A Sampling of Clips for February 26^th, 2009

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Tyler Prize for Masters of Air and Ice
The New York Times, Feb. 26 -- The $200,000 Tyler Prize for 2009, one of the top awards for environmental achievement, will be shared by Richard Alley, who has spent decades probing the planet’s ancient ice for climate clues, and Veerabhadran “Ram” Ramanathan, an atmospheric scientist at UCSD, whose focus has been the substantial influence of sooty pollution on climate and health in South Asia. More

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Biodegradable Nano-Particles Could
Help Find Tumors, Deliver Drugs Safely
Voice of America, Feb. 25 -- A team of researchers at UCSD reports it has developed a new non-toxic nano-material that may help doctors diagnose diseased tumors more effectively and deliver drugs more safely. More

Energy Secretary Throws
Himself into Climate Debate, Guns Blazing
The New York Times, Feb. 26 -- When it comes to climate change, apparently Al Gore isn't the only Nobel laureate intent on shaking up the American public. Enter Steven Chu, the new Energy secretary, who won the Nobel Prize as a physicist before getting into national politics. (Mentions research by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Educators Look to Spark
Students' Interest In Science
10News, Feb. 25 -- The San Diego Science Festival 2009 looks to get kids excited about science, to stick with science through college and eventually into San Diego's biotech workforce. (Mentions UCSD) More

Students Pounce on 'Operation'
The Press-Enterprise, Feb. 25 -- Students at Margarita Middle School in Temecula are turning cardboard boxes, art supplies, foil baking sheets and tweezers into their own versions of the childhood game "Operation." (Mentions UCSD) More

State's Alzheimer's Cases
to Nearly Double by 2030
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 26 -- The number of Californians with Alzheimer's disease will nearly double to 1.1 million over the next two decades because of aging baby boomers, public health officials and the state Alzheimer's Association said in a report yesterday. (Quotes Paul Aisen, a professor of neurosciences at the UCSD School of Medicine and director of the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study, a consortium of 35 academic centers) More

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Talking About Race in the Post-Obama Era
KPBS, Feb. 25 -- When does black history become a fully acknowledged part of American history? Has that day arrived? And when it does, can we say there's no longer a need for Black History Month? These Days guest Sara Clarke Kaplan, professor of Ethnic Studies and Gender Studies at UCSD, discusses some of these questions. More

Police Release Sketch
of Rapist in UCSD Attack
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 26 -- Authorities have released a sketch of the man who committed a sexual assault at a UCSD parking lot this month. More

Creative Capital Grants
Artnet Magazine, February 2009 -- Winners have been announced for the 2009 round of grants for the Creative Capital / Andy Warhol Foundation, some $635,000 for a variety of authors, critics and even bloggers, in awards ranging from $7,000 to $50,000. Winners in the "book" category -- the most competitive, we are told -- include UCSD visual arts professor Roberto Tejada. More

Honoring Roger Revelle
La Jolla Light, Feb. 25 -- The official opening of the new Robert Paine Scripps Forum for Science, Society and the Environment (nicknamed the "Scripps Seaside Forum") at Scripps Institution of Oceanography will be celebrated March 5-7 as part of a tribute to Roger Revelle, who would have turned 100 on March 7. Revelle was the director of the institution and founder of UCSD. More

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