A Sampling of Clips for November 26^th, 2008

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Is the Fed's $800 Billion Plan Cause for Concern?
Business Week, Nov. 26 -- While all eyes are on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and his $700 billion bailout plan, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is conducting his own economic recovery program—and his is measured in trillions, not billions. (Quotes UCSD economist James Hamilton) More

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Cramming: Not a Long-Term Study Strategy
Popular Science, Nov. 20 -- Is cramming effective or not? A new study by UCSD psychologists confirms what you may suspect deep down: The answer is no. Hurried memorization is a hopeless approach for retaining information. But it's not all bad news. The team offers a precise formula for better study habits, and it doesn't necessarily entail dogged discipline and routine. More

San Diego Team Gets Taste of Alaska
The Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Nov. 25 -- For the UCSD women’s basketball team, the Paws for Adventure Mushing School was like something right off the silver screen. More

Takeo Hoshi: What the U.S. Can Learn from Japan’s Economic Collapse
Journal of Culture and Commerce, November 2008 – A financial sector poised at the brink, about to collapse into free fall and a government scrambling to save it. UCSD researcher Takeo Hoshi has seen this movie before. More

The Incredible Craig Venter
San Diego Reader, Nov. 25 -- Atop one of the last open bluffs in La Jolla, on the campus of UCSD, a tattered homemade swing hangs from a giant old eucalyptus tree. Swept by Pacific breezes, the land commands a sweeping view of the La Jolla coast and the ocean beyond. This site, one of the few remaining tracts of undeveloped ocean-view property owned by the university, is coveted by UCSD alumnus J. Craig Venter, known as the nation’s preeminent gene warrior, a skilled street fighter in the halls of academe and government, and one of the most controversial figures in the history of modern science. More

A Look Inside A Foley Artist's Bag of Tricks
KPBS, Nov. 24 -- Tomorrow Scott Paulson will present his Thanksgiving Show at UCSD's Geisel Library. Scott is a sound effects guy who is currently part of the production at Cygnet Theater of the Chistmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life." More

From Oviparous to Ovoviparous in One Species
North County Times, Nov. 24 -- Evolutionary steps from egg-laying to live birth may be present in a species of fruit fly that often lays larvae instead of eggs, UCSD reports today. The fruit flies, from the Seychelles Islands, lay eggs that are very advanced in development, in some cases hatching while they are being laid, said research leader Therese Markow. Even eggs that were laid unhatched much more quickly, within two hours, as compared to an average of 23 hours for 10 other fruit fly species studied. More

SEO Inc. to Continue Teaching at UCSD
San Diego Daily Transcript, Nov. 25 -- SEO Inc., a Carlsbad-based search engine marketing company, will continue teaching its search engine optimization course at UCSD after a positive student response to summer and fall courses. More

UCSD, J&J to Team Up
La Jolla Light, Nov. 25 -- UCSD Health Sciences and Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development LLC have signed memorandum of understanding to collaborate on biomedical research, medicine and public health. More

UCSD Honors Theater Department Founder
La Jolla Light, Nov. 25 -- What's it like to have a theater named after you? "Very special," said Arthur Wagner, founder and emeritus faculty of UCSD's Department of Theatre and Dance who was honored with the dedication of the 99-seat Arthur Wagner Theatre at a campus reception Nov. 21. More

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