A Sampling of Clips for April 27^th, 2009

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Forgotten Franklin Letters
Offer Glimpse into U.S. History
CNN, April 27-- A UCSD professor doing research in London stumbled across a series of previously unknown letters written by, to, and about Benjamin Franklin, a stunning find that sheds new light on early U.S. history. More

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FOX News
The Washington Post 

Fat-Derived Stem Cells Might Treat MS
U.S. News & World Report, April 27 -- Stem cells taken from the fat tissue of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) may help treat the disease, suggests a preliminary UCSD study that included three patients. More

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Forbes 

Obama Names Members to Council
of Advisors on Science and Technology
Chronicle of Higher Education, April 27 -- President Obama announced the 20 members of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in a speech this morning at the National Academy of Sciences, according to a statement issued by the White House. The team includes Mario Molina, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UCSD and the Center for Atmospheric Sciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. More

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San Francisco Chronicle
CNet News
Xconomy

Swine Flu Behavior "Potentially Scarier
Than the Outbreak of Avian Flu"
Science NOW, April 25 -- The level of worry about a swine flu outbreak in the United States rose a notch today, as health officials linked the virus that has infected eight people here to a strain circulating in Mexico that may have spread to hundreds of people and caused dozens of deaths. (Quotes Douglas Richman of UCSD) More

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San Diego Union-Tribune 

New UC Admissions Policy
Angers Asian-Americans
Forbes, April 24 -- A new admissions policy set to take effect at the University of California system in three years is raising fears among Asian-Americans that it will reduce their numbers on campus, where they account for 40 percent of all undergraduates. (Mentions UCSD) More

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USA Today
Los Angeles Times
San Diego Union-Tribune 

Listening and Examining the 'Writer's Ear'
Los Angeles Times, April 27 -- The opening gambit for this panel of women writers at the L.A. Times Book Festival on Saturday was what exactly is meant by the "writer’s ear." (Quotes UCSD literature professor Sarah Shun-lien Bynum) More

Scientist Gives
Good News on Global Warming
KPBS, April 27 -- Some research done by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, in San Diego, offers a rare bit of good news about global warming. The research team, lead by Vasilii Petrenko, may have disproven one disastrous global warming scenario. More

Fundraiser Will Benefit
Camp for Children of Cancer Patients
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 25 — For the past several years, students at UCSD have been giving children whose parents have or had cancer the chance to put their troubles behind them with a week of fun at summer camp. More

A Lesson Yearned
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 26 — Mary Pearson still gets requests for a sequel to her novel of eight years ago, “Scribbler of Dreams.” But the chances of her writing one are slim to none. (Quotes UCSD Dean of Arts and Humanities Seth Lerer, whose book “Children's Literature: A Reader's History From Aesop to Harry Potter” just won a National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism) More

Remaining S.D. Art Prize Winners Named
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 24 — The announcement has come in stages, but all four artists receiving the San Diego Art Prize have now been named. This is the third year for the award, organized by Patricia Frischer and Ann Berchtold. And as before, recognition is being given to established and emerging artists. Those in the established category, UCSD art professor Kim MacConnel and Richard Allen Morris, were named in December. More

UCSD Chancellor to Speak
at Cal Western Graduation Monday
San Diego Daily Transcript, April 26 -- California Western School of Law will celebrate its spring commencement Monday at 10 a.m. at the Organ Pavilion in San Diego’s Balboa Park. UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox will deliver the commencement address. More

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