A Sampling of Clips for
December 14th, 2006
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A Triumph in a Garage
The Washington Post, Dec. 13 -- When the Mayme Clayton Collection is moved from her garage, secured, cleaned and catalogued, it will be among the top such archives in the United States. Julie Page, head of the preservation department at the UCSD library, is managing the move, under a federally funded program to save endangered collections. More
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Playing with a Weak Hand in China
CNN Money, Dec. 13 -- The pomp surrounding this first meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue, launched in September, highlights the Bush administration's weak hand. (Quotes Barry J. Naughton, professor of Chinese economy at UCSD) More
Scientists Racing to Catch Gene-doping Athletes
International Herald Tribune, Dec. 14 -- Scientists are racing to develop a test to catch athletes who try to boost their performance by manipulating their own genes. "No one should think that they will be able to hide the evidence of a genetic change," said Dr. Theodore Friedmann, a gene therapy expert at UCSD. More
Nearly Bare Bruins Will Brave the Chilly Night
Los Angeles Times, Dec. 13 -- In what has become a tradition at the Westwood campus, thousands of students mark the Wednesday of exams week by running across campus in the dead of night clad in nothing but their underwear. (Mentions UCSD) More
The Most Beautiful Painting You’ve Ever Heard
Seed Magazine, Dec. 13 -- Scientists estimate that synesthesia, the neurological mixing of the senses, is about seven times more common in poets, novelists, and artists than in the rest of the population. (Quotes UCSD neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran) More
Hacker May Have Taken Personal Data from UCLA
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 13 -- In one of the largest electronic security breaches ever to hit an educational institution, the University of California at Los Angeles alerted 800,000 current and former students, applicants, faculty and staff yesterday that a hacker may have stolen their private data from campus computers. (Mentions UCSD) More
Man Arraigned in UCSD Rape Case
NBC San Diego, Dec. 13 -- A man accused by police of raping two UCSD students was arraigned Wednesday. Teddy Baek pleaded not guilty to rape charges. More
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