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November 19 - 21 , 2005

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In Arctic,
Evidence for Global Warming Mounts
Reuters, UK, Nov. 21 -- Evidence that humans are pushing up global temperatures is growing ever stronger, ranging from a shrinking of ice in the Arctic to a warming of the Indian Ocean, many experts say. (Mentions the Scripps Institution of Oceanography)  More

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Are Three Towers
Now Two? No. One's Just Hiding
The New York Times, Nov. 20 -- Is there suddenly a new twin-towered apartment house on Central Park West? Not really. It's just the 1929 Beresford, between 81st and 82nd Streets -- construction netting has temporarily shrouded one of its three distinctive towers. (Quote by David Noel Freedman, a UCSD history professor). More

Junk DNA
The Scientist, Nov. 19 -- Why the change of heart on junk DNA? A new study by Peter Andolfatto, a biologist at UCSD, suggests that junk DNA is preserved over millions of years of evolution (Nature , vol 437, p 1149). If that's true, the junk must be performing some crucial part in the organism's survival and ability to reproduce. More

Board to Improve
Communication Between Universities, FBI
Daily Nebraskan, Nov. 21 -- In September, university presidents and chancellors combined with FBI officials to form the National Security Higher Education Advisory Board to attempt to improve understanding between academia and the FBI. (Mentions UCSD Chancellor Marye Ann Fox, who is a board member.) More

Palmyra Research Station Opens
Honolulu Advertiser, Nov. 20 -- The Nature Conservancy has built a $1.5 million research station at isolated Palmyra Atoll to serve a research consortium that will study climate change, coral reefs, and invasive species and other environmental threats. The scientific consortium is made up of the University of Hawai'i; Stanford; Scripps Institution of Oceanography; American Museum of Natural History; California Academy of Sciences; University of California-Santa Barbara; University of California-Irvine; U.S. Geological Survey; Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand; and the Nature Conservancy. More

Lights, Camera, Arguments?
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Nov. 21 - In 1993, Professor Peter Irons went to the National Archives, repository of important national documents, intending to use Supreme Court argument tapes to produce teaching materials for high schools and colleges. Irons, now a professor emeritus at UCSD, told his story to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Nov. 9 as senators focused on the court's anachronistic resistance to allowing television coverage or even photos of public argument sessions. More

Big Oil:
Just a Fat Target for Consumer Angst?
The Press-Enterprise, Nov. 19 -- As consumers struggle to pay off gasoline credit cards and brace for what could be their highest winter heating bills ever, the easiest target for their frustration is Big Oil. (Quote by James Hamilton, an economics professor at UCSD.) More

UCSD's Snaith is ready for fresh projects
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 20 -- Ever since she landed here three years ago to run the dance department at UCSD, the British-born choreographer Yolande Snaith has had a foot in two worlds. More

Some ER Doctors Reluctant To Use Drug
10News, San Diego, Nov. 18 -- A new drug can destroy blood clots in the first critical hours following a stroke. In fact, many people can survive without lasting disabilities. Yet, some emergency room doctors are reluctant to use this live-saving drug on stroke patients. (Q&A with Dr. Patrick Lyden, director of the UCSD Stroke Center) More