A Sampling of Clips for October 16^th, 2008

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Snapshot: Green Ham (No Eggs)
Nature, Oct. 13 – Green fluorescent protein (GFP) makes these transgenic pigs glow eerily, but it has also netted its discoverers this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The prize is shared between Osamu Shimomura from the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts; Martin Chalfie of Columbia University in New York; and Roger Tsien at UCSD. More

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New Nobel Laureate to be Named Honorary Academician
The China Post, Oct. 16 –– Academia Sinica would be pleased to name UCSD biochemist Roger Y. Tsien, a winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry, as an honorary academician and invite him to visit Taiwan, the head of Taiwan’s top research institution said yesterday. More

'If the Work is Free, Is It Art?'
The Guardian, U.K., Oct. 16 -- When I started researching a book about the art world five years ago, it was a quieter, less crowded place. You could walk into swishy evening auctions without tickets. You could find a Venetian hotel room at the last minute for the opening days of the Biennale. (Quotes Anya Gallaccio, who was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 2003 and now teaches at UCSD) More

Two Candidates Show Their Party's Colors at Forum
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 16 – Coronado's nonpartisan mayoral race took a decidedly partisan turn at a recent candidates forum. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Thad Kousser) More

At Lincoln, a Rare Schooling in Social Justice
Voice of San Diego, Oct. 16 --  In the dimly lit classroom a television newscast flickered before dozens of Lincoln High students and their teacher. They watched as the reporter explained that Lincoln's test scores had failed to pass muster under No Child Left Behind, even though its new campus "cost a lot of money," and that a memo from the superintendent called its scores "embarrassing." (Quotes Hugh Mehan, a sociology professor and director of the Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment, and Teaching Excellence at UCSD, which partners with Lincoln) More

Job Seeking Strategies
CW6, Oct. 15 -- Andy Ceperley of the UCSD Careeer Services Center offers ideas for finding a job and salary negotiation.  More

Climate Change Scientist Talks About Global Warming and the Election
KPBS, Oct. 15 -- Richard Sommerville is professor emeritus of meteorology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which is part of UCSD. He's the author of a now-revised book called "The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change." More

National Institutes of Health Gives UCSD Multimillion-Dollar Grant
San Diego Business Journal, Oct. 15 -- UCSD won a five-year grant valued at up to $5 million from the National Institutes of Health that the university will use to create a biomedical technology research center, according to information released Oct. 15 by a division of the NIH. More

UCSD Supercomputing Center Looks to Create More Business Partnerships
Xconomy, Oct. 15 -- The new five-story building that doubles the size of the San Diego Supercomputer Center is more than just concrete, steel, and glass. As Fran Berman, SDSC director (and an Xconomist) said yesterday, the new building also represents the next generation in supercomputing—and she wants to ensure that San Diego’s emerging companies feel like they’re part of the family. More

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Lung Cancer Vaccine Trial Launched at Moores UCSD Cancer Center
San Diego Daily Transcript, Oct. 16 -- Oncologists at the Moores Cancer Center at UCSD in La Jolla are hoping to stave off advanced lung cancer by treating patients with a novel kind of cancer vaccine. While many vaccines attempt to pump up the immune system to fight off a cancer, the new vaccine, Lucanix, is genetically engineered to also trick the cancer into turning off its immune system-suppressing activities. More

Economist Outlines Some Steps Toward State Energy Goals
San Diego Daily Transcript, Oct. 16 -- A prominent economist and energy expert examined how the state could more effectively achieve its energy goals during a morning lecture Tuesday at UCSD. More

La Jollan Wins Nobel Prize
La Jolla Light, Oct 15 -- For his pioneering work using fluorescent molecules originally derived from jellyfish to illuminate the inner workings of cells UCSD professor Roger Tsien has been named a co-recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. More

Neuman Brings Expertise to UCSD
La Jolla Light, Oct 15 -- Debra Neuman is an Easterner in a West Coast world who has brought her expertise in communications and fundraising to her new role as UCSD's vice chancellor for external relations. More

Fish Doing Well in LJ Reserve
La Jolla Light, Oct 15 -- The San Diego-La Jolla Ecological Reserve is doing its job. That's what Phil Hastings, professor of marine biology and curator of marine vertebrates at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography found in a four-year survey funded by California Sea Grant. More

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