOX6 News, Dec. 14 -- The Rady School of Management at UCSD received a $5 million gift from The Wachovia Foundation, university officials announced today. More
Finding Greener Pastures at Home, Asian Scientists Leaving America
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 16 -- For years, highly motivated foreign nationals stayed in the United States, working in high-tech industries and helping America remain a global leader. But that has started to change. (Quotes Shu Chien, a bioengineering professor at UCSD and member of all three U.S. national science academies) More
Immigration Study Misleading, Negative
North County Times, Opinion, Dec. 15 -- Like all reports emanating from the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, D.C., the latest one, by staff researcher Steven Camarota, offers a relentlessly negative view of the most recent wave of immigration to the United States. (Written by Wayne A. Cornelius, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD) More
Industry Focuses on the Latino Market
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 16 – The lagging homeownership rate among the Latino population bodes ill for the future, when Hispanics will become the dominant ethnic group in California, warn California home builders. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steve Erie) More
Alex, I'll Take 'Art Director' for $1,000
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 15 – Though he lives in San Diego and has designed sets and lighting for theater companies here, including the San Diego Rep and Moxie, Jerry Sonnenberg's day job is with “Jeopardy!,” the answer-is-a-question game show that's older than he is. A series of happy accidents put him on the set of the Merv Griffin-created quiz show. His UCSD master's is in scenery and lighting design. More