A Sampling of Clips for
April 14, 2006
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"Moonwalking"
For Knee Replacement Rehabilitation
WSOCTV Eye Witness News, NC, April 14 -- Generally, the best time to begin knee rehabilitation is right after surgery. However, sometimes patients face a significant delay in starting rehab because they are not strong enough to endure weight on the affected limb. Researchers at UCSD, Clinical Physiology Lab have developed a device that eases the stress on the lower body during walking. It's called a positive air pressure chamber. The device borrows from the same technology used to recreate simulated gravity for astronauts who need to exercise while in space. More
Sleep Your Way to a Job Well Done
Bethesda Journal, April 13 -- Everybody has heard the phrase, "If you snooze, you lose." Studies are proving people should take the old adage more literally. Lt. Craig Carroll, National Naval Medical Center's Neurology chief resident, said sleep affects an employees' ability to perform their job. And, in a hospital, staff members can't afford not to bring their "A" game. (Quotes UCSD Professor Dan Kripke) More
Peruvian President
Honored by UCSD Institute
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 14 -- Fresh from signing a free-trade agreement in Washington, D.C., outgoing Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo defended his record yesterday, telling a luncheon crowd in San Diego, “It will be the next president who will harvest what I have planted.” Toledo, 60, was honored by Institute of the Americas at UCSD with its Award for Democracy and Peace. He is the eighth Latin American head of state to receive the award. More
Task force Criticizes UC's Pay Practices
San Francisco Chronicle, April 14 -- An independent task force reviewing the University of California's compensation practices reported Thursday that top UC executives as well as the governing Board of Regents have sometimes failed to adequately oversee the spending of public funds -- and in some cases have misused them. (Mentions UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox) More
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UCSD on China
Full Focus, KPBS, April 13 -- UCSD is getting recognition – but this time it's not for the sciences. The university has one of the top ten Chinese studies departments in the country. On Thursday's Full Focus, we look at Chinese studies at UCSD and why it's important college students understand this emerging superpower. More
What Do We Want From a City?
These Days, KPBS, April 13 -- Host Tom Fudge speaks to Professor Janet Smarr about UCSD's new lecture series titled "The City." The lecture series will ask, "How do we envision the city, and how have those images changed across time and place?" We also talk to Professor Teddy Cruz about his lecture on creating a border community. More
Gift of $5 Million Will Create
Endowed Faculty Chair at UCSD
AACSB International, April 13 -- The Rady School of Management at UCSD has announced a new endowed faculty chair, funded by a $5 million gift from philanthropist Pauline Foster, president of Foster Investment Group and an active volunteer and friend to UCSD. More
Waves and Currents Will Be Lecture Topic
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 14 – Palomar College will present a talk Thursday by Robert Guza about waves, ocean currents and beach erosion in Southern California. Guza is from UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, where he is co-director of the Integrative Oceanography Division. More
