A Sampling of Clips for February 27^th, 2009

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Do TV Commercials Make You Happier?
TIME, Feb. 26 -- According to a surprising study to be published in the Journal of Consumer Research and co-authored by Leif Nelson, a marketing professor at the Rady School of Management at UCSD, commercial interruptions often enhance enjoyment of television, at least for younger viewers. More

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Daily Telegraph

Post-9/11 Novel ‘Netherland’
Wins Pen/Faulkner Award
The New York Times, Feb. 26 -- Joseph O’Neill’s novel “Netherland” was named the winner of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the PEN/Faulkner Foundation said on Wednesday. Finalists included UCSD literature professor Sarah Shun-lien Bynum for “Ms. Hempel Chronicles.” More

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Los Angeles Times

Overhaul of Climate Programs Proposed
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 27 -- A panel of top analysts, including two from San Diego, yesterday proposed a sweeping overhaul of federal climate change programs to help the public better understand global warming and move quickly to deal with its effects. (Quotes Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a climate scientist with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More

Rise of the Robogeeks
New Scientist, Feb. 27 -- In December, philosopher and artificial intelligence expert Aaron Sloman announced his intention to create nothing less than a robot mathematician. He reckons he has identified a key component of how humans develop mathematical talent. If he's right, it should be possible to program a machine to be as good as us at mathematics, and possibly better. (Quotes Rafael Núñez, an expert on mathematical cognition at UCSD) More

Local Officials Graded
in Water Quality Report Card
10News, Feb. 26 -- Elected city and county of San Diego officials earned mostly passing grades for their voting records on water quality and environmental issues in two studies released Thursday. Strategic Community Consulting, a student-run firm at the UCSD Graduate School of International Studies and Pacific Relations, prepared the reports. More

Students Alarmed by Rape:
'You Think, It's in La Jolla'
NBC San Diego, Feb. 27 -- UCSD students said they are alarmed that two brutal rapes took place on their campus in the past four months. More

UCSD Names Mobley Chair of Neurosciences
San Diego Daily Transcript, Feb. 26 -- William C. Mobley, M.D., Ph.D., a clinician and researcher who is internationally known for his work on degenerative diseases of the central nervous system and the neurobiology of Down syndrome, has been selected the new chair of the department of neurosciences at the UCSD School of Medicine. More

UCSD Medical Pioneer Dies
La Jolla Light, Feb. 26 -- Robert M. Winslow, MD, professor of medicine at UCSD and the VA San Diego Medical Center, and founder of San Diego biotech company, Sangart, Inc., passed away at his home on February 2 after battling brain cancer. Winslow, 67, was a pioneer in the field of blood substitutes and high-altitude physiology. More

Modeling Tools Likely
to Aid Pediatric Surgeons
La Jolla Light, Feb. 26 -- Congenital heart defects account for five times more deaths annually than all childhood cancers combined. An assistant mechanical and aerospace engineering professor at UCSD has developed a unique set of computer modeling tools that are expected to enhance pediatric surgeons' ability to perform heart surgery on children. More

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