A Sampling of Clips for May 5, 2010

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White House Announces Grants for Health Information Program
CNN, May 4 - The White House announced Tuesday that 15 U.S. communities, including UC San Diego, will receive grant money to launch new health information technology programs. UCSD will receive $15.3 million. More

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Dr. Helen M. Ranney, 89, Dies, Studied Sickle Cell Genetics
The Washington Post, May 5 -- Helen M. Ranney, 89, a physician who was among the first to explore the genetics of sickle-cell disease and scored a number of firsts for women in her profession, including being the first to head a department of medicine at a U.S. medical school, died April 5 at her home near San Diego. She joined the UC San Diego in 1973, becoming the second head of its department of medicine and the first woman to hold such a position. More

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IPCC Review Panel Unveiled
Nature, May 4 -- The UN-requested review of the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to be headed by Harold T. Shapiro, former president of Princeton. Shapiro, along with 11 others, will analyze “IPCC policies and the procedures by which it prepares its assessments of climate change.”  The panel was selected by the InterAcademy Council (IAC), a group of science academies from across the world. It includes vice-chair Roseanne Diab, executive officer of the Academy of Science of South Africa, and Mario Molina, Nobel laureate and researcher at UC San Diego. More

Jeremy Jackson: How We Wrecked the Ocean
The Huffington Post, May 5 -- In this bracing talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today: overfished, overheated, polluted, with indicators that things will get much worse. Astonishing photos and stats make the case. Jackson is the Ritter Professor of Oceanography and Director of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. More

Strategy to Limit Global Warming
Scientist Live, May 4 -- Major greenhouse gas-emitting countries agreed in the December, 2009, climate talks in Copenhagen that substantial action is required to limit the increase of the global average temperature to less than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit). In a paper appearing May 3 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Veerabhadran Ramanathan and Yangyang Xu, climate researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, have identified three avenues by which the major greenhouse gas-emitting countries can avoid reaching the warming threshold. More

Review: Ellsaffar/Modirzadeh: Radif Suite
Financial Times, May 1 -- This CD presents two extended works, “Radif – E Kayhan” and Iraqi-American trumpeter Amir Elsaffar’s “Copper Suite”. Both are divided into eight sections, investigate microtonal melodies and feature Alex Cline and Mark Dresser on bass and percussion. Dresser is on the UC San Diego faculty. More

The Post-Crisis MBA
Inside Higher Ed, May 5 -- Business school discourse today has a new set of topical lessons, emphasizing the roles played by MBAs in precipitating the global recession and creating financial products that benefited corporations but hurt consumers. (Quotes Robert S. Sullivan, dean of the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego) More

Trolley Extension to UCSD Focus of Meetings
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 5 — Some day, commuters may be able to take the San Diego Trolley from the Mexican border or Santee all the way to UC San Diego and University City. During the month of May, the San Diego Association of Governments is seeking public input at five “project scoping meetings” for plans to extend the trolley line north from the Old Town Trolley Center. More

S.D.-bred 'Memphis' Receives 8 Tony Nods
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 4 — The La Jolla Playhouse-launched “Memphis” rocked its way into major Tony Awards contention Tuesday with eight nominations in the annual Broadway theater honors. Among other locally connected nominees is Maria Dizzia, a 2001 alumna of UC San Diego’s masters in fine arts program, who was tapped for her performance in Sarah Ruhl’s best-play nominee. More

UCSD Study Shows Promise for Novel Kidney Cancer Treatment
KPBS, May 4 -- Surgeons at UC San Diego say they've come up with a treatment that can save kidneys with large cancerous tumors. The method involves using a drug to shrink the tumor. More

From Lab to Product: A Blood Test's Story
North County Times, May 4 -- To bring a medical discovery to market, the most critical step may be transferring it from an academic lab to a company that can sell it. Dr. Sotirios Tsimikas, director of vascular medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine, says he's developed a new blood test for cardiovascular disease that is approaching that juncture. More

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