A Sampling of Clips for July 2^nd, 2009

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Popularity is In Your Genes
Scientific American, July 2009 -- Researchers at UCSD and Harvard University have shown that genes have a much broader sway, affecting the kinds of social networks people form and the positions they occupy in them. More

Embryonic Stem Cells--and Other Stem
Cells--Promise to Advance Treatments
U.S. News & World Report, July 2 -- While the attention of the public and ethicists has been focused on embryonic stem cells, research into other kinds of stem cells has been advancing and, in some cases, exploding. (Mentions research at UCSD) More

Telluride Will Honor Manny Farber
Variety, June 30 – The 36th Telluride Film Festival announced it will include a three-part celebration of Manny Farber -- the late artist and film critic -- as part of its four-day fest running Sept 4-7. Farber was on the UCSD faculty. More

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America Gets Laid Off,
Goldman Sachs Employees Get a Raise
Salon, July 2 -- Thursday brings us a rare labor market two-fer: Both the non-farm payroll report for the month of June, and the weekly new jobless claims data. (Quotes UCSD economist James Hamilton) More

Advance Work: Standing Out in a Crowd
CASE Currents, July/August 2009 -- Taking a page from the corporate world, the UCSD Alumni Association has created a crowdsourcing site to enter into a new dialogue with alumni. More

Lose Weight Without Making a Cut
NBC Los Angeles, July 2 -- Gastric bypass fails to produce long-term weight loss for up to half of the people who had the surgery -- now, though, a new procedure offers them hope. Up to 50 percent of patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery begin to regain weight after two years, according to specialists at UCSD’s Center for the Treatment of Obesity. More

Virus-Gene Therapy Against
Melanoma, Genetics Research
Scientist Live, July 2 -- Researchers at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center are injecting a modified herpes virus into melanoma tumors, hoping to kill the cancer cells while also bolstering the body's immune defenses against the disease. More

Powerful Current Takes Divers by Surprise
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 2 -- In more than 700 scuba dives off La Jolla Shores, Terry Strait had never encountered a deep-water current like the one that slammed into him and his buddies yesterday morning about 250 yards from the beach. (Quotes Richard Seymour, a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

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You Can Reduce the
Cancer Threat from Grilled Meat
KPBS, July 2 -- Grilling meat produces not one, but two kinds of carcinogens. One results from searing protein over a high heat. The other comes from the smoke produced when meat fat burns on the flame below. But Dr. Cheryl Rock, of the UCSD Medical School, doesn't want to be a killjoy when she points this out. More

North Park Girl Makes Case for Urban Squash
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 2 -- Hanna Fekede, a student at The Preuss School at UCSD, has become the new face of squash, an indoor racket sport long dominated in this country by wealthy, white men. Last month, she was the surprise star among a six-person delegation that traveled to Switzerland to lobby the influential International Olympic Committee for squash's inclusion in the 2016 summer games. More

Making Plants That Sip, Not Gulp, Water
Voice of San Diego, July 1 -- One way to weather the storm is to make crops that don't need as much water. This is the focus of pioneering research by UCSD biologist Julian Schroeder. More

Turning that Science
Minor into a Major Career
San Diego News Network, July 1 -- A background in basic science - whether it’s undergraduate minor in biology or an existing job in a bioscience industry - can be a great base for launching into a spot in San Diego’s bioscience and pharmaceutical hub. (Quotes Steven Kradjian who teaches regulatory affairs classes at UCSD Extension) More

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