A Sampling of Clips for May 8^th, 2009

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Fluorescent Proteins Go Invisible
Science, May 7 – Researchers, including UCSD Nobel Laureate Roger Tsien, report that they've made a fluorescent protein that emits infrared light. Because infrared can pass through tissue more easily than visible light can, the advance should allow researchers to trace individual molecules throughout the bodies of mice and other small, live animals. More

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The Mysterious Syndrome Called CAPS
PBS, May 2009 -- C-A-P-S: it's a simple word but the syndrome that it describes in medicine is extremely complex. CAPS is the acronym for a group of rare, inherited, auto-inflammatory disorders known officially as Cryoprin-Associated Periodic Syndromes. (Features Dr. Hal Hoffman, of UCSD’s department of pediatrics) More

The Disease That Steals Your Self
The New York Times, May 8 -- It is almost impossible to watch even a portion of “The Alzheimer’s Project” on HBO without worrying. Many viewers will be tempted to search the Internet or call 877-IS IT ALZ in a sudden panic over blank spells. (Quotes Dr. Paul Aisen, a neuroscientist who heads the Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study at UCSD and is featured in the documentary) More

Geithner Bets U.S. Can Avoid Japan Trap on Banks
Bloomberg, May 8 -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is betting that U.S. banks can do something their Japanese counterparts were unable to accomplish in that country’s “lost decade” of the 1990s: earn their way out of trouble. (Quotes Takeo Hoshi, dean of the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD) More

A Children's Classic for Grown-ups
Forbes, May 7 -- Harvard University Press have now put together a handsome edition of Kenneth Grahame's great classic, Wind in the Willows, annotated by Seth Lerer, UCSD’s dean of Arts and Humanities, with deep margins full of references to the Oxford English Dictionary and explanations of words that the editors have presumed contemporary American children won't understand. More

Women to Lead UC Campuses at Davis, San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle, May 7 -- The University of California will have two new chancellors this fall, and both of them are women with strong credentials in science and engineering. (Mentions UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox) More

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UCSD Celebrates Opening of State-of-the-Art Music Center
KPBS, May 7 -- After months of bad news about cutbacks to higher education in California and a general sense of economic gloom, comes some welcome good news from the music department at UCSD. This weekend the campus marks the opening of the new Conrad Prebys Music Center. More

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UC Fees Raised; Regents Review Other Options
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 8 – University of California regents yesterday vowed to explore a possible ballot measure and other options to stabilize the system's finances as they grudgingly approved a 9.3 percent increase in student fees. (Mentions UCSD) More

Mike Judge to Speak at UCSD Graduation Celebration
San Diego 6, May 8 -- University graduation speakers can be solemn and serious as they advise seniors about life to come in the "real world." But then there's UCSD, which announced Thursday that the creator of "Beavis and Butt-head" will help send graduates on their way from the seaside campus during the school's 2009 All Campus Graduation Celebration June 12. More

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She Has an Incredible Heart and is So Soulful
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 7 -- Diane Moser only lived in San Diego from 1977 to 1979, but that was more than enough time for this unusually eclectic pianist and composer to make an indelible impression on her fellow musicians here. That's why so many notable jazz artists, including saxophonists Charles McPherson and Daniel Jackson, are banding together on her behalf Tuesday at 7 p.m. at downtown's all-ages Dizzy's. (Mentions UCSD bassist Mark Dresser) More

Nameless
San Diego News Network, May 7 -- Another extraordinary undergraduate production –  symbolic, dramatic and concerned with fate and free will –  was “ANON(ymous),” at USD. Written by Naomi Iizuka, now head of the MFA program in playwriting at UCSD, the play is a modern adaptation of Homer’s “Odyssey.” More

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