A Sampling of Clips for August 11^th, 2008

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Larsen Named Interim U.S. Coach to Fill In for Grieving McCutcheon
ESPN, Aug. 10 -- Assistant Ron Larsen, formerly head coach at UCSD, has taken over as interim head coach of the U.S. men's volleyball team after coach Hugh McCutcheon's in-laws were attacked. McCutcheon's father-in-law, Todd Bachman, was fatally stabbed Saturday while at a popular Beijing tourist site, the 13th-century Drum Tower. His mother-in-law, Barbara Bachman, is in serious condition at a hospital. More

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China’s Single Layer
The New York Times, Opinion, Aug. 8 -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, one of the most thoughtful observers of international affairs, did an unusual thing over the last academic year: She dived into China and lived in Shanghai while traveling around the country. (Mentions “China: Fragile Superpower,” written by UCSD political scientist Susan Shirk) More

Video: Emergency Room Stroke Exam with a Webcam
Wired News, Aug. 9 – Since 2004, doctors in rural emergency rooms have been using webcams to get an expert opinion before treating stroke patients. A report, published on Aug. 3 in The Lancet Neurology says that the new technology helps them make the right decision. “When a person suffers a stroke, time is of the essence,” says Brett Meyer, a UCSD professor who led the study. More

Sports Doping Detection a Never-Ending Science
San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 11 -- As athletes flocked to Beijing to compete in the Summer Olympics, teams of scientists were already starting a round-the-clock marathon of drug testing to keep the Games free of illicit athletic enhancement. (Quotes UCSD Professor Theodore Friedmann, a veteran gene therapy researcher) More

Scientists Seek Cold, Hard Facts
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 11 -- At places such as the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD, Ross Beaudette and other researchers will look for evidence of climate changes stored in ice. More

Right Now, His Art is an Open Book
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 11 – Eric Baskauskas, now 23, grew up near the Bay Area – in Martinez, northeast of Berkeley. But San Diego has been home for the past six years. He finished his B.F.A. at UCSD in 2006 and has stayed, working as a graphic designer on campus. More

Growth Potential
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 9 – While medical research hasn't established a solid link between organic food and defeating cancer or preventing its recurrence, fruits and vegetables have been proven to have numerous health benefits, including when dealing with cancer, diabetes and obesity.(Quotes Cheryl Rock, a professor at the Moores UCSD Cancer Prevention and Control Program) More

Art Explores the Science of the Very Small
Voice of San Diego, Aug. 11 -- A hissing sound greets passersby in a tall, sterile walk-through portal with white vacuum tubes on the first floor foyer of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology at UCSD. In an adjacent room, a blonde woman with black rimmed glasses on a giant screen asks, "Are you lost in the infosphere?" More

UCSD Pharmacy School Coping With Fiscal Crisis
San Diego Business Journal, Aug. 10 -- Just six years old and barely through its third class of graduates, UCSD’s pharmacy school is already struggling with financial problems that could weigh heavily on its accreditation status. More

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