A Sampling of Clips for February 2 , 2010

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China Warns U.S. On Dalai Lama, Says to Punish Arms Firms
The New York Times, Feb. 2 -- China said a possible meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama would further harm Sino-U.S. relations, and vowed to go ahead with unspecified sanctions against U.S. firms selling arms to Taiwan. (Quotes Susan Shirk, a professor specializing in Chinese foreign policy at UCSD) More

Fed’s Emergency Efforts Winding Down Amid Market Approval
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 1 -- Monday saw the end of initiatives aimed at supporting various parts of the commercial-paper market, where companies get short-term financing, along with programs to ensure key investment banks could get liquidity. Also shuttered: currency swap arrangement the Fed had with other major central banks. (Quotes James Hamilton, an economics professor with UCSD) More

Jumbo Squid Ink-Jet Their Way to Newport Beach
Los Angeles Times, Feb. 2 -- The invasion of the jumbo squid in Orange County -- not to be confused with the exceedingly rare and much larger giant squid -- has prompted fishing-boat operators to add nighttime voyages. (Quotes Eddie Kisfaludy, a marine biology collector at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Leukemia Under the Microscope
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 1 -- Researchers at the UCSD Moores Cancer Center, along with colleagues in Canada and elsewhere, have received a $20 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to pursue rapid development of six stem-cell-based leukemia drugs. The goal is to have at least one medication ready for clinical trials within four years. More

Aid Crews Home from Haiti
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 2 -- Weary and stunned by the devastation they saw, six members of a Carlsbad-based relief organization returned home yesterday after spending two weeks helping victims of the Haiti earthquake. (Mentions Colleen Buono, Sean-Xavier Neath and Chris Sloane of UCSD, who treated hundreds of patients at day in Haiti)More

Herpes Virus May Help Cure Deadly Skin Cancer
ABC7, Feb. 1 -- There hasn't been a treatment for melanoma in a decade, but now doctors found that a virus associated with a sexually transmitted disease may help in the fight to kill cancer cells. (Quotes Gregory Daniels, a medical oncologist at UCSD) More

UC San Diego Looking to Establish a Law School
San Diego Business Journal, Feb. 1 --  In a move intended to establish a law school at UCSD, faculty and administrators with California Western School of Law and UCSD have formed a joint committee tasked with exploring ways of affiliating faculty, attracting students and financing a public law school. More

Will Illegal Immigration Rebound with the Economy?
SDNN, Feb. 1 -- More than a year after the economy tanked, not only do millions of Americans still find themselves out of work, but so do many undocumented immigrants. (Mentions research at UCSD) More

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