A Sampling of Clips for
April 19 - 21, 2003
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Bright Light
Exposure Increases Male Hormone
ScienceDaily, Apr. 21 – Researchers
at the University of California, San Diego
School of Medicine have found that the levels of a pituitary
hormone that increases testosterone are enhanced after exposure
to bright light in the early morning. One of the study's authors,
Daniel Kripke, M.D., a UCSD
professor of psychiatry, added "the study also supports
data that bright light can trigger ovulation in women, which
is also controlled by luteinizing hormone (LH), the pituitary
hormone we studied." (Quotes Shawn Youngstedt,
Ph.D., UCSD assistant project scientist and
mentions Jeffrey A. Elliott, Ph.D., UCSD
associate research scientist).
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/04/030421084040.htm
California colleges
suspend programs in China
Copley
News Service, Apr. 18 – The University of
California suspended its programs at Peking University and Beijing
Normal University in Beijing Thursday and ordered the immediate
return of 44 students because of the mysterious respiratory
disease known as SARS. Six University of California,
San Diego students are preparing to return from China
and Singapore. The university will help them make travel arrangements
and set up options to complete their studies, possibly through
correspondence or independent study, said Mary Dhooge,
dean of UCSD's international education.
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Similar article
appeared in:
SanDiegoChannel.com,
Apr. 18
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/health/2122532/detail.html
Health Alert:
improving memory
wistv.com,
Apr. 18 – David Salmon, a University
of California, San Diego neuroscientist, discusses
ways to improve memory as we get older. Salmon
says that we need to challenge our mind by reading and doing
crossword puzzles. That the old adage 'use it or lose it' really
does apply to memory. He adds that if you eat foods that are
high in antioxidants, there's some evidence that those can actually
enhance memory performance.
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1239434&nav=0RaPFJyv
Competition
heats up to get into UC top campuses
San
Diego Daily Transcript, Apr. 17 – The University
of California has admitted its biggest freshman class ever,
while the percentage of black, Hispanic and American Indian
students accepted at the system's eight undergraduate campuses
rose slightly. Because more people applied to UC schools, overall
admissions were up 4 percent, with just over 50,000 California
students offered admission for fall 2003, compared to about
48,000 a year ago. UCLA and UC Berkeley turned away three out
of four applicants, and the University of California,
San Diego took only just over one third of those who
wanted to get in.
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The view from
Mount Starbucks
San
Diego Union-Tribune, RICHARD LOUV COLUMN, Apr.
20 – A computer programmer and president of a $2 million
company uses T-Mobile Hotspot Network, a fast wireless connection
available at most Starbucks and other outlets across the country
to run his business. Wi-Fi (for wireless fidelity) stations
are relatively cheap, easy to set up, and is spreading quickly.
Wi-Fi has already been proved in remote places such as San Diego
County's 18 Native American reservations with programs sponsored
by University of California, San Diego and
Hewlett-Packard.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/louv/20030420-9999_mz1e20louv.html
Terrorism and
America
San
Diego Union-Tribune, OPINION, Apr. 18 –
Clive Williams, director of terrorism studies
at the Strategic and Defence Studies Center of the ANU and a
visiting professor at the University of California,
San Diego discusses U.S. security and terrorism. Williams
teaches a Spring Quarter Masters program in terrorism at UCSD.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/opinion/news_williams18.html
