A Sampling of Clips for October 6^th, 2008

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Pick the Nobel
Nature, Oct. 3 -- It’s almost Nobel Prize time again. And, like with any event — Wimbledon, the World Cup or the Oscars — winners are a crapshoot to predict. But that doesn’t keep people from trying. Roger Tsien at UCSD is suggested for the chemistry prize. He found that the same chemical that makes jellyfish glow green is perfect for tracking biological reactions. More

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Edward S. Klima, Sign Language Expert, Dies at 77
The New York Times, Oct. 3 -- Edward S. Klima, an eminent linguist who was one of the first scholars to pay serious attention to sign languages, and in so doing helped them win long-denied recognition as languages in their own right, died on Sept. 25 in the La Jolla section of San Diego. He was 77 and had lived in La Jolla for many years. At his death, Dr. Klima was emeritus professor of linguistics at UCSD. More

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Climate Change may be Sparking New and Bigger "Dead Zones"
Scientific American, October 2008 -- Scientists are discovering that climate change—and not just fertilizer from farm use—may be spurring the emergence of barren underwater landscapes in coastal waters. Expanding dead zones not only spell trouble for biodiversity, but they also threaten the commercial fisheries of many nations. (Quotes Lisa Levin, a marine ecologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

An Ig Nobel Diary
Nature, Oct. 3 -- I've been told to get a life any number of times, and one day I will. But until that happens, you'll know where to find me on the first Thursday night of October: here at Harvard University's Sanders Theatre in Cambridge, Mass., waiting for the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony to begin. (Mentions Dorian Raymer of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., who won half the Physics Prize for a mathematical proof concerning the inevitability of knots) More

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Massive Fire Turned a Perilous Trek Deadly for Border Crossers
Los Angeles Times, Oct. 5 -- Millions of migrants from Latin America have made the illegal and dangerous trek across the U.S.-Mexico border, creating a vast supply of cheap labor and polarizing public opinion. But newcomers and fire may never have crossed paths quite as they did last fall, when high winds and dry chaparral fed an arc of wildfires from Malibu to the Mexican border, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing thousands to evacuate. (Mentions the UCSD Medical Center) More

Revealing Tales of A Teacher's Life, in 'Ms. Hempel Chronicles'
The Hartford Courant, Oct. 5 -- The person who learns the most in a middle-school classroom may well be the teacher. And in Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum's collection of eight interlinked stories, that person is Beatrice Hempel. Bynum teaches literature at UCSD. More

Physicians' Footsteps
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 5 -- Both of Josh Reicher’s parents attended UCSD's medical school and have busy local practices. But not so busy that they couldn't attend the recent White Coat Ceremony at the university to welcome a new class of 134 medical students, including Reicher.  More

UCSD Holds Strong as Economic Force, But Wary of State Cutbacks
San Diego Business Journal, Oct. 6 -- UCSD is a dynamo, an industrial-sized generator of jobs and a force that pulls the San Diego economy along, according to a study commissioned by the university. It’s a $7.2 billion force exerted on the state economy. More

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UCSD Men Win Third Cross Country Crown
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 5 -- The UCSD men's cross country team captured their third team title of the season yesterday as three Tritons runners finished in the top 10 of the 8,000-meter SRU Pre-National Invitational at Cooper's Lake Campground in Slippery Rock, Pa. More

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Then & Now
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 5 -- On the campaign trail, Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin worries aloud that the nation “could be on that path” to the Great Depression. Her Democratic rival, Joe Biden, compares this year's election to the Depression-era clash between Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt. (Quotes UCSD economist Ross Starr) More

Border Bloodshed Likely to Worsen, Experts Warn
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 5 -- After a particularly violent week in Tijuana that has left 54 dead in a fierce cartel power struggle, experts on both sides of the border fear the worst is yet to come. (Quotes Jeffrey Davidow, president of the Institute of the Americas at UCSD and ambassador to Mexico from 1998 to 2002) More

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