A Sampling of Clips for
September 28th, 2007
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Head of the Class
The New York Times Magazine, Sept. 28 – Deborah Salomon interviews Lloyd Thacker, executive director of the Education Conservancy, a non-profit group that aims to improve the college admission process. Thacker, a UCSD alumnus, tells her “I think great education happens at UCSD.” More
Group Supportive of Preuss Students
San Diego Union-Tribune, Letters to the Editor, Sept. 28 -- As president of The Rotary Club of La Jolla, I wish to state that we have worked closely with the administration, teachers and students of the Preuss School at UCSD since its inception. More
Students Attend First Day of School at UCSD
KFMB, Sept. 27 -- Today is the first day of school for students at UCSD. Total campus enrollment for fall 2007 is 27,500. UCSD received more than 45,000 applications for this semester. This is the second highest application rate in the University of California system, and possibly in the nation. More
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Insights on Language Gleaned from Signing
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 28 -- In “Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind,” Margalit Fox tells the engrossing story of her journey to this remarkable signing Brigadoon. She worked with Wendy Sandler of the University of Haifa, the research team's leader, Irit Meir, also of the University of Haifa; Carol Padden of UCSD (the only deaf member of the group); and Mark Aronoff of Stony Brook University in New York. More
La Niña Forecast: No Relief for Area
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 28 -- La Niña, the oceanic phenomenon that almost always heralds a dry winter in Southern California, now appears inevitable. San Diego County is likely to face its third straight dry year – the ninth out of 10. (Quotes Dan Cayan, director of UCSD's Scripps Climate Research Division) More
Legislative Earmarks Continue to Pop Up
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 28 -- Although the practice of quietly slipping federal money for hometown projects into spending bills has undergone reforms, it persists, and the dozen or so spending bills now floating through the House and Senate prove it. They include – among other things – money for the public bus system in East County and seismic research at UCSD. More