A Sampling of Clips for
April 2, 2003
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Fall From
Grace
Chronicle of Higher Education, Apr.
4 – Quincy Troupe, a literature and creative-writing
professor and a prolific poet at the University of California,
San Diego, is retiring in June. Despite all his achievements,
one thing Mr. Troupe lacked was a college diploma.
The moment of reckoning came last fall, four months after California's
governor announced that Mr. Troupe would be
the state's poet laureate, when a routine background check turned
up the lie. Once confronted, Mr. Troupe immediately
resigned the post. After the university told him it was considering
suspending him for up to a year without pay, he decided he would
retire. (Quotes UCSD’s Fanny
Howe, Todd C. Kontje, Richard
Attiyeh, Michael Kalichman, Pasquale
Verdicchio, and Eileen Myles).
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Education subscribers:
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v49/i30/30a01001.htm
Iraq war
forces tightened local security
Golden Triangle News, March –
In response to the U.S.-led war with Iraq, local educational
institutions are preparing their campuses for any possibly threatening
activities while trying to keep things “as normal as possible.”
University of California, San Diego Chancellor
Robert Dynes sent a letter to his staff and
students assuring the community that the university has “developed
comprehensive plans for enhancing campus safety, sustaining
campus operations, and issuing timely news updates.” UCSD
Assistant Chancellor Linda Williams also said, “We will
be making sure we are in partnership with all the (departments)
so everyone knows what is going on.”
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Mapping
San Diego's future
San Diego Union-Tribune, Mar. 30 –
Stephen Weber, president of San Diego State University, discusses
the challenge of getting major institutions to play well together.
Weber was not agreeable to a statement made recently in this
space, that no great urban region can get its act together as
long as its major universities aren't working together. SDSU
is well situated to stimulate a wider public conversation about
the future because of all the major universities, SDSU's 34,000
students best reflect the demographic makeup of the region.
At the University of San Diego and University of California,
San Diego, far higher proportions of the student populations
come from outside the county. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/louv/20030330-9999_mz1e30louv.html
Treating
Alzheimer's
Kansas City Star, Apr. 2 – The
National Institute on Aging, along with the Alzheimer's Association,
spends nearly $550 million a year on Alzheimer's disease research.
A legion of scientists is at work at 29 Alzheimer's Disease
Research Centers including University of California,
San Diego.
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Left-handed
materials offer new angle for technology
Dallas Morning News, Apr. 1 –
Good news for southpaws everywhere: Scientists have confirmed
that "left-handed" materials exist. The materials
don't work better for left-handed people. Rather, inside the
stuff, some of nature's laws seem to run in the opposite direction,
giving rise to the name. Three years ago, physicists based at
the University of California, San Diego, announced
the existence of the first left-handed material. Since then,
the work has expanded
into several labs around the world.
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