A Sampling of Clips for July 25^th, 2008

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Voting: In Your Genes?
Science, July 25 -- Twin studies suggest that the intensity of a person's partisan attachment, and even whether that person votes, may be influenced by genes. Now James Fowler, a political scientist at UCSD, and grad student Christopher Dawes say they've produced fresh evidence that DNA also has a hand in the intensity of someone's partisan attachment and even in whether someone bothers to vote. More

Symbolic Politics and U.S. Border Enforcement
The Huffington Post, July 25 -- According to the findings of a research team led by Dr. Wayne Cornelius, Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD, fewer than half of undocumented immigrants who come to the border are apprehended even once by the Border Patrol. The research, which coincided with Operation Jump Start, found that the vast majority of those attempting to cross the border -- between 92 and 98 percent -- eventually get through. More

Yin and Yang Tools of Trade
The Sydney Morning Herald, July 26 -- Known to practitioners as "the quant" and "the qual", they are the yin and yang of the modern research that political parties use to target election campaigns and hone messages to voters. (Quotes Richard Carson, from UCSD) More

The New Green Focus for Future MBAs
GreenBusiness, July 25 -- In a few years, eco-friendly practices have gone from being new-fangled selling points to becoming essential requirements, with states vying with each other to offer incentives and legislation that promote green technology and business. (Mentions UCSD’s Rady School of Management) More

The Food We Eat: Sugar and Fat
KPBS, July 24 -- Thinking about fat and sugar is a great starting point for understanding how the body stores food and uses it for energy, and what happens when we use too much energy-intense foods. These Days host Tom Fudge interviews Vicky Newman, director of Nutrition Services for the UCSD Cancer Prevention and Control Program about this topic. More

Swimming Solo Into the Record Books
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 25 – Mark Lewis, 46 and a UCSD alumnus, completed the longest swim ever from one of the Channel Islands off California. The previous record was approximately 24 miles from Santa Cruz Island to Santa Barbara, first accomplished in 1983. More

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