A Sampling of Clips for
August 9, 2006
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Consortium Gets $2.2 Million Grant
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 9 -- The UCSD and San Diego State University Latin-American research consortium has been awarded a $2.2 million grant for language training and other foreign studies. The four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education will allow the universities to expand curricular offerings, host visiting professors, conduct K-12 teacher training and organize public conferences, among other activities. More
Earth Heats Up
as Global Warming Debate Rages
Voice of America, Aug. 8 -- Scientists say no single weather event can be attributed to warming. But they say those incidents are consistent with it and may worsen unless humans stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Skeptics argue that global warming is part of the natural climate cycle. They say whatever humans contribute to it will not cause it to be irreversible. VOA's David McAlary examines the issues. (Quotes Richard Somerville, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More
Gas Price Jump
May Not Be As Bad As Feared
KFMB, Aug. 8 -- When news broke Monday of a gas pipeline shutdown in Alaska, the first reaction we had was that the price at the pump might skyrocket. But now experts say it might not be so bad. (Quotes UCSD economist James Hamilton) More
UC, Google Team up to Digitize Libraries
The Oakland Tribune, Aug. 9 -- The University of California and Google have inked a deal to digitize millions of university library books and make them available on the Internet. The deal, to be announced today, makes UC the latest partner in the Google Books Library Project, which is working to digitize books from the libraries at Stanford, Harvard and Oxford universities, the University of Michigan and the New York Public Library. (Quotes UCSD Librarian Brian Schottlaender) More
Four SummerFest Performances Transcend Time and Space
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 9 – Four SummerFest pieces seem to converse with each other across boundaries of time and space, and the performers – especially violinists Cho-Liang Lin and Chee-Yun, cellist Felix Fan, and an indefatigable ensemble of percussionists led by UCSD's Steven Schick – had their own conversations in these demanding works. (Also mentions UCSD’s Allyson Green) More
Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Often Difficult To Diagnose
KFMB, Aug. 8 -- When it comes to breast cancer, women are taught to look for a lump as a warning sign for the illness. But there is a form of the disease that resembles a skin infection called inflammatory breast cancer. (Quotes Dr. Anne Wallace, director of the Moores Cancer Center UCSD Breast Care Unit) More
Taking our Temperature
San Diego CityBEAT, Aug. 9 -- You’d think that a city mayor would be yelling from the rooftops if a public-opinion poll put his job-approval rating at close to 80 percent. But last week that wasn’t the case. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steve Erie) More
