A Sampling of Clips for 
April 26, 2006

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Citigroup Caught in Beijing Tussle
Asia Times, April 26 -- Foreign investors in China's bank sector, especially US bank giant Citigroup, have been confused by the mixed signals Chinese banking regulators have sent regarding caps on foreign investment in domestic banks over the past few weeks. (Quotes UCSD professor Barry Naughton, a China expert.) More

National Academy of Sciences
Elects Three UCSD Professors
San Diego Daily Transcript, April 25 -- The National Academy of Sciences elected three UCSD professors in chemistry, medicine and physics Tuesday to membership in the prestigious academy, one of the highest honors bestowed on U.S. scientists and engineers. Mark H. Thiemens, dean of the Division of Physical Sciences; Don W. Cleveland, a professor of medicine, neuroscience and cellular and molecular medicine at UCSD's School of Medicine; and Jose Onuchic, co-director of the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, were among the 72 new members and 18 foreign associates elected to the academy Tuesday "in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research." More

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UCSD Professor Wins Top Award
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 26 -- UCSD literature professor Kathryn Shevelow has won the top award from the Theatre Library Association for her widely acclaimed book on cross-dressing 18th-century actress Charlotte Charke. More

Bird on a Bulls-Eye
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 26 -- When conservation biologist Tom Scott started investigating the plight of the San Clemente loggerhead shrike in the late 1970s, he spent his days hiking and his nights camping on the rocky outcropping in the Pacific Ocean. What he discovered as a doctoral student was startling: The sharp-beaked shrikes were so close to extinction they eventually would be billed as North America's most endangered bird. (Mentions research conducted at UCSD.) More

Doctors’ Pay Is a Focus of UCI Inquiry
Los Angeles Times, April 26 -- Federal investigators have subpoenaed records relating to five UCI Medical Center doctors involved with the Orange hospital's failed liver transplant program, including their compensation agreements, according to a source familiar with the case. The subpoena was issued as part of an unfolding criminal investigation by the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services that is focusing, at least in part, on whether there was fraudulent billing of government healthcare programs, including Medicare and Medi-Cal. (Mentions Dr. Marquis Hart and Dr. Ajai Khanna, two UCSD surgeons who worked at UCI on a contract basis.) More

Schoolchildren Rewarded
With Preview of Lagoon Celebration
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 26 -- Del Mar's fourth annual Lagoon Day will be held Sunday, but some third-graders got a jump on things recently with an up-close look at the flora, fauna and ecology of the San Dieguito Lagoon. (This year's speaker is Clinton Winant, professor of physical oceanography at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Rady School Awards
DLA Piper-Athena FlexMBA Scholarship
San Diego Daily Transcript, April 25 -- The Rady School of Management at UCSD has awarded Kevin Wagner its 2006 DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary-Athena FlexMBA Scholarship, the school announced Tuesday. The scholarship, which covers tuition for the two-year FlexMBA program, is sponsored in partnership with DLA Piper, an international law firm, and Athena, a UCSD-sponsored organization for executives in the San Diego technology, life sciences and business communities. More