A Sampling of Clips for
November 20th, 2007
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What Do Your Initials Say About You
ABC News, Nov. 16 – A study, co-authored by UCSD’s Leif Nelson, found that people who like their names have an "unconscious fondness" for words that begin with the same letter. And that fondness can sabotage people's success. Click here to watch the video. More
Review: Sanctuary
The Washington Post, Nov. 20 -- The National Gallery of Art's East Building atrium normally echoes only with the chatter and footfalls of the gallery's visitors, but on Sunday night, the world premiere performance of Roger Reynolds's "Sanctuary" filled it with waves of gorgeous, purposeful, minutely detailed sound. Reynolds is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a UCSD music professor. More
Keeping your Words
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 20 -- Although teachers are at the top of the list of those suffering from laryngitis due to professional demands, they're definitely not the only ones. One-quarter of the U.S. work force considers their voices to be necessary to their job, according to the National Center for Voice and Speech in Denver. (Quotes Stephen Goldman, supervisor of speech pathology services at the UCSD Medical Center) More
Compared to Original Waters Film, You've Come a Long Way, 'Cry-Baby'
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 20 -- “Cry-Baby,” the talent-stuffed, deliriously danced new musical at La Jolla Playhouse on the UCSD campus, is based on the John Waters movie and still struggling to find the right comedic core that might give it a shot – and some singularity – on Broadway. More
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Small-Scale Research Shows Promise for Big Industry Impact
San Diego Business Journal, Nov. 19 -- A tiny technology that comes with the promise of making cars more accident resistant, cancer therapies more precise, solar panels cheaper and computer operations faster has brought about big ideas in a relatively short amount of time. (Mentions UCSD Professor Michael Sailor) More
Maryland Company Exclusively Licenses UCSD Spinal Technology
San Diego Daily Transcript, Nov. 20 -- Maryland-based stem cell company, Neuralstem Inc., announced that it has exclusively licensed the "Spinal Multisegmental Cell and Drug Delivery System," invented by Dr. Martin Marsala at UCSD. More
Education
San Diego Metropolitan Magazine, Nov. 19 -- The Eugene M. Burke C.S.P. Lectureship, a privately endowed program affiliated with the UCSD Center for the Humanities, has received a $100,000 pledge from an anonymous supporter to help fund the lecture series that features religion scholars, best-selling authors and other leaders who visit the campus. More