A Sampling of Clips for November 17^th, 2008

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Obama Transition Team
Names FCC Review Leaders
C/Net, Nov. 17 -- President-elect Barack Obama's transition team on Friday announced who will lead the transition project's review of the Federal Communications Commission, the office of the United States Trade Representative, and a number of other agencies, departments, and executive offices. Peter Cowhey, the other leader of the United States Trade Representative review team, served as chief of the FCC's international bureau and is now associate vice chancellor and dean of the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD. More

Under-ice Flood Speeds Up Glacier
BBC News, Nov. 17 -- Great floods beneath the Antarctic ice sheet can now be linked directly to the speed at which that ice moves towards the ocean, scientists say. (Quotes Dr. Helen Fricker from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

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Doctors Can Now Detect Mild Brain Injuries More Easily
USA Today, Nov. 17 -- Scientists are coming up with new ways to detect mild traumatic brain injury and treat it, according to research presented Sunday at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience here. Researcher Mingxiong Huang of UCSD and colleagues reported that by combining two advanced brain scanning techniques, they were able to discover brain injury that conventional MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and CT had missed. More

A Computing Pioneer Has a New Idea
The New York Times, Nov. 16 -- Steven J. Wallach, one of a small team of computer designers profiled by Tracy Kidder in his Pulitzer Prize winning best seller, “The Soul of a New Machine,” plans to introduce his new company, Convey Computer, and to describe the technical details of a new supercomputer intended for scientific and engineering applications at a supercomputing conference in Austin, Tex., this week.  (Quotes Larry Smarr, an astrophysicist who is director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology at UCSD) More

Up Next for Debate: Carbon Costs
The New York Times, Nov. 16 -- A sequel to the ballyhooed debate in 2007 over the motion that “Global Warming is Not a Crisis” has been scheduled in New York City in January, this time exploring a new premise: “Major Reductions in Carbon Emissions are Not Worth the Money.” (Quotes Richard C.J. Somerville, 66, a veteran UCSD climatologist) More

Who Murdered China's Emperor 100 Years Ago?
NPR, Nov. 17 -- One hundred years ago Friday, a crime was committed behind the imposing oxblood-red walls of Beijing's Forbidden City. It was the ultimate crime: the murder of an emperor. But it remained a rumor or had been covered up. Until now. Qing historian Joseph Esherick of UCSD describes what happened. More

Red Meat, Dairy Links to Cancer Studied
Consumer Affairs, Nov. 15 -- The debate over links between red meat and dairy consumption and the risk of cancer have raged for years, often with political overtones. But scientists at the UCSD School of Medicine say there could be a way those two food products could contribute to the increased risk of cancerous tumors. More

College Life's a Beach
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 15 -- So Transworld Surf,  a really choice surfing magazine, has just come out with its top 10 list of surf colleges in America, and bro, it's like locals rule, with UCSD coming in third and Point Loma Nazarene University placing fifth. More

Thousands March in Protest of Proposition 8
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 15 – A crowd estimated at 10,000 by police and 15,000 by organizers marched downtown Saturday to protest the passage of Proposition 8, with one arrest of a counter-protester reported during the otherwise peaceful event.  (Mentions UCSD) More

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Power Grab
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 17 – While it doesn't show up on consumer electric meters, delivery of the Internet's e-mail, digital photos and videos consumes far more power than most people realize. Locally, the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UCSD is nearing completion of a green expansion of its data center. UCSD is the first university to join the Green Grid consortium. More

Push for Public-Works Projects Expected
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 17 -- When the new Congress convenes next year, Democrats are expected to push for an economic stimulus package that would create high-paying jobs, in contrast to the immediate but temporary boost provided by last spring's tax rebates. The amounts for the package being considered range from $61 billion to $500 billion, with $300 billion most often mentioned. (Mentions UCSD) More

Memorable Election, Forgettable Turnout
North County Times, Nov. 16 -- The recent historic election did not have the historic voter turnout some analysts predicted. Locally, turnout actually declined from 2004, according to elections data and the U.S. Census Bureau. (Quotes Keith Poole, a politics professor at UCSD) More

First Annual Latina Feminism Lecture at UCSD
La Prensa, Nov. 14 -- The 1st Annual Gracia Molina de Pick Latina Feminism Lecture was presented at UCSD last week. It was attended by 80 students, faculty and community members and presented by UCSD’s Chicano/a-Latino/a Arts & Humanities (CLAH) Program, and co-sponsored by the Cross-Cultural Center and Women’s Center. It was held on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at the new Cross-Cultural Center. Funding for the event is from Gracia Molina de Pick’s Endowment to the CLAH Program, UCSD, to provide annual funding for similar lectures and events in perpetuity. More

Seawater May Help Cool UCSD Campus
The San Diego Daily Transcript, Nov. 14 -- Seawater may soon be used to cool classrooms and dorms. UCSD's innovative Seawater Air-Conditioning project would draw cold canyon water from a mile off the coast of La Jolla and use it to fuel the campus' air-conditioning system. More

Architectural Foundation Spotlights Best, Worst Designs of Area Projects
San Diego Business Journal, Nov. 17 -- The Lux Art Institute in Encinitas was recognized for architectural design excellence at the annual Orchids and Onions gala in Balboa Park. The Lux Art Institute in Encinitas was recognized for architectural design excellence at the annual Orchids and Onions gala in Balboa Park. UCSD Moores Cancer Center and the Oceanside Museum of Art were winners at the San Diego Architectural Foundation’s Orchids and Onions gala held Nov. 13 in Balboa Park. More

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