A Sampling of Clips for
September 24th, 2007
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Cramming Won't Help Students Learn Long-term
Reuters, Sept. 24 -- Students who want to retain what they learn over the long haul should avoid cramming, but instead space their study sessions out over time -- and shut the books once they've mastered the material, according to a new research review, co-authored by Dr. Harold Pashler of UCSD. More
More Americans Are Waking Up to the Benefits of Midday Snooze
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 24 – On this side of the border it's called a siesta, that time-honored snooze after a heavy lunch. On the other side of the border it has a different name: the power nap. “The power nap is more sexy, more snappy,” said Dr. Jose S. Laredo, who grew up in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi and now heads the Sleep Medicine Center at UCSD. More
Democrats: Party of Detail So Far in '08
FOX News, Sept. 22 -- The Democrats who are running for president are flush with policy proposals, position papers and fact sheets. The leading Republican contenders, not so much. (Quotes UCSD political Gary Jacobson) More
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Yasuo Fukuda: Steadier Hand for Japan?
CBS News, Sept. 24 -- After two weeks of carefully choreographed politicking that followed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's announcement that he would step down, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) elected Yasuo Fukuda as the party's president Sunday - a move that guarantees his succession to Japan's top post. (Quotes Ellis Krauss, professor of Japanese politics and policymaking at UCSD) More
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Mexican Cement Solidifies in Arizona
Marketplace, Sept. 24 -- Arizona needs cement. It's one of the fastest growing states in the country, which has led to shortages. The new plant will produce 1.9 million tons of cement a year. That's almost the same amount Arizona currently brings in from Mexico and California. Gordon Hanson is an economics professor at UCSD. He says Cemex has transformed itself from a small Mexican firm to a global powerhouse. More
Bad Sports
Boston Globe, Sept. 23 -- Why would smart students steal a test? Why would the favorites to win the Super Bowl break a rule, especially when they had already been warned about the behavior? Why, in other words, do people cheat in situations where there is little to gain - one good grade, a slight edge in a game - and so much to lose? (Mentions research by UCSD marketing expert On Amir) More
4,100 Freshman Begin Classes at UCSD
KPBS, Sept. 24 -- A record number of students will be attending UCSD this fall semester. Many of them moved into their new campus digs over the weekend. More
The Atomization of Nina Waisman
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 23 -- If airport security were run by Fellini (right now, Kafka's the boss), it might feel a little like walking through Nina Waisman's whimsical, neuron-stirring “Nano 2.0.” The UCSD-based artist and master's candidate teamed with Diane Ludin, Ricardo Dominguez and Tristan Shone on “Particles” (pitmm.net/), which explores the conflicts between commerce and privacy raised by nanotech – the science of working with tissue and other matter at a molecular level. More
As SDSU Evolves, Demand for Housing Grows
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 23 -- San Diego State University has scrambled to add more student housing as community outrage over shortages mounts. But it still accommodates far fewer students than many other local universities and is a long way from satisfying its neighbors. (Mentions UCSD) More
Carbon Dioxide Leak Found On UCSD Campus
10News, Sept. 22 -- A container holding carbon dioxide ruptured Saturday night in a building at UCSD, prompting a hazardous materials team to respond, a fire dispatcher said. More
Exotic Molecule
Chemical and Engineering News, Sept. 17 -- When an electron meets its positively charged antimatter counterpart, the positron, they've been known to briefly form an exotic "atom" known as positronium before annihilating each other within nanoseconds in a burst of gamma ray. (Quotes Physics Professor Clifford M. Surko of UCSD) More
UCSD to Launch New Art Degree Program
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 23 -- It's become de rigueur for artists to seek the Master of Fine Arts degree, particularly if they want to teach. A broad swath of universities, colleges and art schools offer this sort of master's degree. So does the visual arts department at UCSD. But in the fall of 2008, it will also begin admitting artists to a new and novel Ph.D. concentration in its Program in Art and Media History, Theory and Criticism – the doctorate in Art Practices. More
Design of UCSD’s Cardio Center Includes Full-Scale Models to Save Time, Money
San Diego Business Journal, Sept. 27 -- Plans for the Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center at UCSD call for a 128,000-square-foot, $171 million “complement” to the existing Thornton Hospital. More