A Sampling of Clips for July 30^th, 2009

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Careers Q&A: Lucila Ohno-Machado
Nature, July 29 -- Nature interviews Lucila Ohno-Machado, the inaugural chief of the Division of Biomedical Informatics at UCSD, about her career trajectory. More

Efficiency Drive Could Cut
Energy Use 23% by 2020, Study Finds
The New York Times, July 29 -- The biggest opportunity to improve the nation’s energy situation is a major investment program to make homes and businesses more efficient, according to a study released Wednesday by the consulting firm McKinsey. (Quotes David G. Victor, an energy expert at UCSD) More

The Power in Building Bigger Batteries
Marketplace, Public Radio International, July 30 -- If UCSD were a city, its energy policies would be among the most forward-looking in the nation. More

Texas and Calif. Report Rise in Snakebites
USA Today, July 30 -- Some parts of the country are seeing an increase in reported snakebites this summer, according to national and state poison control centers. (Quotes Richard Clark, director of toxicology at UCSD Medical Center) More

New in Paperback
The Washington Post, July 29 -- “For the Love of Animals” (Holt, $17) by Kathryn Shevelow offers a "first-rate study of the shift in the 18th and early 19th centuries from callousness to a kindlier attitude toward animals," Jonathan Yardley noted. Shevelow is on the UCSD faculty. More

UCSD Gets $11 Million
Grant for Fuel Cell System
10News, July 29 -- UCSD received $11 million in grants from the California Public Utilities Commission to build a 2.8 megawatt fuel cell system for generating and storing electricity, it was announced Wednesday. More

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Researchers Launch Study
of Ocean Garbage Patch
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 29 -- A plastic vortex of trash twice the size of Texas floats about 1,000 miles off the coast of California, invisible to the naked eye. On Sunday, researchers from UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla and Project Kaisei, a nonprofit based in San Francisco, will board two ships for a $1.1 million, nearly four-week voyage that will launch the most extensive study of the waterborne landfill to date. More

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One Cost-Cutting Option for UC:
Close Some Campuses
Capitol Weekly, July 30 -- Desperate times call for desperate measures, as the old saying goes, and the University of California is certainly looking to make desperate cuts. One suggestion from a San Diego sociology professor: Close UC campuses at Merced, Riverside and Santa Cruz. (Quotes UCSD sociology professor Andrew Scull) More

UCSD Physician Proves
That No Dream is Impossible
La Jolla Light, July 29 -- Now an assistant clinical professor of medicine at UCSD Medical School and the VA Healthcare System, San Diego, Sopheap Ly is married to a dentist and mother to twin daughters. She wrote her memoir, "No Dream Beyond My Reach: One Woman's Remarkable Journey from Cambodian Refugee to American MD" (AuthorHouse, 2009), to record her experiences for her children and to inspire others. More

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