A Sampling of Clips for
June 15, 2005
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Counting
Unauthorized Migrants
NPR, June 14-Roughly 8 percent of
the 741,000 Mexicans caught entering the United States each
year give up trying to enter, according to a new study. Wayne
Cornelius, the director of the UCSD
Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, discusses the study
by the Pew Hispanic Center on unauthorized migrants in the United
States. More
Where Will
Rates Go From Here?
Wall Street Journal, June 15-In two
weeks, the Federal Reserve Board will hold its two-day June
meeting and will be considering what could be the ninth increase
to the central bank's target for the federal-funds rate -- the
rate charged on overnight loans between banks and the key to
the rates charged on a variety of consumer and business loans.
(Refers to research by James Hamilton, a professor
at UCSD.) More
Antarctic
Ice Detachment Studied
UPI, June 14-A UCSD
study says Antarctic ice fracturing occurs in episodes and may
be tied to changes evolving over seasons. More
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article appeared in:
Red
Nova, June 14
Innovations
Report, June 15
Smile! But
Make it Snappy for Best Results
Houston Chronicle, June 13-Smile at
the bartender for a mere 16 milliseconds and chances are he'll
juice up your drink with a bit more booze. But be aware that
if the pourer shoots you a "microsmile," it's likely
to make you thirstier. Those are among the conclusions of a
series of studies by Piotr Winkielman, a professor
of psychology at UCSD. More
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Arizona
Central, June 13
Experts
Split on Africa Aid
UPI, June 14-Group of Eight finance
ministers announced a deal over the weekend to forgive multilateral
debts in the world's poorest countries, but experts called for
a more extensive plan. (Quote by Lawrence Broz,
an associate professor of political science at UCSD.)
More
UCSD Professor
Elected to Royal Society
San Diego Daily Transcript, June 14-UCSD
announced Tuesday that Thomas Guy Masters,
professor of geophysics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
has been elected a fellow of the Royal Society, the United Kingdom's
national academy of science. More
Building
Proposal Stirs Emotion In La Jolla
NBC San Diego, June 14-The Scripps
Institution of Oceanography has plans to expand and
some neighbors are worried a new building could block their
million-dollar views. More
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San
Diego Union-Tribune, June 15
