A Sampling of Clips for March 19^th, 2009

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Erupting Volcanoes Roar Like Jet Engines
New Scientist, March 18 -- The low-frequency rumble of a violent volcanic explosion sounds just like the roar of a jet engine, a similarity which might tells us what's going on within the fiery mountains. Robin Matoza of  UCSD and colleagues measured infrasonic signals from volcanic eruptions around the globe. More

Programs Wanted for Old-Style Chips
New Scientist, March 18 -- The markets of Bangalore and Shanghai are stocked with simple 8-bit computers based on chips that consumers in wealthier nations stopped using years ago. Could these machines offer a way to provide children in India, China and other developing countries with educational software? That is the idea behind Playpower, an organization set up by researchers from UCSD, Brazil and India. More

Greens Take a Cue from Financiers
The Christian Science Monitor, March 18 -- Today, the cap-and-trade program is widely cited as proof that the efficiency and creativity of a free market can be harnessed to protect the environment. Its success seems to indicate that environmental regulation need not squelch economic growth. Many now anticipate a similar approach to – and success with – the much larger-scale problem of carbon emissions. (Profiles research by George Sugihara, a professor of natural science at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD) More

Scientists in Bone Battle
Nature, March 18 -- Officials at the University of California are moving to give two of the oldest-known skeletons in North America to a local Native American tribe, against the recommendation of university scientists who say the bones should be retained for study. (Mentions UCSD) More

Laureates to Share Genius
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 19 – San Diego's population of geniuses has been significantly, if temporarily, boosted this week. The Kyoto laureates are in town. Today and tomorrow, the three Kyoto Prize recipients – biologist Anthony Pawson, computer scientist Richard Karp and philosopher Charles Taylor – will lecture at local universities, including UCSD. The talks are free and open to the public. More

Eco-Investing: Go Green
for the Planet and Your Pocket
News8, March 18 -- Healing the planet while healing our pocket books - it's the idea behind a new program at UCSD. Professors are teaching business leaders how to link an environmentally friendly attitude with a keen eye for profit. The course is changing the way movers and shakers are directing their cash flow. More

Winning Ways
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 19 -- Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins has been tapped as the ninth recipient of the Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest. The local Nierenberg family and Scripps Institution of Oceanography will honor the British author April 7. Following the ceremony, Dawkins, known for promoting a “selfish gene” theory and the idea that science demonstrates how God does not exist, will deliver a public lecture in UCSD’s Mandell Weiss Theatre. More

Mexican Reporter: 'Standing Up
to Drug Lord is Suicidal'
10News, March 19 -- A Mexican reporter close to the issue for decades told 10News that winning the drug war is not simple. During a seminar at UCSD, he told 10News the battle with the cartels and the violence will never end with politicians shaking hands. More

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