A Sampling of Clips for October 2^nd, 2009

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Earth's Hum Might Help Map Mars
Reuters, Oct. 2 – The once-mysterious planetary hum of the Earth is getting put to use by scientists mapping the planet’s interior. Ocean wave interactions, primarily along the Pacific coast of North America, generate a vibration with a frequency of about 10 millihertz, the background buzz of the globe. (Quotes Peter Bromirski professor at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

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Joan, Irwin Jacobs Give $500K to UCSD Center
North County Times, Oct. 1 – UCSD's Center on Pacific Economies has received a $500,000 gift from Joan and Irwin Jacobs, bringing its total grants from the philanthropists to $2 million. Founded in 2006, the center researches the economies of Pacific Rim countries, looks for ways to encourage their development and encourages cooperation on common issues. The center is based at the university's School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. More 

Entrepreneurship: UCSD Group Holds $80,000 Biz Plan Contest
San Diego News Network, Oct. 1 -- Raj Krishnan, a UCSD Ph.D. student in bioengineering, was determined to turn his thesis research on cancer diagnostics into a thriving business. This dream led him to a unique resource on campus, the UCSD Entrepreneur Challenge. Through their events, he was able to put together a team of students from diverse disciplines and learn from successful entrepreneurs what was needed to commercialize his research. His team, Biological Dynamics, won first place and $25,000 in cash and $15,000 in legal services in last year’s business plan presentation competition. Since then, they have incorporated and are pursuing other funding sources. More

With Environmental Change, Monaco Has it Easier
San Diego Daily Transcript, Oct. 1 – An American president must envy monarchs like His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco. The prince, who will be in San Diego Oct. 23 to accept the Roger Revelle Prize at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, can afford to focus on real problems. He was a major patron, for instance, of last year's Monaco Declaration, a statement signed by several of the world's leading scientists that detailed the very real threat to the world's oceans being caused by excessive uptake of carbon dioxide. More

Best Bet: La Ballena de Jonas: Eclectic Band Fuses Styles
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 1 -- The oddest thing about La Ballena de Jonás is that although the group hails from Tijuana, a mecca for regional Mexican sounds, the accordion they play isn't used for norteña music. And what's a violin doing in what at first glance appears to be a traditional rock band, with bass, guitar and drums? Perhaps the best word to describe the band's music is “eclectic,” a fuse of different styles, from polka to jazz. Almost all their music is instrumental, although a couple of them feature a local opera singer. (Mentions Patricia Rincon, professor in UCSD’s Department of Theatre and Dance) More

Chancellor's 5k Challenge--Oct. 23
San Diego News Room, Oct. 1 -- Join Chancellor Marye Anne Fox and the UCSD community Friday, October 23 for the annual Chancellor’s Challenge 5K Run/Walk for Scholars. Your participation will benefit student scholarships, helping promising students achieve their dreams with an outstanding UCSD education. For more than a decade, students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends have come together for the annual festivities to support undergraduate scholarships at UCSD. More

Savannah Disputation, Smith's Comedy
About Absolute Religion, Opens at Old Globe
Playbill, Oct. 1 -- A comedy about faith, religion, Biblical interpretation and intolerance, opens Oct. 1 in its West Coast premiere at The Old Globe in San Diego. Nancy Robinette and Mikel Sarah Lambert play Roman Catholic sisters confronted by a Pentacostal missionary played by Kimberly Parker Green. James Sutorius plays Father Murphy, the sisters' priest, who is invited to a meal to help discredit their fundamentalist visitor. (Mentions Judith Dolan and Alan Burrett, professors in UCSD’s Department of Theatre and Dance) More

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