A Sampling of Clips for
January 22nd, 2007
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Jimmy Cheatham, 82; Jazz Trombonist, Arranger,
Composer and UC San Diego Teacher
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 22 -- As a teacher, trombonist Jimmy Cheatham paid homage to the past by preparing young music students at UCSD to take jazz into the future. Cheatham died Jan. 12 at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. The cause was believed to be related to his heart, his wife said. He was 82. More
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The Gift of Mimicry
Time, Jan. 19 -- Brain scans have now indirectly established the presence of similar monkey-see-monkey-do neurological activity in human subjects, and mirror neurons have emerged as a compelling biological explanation for a broad range of brain activity, from a newborn's instant response to a mother's smile to a movie audience's gasps during a particularly effective chase scene. (Quotes Vilayanur Ramachandran, head of the Center for Brain and Cognition UCSD) More
Should a Freshman Become President?
The New York Times, Jan. 22 -- As someone who has been in Washington barely two years, Barak Obama has been more or less written off by his detractors as a novice who hasn’t been in the Senate long enough to do anything. It would be a mistake, however, to conclude that there’s nothing to be learned about Obama from his two years in the Senate. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Samuel Popkin) More
For California, Profound Changes as Planet Warms
San Jose Mercury News, Jan. 20 -- The potential consequences of those changing winters are profound, especially as temperatures are predicted to rise markedly over the next century. What those changes might be and how the nation's most populous and geographically diverse state will prepare for them is the subject of increasingly intense debate. California's economy, geography and search for solutions also has made it a model for the nation and the world. (Quotes Daniel Cayan, a climate researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More
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Nevada Appeal
Moving Climate Debate into Solution Arena
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Opinion, Jan. 21 -- What will it take? How much evidence is required before our schools, region and nation quit arguing over the nature of global warming? What data will convince the body politic it's time to match the consensus already found in the scientific community? (Quotes Naomi Oreskes, a UCSD science historian) More
Accounts of Indian Life
Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 26 -- Beginning in the 1860s and 1870s, as the destruction of buffalo herds made hides scarce and Plains people were forced onto reservations, they began to use new materials to tell their stories. More than 200 such ledgers exist, according to Ross Frank, an associate professor of ethnic studies at UCSD. More
A Lesson in Urban Education
Oakland Tribune, Jan. 22 -- Statistics do give a two-dimensional picture of East Oakland Community High School. They don't capture its unique culture or creative energy, its committed, young teachers, its high student morale or its powerful student-teacher connection. Still, some of the data is hard to ignore. (Quotes school co-founder K. Wayne Yang, an assistant professor of ethnic studies at UCSD) More
The Teacher Steps Out on His Own
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 21 -- San Diego pianist Rick Helzer drew a sizable audience regardless for his early morning presentation with guitarist John Stowell when the two appeared Jan. 10 at the 34th annual International Association of Jazz Educators conference here. He has served as a key instructor at UCSD's annual Jazz Camp each summer since its inception in 2003. More
Two UCSD Students Killed in Street Race
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 21 -- Two people killed in an apparent street-racing crash Friday night were students at UCSD, authorities said. More
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New Drugs Relieve, May Cure, Rheumatoid Arthritis
North County Times, Jan. 20 -- There's a new medicine that puts your painful, crippling disease in remission and lets you lead a normal life. Thousands of patients before you have benefited from this miracle of modern medicine. But there's a catch: A very small number of patients have become seriously ill or even died from complications. (Quotes Dr. Roy A. Kaplan, a rheumatologist in private practice in Encinitas and an assistant clinical professor at the UCSD School of Medicine) More
Moores Staff Cooks Up Book
San Diego Business Journal, Jan. 22 -- Nutrition experts from the UCSD Moores Cancer Center have created a cookbook and nutrition guide to help people prevent and treat cancer. More