A Sampling of Clips for
October 9th, 2006
* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office
Nine Tips for Investing in Happiness
The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 8 -- If you want to be happier, forget spending dollars -- and focus on how you spend your time. Sure, a bigger house and a fancier car might briefly put a smile on your face. Yet academic studies suggest that simply amassing more stuff won't bring a permanent increase in your happiness. (Quotes David Schkade, a management professor at UCSD) More
Unity and Diversity
The Economist, Oct. 5 -- Since the early 1970s, the two grandest patterns of life—how species are arranged in space and how they are arranged in time—have divided their opposing camps quite neatly. Two papers just published in Science, including one co-authored by UCSD ecologist Kaustuv Roy, have cast light on these questions, and their findings, if not necessarily resulting in compromise, do show the value of taking leaves out of other people's books. More
Schwarzenegger and Rival Spar but Step Lightly
Los Angeles Times, Oct. 7 -- The national immigration debate is reverberating in California's gubernatorial campaign, with the two major-party candidates trading verbal jabs but treading carefully on the volatile issue. (Quotes Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD) More
Effective Vaccine Gives Whiff of Hope for Allergies
Contra Costa Times, Oct. 7 -- Millions of miserable, sneezing, itching, nose-blowing hay fever sufferers could find a strand of hope in a DNA-based vaccine developed by Johns Hopkins scientists, who say it appears to squelch the body's allergic response to ragweed pollen. (Mentions research by UCSD) More
Report Says UC Colleges Becoming Less Diverse
ABC 7, Oct. 9 -- A report says fewer Latinos and blacks are enrolling in the University of California system even as the state becomes more ethnically diverse. (Mentions UCSD) MoreSimilar story in
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County Salutes Four Teachers of the Year
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 8 -- Four county educators from Santee, San Diego and Encinitas were named San Diego County Teachers of the Year last night and will represent the county in the contest for the state's best teacher. Winner Judith Leff, from Paul Ecke Central Elementary School in Encinitas, has been a fellow of the UCSD Writing Project for 19 years and has coached other teachers in how to teach writing. More
New Life for an Old Cottage
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 8 -- A gracious but weathered remnant of a past era, Wisteria Cottage on La Jolla's Prospect Street may be getting an overdue face-lift. The La Jolla Historical Society is quietly pursuing plans to rehabilitate the vacant 1904 home and make it a museum exhibiting the group's archives, which include more than 10,000 photographs. (Quotes UCSD historian Abraham Shragge) More
Biobytes: Adele Barsh
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 9 -- For 10 years, Adele Barsh, who specializes in business research, has worked in public, academic and medical libraries. A job at the UCSD's Geisel Library lured her from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University last month. More