A Sampling of Clips for February 20^th, 2009

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Gulf Exploration Yields New Species
MSNBC, Feb. 20 -- Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Mexico believe they have discovered some new species of marine life in the Gulf of California. Much about the ecosystems of the shallows and deep waters has been documented, but the scientists were curious about what lies between the two and ventured into some of the least- studied areas of the waters. Their curiosity paid off. More

Mo' Money, Mo' Problems
Forbes, Feb. 20 -- What do we really know about the relationships between very large bonuses and job-performance? To look at this question, my colleagues Uri Gneezy of UCSD, George Lowenstein of Carnegie Mellon, Nina Mazar of the University of Toronto and I conducted a few experiments. More

New Cell Phone Makes Sci-Fi a Reality
NBC Bay Area, Feb. 20 -- James Buckwalter, a UCSD researcher, developed the new signal amplifier for the silicon chips used in cell phones. With the amplifier, phones will be able to handle 10 to 100 times the bandwidth and signals. More

Into the Myths
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 19 — “Fairytales From the Fringe” is the fourth Myth Project installment, a series of annual multimedia productions performed by the Patricia Rincon Dance Collective. Rincon is a UCSD dance professor. More

Senior Credits Parents for Success
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 19 — The parents of Coronado High senior Peter Kittiyasawadi are immigrants to this country. His father, Rachen, came from Thailand in 1979. His mother, Leticia, arrived from Mexico in 1988. Peter says their hard work and sacrifice have allowed him to excel as a student and athlete. Peter carries a 4.24 grade-point average at Coronado and plays saxophone in the school band. On the soccer field, he is the Islanders team captain. He plans to attend UCSD this fall. More

San Diego Biotechs
Suffer the Pains of Recession
KPBS, Feb. 20 – One of the bright spots of San Diego's economy in recent years has been biotech sector. But the local life science industry has caught a cold in this recession. (Mentions UCSD) More

Recession Hits Migrant Workers
KPBS, Feb. 20 -- Here's another sign the economic recession is global. Money sent home by Mexican migrants last year fell for the first time on record. Economists say it’s part of a global trend that could get worse. As part of our series "Rough Water: Navigating San Diego's Economy," we're joined by Wayne Cornelius. He's director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD. More

Nobody's Counting
Los Angeles CityBEAT, Feb. 18 -- Gradually, the handsome and comfortable Broad Stage, the new concert hall on the Santa Monica College campus, takes its place as an important addition to the cultural landscape. (Mentions UCSD music professor Steve Schick) More

Ten Questions:
Meet UCSD's New Dean - Seth Lerer
Del Mar Times, Feb 19 -- Seth Lerer was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1955 and grew up there and in suburban Boston and Pittsburgh. He was educated at Wesleyan University, Oxford and the University of Chicago, and he taught English and comparative literature at Princeton and Stanford before joining the UCSD faculty as dean of arts and humanities last month. More

Hillel Opponents Win Round in Court
La Jolla Light, Feb 19 -- Opponents of the controversial Hillel Jewish Student Center project, a 12,000-square-foot facility proposed for a small triangular parcel across from UCSD, have scored a major legal victory. More

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