A Sampling of Clips for
January 18th, 2007
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The Route from Research to Start-Up
The New York Times, Jan. 18 -- Many universities now have offices of technology transfer looking to turn research into commercial ventures at the same time that advances in information and biological science and the growth of Internet commerce has led to an explosion of entrepreneurial companies. (Quotes Jane Moores, interim director of technology transfer for UCSD) More
Chris Parry Passes Away
LiveDesign, Jan. 17 -- Internationally acclaimed theatre and opera lighting designer Chris Parry has died at age 54 in San Diego, where he was a professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at UCSD. More
Global Climate Report Shaped by Local Hands
Voice of San Diego, Jan. 18 – Three of the 39 U.S. scientists involved in a landmark international climate report are local: Richard Somerville, a theoretical meteorologist; Lynne Talley, an oceanography professor; and Veerabhadran Ramanathan, an applied ocean sciences professor. All work at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD. More
UC Fee Autonomy for Professional Schools Proposed
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan, 18 -- University of California regents considered a radical plan yesterday that would raise professional student fees to address the diminishing quality of instruction. (Mentions UCSD) More
UC San Diego Names New Associate
Director of Development for Athletics
North County Times, Jan. 18 -- San Diego State University's former assistant athletic director has been named UCSD’s associate director of development for athletics, it was announced Wednesday. More
One University's Pork Is Another's Bomb Simulator
Voice of San Diego, Jan. 18 -- There is a lot of history behind Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's new proposal to build two new dams to increase California's water supply. But it all goes back to a budget earmark. Added to the 2003 appropriations for the U.S. Department of Commerce during a closed-door budget conference, the earmark directed $2 million to UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. More
The Big Picture
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan, 18 – Crystal De Soto, whale program lead for UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Birch Aquarium, sees something new every year she leads tours – like the newborn gray whale calf she saw this season, swimming alongside its magnificent mother. More