A Sampling of Clips for 
August 25, 2006

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It’s Hot. It’s Hip. It’s Tijuana?
The New York Times, Aug. 25 -- Tijuana is Mexico’s fastest-growing city. And it is changing. Cosmopolitan by default because of its proximity to the United States — 60 million people cross the border there each year — Tijuana is developing a new identity that is bringing it out of the shadows of its own reputation. (Quotes Teddy Cruz, an architect, urban planner and associate professor in UCSD’s Department of Visual Arts) More

Oceans Cool off in Hottest Years
Nature, Aug. 24 -- Ocean measurements suggest the world's seas have cooled substantially during some of the warmest years in recent history. If real, the dip is likely to reflect a short-term fluctuation in an ocean that is warming overall, say climate scientists. (Quotes Tim Barnett, a climate researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More

Why Illegal Immigration
Is One of the Hot Topics of 2006
Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 25 -- Illegal immigration has become a suburban debate, a Northern debate, and a rural debate. And while it has long been a matter of concern to US citizens, it has recently boiled over with an intensity not seen in decades, if ever. (Quotes Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD) More

Sounding out Track Defects
The Engineer Online, UK, Aug. 24 – Researchers at UCSD have developed a new technique they said is better able than currently used technology to find defects in steel railroad tracks. More

How Do Deep-diving Sea Creatures
Withstand Huge Pressure Changes?
Scientific American, Aug. 21 -- Some sea creatures exploit great depths. The biggest physiological challenges in adapting to pressure are probably faced by those animals that must routinely travel from the surface to great depth. (Written by Paul J. Ponganis and Gerald L. Kooyman of the Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More

CERN Collider Events
Simulated on NCSA, TeraGrid Systems
HPC Wire, Aug. 25 -- A team of physicists at the California Institute of Technology and UCSD, is on the hunt for the Higgs boson, the subatomic particle thought to be responsible for mass. When CERN's Large Hadron Collider comes online in late 2007, they hope to use the collider's Compact Muon Solenoid to detect the boson as it decays into two photons. More

Moores UCSD Cancer Center
Luau and Longboard Invitational
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, Aug. 25 -- Organizers for the 13th annual Moores UCSD Cancer Center Luau & Longboard Invitational estimate the event, held Sunday, Aug. 20 at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Pier, raised approximately $270,000 for the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center. That’s a new record for the event, besting the $245,000 total raised last year. More

Can a Video Game Improve Your Brain?
10News, Aug. 24 -- The United States is getting older, and baby boomers -- who started turning 60 years old this year -- are working hard to stay just as mentally sharp as their younger counterparts. The video game industry has responded by developing a game that promises to boost your brain. (Quotes Dr. John Daly, an Alzheimer’s specialist at UCSD) More

UCSD Program Gives HR Execs Tools
to Enhance Company Profits, Growth
San Diego Daily Transcript, Aug. 24 -- Some of America's top corporations have tapped into their HR departments to develop out-of-the-box models that create more value for employees, shareholders and the company's financials. In San Diego, leading companies have implemented these strategies, and are now sharing them through UCSD Extension's HR LearnAbout and Leadership programs, which draw resources from companies such as Qualcomm, Mitchell International, Petco and H.G. Fenton. More

SAIC Reignites Plan to Go Public
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 24 -- San Diego's SAIC, which postponed its initial public offering nine months ago, is restarting its plans that would recast the longtime employee-owned conglomerate as a publicly traded company. (Quotes Paul Kedrosky, executive director of the Von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement at UCSD) More