A Sampling of Clips for
August 16 - 18, 2003
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Fats to Be Counted
Nature, Aug. 16-Scientists at UCSD
will lead a national $35 million project to better understand
lipids, the fats and oils in cells implicated in a long list
of diseases -- from heart disease and stroke to cancer, diabetes
and Alzheimer's.
http://www.nature.com/nsu/030811/030811-7.html
Similar articles appeared in:
San Diego Union-Tribune,
Aug. 16
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sat/metro/news_2m16lipid.html
The Scientist,
Aug. 18
http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/2
0030818/01
Breaking New Ground
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug 17- Robert
Sullivan, dean of the business management school at
UC San Diego, must convince the world that
a 45-year-old, science-focused public university can assemble
a business program that carries the same heft as old-guard schools
like the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton or Northwestern's
Kellogg. To do so, he still needs to raise nearly $100 million
to build an 80,000-square-foot facility and recruit a world-class
faculty.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20030817-9999_mz1b17breaki.html
Coral Reefs Doomed, Study Says Centuries
of Overfishing Killing Ecosystems
San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 16-
Pummeled by overfishing, the world's coral reef ecosystems "will
not survive for more than a few decades" unless drastic
action is taken to protect them, scientists from the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography warn. (Quote by marine
ecologist Enric Sala, assistant professor at
Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/08/16/MN227977.DTL
UCSD Research May Help in Toxic Cleanup
San Diego Business Journal, Aug. 18-
Researchers at UCSD have made a key finding
in their efforts to deploy an army of plants in place of bulldozers
for heavy metal clean up. Bioremediation, the process of using
organisms to restore toxic or damaged areas, could significantly
cut the costs of cleaning up the nation's Superfund sites, which
is estimated to require more than $700 billion, according to
UCSD.
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ABC Science Online, Aug.
13
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/enviro/EnviroRepublish_921973.htm
Biochemical Society,
Aug. 11
http://www.biochemist.org/news/page.htm?item=8185
Environment News Service, Aug.
8
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2003/2003-08-08-09.asp#anchor8
UCSD Joins Potent Biotech Consortium
San Diego Business Journal, Aug. 18-
UC San Diego scientist Thomas Kipps
hopes to be among the first scientists to benefit from a new
consortium aiming to move discoveries made at the school into
clinical trials. The consortium, named PharmaStart, joins the
University of California campuses in San
Diego and San Francisco, Stanford University, and SRI
International, a nonprofit research institute in Silicon Valley.
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Hollywood Hypesters;
Los Angeles Hogs the Ballot and the Spotlight
New York Times, Aug. 17-Los Angeles
County has once again lived up to its reputation for flamboyance,
this time putting forth nearly a quarter of the official candidates
trying to replace Gov. Gray Davis, should he lose the Oct. 7
recall vote. (Quote by Samuel Popkin, a political
science professor at the University of California, San
Diego.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/weekinreview/17MURP.html
They Want Their Issues Recognized
Los Angeles Times, Aug. 18- Relative
unknowns, some candidates view the drive to oust Gov. Gray Davis
as a unique opportunity to draw attention to a cause. None envision
winning -- and one won't vote for himself. (Quote by Steven
Erie, a political science professor at UC San
Diego.)
http://www.latimes.com/la-me-earnest18aug18,1,510096.story
In the Running for California Governor
Los Angeles Times, Aug. 18-A few candidates
running for California are featured, including Daniel C. Ramirez,
who studied to be a deacon at UC San Diego.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bios18aug18,1,4635736.story
Probing Ocean Depths: Photosynthetic
Bacteria Bare Their DNA
Science News, Aug. 6-The analyses
of three Prochlorococcus strains are to be reported in the Aug.
19 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and an upcoming
Nature. Brian Palenik, an associate professor
at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
and his colleagues studied the genes of a strain of Synechococcus.
http://www.sciencenews.org/20030816/fob3.asp
Smoother Sailing
Design News, Aug. 18-By integrating
control theory and fluid mechanics, Thomas Bewley,
assistant professor of mechanic aerospace engineering at UC
San Diego, is interviewed about how he is developing
new ways to look at fundamental engineering challenges in turbulent
flow systems.
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Inflation rate for county at 4.1%; Biggest
factors are housing costs and price of gas
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 16-Consumer
prices in San Diego County were up 4.1 percent in the first
half of the year, which is nearly double the inflation rate
for the nation as a whole and higher than the government's recent
readings for any of the 24 other metropolitan areas the Labor
Department tracks. (Quote by Ross Starr, an
economics professor at UC San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20030816-9999_1b16inflate.html
Complete listing of local winners
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 17-Here
is the complete list of projects that received awards earlier
this month in the 2003 Design Awards program sponsored by the
American Institute of Architects San Diego chapter. Among the
recognized was the Robert Paine Scripps Center at UCSD
Scripps Institution of Oceanography designed by Safdie
Rabines Architects.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/homes/news_1h17aialist.html
By Popular demand, 'Love!' returns for
Diversionary season opener
San Diego Union-Tribune, opinion,
Aug. 17-Several plays are critiqued including "Medea, Queen
of Colchester," by Marianne McDonald,
a theatre professor at UC San Diego.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/arts/news_1a17welsh.html
In This Case, the Radio is Good Medicine
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 18-
Bill Henry, who suffers from adult diabetes, has launched a
weekly Internet broadcast - Diabetes Talk Radio - to encourage
dialogue and dispense the latest information on the fourth leading
cause of death by disease in the country. (Quote by Dr.
Steven V. Edelman, a professor of medicine at UCSD
and director of the Diabetes Care Clinic at Veterans Affairs
Medical Center.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/currents/news_1c18fit.html
Solid Citizens
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 17-Famous
figures from San Diego history are heading for the foundry,
where sculptors' interpretations go from clay to plastic to
wax to bronze to be placed in "Horton Walk - San Diego's
Walk of Fame." Many San Diegans are pondering who will
make the cut. (Quote by Mary Beebe, director
of UCSD's Stuart Collection of public art on
the campus.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20030817-9999_mz1c17statue.html
The Bottom Scratchers; Free-dive club of the 1930s was full
of underwater innovators
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 16-The
Bottom Scratchers, a free-dive club of the 1930's, was recognized
at the 70th Celebration of the Bottom Scratchers last Saturday
in Bay Park. The club included such men as Carl Hubbs
of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and
Jim Stewart, chief diving officer emeritus at Scripps.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sat/sports/news_mz1s16outdoo.html
