A Sampling of Clips for June 18^th, 2008

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Federal Prosecution of Illegal Immigrants Soars
Los Angeles Times, June 17 -- In a widening crackdown, administration officials prosecuted 9,350 illegal immigrants on federal criminal charges in March, up from 3,746 a year ago and an all-time high, according to statistics released Tuesday. Those convicted have received jail sentences averaging about one month. (Mentions research by Wayne A. Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD) More

Summerize! Your Head-to-toe Guide
CNN, June 17 -- We've always associated the glorious, intoxicatingly warm and languorous days of summer with getting gorgeous. So it's with great delight that we report that the job of getting gorgeous (and staying that way) has just gotten a whole lot easier. (Quotes Dr. Mitchel Goldman, associate clinical professor of dermatology at UCSD) More

Numbers Beyond Words
Science News, June 18 -- One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do, especially if you don’t even have a word for it. That’s the situation of the Pirahã people, denizens of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest who have no term for the number one or for any other exact quantity, a new study finds. (Quotes psychologist David Barner of UCSD) More

Biology Reborn
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 17 -- The word “biotechnology” conjures some intimidating images of people in white lab coats working with test tubes, and maybe expensive robotic equipment, that somehow magically results in the creation of new drugs. (Mentions UCSD) More

A Validating Experience
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 17 – An interest in science is what got Greg Budahazi started in the biotech industry. After graduating from UCSD with a bachelor's degree in biochemistry, he began his biotech career in San Diego in the mid '80s, working in research and development. More

How Do You Teach Kids to Stay Fit?
KPBS, June 17 – These Days host Tom Fudge interviews Dr. Kerri Boutelle, a psychiatry professor at UCSD and a member of the university's Eating Disorders Research Center. She's involved in a comprehensive new study about anorexia. And she's helped to develop guidelines that help parents teach their kids to develop a moderate and healthy approach to eating. More

Brotherhood of the Vine
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 17 – Today, Daniel Daou, a former high-tech executive and UCSD alumnus, is once again relying on his ability to piece things together. What the Rancho Santa Fe resident is envisioning now is the future of Daou Vineyards in the dynamic wine region of Paso Robles. More

Science Fest Panel Explores What It means to be Human
Ars Technica, June 17 -- Perhaps the most popular event at the World Science Festival asked what can science tell us about what it means to be human. Moderated by PBS' Charlie Rose, the panel included UCSD philosophy professor Patricia Churchland. More

Photographer to Make Special Dive at Birch Aquarium
La Jolla Light, June 17 -- The 70,000-gallon kelp forest habitat at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, will become the setting for a photo shoot when photographer Wayne Martin Belger will dive to capture life under the sea with an underwater pinhole camera. More