A Sampling of Clips for
August 10, 2006
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Don't Abandon Science at NASA
The Planetary Society, Opinion, August 2006 -- NASA science has become part of everyday life but also provides extraordinary events. The never-ending quest for knowledge about stars, galaxies, other planets, and especially Earth is one of the hallmarks of contemporary culture. Science is at the very heart of NASA’s long-term success; thus, it is troubling to hear of the serious problems embodied in the agency’s budget. (Written by Charles Kennel, director of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography) More
Israeli Composer Czernowin
Evokes Mozart, Mideast Fighting
Bloomberg, Aug 10 – Chaya Czernowin finds herself in distinguished company. This year's Salzburg Festival celebrates Mozart's 250th birthday by staging all 22 of his music dramas -- and one of hers. After a decade teaching composition at UCSD, she has moved with her husband and 10-year-old son to the Austrian capital to take up a position at the University of Vienna. More
Don't Be Fooled by All the Lightness
Los Angeles Times, Aug. 10 -- SummerFest 2006, which opened last week and continues through Aug. 20, presented the premieres of three works by internationally important composers — Leon Kirchner, Bright Sheng and Magnus Lindberg — that it had commissioned as part of the festivities for its 20th anniversary. Each premiere proved a rich, original, powerful piece, brilliantly performed. And each took place in an interesting cultural context that also included riveting, revelatory performances of well-known masterpieces. (Mentions Steven Schick and Allyson Green of UCSD) More
Saving our Last Pacific Pearls
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, Aug. 10 -- Recently, President Bush announced the most significant environmental action of his administration: the designation of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands as a national monument. This means that the remote archipelago that spans about 1,400 miles will be fully protected from fishing within five years, becoming the largest marine protected area in the world. (Written by Enric Sala, associate director of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More
Statins May Cut Risk of Second Stroke
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 10 -- Even if they have normal cholesterol levels and no heart disease, people who survive a stroke should take a high-dose statin drug to help prevent another stroke, according to an international study published today by researchers at UCSD and elsewhere. More
Never-Marrieds Have
the Highest Risk of Early Death
Med Page Today, Aug. 10 -- Those who have never married have a 58% higher risk of an earlier death, compared with a married reference group, found Robert Kaplan, Ph.D., of the University of California at Los Angeles and Richard Kronick, Ph.D., of UCSD. More
Backs to the Future
Science Update, July 31 -- A South American culture has the future behind it and the past ahead, UCSD researcher Rafael Nunez found. More
North Korea's Evolution
The Seattle Times, Opinion, Aug. 10 -- Don't call it a Stalinist state anymore; don't even think of it any longer as a pint-sized former Soviet Union. All around the world, the times are changing, and nowhere is the change more quiet but also irrevocable than in the one place where you thought change had all but been outlawed if not imprisoned: North Korea. (Mentions UCSD’s Susan Shirk) More
UA List for Dean Cut to 5
Akron Beacon Journal, Aug. 10 -- The University of Akron has named five finalists for dean of the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, including Vistasp Karbhari, a structural engineering professor at UCSD. More
