A Sampling of Clips for
April 25th, 2007
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Weighting for Lefty
The Village Voice, New York, April 24 -- Proponents point to American children's poor international standing in math proficiency and the persistence of the black-white achievement gap as evidence for the need to upend current teaching practices. "A lot of people hate math," says K. Wayne Yang, an assistant ethnic-studies professor at UCSD, and founder of the progressive charter school East Oakland Community High. More
Can Science Help Predict Violent Behavior?
NPR, April 20 -- The week began with 32 people killed at Virginia Tech, and also marks the anniversaries of the shootings at Columbine and the bombing in Oklahoma City. Two psychologists, including. J. Reid Meloy, a clinical professor of psychiatry at UCSD, discuss whether knowing more about the people who commit these acts can help prevent future violence. More
Let Them Eat Nothing
New York Sun, April 24 -- It is a welcome contribution that scholars Stephan Haggard of UCSD and Marcus Noland of the Institute for International Economics have teamed up to write "Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform" ( Columbia University Press, 309 pages, $35). More
Hospital Performs
Controversial Cancer Therapy
NBC 5, Chicago, April 24 -- A controversial cancer therapy is being used on patients at UCSD Moores Cancer Center in La Jolla, Calif. The process involves an experimental viral gene therapy, where a virus is genetically altered and injected into a patient. "We can engineer the function of the virus so it can specifically attack a tumor cell," said Dr. Tony Reid, oncologist and gene specialist at UCSD Moores Cancer Center. More
Hospital, 3 Clinics Team Up
to Cut Down on ER Traffic
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 24 -- Hoping to reduce unnecessary emergency room visits, a San Diego hospital and three clinics are testing a new computer system that makes it easier for emergency room doctors to send patients to community clinics for follow-up appointments. “Emergency department overcrowding is a national issue,” said Dr. Ted Chan, medical director of UCSD's emergency department. “A lot of that is because of patients who come to the emergency room (for non-emergencies) because they don't have a primary doctor.” More
Local Filmmaker Documents Real Sweatshops Farming Virtual Gold
KPBS, April 24 -- All sweat shops, in the end, are alike. Workers are coerced, exploited, cheated, abused and often quite nearly imprisoned. If you play any of what are called "massively multiplayer on-line role playing games," it's quite possible you're actually a customer in the sweat shops -- even if you don't know it. Guest host Alan Ray interviews Ge Jing, a Ph.D. student in the UCSD School of Communication, currently working on a documentary about China's gold farming industry. More
Liberal Group Set to Raise its Voice
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 25 -- Emboldened by the November national election and a public embracing a rapid end to U.S. involvement in Iraq, a new faction of the Democratic Party's liberal wing is hoping to attract attention inside and outside of the convention hall. (Quotes Sam Popkin, a political science professor at UCSD) More