A Sampling of Clips for
January 11 - 13, 2003
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New York Times, Jan. 12, Pg. 14 –
In the last few decades, academia has become deeply entrenched
in the American professional theater system. The Actors Studio
recently started awarding a master’s degree, to provide
students with what Estelle Parsons describes as “the only
entrée now to getting work.” According to rankings
by U.S. News & World Report, UCSD’s
Master of Fine Arts program in theater ranks third nationally.
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Seeking
future water supplies, California turns to ocean
Associated Press, Jan. 11 –
California’s quest for water is turning to a new technology
that has made it cheaper to squeeze fresh water from the ocean
and other states’ demand for more Colorado River water
has made it a near necessity. (Quotes UCSD
political scientist Steven Erie).
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The Frontiersmen:
Hall of Acclaim
India Today, Jan. 13 – V.
S. Ramachandran, director of UCSD’s
Center for Brain and Cognition and professor of neurosciences
is one of many Indian people leaving his mark on the frontiers
of knowledge.
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Global warming
satellite begins its data quest
San Diego Union Tribune, Jan. 13 –
ICESat, or Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite, a new satellite
designed to help answer fundamental questions about global warming,
was dispatched to space yesterday. ICESat is the newest spacecraft
in NASA's Earth Science Enterprise, the agency's program to
study the earth's environment. Scripps Institution of
Oceanography seismologist Jean-Bernard Minster
is part of the eight-member team working on the ICESat project.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/metro/news_1m13ice.html
Diving into
his subject
San Diego Union Tribune, Jan. 11 –
Profile on Paul Dayton, a biological oceanographer
at Scripps Institution of Oceanography who
was recently honored with the 2002 American Academy of Underwater
Sciences Scientific Diving Lifetime Award.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sat/metro/news_m1m11solana.html
Lost in
the translation
San Diego Union Tribune, Jan. 12 –
Business and heritage are motivators for many people learning
Japanese. Peter Rowe struggles to learn Japanese because he
will be in Japan for six months under a Fulbright grant to research
U.S.-Japanese relations in the post-Sept. 11 era. “Enrollment
has been very strong in the Japanese courses for several years,”
said John Nunes, a Mesa College spokesman, “primarily
because of student interest in Pacific Rim countries and the
need for businesses to establish connections in Japan.”
(Quotes Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku, a professor of Pacific
International Affairs at UCSD and mentions
Paul Kotol of the UCSD School
of Medicine).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/currents/news_mz1v12rowe.html
Slowdown
to persist for local economy
San Diego Union Tribune, Jan. 11,
Pg. 1 – According to a panel of economists who gathered
for the annual San Diego Economic Roundtable, San Diego’s
economy will continue to slow this year, with a slight dip in
hiring, a slight rise in the unemployment rate and a marked
slowdown in the growth of housing prices. (Quotes UCSD
economist James Hamilton).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sat/business/news_1b11economy.html
Tackling
the common cold
Copley News Service, Jan. 13 –
Perlan Therapeutics, a start-up San Diego biotechnology company,
has taken up the quest for the cure for the common cold. Perlan,
which received the “most innovative product” award
from UCSD Connect, has hit on an approach that
has piqued the cautious interest of some researchers and investors.
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