A Sampling of Clips for November 21^st, 2008

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Getting Down to Their Dissertations
ABC News, Nov. 20 -- A contest created by the journal Science and the American Association for the Advancement of Science that challenged scientists and graduate students around the world to choreograph dances that represent their Ph.D theses and then post them on YouTube. Miriam Sach, a post-doctoral researcher at UCSD was the winner in her category. More

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The Scientist, U.K.

Who Wrote the Flood Story?
NOVA, PBS, November 2008 -- For centuries, scholars from many backgrounds have worked on discovering how the Bible came to be. They were religious and non-religious, Christians and Jews. (Written by Richard Elliott Friedman, the Katzin Professor of Jewish Civilization Emeritus at UCSD) More

Dancers Join Hands, Move Forward
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 21 -- Now in its second year, the California Touring Project was conceived as a way to build community relations and create touring opportunities for smaller troupes at a time of diminishing resources for dance. (Mentions Yolande Snaith, head of the graduate dance theater program at UCSD) More

UCSD and Drug Maker Establish Partnership
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 21 — UCSD and Johnson & Johnson have agreed to collaborate on research and educational programs, offering the latest example of growing ties between drug manufacturers and medical or scientific institutions that want to more quickly turn lab work into new treatments. More

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San Diego Daily Transcript

Report Card Released for California's HMOs
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 21 — Health maintenance organizations in California did well overall in meeting national medical standards last year, but consumers gave three of them lower marks for service quality, according to an annual report card released yesterday. (Quotes Dr. Joseph Scherger, a clinical professor of family medicine at UCSD) More

Exploring the Future of Gay Rights
KPBS, Nov. 20 -- Once again, everything we thought we knew was wrong. For most of us, it seemed clear on November 4th that if Barack Obama won the California vote, Proposition 8 would likely lose. These Days host Alan Ray discusses the future of gay rights with guests including Sara Clarke Kaplan, professor of ethnic and gender studies at UCSD. More

Wagner Honored for UCSD Contributions
The San Diego Daily Transcript, Nov. 20 -- "If science and engineering are the head of our society, then the arts are the heart and soul," notes Arthur Wagner, founder and emeritus faculty of the Department of Theatre and Dance at UCSD. "It's crucial to support the arts in this country at this time." More

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La Jolla Village News

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