A Sampling of Clips for January 11^th, 2008

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Did Insects Kill the Dinosaurs?
TIME Magazine, Jan. 10 -- By now, scientists have a pretty good idea of what conditions were like in the Cretaceous period, which started about 135 million years ago, and came to a sudden end 70 million years later, with the death of the dinosaurs. Or rather, they think they do — but two new sets of research results suggest there's a lot more to learn. So, how come there were massive glaciers in Antarctica at the time? A new Science paper co-authored by Andre Bornemann, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD, helps explain why there were massive glaciers in Antarctica at the time. More

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A Changing Market
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 11 -- For decades, people with tumors in the head and neck had few treatment options that didn't require surgery. But capitalism, drugs and technology have started to change the market. Now several companies are vying for physician and patient dollars by offering alternative radiation-therapy technologies. They include the Trilogy, used at the UCSD Medical Center. More

Firefighting Fee Condemned as 'New Tax'
North County Times, Jan. 10 -- As far as some conservatives and taxpayer watchdogs in San Diego and Riverside counties are concerned, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger crossed the line Thursday when he proposed a 1.25 percent fee on home and business owners' insurance premiums to fund firefighting efforts. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steve Erie) More

University Extension Program Gets $1 Million
San Diego Daily Transcript, Jan. 10 -- The Bernard Osher Foundation has awarded UCSD a $1 million endowment gift to support educational programs for older adults. More

UCSD Conducts Clinical Trial
San Diego Daily Transcript, Jan. 10 -- A clinical trial is being conducted by researchers at UCSD’s HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center to discern which antiretroviral treatments are most effective in treating HIV-related disease in the brain and central nervous system. More

UCSD $50K Entrepreneurship Competition to Host Kick-off Event
North County Times, Jan. 11 -- The UCSD $50K Entrepreneurship Competition will present its Winter Executive Summary Competition kick-off event and $1,000 Business Concept Award Ceremony from 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 14 at the UCSD Price Center Ballroom B, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla. Camille Sobrian, chief operating officer of Connect, will be the keynote speaker. Admission is free. More