A Sampling of Clips for
June 12, 2003
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The University
of California Names Insider as President
New York Times, June 12— The
University of California Board of Regents today chose an insider,
Robert C. Dynes, to be the new president of
the nine-campus university system. For the last seven years,
Dynes has been chancellor at the University
of California at San Diego.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/12/education/12CALI.html
San Diego
Chancellor to lead UC
Los Angeles Times, June 12—
Regents unanimously backed the physicist Robert C. Dynes as
president of the ten-campus University of California system.
His low-key style is cited as necessary for the tough times
ahead.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-me-ucprez12jun12001427,1,4327784.story
At UC San
Diego, Chancellor Rose Swiftly Through Ranks
Los Angeles Times, June 12—
At UC San Diego, many faculty members see Robert
Dynes as approachable and as deft in advancing his
career and the university. (Quotes UCSD academic
chair Joel Dimsdale, history professor John
Marino, Chicano studies program director Jorge
Mariscal, and visual arts professor Fred Lonidier.)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-presbio12jun12,1,3336575.story
UC San Diego
chancellor will be next president of University of California
Associated Press, June 12—The
new president of the University of California, Robert
C. Dynes, is poised to take over a system facing daunting
financial challenges and questions of competence in managing
two federal weapons labs.
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Scientist
to lead UC system; Regents select chancellor from San Diego
as president
San Francisco Chronicle, June 12
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/06/12/MN3936.DTL
New UC
chief won respect of peers
San Francisco Chronicle, June 12—A
brief biography of chancellor Robert C. Dynes.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/06/12/MN305840.DTL
Tough Times
for UC
San Francisco Chronicle, Editorial,
June 12— From UC's offices in downtown Oakland, Robert
Dynes will have to balance the needs of nine world-class
universities whose interests are often divergent. He will take
over the helm at UC at a time when it is sharing the pain of
the state's nightmarish budget concerns. Dynes'
job will be to ensure that UC maintains its pre-eminent position.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/06/12/ED131183.DTL
UC makes
a splendid choice for chancellor
San Diego Union-Tribune, Editorial,
June 12—Robert Dynes’ experience
in fiscal matters and his familiarity with laboratories makes
him well suited to take on the job as UC president. This should
also help bolster UCSD's ambitious campaign
to raise $1 billion by 2007.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/opinion/news_mz1ed12top.html
Dynes has
a special passion: diversity
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 12—A
brief synopsis of some of the highlights of Robert Dynes’
career as Chancellor of UCSD. (Quotes UCSD
faculty senate chair Joel Dimsdale, provost
Tom Bond, and chemistry professor Katja
Lindenberg.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/news/news_1n12dynes.html
UCSD Chancellor
will head UC System
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 12
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/news/news_1n12uc.html
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/06/12/national1042EDT0541.DTL
Oakland Tribune,
June 12
http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82~1865~1451158,00.html
Contra Costa Times,
June 12
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/6070227.htm
Chronicle of Higher
Education, June 12
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/06/2003061202n.htm
KNSD,
June 12
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/education/2264783/detail.html
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June 12
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A chilling
snowpack prediction
Rocky Mountain News, June 12—
Snowpack in the Colorado Rockies could decline 30 percent by
2050 because of global warming, resulting in depleted reservoirs
and more frequent wildfires, said Michael D. Dettinger,
a U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist based at the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif.
http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_2031345,00.html
John S.
Galbraith, 86; Chancellor Left Mark on UC San Diego
Los Angeles Times, June 12—
John S. Galbraith, a scholar on 19th century
British history who served as UC San Diego's
second chancellor and helped create the campus' identity, especially
its landmark pyramid-shaped library, has died. He was 86.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-galbraith12jun12,1,7559983.story
Great White
Shark Suspected Of Attacking Seal
KGTV, June 11—Last Friday, SeaWorld
rescued a badly injured baby harbor seal from the Children's
Pool in La Jolla. Richard Rosenblatt, a shark
expert with Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
suspects a shark attacked the seal.
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/news/2264644/detail.html
