A Sampling of Clips for
June 19th, 2007
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Yahoo’s Chief Resigns, and A Founder Takes Over
The New York Times, June 19 -- Now, as Yahoo is being eclipsed by the success of Google’s innovations, the company, long the No. 1 Internet portal, is going back to its technology roots. (Quotes Paul Kedrosky, executive director of the William J. von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement at UCSD) More
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The Wizards of Warcraft
The New York Times, June 19 – The New York Times showcases video from Ge Jin, a doctoral student in the communication department at UCSD, in a report about the lives of Chinese gold farmers. More
Our Electronic Waste Is Piling Up Overseas
San Diego Union-Tribune,June 19 -- California's growing efforts to recycle electronic waste are pushing piles of toxin-laden scrap to countries that are supposed to reject some of those exports. (Quotes UCSD sociologist David N. Pellow, co-editor of “Challenging the Chip,” a book about environmental justice in the electronics industry) More
Renew the Waiver
San Diego Union-Tribune, Editorial, June 19 -- San Diego is home to internationally renowned marine scientists at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Their detailed monitoring of San Diego's ocean outfall over the last decade demonstrates with scientific precision that the current sewage treatment process does not harm fish life or the marine environment. More
Sports Creams Are Medicine and Must Be Treated as Such
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 19 – Few people would ever think of swallowing half a bottle of aspirin. Yet, rubbing on too much muscle cream too often can result in exactly the same health risks. “These sport creams containing methyl salicylate have the same active compound as aspirin,” says Dr. Rick Clark, director of medical toxicology at the UCSD Medical Center. 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
Rady School's Inaugural Full-time MBA Class Graduating Today
The San Diego Daily Transcript, June 18 -- The Rady School of Management’s first class of full-time MBA students is set to graduate today. The group of 55 pioneering students joined the Rady School at UCSD in September 2005. More