A Sampling of Clips for
November 16th, 2006
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UC Regents Likely to Keep Fees Stable
Contra Costa Times, Nov. 16 -- University of California regents are expected to vote today on a budget that does not call for higher student fees next year, but officials said they would not rule out a future increase if they do not get enough money from the state. (Mentions UCSD) More
UC President Declines Raise; Regents Agree
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 16 -- After accepting severe criticism over the University of California's compensation practices this past year, UC President Robert Dynes asked his board of regents last night not to grant him a raise this year – a decision regents agreed with. (Mentions UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox) More
Documentary Reaps Truth About Game's Controversial 'Gold Farming'
MTV, Nov. 16 -- Ge Jin had heard that people in China play "World of Warcraft" for profit. But he wanted to see it himself. Jin, a Ph.D. candidate at UCSD, didn't just find these people. He found plenty of them. He filmed them for a documentary he is making called "Gold Farmer." More
Ovarian Cancer Rates Lower in Sunny Latitudes
Reuters, Nov. 16 -- Women in the sunnier regions of the world have a much lower risk of ovarian cancer than those who dwell in colder climates, a new UCSD study has found. The findings, say researchers, suggest that sun exposure -- and, more precisely, vitamin D production in the body -- help prevent this cancer. More
UCSD Ranks Seventh in U.S. for Scientific Impact
The San Diego Daily Transcript, Nov. 15 -- UCSD is seventh among U.S. universities for scientific impact, according to a national survey of published research. More
Collecting Indians
Voice of San Diego, Nov. 16 -- Edward Curtis was probably slightly mad when he began photographing the "vanishing Indians" of North America in 1906. With a $75,000 grant from financier J. P. Morgan, Curtis planned to spend five years on the enterprise; by the time he finished his project 30 years later, he was a broken man. The San Diego Public Library owns number many of Curtis’s portfolios, and through January, photos from the portfolios will be on display in the central library's Wangenheim Room. (Quotes Ross Frank, a UCSD expert in Native American history) More
Climate Change Is Making Firefighting More Difficult
North County Times, Nov. 14 -- Climate change may bring more frequent wildfires that could transform the landscape of the western United States, according to ecologists and land managers gathered at a conference in Mission Valley this week. (Mentions research by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More