UCSD News

A Sampling of Clips for
September 25^th, 2007

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Blast from Space May Have Wiped Out Early Human Culture, Study Suggests
International Herald Tribune, Sept. 25 -- Woolly mammoths, giant sloths, saber-toothed cats and dozens of other species of "megafauna" may have become extinct when a disintegrating comet or asteroid exploded over North America with the force of millions of hydrogen bombs, according to research by an international team of scientists. (Quotes Jeffrey Severinghaus, a geochemist and expert in prehistoric climatology with UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

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Boston Globe

Trends Point to Dry Winter
San Jose Mercury News, Sept. 25 -- Using one of the best scientific crystal balls available, weather experts say a moderate La Niña is developing. That's a weather system typically associated with minimal rain in the Southwest and above-average precipitation in the Pacific Northwest. La Niña can be a mixed bag in the Bay Area, but has meant below-average rainfall totals more often than not. (Mentions UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

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Contra Costa Times

UCSD Engineers Simulate Big Quakes to Test Walls
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 25 -- A series of massive quakes shook walls yesterday at UCSD's Englekirk Structural Engineering Center. Two masonry walls with brick veneers, mounted on one of the world's biggest shake tables, stood firm when jolted by the equivalent of the 6.7-magnitude Northridge quake in 1994. More

Solar Panels Installed On UCSD's Rady School Building
10News, Sept. 24 -- The Rady School of Management at UCSD has gone green, with solar panels installed on the roof of the school's 50,000-square-foot main building, it was announced Monday. More

Courting the Anxious Cubicle Man
Congressional Quarterly, Sept. 24 -- Even months before the first primary, Democrats and Republicans are beginning to hone pitches aimed at middle-income workers who are concerned about jobs, wages, health care, retirement and their children’s futures. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Keith Poole) More

Health Issues Force Longtime UCSD Soccer Coach to Retire
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 25 -- Derek Anderson, head coach of the UCSD men's soccer program for nearly 26 years, announced his retirement yesterday, effective immediately, for undisclosed health reasons. More

After Miramar Failure, Authority Putting Lipstick on Lindbergh
Voice of San Diego, Sept. 25 -- Nearly a year has passed since voters delivered a major rebuke to the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, rejecting a proposal to move the region's international airport to Miramar. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steve Erie) More

Second Annual Entrepreneurship Competition Set to Start
San Diego Business Journal, Sept. 24 -- The second annual $50K Entrepreneurship Competition is set to start Oct. 4 at UCSD’s Warren College. The competition, sponsored by the Triton Innovation Network, connects so-called “techies” and savvy business minds to find the next breakthrough idea for commercialization. More