A Sampling of Clips for
June 18th, 2007
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Bye, Bye Birdies?
CBS News, June 15 -- New data show the populations of some of America's well-known birds in a tailspin, thanks to the one-two punch of habitat fragmentation and, increasingly, global warming. (Quotes Walter Jetz, an assistant professor of biological sciences at UCSD) More
Slow Net Speeds Up Debate
Melbourne Herald-Sun, Australia, June 18 -- Australia's sluggish broadband speeds have drawn the ridicule of business leaders both here and abroad, and if world comparisons are anything to go by, the ire is justified. Internet pioneer Larry Smarr, the director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, recently warned Australia's living standards were at risk because the nation was not preparing for the next level of internet infrastructure. More
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Dirty Side of China's Boom
Contra Costa Times, June 18 -- For China, the 21st century holds boundless possibilities. The awakening economic giant could surpass anything that has come before it. But China is also an environmental time bomb. Its polluted air is not only choking its citizens but also spreading 6,000 miles across the Pacific to California, giving Californians -- even those with no other ties to China -- a personal stake in that country's exploding environmental crisis. (Quotes V. Ramanathan, a scientist at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More
A First-time Father's Day
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 17 – And as they do every day, the Mattarollos remain within arm's length of Kash until dusk, or until the nurses at UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest send them home. “I barely know him, but I already love him so much,” firefighter Chris Mattarollo said. “I need to be here with him, and that's just what I need to do.” More
The Great Divide on Immigration
The New York Times, Letters to the Editor, June 15 -- David Brooks argues that immigration is not a partisan issue, but study after study has shown that self-identifying as a Republican, particularly a conservative Republican, is one of the most potent predictors of hostility toward immigration. (Written by Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD) More
Agent of Change Steers Teens Toward College
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 18 – UCSD alumnus Christopher Yanov knew the tutoring group he calls Reality Changers was working the night kids stormed his church five years ago. Yanov was inside with students who were attending the free but invitation-only coaching session at Iglesia Presbiteriana Hispana in Golden Hill. More
Degrees of Difficulty
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 17 – Under sunny skies yesterday, Tsinsue Chen, 21, received a bachelor's degree in biochemistry and cell biology during a ceremony for 1,020 graduates of Thurgood Marshall College at UCSD. More
San Marcos Siblings Excel at Academics
North County Times, June 16 ---- The days of color-coded family schedules, hour-long car-pool rides to and from school and 14-hour days on campus will soon be all over for the Zavodny siblings. After attending school together as undergraduates at UCSD, Anastasia, 21, and Alex, 18 will don black cap and gowns with blue and gold tassels Monday as they graduate and go their separate ways to attend graduate school. More
Minor Program, Major Need
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 18 -- These are a few first impressions of the teaching profession from students at UCSD. They are participating in a university program designed to encourage math and science majors to explore teaching careers in kindergarten through 12th grade. More
A Long Road Back
Monitor on Psychology, June 2007 -- Traumatic brain injury has been called the "signature injury" of the Iraq war. Most commonly, the injuries are caused by improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, the makeshift bombs insurgents frequently use to attack U.S. forces. (Quotes UCSD Professor William Perry, president of the National Academy of Neuropsychology) More
'The Little Charter School That Could'
Voice of San Diego, June 18 -- When they graduate later this month, the 78 seniors at UCSD’s Preuss School will have accomplished a remarkable feat. Every one of them will be going on to college -- the first in their family to do so. More
San Diego Researchers Say Mud Could Treat Diseases Like Cancer
KPBS, June 18 -- Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers discovered something in mud from the Bahamas that has the potential to fight diseases. Scripps scientist Daniel Udwary is part of the team that figured out how a bacteria that lives in the mud produces natural antibiotics and anticancer products. More
Growth in Medical Device Sector Lagging China, India, Israel
San Diego Business Journal, June 18 -- Southern California and Baja California, Mexico, are in danger of losing the potential to become the largest medical device manufacturing hub in the world, warns a recent report from San Diego Dialogue, a program of UCSD Extension. More
City Cultivates Alliances to Grow Clean-Tech Businesses
San Diego Business Journal, June 18 -- The city’s economic division is working with UCSD and the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. to develop a clean-tech business cluster in the region, and the city is putting the juice behind local environmental startups. More