A Sampling of Clips for 
June 08, 2005

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Group Says NASA Budget
Cuts Will Damage Science Programs
New York Times, June 8-The proposed NASA budget cuts for Earth and space science will decimate programs that are finally giving people an understanding of the complex world on which they live, the American Geophysical Union said Tuesday. The president of the group, Dr. John A. Orcutt of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, told a news conference that NASA was being asked to do too much with the money it was given. More

Barbara Kruger Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
KPBS, June 7-Barbara Kruger, a professor of visual arts at UCSD, is leaving for Venice, Italy today to receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice Biennale on June 10. More

Humans Heat the Oceans, Study Finds
ABC, Australia, June 8-Human-caused global warming is measurably heating up the oceans, say researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Ocean Climate Laboratory at the National Oceanographic Data Center. (Quote by Tim Barnett, a researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Parents, Don't Stay Silent About Eating Disorders
Concord Monitor, June 6-Parents who talk to their young girls about eating disorders may help keep them healthy. (Quote by Howard Taras, a professor of pediatrics at the UCSD Medical Center.) More

Letters to the Editor
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, June 7-Regarding "Expanding the pool of math and science teachers" by Marye Ann Fox and Mark Thiemens (Opinion, June 1). It seems one vast pool of talent was overlooked: retired engineers and scientists. More