A Sampling of Clips for
November 15th, 2007
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What's in a Name? Maybe an Unconscious Trend Toward Failure
USA Today, Nov. 15 -- Psychologists in marketing at Yale and UCSD studying the unconscious influence of names say a preference for our own names and initials — the "name-letter effect" — can have some negative consequences. More
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Nature
Monkey Embryos Cloned for Stem Cells, Scientists Say
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 15 -- After years of false starts and an international scientific scandal, researchers said Wednesday that they had achieved a feat that some scientists believed was impossible -- cloning a monkey embryo from a skin cell of an adult and using it to harvest embryonic stem cells. (Quotes Larry Goldstein, director of UCSD’s stem cell research program) More
Why Evolution Matters
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, Nov. 15 -- That a gulf exists between the certainty we scientists have for evolution and the belief of many Americans that evolution is somehow under legitimate debate is the reason the four of us – all professors of biological sciences at the University of California San Diego, and all named Steve – have joined more than 800 scientists with similar first names to showcase the overwhelming support evolution enjoys among scientists and to oppose the teaching of creationism in local schools. (Co-authored by Steve Kay, dean of UCSD's Division of Biological Sciences and Steve Briggs, Steve Hedrick and Steve Wasserman, professors of biological sciences in the division) More
UCSD Gift
FOX6 News, Nov. 15 -- The Rady School of Management at UCSD received a $5 million gift from The Wachovia Foundation, university officials announced today. More
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North County Times
Burned Firefighter Describes Cheating Death
NBC San Diego, Nov. 14 -- A female firefighter critically burned in the Harris fire returns home and recounts the moments when she thought she would die. Brooke Linman was cared for at the UCSD Burn Center for three and a half weeks before going home -- at one point she was put into a medically induced coma. This week, she went home to her family and daughter in Mira Mesa, though, and she celebrated a birthday. More
UC President to Step Down with Over-scale Faculty Pay of $245,000
San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 15 -- University of California President Robert Dynes, who was pressured earlier this year to step down by next June, is expected to get an over-scale faculty salary of $245,000 for research and teaching at UCSD. More
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FOX6 News
San Diego Union-Tribune
Academic R&D Spending Trends
Chemical and Engineering News, Nov. 5 -- Times are pretty good for scientists and engineers in academe—but not as good as they once were, according to data provided by the National Science Foundation. Granted, spending on science and engineering research and development by universities and colleges grew to $45.8 billion in fiscal 2005. But the expansion was considerably smaller than during the heady years that began this decade. (Singles out UCSD as one of the biggest investors in chemical R&D) More
A Dose of 'Ecstasy'
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 15 -- Spinning like human tops, with billowing skirts and rapt expressions, Turkey's whirling dervishes seem to defy physical limitations. “Dervishes don't count their turns. Whatever they do, they feel it is not sufficient to express their love for God,” said tour manager Cenk Erdem, spokesman for the Istanbul-based Galata Dervishes, which appear tomorrow at UCSD's Mandeville Auditorium. More
Judgment Day for Desal
Voice of San Diego, Nov. 15 -- Today, with another shortage looming, water conservation and new supplies remain important goals throughout Southern California. But as the region faces potential court-ordered water cutbacks next year from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta -- a major source -- it is left to again ponder what role the Pacific Ocean will play in satiating its thirst. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steve Erie) More