A Sampling of Clips for May 11^th, 2009

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Sound Decisions
Showcased at Prebys Hall Opening
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 11 -- Sonically and visually, the dazzling 391-seat Conrad Prebys Music Hall is the jewel in the crown that is the new $53 million Conrad Prebys Music Center at UCSD, as the audience at last night's gala opening concert – including local developer and arts benefactor Prebys – discovered. More

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Global Ocean Talks Underway in Indonesia
Agence France Presse, May 10 — A key global conference on oceans opened Monday in Indonesia with a warning that climate change will accelerate the destruction of already precious marine resources. (Quotes Tony Haymet, director of the US-based Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

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Finding Examples of Evolutionary Transitions
San Francisco Chronicle, May 11 -- The public birthday bashes and learned lectures are pretty much over, but 2009 remains the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his iconic magnum opus. (Mentions research by Darren Irwin of UCSD, who had tracked a species of birds called "greenish warblers" around the vast Himalayan plateau) More

Shanghai Restaurant,
UCSD Student Center Win Top AIA Awards
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 10 – An over-the-top Chinese fusion restaurant in Shanghai and the UCSD Price Center East won top honors Saturday at the annual American Institute of Architects design awards program. More

Huh, Huh, Whoa.. That's Cool.. Huh  
NBC San Diego, May 9 -- Who knew that the creator of one of the most popular series in the history of MTV launched his career at UCSD? Mike Judge of Beavis and Butthead fame attended the university  from 1980 to 1985 and majored in physics. Since then he's launched cult films and TV shows such as "Office Space," and "King of the Hill.”  Now, he's been named the keynote speaker at his alma mater for the All Campus Graduation Celebration, June 12. More

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Employers, Not Immigrants, Targeted
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 10 – New guidelines from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security aim to shift the focus of workplace immigration enforcement from employees to employers, with federal immigration agents pursuing more criminal cases against employers who hire unauthorized workers. (Quotes Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD) More

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Copleys Helped Shape City
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 10 – The Copley family dominated the city so thoroughly that its imprint is on the skyline itself. Copley Symphony Hall. Copley Plaza in Balboa Park. Copley Family YMCA in City Heights. These are among the fruits of the family's philanthropy. The family's journalistic legacy is more complex. (Quotes Michael Schudson, a communications professor at UCSD) More

San Diego Just Beginning
to Assess Needs of Emerging Algae Industry
Xconomy, May 8 -- An effort aims to make San Diego—home of many biologists, entrepreneurs, and lots of sun—nationally recognized as a “big green cluster” of the latest green industry, algae biofuels. The latest local push made for a wall-to-wall green carpet of news coverage—from the Biocom breakfast panel discussion on algae-based biofuels to the midday UCSD news conference announcing the formation of the San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology, to a three-hour Regional Algae Stakeholders’ Meeting in the afternoon. More

Ocean Fish Fewer, Smaller
North County Times, May 9 -- As environmentalists and fishermen spar over what proportion of coastal Southern California waters should be protected as a sort of ocean wilderness, scientists say one thing is clear: The marine environment along San Diego and nearby counties is far from pristine. (Quotes Ed Parnell, a marine ecologist who conducts research for UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Mining Her Personal Life – In Public
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 10 – To hear her describe it, “My Year of Living Anxiously,” directed by UCSD professor Kim Rubinstein (who has also directed at the Old Globe), takes the broadest view of any Moira Keefe show yet. More

SDPD Urges Awareness of Serial Rapist
San Diego News Network, May 8, 2009 -- Police are searching for a serial rapist suspected in a string of at least six sexual attacks and robberies countywide. The crime wave that began in June 2008 has targeted Asian women in their homes, including a Nov. 7 assault in the Mesa Housing complex at UCSD. More

UCSD Neuroscientist Internationally Recognized for His Cutting Edge Research into the Structure of Human Memory
Del Mar Village Voice, May 7 -- Larry R. Squire, Ph.D. is a professor of psychiatry, neurosciences and psychology at UCSD, a research scientist at the San Diego VA Medical Center, and is recognized internationally for his research into the organization and neurological foundations of memory. More

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