A Sampling of Clips for July 23^th, 2009

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Integral Disproves Dark Matter Origin for Mystery Radiation
Scientific American, July 22 -- A team of researchers led by Richard Lingenfelter at UCSD and working with data from ESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory has disproved theories that some form of dark matter explains mysterious radiation in the Milky Way. More

Cuts Bite in California
Nature, July 22 -- On 16 July, the UC board of regents voted to give its president Mark Yudof the power to force university staff to take unpaid leave through a furlough plan. The cuts are meant to help the system offset about a quarter of its US $813-million drop in state funding this year. (Quotes UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox) More

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New Insights Gained Into Causes of Anorexia
Consumer Affairs, July 22 -- In a review paper published on line in Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Dr. Walter Kaye, professor of psychiatry and director of the Eating Disorders Program at UCSD, and colleagues describe dysfunction in certain neural circuits of the brain which may help explain why people develop anorexia in the first place, and behaviors such as the relentless pursuit of dieting and weight loss. More

Submarines for Everyone!
Wired News, July 22 -- Seventy-one percent of the Earth's surface is water, and the realms below it offer enormous possibilities for exploration, recreation and education. Yet those depths remain inaccessible to most people. A growing number of explorers and entrepreneurs hope to change that with personal submersibles, an emerging type of watercraft that carry two or three people and fly through our underwater world. (Mentions the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

How Will the University of California Survive?
New America Media, July 23 -- The impact of the economic crisis on the University of California has been in the headlines over the last two weeks. (Written by Jorge Mariscal, director of the Chicano-Latino Arts and Humanities Program at UCSD) More

Healthy Surroundings Aid Coral Recovery
UPI, July 22 -- Bleached corals bounce back to normal growth rates faster when they have clean water and lots of sea life at their side, a U.S. university study indicated. The study, lead by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD, suggests that better overall ocean health means corals are better able to recover from bleaching events. More

A Double Dose of Jean-Luc Godard
IndieWire, July 22 -- Jean-Luc Godard fans have cause to rejoice as the Criterion Collection has just issued releases of “Made in U.S.A.” and “2 or 3 Things I Know About Her,” both previously out of print and difficult to track down in the US. (Mentions Jean-Pierre Gorin, who is on the UCSD faculty) More

Are City Workers Paid Too Much?
KPBS, July 23 -- City worker pay is always a big target during lean times in San Diego. Some elected officials, eager to reduce the city payroll, claim San Diego city workers are making a lot more money than they should. Such claims are not a hard sell among workers in the private sector as they face layoffs, pay cuts, and no benefits. But are the claims that San Diego city employees make too much money true? Vladimir Kogan, a doctoral student at UCSD's department of political science, tries to answer this question. More

UCSD Student/RSF Resident Spends Summer
in Spain Exploring Language, Culture and Art of Flamenco
Rancho Santa Fe Review, July 22 -- Summer school conjures up images of hot classrooms and tired teachers, feelings of resentment that you’re stuck listening to a lecture while everyone else is at the beach. Summer school for Cristina Farkas isn’t quite like that. Enrolled in a UCSD Global Seminar, Farkas, a RSF resident and senior at UCSD, is currently spending her summer in Cadiz, Spain, in the country’s southwestern region. More

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