A Sampling of Clips for 
April 4, 2003

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Major Threat Seen in L.A. Quake Fault
Los Angeles Times, Apr. 4 – An extensive fault system discovered four years ago running deep beneath the heart of Los Angeles is capable of generating earthquakes up to magnitude 7.5 -- massive shakers larger than any in the modern history of the Los Angeles Basin. (Mentions Peter Shearer of the
Scripps Institution of Oceanography).
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http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-sci-fault4apr04010421,1,2798608.story

Belt-Tightening by the Bay
Chronicle of Higher Education, Apr. 4 – Fund raising at colleges in the Bay Area, where the economy led the national boom, has been reeling since the downturn in the economy. At colleges in the California State University System, the percentage drops in giving are among the largest in the region, but because the colleges are not dependent on gifts and endowment spending for a significant proportion of their operating budgets, the declines are hardly being noticed. Nationwide, 21 institutions are now in the midst of capital campaigns with goals of at least $1-billion, and five of them -- including University of California, San Diego -- are in this state.
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The Sobering Facts
San Diego Magazine, April – The data Dr. Marc A. Schuckit, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego, have collected in 30 years of research show certain strong biological links within families of alcoholics. Schuckit has dispelled several myths about the disease, as well as uncovered evidence that shows how genes interact with a person’s environment to heighten the risk of becoming an alcoholic.
http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/issues/april03/featurec0403.shtml

UCSD climbs to 11th on magazine's list
San Diego Union-Tribune, Apr. 4 – University of California, San Diego's engineering school has reached the 11th spot in the national rankings of graduate and professional schools by U.S. News & World Report. The survey results will be published Monday. UCSD's Irwin and Joan Jacobs School of Engineering has advanced 27 slots since the magazine began its rankings of graduate programs in 1990.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/metro/news_1m4briefs.html

Embracing the Inner Diva
San Diego Union-Tribune, Apr. 3 – Guillermo Reyes’ 1996 play, "Deporting the Divas," is just now getting its local debut at Diversionary Theatre, where it opens Sunday night. According to some observers, it's about time that "Divas" came home. "It belongs here," said the University of California, San Diego-based Chicano theater scholar Jorge Huerta, who directed the play's 1996 premiere in Los Angeles and helped shape it, through a subsequent San Francisco production, into its present form.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/night_day/news_mz1w3divas.html

Reflective polymer makes light work for doctors
E4engineering.com, Apr. 4 – Researchers at the University of California have developed a biodegradable polymer implant capable of reflecting light that will allow doctors to monitor the healing of stitched wounds or the delivery of drugs. (Quotes Michael J Sailor, a professor of chemistry at the University of California, San Diego).
http://www.e4engineering.com/item.asp?id=48395&type=news

News Briefs
La Jolla Light, Mar. 20 – Former University of California, San Diego engineering professor and CEO of Qualcomm Irwin Jacobs and his wife, Joan Jacobs, announced a $110 million gift to the UCSD Jacobs School. The March 15 announcement was part of the Campaign for UCSD: Imagine What's Next, a $1 billion, seven-year fund-raising initiative that will support academic and research programs, scholarships, fellowships and endowed chairs. Also, Qualcomm has funded the first faculty chair for UCSD's new Management School. The Jerome S. Katzin Chair in Corporate Governance is the university's 100th endowed chair.
http://www.lajollalight.com/2003/03/20/n030320news_briefs.html

University becomes a partner in new hotel venture
La Jolla Light, Mar. 20 – Destination Hotels & Resorts of Denver, Colo., recently unveiled plans to build a 210-room hotel next to the Salk Institute on North Torrey Pines Road. The hotel, to be called Estancia La Jolla, will be built on property leased from the University of California, San Diego. Guest and public areas will be equipped for wireless communication and high-speed Internet access, and the new hotel will have a fiber-optic connection to UCSD.
http://www.lajollalight.com/2003/03/20/b030320new_hotel.html

Business briefs
La Jolla Light, Mar. 20 – Dr. Douglas D. Richman, a virologist at the Center for AIDS Research at University of California, San Diego, has received the 2002 Middleton Award, the Department of Veterans Affairs highest honor for biomedical investigators. Also Barbara F. Walter, an associate professor of political science in University of California, San Diego's Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, the author of "Committing to Peace: The Successful Settlement of Civil Wars," was chosen by Choice magazine as a top title of the year.
http://www.lajollalight.com/2003/03/20/b030320business_briefs.html