A Sampling of Clips for June 11^th, 2009

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Gas Prices Creep Into Drivers' Field of View
The Wall Street Journal, June 10 -- May retail sales were all about the automobile -- and the stuff that powers it. The Census Bureau is due to release May retail-sales data on Thursday. Economists figure sales rose 0.6% after falling 0.4% in April. The numbers were likely lifted by a shaky recovery in auto sales from a cruel April. (Mentions research by UCSD economist James Hamilton) More

Local High School
Makes National Top Ten List
10News, June 10 -- The Preuss School at UCSD is ranked 10th on Newsweek's list of top U.S. high schools. The 1,500 schools on Newsweek's annual list, which was released this week, were ranked by Advanced Placement tests taken by students and represent the top 6 percent of public schools, according to the magazine. More

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La Jolla Light

Health-Care Issue Fast Approaching D.C.
Contra Costa Times, June 10 -- In their study published on May 28, "Hard Times And Health Insurance: How Many Americans Will Be Uninsured By 2010?" Todd Gilmer and Richard Kronick of UCSD estimate that in 2010, in the absence of policy changes, 52 million, or 19.2 percent, of all non-elderly Americans will be uninsured in 2010. More

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Obituary: Latino Activist
Founded 'La Prensa' Newspaper
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 11 -- Daniel L. Muñoz relished his role as a community activist who started the bilingual tabloid La Prensa to give Mexican-Americans a voice and a forum. Muñoz was a UCSD alumnus. More

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Boeing 787 Landing Gear Tests
at UC San Diego are Complete
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 10 -- Boeing's 787 landing gear subcontractor has turned to UCSD to perform tests on landing gear components, according to the university. Engineers with expertise in composites have completed tests to certify to the Federal Aviation Administration that the landing gear braces are airworthy. More

Researchers Learn
New Information About Sperm Whales
CBS News 8, June 10 -- Researchers are unlocking some of the mysteries of sperm whale sounds, and it's all thanks to an underwater camera set up to catch bait fish burglars. Researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography say the video may help fishermen reduce sperm whale encounters and entanglement with their gear. More

Border Authority
Voice of San Diego, June 5 – Professor Wayne Cornelius has spent the last four decades conducting field research among migrant-sending and -receiving communities in Mexico and the United States. The founder and director of UCSD's Center for Comparative Immigration Studies is widely regarded as a foremost expert on the impacts of immigration control policies on migration from Mexico to the United States, and has also studied migration in Western Europe and Japan. More

Now We Are Interested in Healthcare Reform
Voice of San Diego, June 9 -- As President Obama shifts his healthcare reform effort into high gear, the biotech industry still has many of the same concerns it did 16 years ago. But this time, rather than lining up to beat the new president, biotech leaders are maneuvering to join him on as favorable terms as possible. The general sense is that healthcare reform is inevitable, and you can either get on board or get left behind. (Quotes Richard Kronick, a professor at the UCSD School of Medicine, who was a senior health policy advisor in the Clinton administration) More

Terahertz SiGe Imager Sees Through Clothes
EE Times, June 10 -- Silicon-germanium (SiGe) RF chips now in lab prototype form could one day be used in millimeter-wavelength W-band imaging devices sensitive enough to "see" through clothing to reveal concealed weapons. EEs from UCSD presented their design at the IEEE RFIC Symposium in Boston on June 9. More

Society: Arthritis Walk Raises Big Monies
San Diego News Network, June 10 -- June 6, the weather took a break from drizzle and instead radiated brilliant San Diego sunshine. And it was just in time for the Arthritis Foundation San Diego Area Chapter Walk. Dr. Gregg Silverman, a noted practicing rheumatologist at UCSD was Honorary Chair for the event. More

Convention Liars
San Diego Reader, Opinion, June 10 -- The San Diego Convention Center Corporation would like to add 225,000 square feet of exhibit space, 100,000 square feet of meeting rooms, an 80,000-square-foot ballroom, and perhaps a hotel at a cost that hasn’t yet been determined. A task force appointed by the mayor is now looking into the possible expansion. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steve Erie) More

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