A Sampling of Clips for 
March 28 ^th, 2007

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Fitful Sleep Tied to Clots
Reuters, March 28 -- Healthy people who experience sleep disruptions during the night have an increased chance of developing blood clots, a new study shows. "There is an extensive literature demonstrating that sleep disruption is associated with increased coronary artery disease risk," said Dr. Joel Dimsdale, of UCSD. More

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Bipartisan Move
on Solar Needed, Warns Expert
Sydney Morning Herald, March 28 -- Professor Tony Haymet, who left the CSIRO last year to become the head of UCSD’s prestigious Scripps Institution of Oceanography, wants both the Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, and the Prime Minister, John Howard, to emulate the bipartisan steps to curb climate change of California's Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger. More

Mind Your Business
San Francisco Chronicle, March 28 -- Companies today have to jump some high hurdles to go public on the main American stock markets such as the Nasdaq or the New York Stock Exchange. For starters, they need to be large enough to attract institutional investors who buy and sell sizable stakes. (Quotes Paul Kedrosky, a venture capitalist who runs an entrepreneurship center at UCSD) More

The Shape of Difference:
A Conversation with Eileen Myles
San Francisco Bay Guardian, March 28 -- There are two kinds of years: years when poet and writer Eileen Myles publishes a book and years when she doesn't. The first kind is best, and 2007 is looking pretty sweet with the publication of her poetry collection "Sorry, Tree," a sophisticated jumble of thought and observation that reads like you're sitting shotgun in the poet's brain, hitching a ride through her day, with all its wistful blips and deep churns. Myles is a literature professor at UCSD. More

Scripps Oceanography Professor
Honored for Antarctic Field Research
San Diego Daily Transcript, March 27 -- Scripps Oceanography professor Gerald Kooyman is honored for Antarctic field research. A Harvard biologist is named the recipient of the 2007 UCSD/Merck Life Sciences Achievement Award. More