A Sampling of Clips for 
July 06, 2005

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Scientists Say Neuron Provides Ability to Mimic
NPR, July 5-NPR's "Morning Edition" featured an interview with V.S. Ramachandran on mirror neurons - their normal function, as well as their dysfunction being implicated in autism. More

Kudlow & Company
CNBC News, July 5-James Hamilton of UCSD discusses Federal Reserve action as it relates to the yield curve. More

Engineering a Revolution
Voice of San Diego, July 1-Although more women than men are graduating from college nationwide, men continue to dominate faculty positions in science and engineering. Chancellor Marye Anne Fox was met with criticism from some of her male colleagues when she started as an assistant professor of organic chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin. Fox has since taught at universities around the world and is now the chancellor of UCSD. More

Keeping Lindbergh Afloat: Another
View on San Diego's Airport Dilemma
Voice of San Diego, July 5-Frieder Seible, dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering at UCSD, Fred Spiess, a research professor emeritus of oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Walter Munk, physical oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography give their opinion of the San Diego airport problems. More

UCSD Names Chair of Surgery at Medical School
San Diego Daily Transcript, July 5-Mark Talamini has taken over as chair of the Department of Surgery at UCSD's School of Medicine and Medical Center. More

Study Shows Nicotine
Levels in Lexington Service
Workers Drop 56% After Smoke-Free Law
Innovations Report, July 5-A new study being released today demonstrates that the health of area restaurant and bar workers has improved dramatically since the enactment last year of Lexington's Smoke-Free Law. (Quote by co-investigator Wael Al-Delaimy of UCSD.) More

Church's Gay Marriage
Endorsement Creates Tension
Newsday, July 5-The United Church of Christ's endorsement of same-sex marriage is causing a stir with at least one church threatening to leave. However, religion experts say the liberal denomination won't lose many members or congregations. (Quote by John Evans, an associate professor of sociology at UCSD.) More

Wave Warning
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 6-Despite last month's tsunami warning, Southern California will never be another Banda Aceh, Indonesia. But while Southern California's geology differs from Indonesia's, geophysicists who have studied local offshore faults and geology say the coastal region is far from seismically benign, and it isn't free from tsunami risks. (Quote by Graham Kent, an associate research geophysicist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Winner of Rainfall
Prediction Contest Sees a Wet Future
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 6-Susie Jacobsen, who does computer programming in fisheries research for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is this year's winner of Weather Watch's Annual Precipitation Prediction Contest. More

Transition Work gets Low Grade
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 6-San Diego officials should speed up planning for the city's move to a strong-mayor form of government or possibly face a crippling transition in January, a new report warns. (Quote by Steve Erie, a political scientist at UCSD.) More