A Sampling of Clips for June 12^th, 2009

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Meltdown 101: Rising Energy Costs and the Economy
The New York Times, June 12 -- Oil prices have broken free of the fundamentals that usually rule the market, rising despite a glut in surplus crude oil. Benchmark crude climbed to its highest level in eight months Thursday, touching $73.23 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. (Mentions research by UCSD economist James Hamilton) More

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Abrupt Global Warming Could Shift
Monsoon Patterns, Hurt Agriculture: Study
Xinhua, June 11 -- At times in the distant past, an abrupt change in climate has been associated with a shift of seasonal monsoons to the south, causing more rain to fall over the oceans than in the Earth's tropical regions, and leading to a dramatic drop in global vegetation growth, a new study concludes. If similar changes were to happen to the Earth's climate today as a result of global warming -- as scientists believe is possible -- this might lead to drier tropics, more wildfires and declines in agricultural production in some of the world's most heavily populated regions, according to a report co-authored by scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography to be published Friday in the journal Science. More

Amid Efforts to Give Foods More Antioxidant Punch, Mysteries Remain
The Washington Post, June 3 -- Antioxidants are darlings of the nutrition world, valued for their purported health-promoting and disease-busting qualities. But some researchers aren’t sure antioxidants are all they're cracked up to be. (Quotes Trey Ideker, who holds posts in the schools of medicine and engineering at UCSD) More

Critical Mass: 'The American Theatre Reader'
Los Angeles Times, June 10 -- "The American Theatre Reader -- Essays and Conversations from American Theater Magazine” is a refreshingly unexpected throwback to a literate age. (Mentions UCSD professor Naomi Iizuka) More

Rally Seeks Help for Homeowners
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 12 -- Rallying in front of the downtown federal building, a group of community organizations yesterday complained that banks have accepted billions of dollars in federal bailout money without providing meaningful help to people who face foreclosure. (Quotes Jim Bliesner, a visiting scholar at UCSD and one of the event's organizers) More

Innovative Architects Tell Their Stories at MCASD
KPBS, June 11 – These Days discusses an exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art La Jolla that features the work of seven innovative architects living and working in San Diego. Guests include Teddy Cruz, the founder of research-based architectural studio Estudio Teddy Cruz. He's a professor of Public Culture and Urbanism at UCSD. More

Local Color
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 11 -- Fifty seems like a reasonable number of artists for an exhibition meant to offer a mini-panorama of the San Diego art scene. It should be said that this show at Quint Contemporary Art is not a look at the wider regional scene that would encompass Tijuana; its title, “Homing In: An Exhibition of 50 San Diego Artists,” can be taken literally, for the most part. Several artists are on the UCSD faculty, including Jean Lowe, Kim MacConnel, Patricia Patterson and Jay Johnson. More

J. Craig Venter Addresses UCSD Grads
Del Mar Times, June 11 -- Genomics pioneer and UCSD alumnus J. Craig Venter urged a class of 56 graduates to trust their instincts, in a speech on Saturday at the UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmaceutical Sciences commencement. More

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