A Sampling of Clips for May 12^th, 2009

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The Crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis
Reuters, May 11 - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis lifted off on Monday for an 11-day mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, where the seven-member crew planned to install and repair instruments, replace gyroscopes and refurbish other systems. The crew includes Megan McArthur, who led diving research missions at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography as a graduate student there. More

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Ellen Revelle Dies at 98; Scripps Descendant and UC San Diego Benefactor
Los Angeles Times, May 11 – Ellen Revelle, a philanthropist and descendant of the Scripps publishing family who helped her oceanographer husband establish UCSD, has died. She was 98. More

Rare Island Species 'Undervalued'
BBC News, May 12 -- Rare species on islands are at risk of being lost forever because they have been generally overlooked by current conservation models, a study co-authored by Holger Kreft, a post-doctoral fellow from UCSD, suggests. More

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Sink and Swim
The Atlantic Monthly, May 12 -- America is the most bankrupt nation on Earth. Our government is for the nonce relatively solvent, its AAA rating intact. But our citizens declare bankruptcy at a rate that astonishes the rest of the world. (Mentions research by Michelle J. White, an economist at UCSD) More

California's Budget Compromise
Los Angeles Times, Opinion, May 12 -- There are plenty of easy reasons to hate the package of budget reforms and tweaks that Sacramento will put before voters on May 19. Many voters on the left hate the idea of basing a spending formula on a bad budget year. (Written by UCSD political scientist Thad Kousser) More

Scientists Discuss Climate Change at World Ocean Conference
Voice of America, May 12 -- Scientists and politicians have gathered in the Indonesian city of Manado for the World Ocean Conference. They are discussing the role of oceans in mitigating climate change and how climate change affects the world's seas, but their efforts are hampered by a lack of knowledge about the oceans. (Quotes Tony Haymet, a scientist from UCSD) More

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Stunning Views Deserves Larger Stage
Vancouver Courier, May 8 -- Sometimes a show comes out of nowhere and surprises you. That's what 36 Views did to me. Unfamiliar with contemporary American playwright Naomi Iizuka and never having heard of 36 Views, I didn't know what to expect. Iizuka is on the UCSD theater faculty. More

Cellist Maya Beiser Bows to Provenance
Denver Post, May 8 -- The word denotes the origins of something valued. For Maya Beiser, "Provenance" conjures a panoramic progression of music that reveres seemingly dissimilar cultural traditions. (Mentions Shahrokh Yadegari, who is on the UCSD music faculty) More

Tips for a Good Night's Sleep
San Diego 6, May 12 -- People can shift their 24 hour rhythms with bright light, according to Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Ph.D. Ancoli-Israel is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of San Diego. She is also the Director of the Gillin Sleep and Chronobiology Research Center, and the Co-Director of the Laboratory for Sleep and Chronobiology at UCSD. More

The Provocative Predictions of One Scripps Water Researcher
Voice of San Diego, May 11 -- Back in 2006, Tim Barnett, a researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, sketched a grim future when asked about the impact climate change would have on San Diego's water supply. The warming climate, Barnett said then, would bring water cops, limits on lawn watering and trouble for salmon in the Sacramento River, one of San Diego's major water sources. More

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