A Sampling of Clips for
August 05, 2005
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Preventing Alzheimer's:
A Lifelong Commitment?
Science Magazine, Aug. 5-Recent research
suggests that keeping mentally
and physically active when young and middle-aged can help stave
off the brain degeneration of Alzheimer's. (Refers to research
by Robert Katzman at UCSD.)
More
California
Crab is 'Fussy Lover'
BBC, Aug. 4-Californian fiddler crab
females might be the choosiest mates in
the world, according to research by UCSD. More
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article appeared in:
National
Geographic, Aug. 4
Cunningham Leaving After Years of Deals
Los Angeles Times, Aug. 4-Even in
a world that thrives on perks and friendly deals, California
Republican Randy "Duke" Cunningham has stood out.
(Quote
by Gary Jacobson,
a political scientist at UCSD.) More
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articles appeared in:
Fox
News, Aug. 4
Washington
Post, Aug. 4
Guardian
UK, Aug. 5
Monterey
Herald, Aug. 5
Science Stars Come to San
Diego
NBC San Diego, Aug. 4-A group of talented
science students from all over the state converged at UCSD
and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
for a one-month program aimed at allowing them to increase their
knowledge. More
Colombian President Honored
for Drug, Terror Fight
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 5-After
meeting with President Bush yesterday, Colombian President Álvaro
Uribe Vélez flew to San Diego to accept an award from
UCSD's Institute of the Americas for his efforts
in combating drug trafficking and terrorism. More
The Keeling
Curve: Irrefutable Science
San Diego Daily Transcript, Aug. 4-When
I'm not writing this column, I am working on feature stories
for Explorations, an oceanography magazine produced here at
Scripps. That entails profiling leading-edge researchers and
this nonscientist isn't ashamed to admit that sometimes people
describe what they do and utterly lose me. (Article written
by Robert Monroe, a senior science writer for
UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Explorations magazine.) More
Human Development
in the Arab World
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion,
Aug. 5-The Arab world has come in for a
lot of bad press since Sept. 11, 2001. The Economist magazine
asks, "What went wrong with the Arab world? Why is it so
stuck behind the times?" Pundits such as Thomas Friedman
argue that Arab countries are losing the "struggle with
modernity." (Article written by James Rauch,
a professor of economics at UCSD.) More
Help Wanted
(Quickly!) at City Hall
Voice of San Diego, Aug. 5-For an
open forum at UCSD's Price Center, 300 San
Diegans turned out last week to appraise civic damage and to
discuss solutions. The discussion was deftly moderated by University
Extension's Mary Walshok and taped by Shannon
Bradley for UCSD-TV, over which, like
many good things that bear repeating on not-for-profit air time,
it begins to appear inescapable. More
