A Sampling of Clips for
March 13 th, 2007
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Profit and Gloss
The Washington Post, March 11 -- There's an impressive trade fair now on in uptown Manhattan. Designers from every walk of life are showing off the latest in high-end product. Natalie Jeremijenko, from the art department at UCSD, takes the essentially functionless robot animals sold in toy stores and turns them into what she calls Feral Robotic Dogs. More
Microbes Reveal Extent of Biodiversity
Nature, March 13 – UCSD alumnus Craig Venter is still sailing his Sorcerer II sloop around the world, but now he has got 6.3 billion base pairs of microbial DNA to show for it. The pioneer of large-scale genome sequencing has published the first data set from his global quest to sequence microbes from all the oceans. (Also quotes Brian Palenik, a microbiologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More
Compulsive Hoarding:
When Collecting Things Becomes a Disorder
Voice of America, March 12 -- Hoarders are afraid to throw things away. They may save old newspapers, clothing, even old food; some people hoard animals. The problem is also a public safety concern. (Quotes Sanjaya Saxena, director of the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Program at the UCSD School of Medicine) More
Q&A: Tony Haymet
and Richard C.J. Somerville
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 11 – UCSD’s Scripps Insitution of Oceanography has been involved in global warming science for decades. The Union-Tribune editorial board interviewed Scripps director Tony Haymet and scientist Richard Somerville on March 1. More
Win Puts Tritons in Elite (8) Company
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 13 – The top-seeded Tritons had plenty to celebrate after taking an 80-63 victory over No. 2 Chico State in the final of the NCAA Division II West Regional last night. With the win, UCSD (26-4) advances to the Elite Eight, where the Tritons will meet Glenville State, the nation's seventh-ranked team, a week from tomorrow in Kearney, Neb. More
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On Tough Issues,
Governor's Go-to Plan Does Little
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 13 -- Creating commissions to address thorny issues has become a hallmark of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's governing style. The problem is they never seem to amount to much. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Thad Kousser) More
Kyoto Prize Winners to Lecture
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 13 – A scientist, a mathematician and a fashion designer will speak about their lives and the works that earned them the 2006 Kyoto Prize during a three-day celebration starting tomorrow. The Kyoto Laureate Symposium will begin tomorrow with a benefit gala and continue with the laureates' lectures at SDSU, UCSD and the University of San Diego. More
Rigorous Kindergarten Curriculum
Has Some Questioning Child's Readiness
KPBS, March 13 -- Remember Kindergarten. Learning to use scissors, reciting your abc's, a quiet nap on your blue foam mat. Well, that's all ancient history now. Kindergarten today is more about academics then play-time. And that has many parents wondering whether the average five year old is ready or not. (Quotes UCSD researcher Gedeon Deak) More
UC San Diego Surfers
Look to Leave MiraCosta in its Wake
North County Times, March 13 -- UCSD is in the midst of a late-season renaissance. The Tritons are charging into this weekend's NSSA State Championships at Church's in San Onofre with victories in each of the final two regular-season contests. More
Creative Writing Professors
Talk Trees, Pancakes, and
the Meaning of the Word "Dike"
KPBS, March 6 – Tom Fudge talks to Eileen Myles and Ali Liebegott, who both teach in the creative program at UCSD. Myles is a poet who has published more than twenty books of poetry and prose. Her latest one is called "Sorry, Tree." Liebegott’s book, "The Beautifully Worthless," won the Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction. Her new novel is called "The IHOP Papers." More