A Sampling of Clips for Sept. 17, 2010

* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office

UCSD at 50 – Achieving the Extraordinary
La Jolla Light, Opinion, Sept. 16 – UC San Diego is celebrating a milestone anniversary this year - 50 years of achieving the extraordinary - and the community will be an integral part of our commemoration. After all, it has been the support of the La Jolla community and our region that has allowed us to flourish and evolve into a world-renowned, top-ranked higher education and research university. (Written by UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox) More

Calif. Whooping Cough: 9 Dead, Infections on Rise
FOX News, Sept. 16  -- State health officials reported Thursday that California is on track to break a 55-year record for whooping cough infections in an epidemic that has already claimed the lives of nine infants. (Quotes Dr. Mark Sawyer, a UC San Diego professor and fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics) More

Similar stories in
MSNBC
CBS News
The New York Times
Forbes
The Washington Post
Boston Globe
The Seattle Times
ABC7, San Francisco, Calif.
San Diego Union-Tribune

New Biology Research to Run on Space Station
MSNBC, Sept. 16 -- The International Space Station is about to take one giant leap for biological science in orbit. Three new biomedical experiments funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health will take advantage of the space station's unique orbital facilities and weightless environment, NASA officials said. The experiments will use the station as a lab to study how bones and the immune system weaken in space. Researcher Declan McCole of UC San Diego plans to generate insights regarding the barrier properties of the intestines and explore how the absence of gravity affects a toxin's ability to diminish this barrier. More

Explorers Assess the Health of the World’s Oceans
NPR, Sept. 16 -- The world's ocean ecosystems are as diverse as forests and deserts on land. While resilient, these systems are under stress from pollution, overfishing and climate change -- and some experts say it may be too late to repair the damage. In a special broadcast with National Geographic, two premier explorers, including Enric Sala of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, explain the state of the world’s oceans and its habitats. More

UCSD Opens Wound Treatment Center in Encinitas
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 16 -- UC San Diego Health System’s Department of Emergency Medicine has opened a center in Encinitas for treatment of serious wounds and named Dr. Caesar Anderson as director, the university announced Wednesday. The Hyperbaric Medicine and Wound Healing Center provides treatment for difficult-to-treat wounds resulting from surgery, radiation exposure, diabetes, bone infection, trauma or other causes. More

James Fowler’s Advice: Don’t Run With the Wrong Crowd
KPBS, Sept. 16 — You know the flu is contagious. But UC San Diego social scientist James Fowler would tell you that it is also socially contagious. His research into the flu is one of many studies he's done on how social networks lead to certain behaviors and, in this case, certain illnesses. His paper on the flu was published this week in the journal Plos One. More

New School Science Building Opens Monday
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 16 -- Two multimillion-dollar construction projects have been completed at Chula Vista Middle School. Construction costs for a nearly 11,000-square-foot science building and 3,500-square-foot cafeteria came to $12.6 million. Both were funded by the $644-million, Proposition O bond measure voters passed in 2006. The new science building is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, including lab equipment and smartboards, which will prove useful in the school's partnership with UC San Diego’s Cyberbridge program. That program aims to increase college-level opportunities for high school students. More

Film Festival Focuses on Plight of Those Struggling to Survive
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 16 -- Organizers of a human rights film festival coming to San Diego beginning Saturday hope local audiences will be inspired by the stories of people struggling to make a difference against long odds in countries around the world. This year’s festival also has a local tie; two young filmmakers who live in San Diego, UC San Diego student Cody Marshall and Aaron Turner, worked on an 11-minute film called “I Want My Parents Back,” which tells the story of three American-born children whose parents were deported to Mexico. More

Jimi Hendrix: Paying Tribute 40 Years Later
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 16 -- In his short yet meteoric career, the late Jimi Hendrix almost single-handedly redefined the role of the electric guitar in rock 'n' roll and rock 'n' roll itself. (Quotes bassist and UC San Diego professor Mark Dresser) More

Prop. 23 All About Oil Company Profits
North County Times, Opinion, Sept. 16 -- With the constant news of high unemployment and businesses closing shop, it is refreshing to hear that one industry is bucking the trend: clean technology. In 2006, California passed landmark clean air and energy standards. Since that time, the state has become a magnet for investment, innovation and jobs in the fast-growing clean-tech sector. (Mentions UC San Diego) More

Gifts a Big Plus for UCSD's Future
La Jolla Light, Sept. 16 – A great big thank you is in order for people like Rita and Richard Atkinson, who last week pledged $5.7 million to fund graduate student fellowships at UC San Diego. The former UCSD chancellor and University of California president and his wife have direct knowledge of what the state's shrinking budget is doing to the system and its students. More

* Subscribe with In the News and receive our clips automatically