A Sampling of Clips for June 15^th, 2009

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22 Fall Ill at Calif. Church; no Gas Leak Found
The Washington Post, June 12 -- Authorities say 22 people, most of them schoolchildren, fell ill at a Catholic church in Southern California and were taken to a hospital. Officials initially suspected carbon monoxide poisoning had caused two children to faint and several other people to become nauseated and dizzy during a school Mass Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Coronado. (Quotes Kim Edwards, a UCSD Medical Center spokeswoman) More

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Friends With Benefits:
Do Facebook Friends Provide
the Same Support As Those In Real Life?
Newsweek, June 15 -- Numerous studies have shown that a strong network of friends can be crucial to getting through a crisis, and can help you be healthier in general. But could virtual friends be just as helpful as the flesh-and-blood versions? (Quotes UCSD researcher James Fowler) More

An Architectural Gab Fest
The New York Times, June 15 -- The Architecture Foundation, the British non-profit group dedicated to promoting innovative urban design, has teamed up with the Tate Modern for a series of six panel discussions called Art + Architecture: Crossover and Collaboration.  Next up, on June 15th, is a talk led by Pedro Reyes, the architect-turned-artist from Mexico City, and the California-based architect Teddy Cruz, who also is on the UCSD faculty. More

The Sweet Ache of Existence
The Washington Post, June 14 -- Kenneth Grahame's revered children's book "The Wind in the Willows" is celebrating two anniversaries. Last year was the centennial of its publication, and 2009 is the sesquicentennial of its author's birth. As a consequence, we find ourselves with two annotated editions -- both oversize, both beautifully designed and illustrated. One is edited by Seth Lerer, UCSD’s dean or Arts and Humanities. More

The Genius Index: One Scientist's
Crusade to Rewrite Reputation Rules
Wired, June 2009 -- In its nearly four years of life, the relatively simple, flexible h-index designed by UCSD researcher Jorge Hirsch has become the most talked-about metric in the very hot science of rating scientists and their research, a discipline that has flourished in ways Hirsch had never imagined. More

Obama's Iran Dilemma
Mother Jones, June 15 -- The Iranian election fiasco—or coup—poses a challenge for President Barack Obama. How should he continue his policy of engagement with a regime that appears to have stolen an election so brazenly? (Quotes Babak Rahimi, a professor of Islamic studies at UCSD, who is now in Iran studying the elections) More

'Beavis and Butt-Head'
Creator Big Hit at UCSD Party for Grads
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 13 -- Mike Judge, the creator of “Beavis and Butt-Head,” “King of the Hill” and “Office Space,” wrote this line onto a lot of T-shirts: “Ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it.” Last night, his message to UCSD graduates entering the working world was meant to be more encouraging. More

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UCSD Connecting Students With iPhone
KPBS, June 13 -- UCSD officials say they're the first public university in the nation to provide its students with information on courses, faculty and athletics on their cellphones -- if they have an iPhone. More

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Physician's Book Relives
Childhood Nightmare in Cambodia
The Press Enterprise -- Dr. Sopheap Ly's tranquil home in west Hemet is a world away from the Cambodian killing fields she survived during the 1970s. These days, the only fracas Sopheap (pronounced so-peep) Ly and her dentist husband Kaustubh Marathe hear is the occasional cries of their twin infant daughters, Sonali and Manali. Ly commutes to her job as a physician at the Veterans Administration Healthcare System in San Diego and is an assistant professor of medicine at UCSD. More

'SuperLoop' Bus Service Begins in UC
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 15 — "SuperLoop" transit service began today in University City with the region's first gas-electric hybrid buses. About 700,000 people are expected to take advantage of the circular route through University City in the first year, according to the San Diego Association of Governments. The route serves the UCSD Medical Center. More

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War Zones, Not Comfort
Zone, Await This Grad
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 14 -- Benjamin Duff graduated from UCSD yesterday, and even in this tough economic climate, I bet he would find work. He's getting his sheepskin from a top school, after all. A human development major, he has a B average. But he's not going to test the labor market. Instead, he's going to test himself by going to Quantico, Va., for a different kind of a school. It's called United States Marine Corps Officer Candidates School. More

Biologist-Comic Seeks
Good Chemistry With Audience
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 15 -- Tim Lee is a UCSD-trained biologist who discovered that his life's calling was actually in stand-up comedy. To help burnish his credentials as a stand-up science comedian, Tim Lee uses PowerPoint, which he describes as “the ultimate lipstick on the pig.” More

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