Astrophysics

Network Security Breaches Plague NASA (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)

21 Nov 2008

America's military and scientific institutions -- along with the defense industry that serves them -- are being robbed of secret information on satellites, rocket engines, launch systems, and even the Space Shuttle. The thieves operate via the Internet from Asia and Europe, penetrating U.S. computer networks. Some of the intruders are suspected of having ties to the governments of China and ...

A rising science star: Golden Valley High School student spent the summer at UC Santa Cruz. (Merced Sun-Star)

21 Nov 2008

Ana Aceves-Cabrera packed up her belongings and moved out of her dorm room at UC Santa Cruz in August, but she still can't stop talking about it.

Undergraduates to face hurdles for graduate courses (Daily Princetonian)

21 Nov 2008

Due to a new University policy, undergraduates wishing to register in graduate-level courses now face more obstacles than in recent years, including an extensive form, in-person enrollment at the Registrar’s office and no option to take the course with Pass/D/Fail grading...