A Sampling of Clips for
May 16th, 2007
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Study Hints That
Fruit Flies Have Free Will
MSNBC, May 15 -- A spark of free will may exist in even the tiny brain of the humble fruit fly, based on new findings that could shed light on the nature and evolution of free will in humans. George Sugihara, a mathematical biologist at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography helped with the data analysis for the study. More
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Saving Our Digital Heritage
The Washington Post, Opinion, May 16 -- An estimated 44 percent of Web sites that existed in 1998 vanished without a trace within just one year. The average life span of a Web site is only 44 to 75 days. The gadgets that inform our lives -- cellphones, computers, iPods, DVDs, memory cards -- are filled with digital content. Yet the lifetime of these media is discouragingly short. (Co-authored by Francine Berman, director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UCSD. She holds the High Performance Computing Endowed Chair at UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering)
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Asian Dust
Plume Might
Sway U.S. Climate, Say Scientists
Scientific American, May 16 -- Jeff Stith of the National Center for Atmospheric Research communicated with reporters via Web chat from a research jet flying 40,000 feet above the ocean as part of a mission to track dust and pollution particles blown from Asia to the United States. Stith and his ground-based colleague, V. Ramanathan of UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, aimed to study the interaction between the pollution and dust with high-altitude clouds bearing ice crystals.
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Broad Alzheimer's Plan Urged
Washington Times, May 15 -- A broad national policy that brings together the best minds from government, academia and industry is urgently needed to battle a predicted epidemic of Alzheimer's disease, which experts believe will affect more than 15 million Americans by mid-century and will cost society trillions of dollars, health experts said Tuesday. (Mentions UCSD) More
New UCSD Medical
Tower Gets Board Approval
10News, May 16 -- A committee of the University of California Board of Regents Tuesday recommended approval of the construction of a tower at UCSD's East Campus medical complex to house 125 to 150 inpatient beds. The full Board of Regents is scheduled to vote on the Building and Ground Committee's recommendation on Thursday, according to UCSD. Final approval for the project is expected in the next 12 to 18 months.
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Profile in Courage
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 16 -- Matt Lawson's brain tumor is called Melvin. His theme song is, “Live Like You're Dying.” UCSD's standout senior center fielder will need permission to play in the Tritons' first-ever NCAA Division II baseball tournament game tomorrow night, but he will not need counseling, catharsis, perspective or pity. More
Tutu Starts Campaign for Hospice Care
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 16 -- South African Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu came to Balboa Park yesterday to launch a campaign to bring hospice care and dignity to people dying of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. (Quotes Dr. Robert Schooley, head of the infectious-diseases division at UCSD)
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Susan Shirk Discusses
China's Looming Presence
KPBS, May 15 -- Susan Shirk first went to China in 1971 when she was a student and actually shook hands with Chinese Premier at the time, Zou Enlai. Shirk subsequently became Deputy Assistant Secretary of State responsible for U.S. relations with China from 1997-2000. She is currently director of UCSD's Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, and a professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. She recently published a new book, “China – Fragile Superpower.”
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Geisel Continues Support
of UCSD Library System
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 16 -- Noted philanthropist Audrey Geisel has donated $1 million to the UCSD library system. The gift will be used to create an endowment that will enhance library resources across the university, and to establish the Audrey Geisel University Librarianship.
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Local Girls Chosen for Tech Trek Program
North County Times, May 15 -- Four local students have been chosen by the Fallbrook branch of the American Association of University Women to attend Tech Trek Science Camp for Girls at UCSD July 15 through 21. More