A Sampling of Clips for
April 24, 2006
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Diversity at UCSD a Priority
La Prensa, April 21 -- When Ricardo Chavira, the star of “Desperate Housewives,” was a student at UCSD, he used to play the “Count the Mexicans” game. “I would sit in the middle of campus and spend an hour counting all the Mexican students,” said a smiling Chavira. He returned to UCSD on Thursday, April 13, to receive the Alumni Excellence Award at Fiesta de las Estrellas, an annual event created by the UCSD Hispanic Scholarship Council to raise scholarship funds for students, while also recognizing the achievements of the local community “Estrellas” –outstanding San Diego leaders who are making a difference for Latinos. (Quotes Adrian Gutierrez, UCSD junior and a Hispanic Scholarship Council Chancellor’s Scholar, Joe Watson, vice chancellor of Student Affairs, and Robert Villarreal, member of the UCSD Hispanic Scholarship Council.) More
Expert Perspective
on Immigration Policy, Trends
KPBS, April 21 -- Everyone agrees that jobs pull illegal immigrants to the United States. But what factors are pushing people to leave Mexico and causing the number of illegal immigrants in the United States to swell? KPBS reporter Amy Isackson spoke with Wayne Cornelius, who directs the Center for Comparative Immigration studies at UCSD.) More
Tech Innovation
Is Said to Lack Political Support
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 22 -- Technological innovation in the San Diego-Baja California cross-border region is being thwarted by a lack of government support and by inadequate international linkages, speakers at a high-tech development conference said here. Despite the economic success of the North American Free Trade Agreement, there has been a lack of political will to encourage collaboration on innovation, said Jeffrey Davidow, president of the Institute of the Americas at UCSD and a former U.S. ambassador to Mexico. (Also quotes UCSD Associate Chancellor Mary Walshok.) More
Canadian Drugs – A Good Deal?
North County Times, April 24 -- Buy your prescription drugs from Canada and save money. That's the promise of Canada U.S. Senior Services, an Oceanside store that sells prescription and over-the-counter drugs through its Canadian owner. The walk-in storefront brings to North County a new twist in a debate that has raged for years over alternatives to American medications, which are often costlier than those sold elsewhere. (Quotes Dr. Bryan A. Liang, co-director of the San Diego Center for Patient Safety at UCSD School of Medicine. Liang is also executive director and professor of law at the Institute of Health Law Studies at Cal Western School of Law.) More
Cal Cozies Up to Private Donors
San Francisco Chronicle, April 24 -- Faced with declining state revenue, UC Berkeley deans are stepping up their efforts to raise money from private donors, amid academic leaders' rising concern that California's premier public university risks slipping in the competition with wealthier rivals for top student and faculty talent. (Quotes Rebecca Newman, acting associate vice chancellor for development at UCSD.) More
Keep Lindbergh and Build Another
Voice of San Diego, April 24 -- San Diego voters can't be blamed for being bewildered by the protracted efforts to settle on a much needed San Diego Regional airport site and development. A good part of that confusion arises as a result of being fed inadequate, uninformed or contrived "facts" and figures to support or oppose a particular choice. (Mentions UCSD Economic Department Chairman Richard Carson.) More
The Vision Thing
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 23 -- Digital art is a term commonly bandied about these days. But it is still a designation in search of a definition. Painting or drawing have changed radically, but use either label and others will generally know what you mean. Not so digital art. It's not so much a medium as it is a mode of technology that pervades media and enables new approaches to art. (Quotes Ernest Silva, a professor in UCSD's visual arts department.) More
