A Sampling of Clips for
July 19, 2002
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UC
regents increase nonresident tuition
Los Angeles Times, July 19, Pg. 7 – University
of California regents voted to raise tuition by 10% for nonresident
undergraduates and by 4% for nonresident graduate students,
beginning this fall. (Quotes UCSD graduate student and
president of the UC Student Association Kenneth Burch).
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article appeared in:
San Francisco Chronicle, July 19
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The
Argo’s odyssey
San Diego Daily Transcript, July 17 – Argo,
a network of autonomous devices, gives the world a heads-up
on the climatic signals that first appear in the ocean’s
upper strata. Current ocean temperature and salinity readings
can help scientists predict months in advance that another El
Nino pattern of extreme weather is coming. (Quotes Scripps
Institution of Oceanography professor and chairman of the
Argo science team Dean Roemmich).
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Blowing
in the wind
San Diego Business Journal, July 8-14 issue –
Feature on Dan Alspach, chairman and CEO of Orincon Corp. International.
Orincon recently joined UCSD and San Diego State to create
the Center fro Commercialization of Advanced Technology.
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Big
names of science meet in La Jolla – under wraps
San Diego Union Tribune, Neil Morgan column, July
19 – Each summer a group of America’s elite scientists
calling themselves Jason gather in La Jolla for six weeks to
discuss national security-related issues. (Mentions past Jason
session attendees Scripps Institution of Oceanography
director emeritus Ed Frieman, IGPP professor Walter
Munk, professor at the Physical Oceanography Research Division
Russ Davis and the late Bill Nierenberg).
http://www.uniontrib.com/news/uniontrib/fri/metro/news_2m19morgan.html
