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January 19, 2006

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UC Regents Act to
Tighten Oversight of Managers' Pay
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 19-University of California regents took steps Wednesday to increase their oversight and begin to standardize salary levels for top UC managers. As the regents began a two-day meeting at UCSD, they gave preliminary approval to a plan that would allow them to keep a closer eye on severance agreements given to departing executives. The regents were also visited by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who recently announced a plan to eliminate a student fee increase that was scheduled to take effect this fall. (Quote by UCSD undergraduate student, Forest Borie.) More

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New Evidence Found for One-Way Evolution
UPI, Jan. 18-Biologists at UCSD say they've found new evidence to support an old idea: some evolutionary changes are irreversible. The study involved tracing the 30-million year history of variation in a gene found in plants such as tomatoes and tobacco. More

UCSD Chancellor gets Extra $248,000
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 19-As the University of California regents gathered in San Diego yesterday to address major shortcomings in its compensation practices, the UC president defended a decision in 2004 to pay UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox $248,000 in previously undisclosed compensation. More

Colleges Must Make Tech Transfers the Norm
Chicago Sun-Times, Jan. 19-Technology transfer is a process by which research findings generated in university laboratories are turned into useful products for society. (Mentions UCSD.) More

Research Summary: Treating Aneurysms
ABC News, San Francisco, Jan. 18-According to the Society for Vascular Surgery, about 15,000 people in the United States will develop a thoracic aneurysm each year. (Quote by Dr. Nikhil Kansal, a vascular surgeon at UCSD.) More