A Sampling of Clips for February 25^th, 2008

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Studying Space from Antarctica
CBS News, Feb. 22 -- Scientists have been using Antarctica as a natural laboratory for decades. Now they're heading to the South Pole to study how the universe itself began. John Blackstone reports. (Interview with UCSD Physicist Brian Keating) More

Five Things Happy People Do
O, the Oprah Magazine, March 2008 -- Sages going back to Socrates have offered advice on how to be happy, but only now are scientists beginning to address this question with systematic, controlled research. (Quotes David Schkade, a psychologist and professor of management at UCSD) More

Life's Building Blocks May Have Been Ice Cubes
NPR, Feb. 23 -- There is increasing evidence that life may have emerged from ice. Dr. Jeffrey Bada, professor of marine chemistry at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD, talks to Jacki Lyden about experiments that suggest the building blocks of life could form in the tiny pockets of water that exist within ice. More

Hi-tech Indiana Jones Hunt for Leonardo da Vinci Secrets
Daily Telegraph, Feb. 23 – Leonardo da Vinci’s Battle of Anghiari was long presumed lost forever behind the new paintings. But Maurizio Seracini, an Italian expert in high-technology art analysis and UCSD scientist, will soon deploy cutting-edge science in an attempt to prove that the mural is actually preserved beneath a wall built just in front of it during the remodelling. More

CDC: Too Few Adults Get Their Vaccines
USA Today, Feb. 24 -- Vaccines aren't just for kids, but far too few grown-ups are rolling up their sleeves, disappointed federal health officials reported Wednesday. (Quotes UCSD researcher Dr. Michael Oxman) More

Once Pure White, American Classics Cross a Color Line
The New York Times, Feb. 24 -- Nontraditional casting has been a staple of the New York theater scene since as far back at the 1950s, but — aside from occasional artistic detours — it has been mainly applied to the ancient Greeks, Shakespeare and his contemporaries, and the musical theater. The stage stories of mid-20th-century America have largely been performed by all-white casts. (Quotes Arthur Wagner, an Odets scholar who taught at UCSD) More

DHEA No Fountain of Youth
Los Angeles Times, Feb. 24 -- In a person's later years, many trappings of youth tend to fade, including energy levels, muscle strength and a tolerance for reality television. Starting about age 30, the passing years are also marked by a steady drop in the hormone dehydroepiandrosterone, better known as DHEA. (Quotes Dr. Denise von Mühlen, an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at UCSD) More

UCSD Researchers Help Fight Drug Resistant Staph Infections
FOX6 News, Feb. 23 – Researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine have developed a promising new treatment to fight drug resistant staph infections like MRSA. More

A Glimpse of California's Water Future
North County Times, Opinion, Feb. 25 -- The idea of global warming is an abstraction to most folks. However, very shortly we who live in Southern California will get a first-hand demonstration of just how it will affect our lives. (Written by Tim Barnett, a research marine physicist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More

Dogged & Catty Expressions
The Columbian, Wash., Feb. 22 -- It’s often said that pets and their owners bear a resemblance, but hard evidence supporting the hypothesis is scarce. Psychologists at UCSD did a study on whether dogs and their owners look alike. They found there is a resemblance among purebred dogs and their owners, but not mixed breeds. More

'It's Constant Chaos' – and She's Thriving
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 24 – As artistic director of San Diego Junior Theatre, UCSD alumna Desha Crownover responsible for choosing the shows (and directing about one-fourth of them) at the nation's oldest continuing children's theater, now celebrating its 60th season. More

Student Hopes Crushed By Budget Crisis
NBC San Diego, Feb. 22 -- Thousands of students planning to study at San Diego State University next spring may have their hopes dashed by the governor's proposal to cut 10 percent from the state budget this year. (Mentions UCSD) More

Erosion Forcing Marine Researchers from Center
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 25 -- Eroding sea bluffs have prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to plan a partial evacuation of its marine research facility on the UCSD campus this summer. More

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State GOP Confident McCain Can Win
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 25 -- California Republicans are confident that in Sen. John McCain they have a presidential candidate who can put California back in the Republican column for the first time in two decades. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

'Eco-awakening' Affects Personal Lifestyle Choices
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 24 -- The new ecologists are guided by a principle that goes something like this: Meet the needs of today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. That means reducing all kinds of waste by, for instance, using less water, electricity and gasoline. (Mentions UCSD) More

UCSD Dean Wins Pillar of Profession Award
San Diego Daily Transcript, Feb. 22 -- UCSD Revelle College dean of Student Affairs Renee Barnett-Terry has been named to receive the Pillar of the Profession distinction by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Foundation at its national conference March 10 in Boston, Mass. More

Education
San Diego Business Journal, Feb. 25 -- Naomi Oreskes has been appointed to serve as provost of UCSD’s Sixth College. Oreskes’ research focuses on the historical development of scientific knowledge, methods and practices in Earth and environmental services. More