UCSD News

A Sampling of Clips for
October 12^th, 2006

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Economists Group: Boost Minimum Wage
CBS News, Oct. 11 -- More than 650 economists, including five winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics, called Wednesday for an increase in the minimum wage, saying the value of the last increase, in 1997, has been "fully eroded." Economists, including Nobel Prize winner Clive Granger of UCSD, said in a statement released Wednesday that the real value of today's federal minimum wage is less than it has been at any time since 1951. More

Bering Strait Appeared Earlier than Believed
MSNBC, Oct. 12 -- A land bridge between Alaska and Siberia flooded to make the Bering Strait 11,000 years ago, more than 1,000 years earlier than previously thought, U.S. researchers, including scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD, reported on Wednesday. This would have closed off human migration by foot across the bridge 1,000 years earlier, too, the researchers said. More

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Blind Loyalty Based on Mythical Self-Reliance
Los Angeles Times, Oct. 12 -- Faced with a starving population, an economy that is a shambles and longtime Communist allies tripping over themselves to embrace free-market capitalism, North Korea's leadership long ago turned weakness into strength by steeling its population for permanent war. (Quotes Stephan Haggard, director of the Korea-Pacific Program at UCSD) More

International Community Evaluates Response to North Korean Nuclear Threat
KPBS, Oct. 11 -- Two days ago, North Korea tested a nuclear bomb. Seismic measurements seemed to confirm the government’s announcement of the test. At the same time, intelligence reports are mixed on how successful the detonation was. Susan Shirk, director of UC’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, based at UCSD, and their Northeast Asian Cooperation Dialogue Program, talks about the world’s major powers response to the Korean test. Click here to listen to the broadcast. More

Battle Begun on Pollution
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 12 -- San Diego and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD are part of an ambitious project to keep virtually all pollution out of two specially designated marine areas off La Jolla Shores. If the undertaking proves successful, it could serve as a model for similar efforts along California's coastline. More

La Jolla Scientists Get Millions to Study Brain Disorders
NCB San Diego, Oct. 11 -- Four La Jolla-area research institutions, including UCSD, have received more than $12 million in federal funds to join together to find ways to treat neurological disorders and diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Lou Gehrig's. More

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UCSD Participates in Ambitious Alzheimer's Study
10News, Oct. 11 -- Scientists have embarked on an ambitious study to learn more about Alzheimer’s disease before it robs the brain’s effectiveness. In a UCSD landmark study, participants are undergoing magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, scans and positron emission tomography, or PET, scans so researchers can see changes in a healthy brain and in ones with memory problems and Alzheimer’s disease. Locally, researchers want to see if a series of tests can help predict and monitor the disease. More

PRAGMA to Enhance Grid Collaboration with NSF Funding
GRID Today, Oct. 12 -- The National Science Foundation has renewed its support for a grassroots effort originated in the UCSD-based San Diego Supercomputer Center, which now also includes Calit2. The goal is to develop cyberinfrastructure and software tools in tandem with application scientists who use those grids to advance "collaborative science" research projects. More

SD Universities Band Together for Hiring Fair
San Diego Daily Transcript, Oct. 11 -- Three of San Diego’s universities -- UCSD, University of San Diego and San Diego State University -- are collaborating for the first time to host Hire San Diego, a graduate business career fair. More