A Sampling of Clips for August 18^th, 2009

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UCSD Medical Breaks Ground in Minimally Invasive Surgery
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 17 -- Doctors at UCSD Medical Center performed a pioneering surgery on a cancer patient whose kidney and ureter were removed and bladder reconstructed via a small incision in the navel, it was announced today. More

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Blind Students Confront the Chemistry Lab
KPBS, Aug. 17 -- Theoretical science is a field that's open and accessible to all. But lab work poses some real challenges to blind students interested in becoming chemists. A dozen blind San Diego teenagers visited a UCSD lab to feel and hear the results of some basic chemical experiments. More

Coastal Panel Outdoes Itself
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, Aug. 17 -- The California Coastal Commission is not known as a bastion of common sense. For years, it has displayed a disdain for the property rights of both individual homeowners and business interests. Commission members sometimes seem to see their primary duty as being leading-edge environmentalists, not stewards of the public interest. (Mentions research by Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Change of Venue in CHP Slaying Trial
Modesto Bee, Aug. 18 -- Columbus Allen Jr. II will not stand trial before a Stanislaus County jury in the murder of a California Highway Patrol officer, a judge ruled Monday. (Mentions Ebbe Ebbesen, a psychology professor at UCSD, who testified against the change of venue) More

UCSD Researchers Receive $40 Million in Stimulus Funds
The San Diego Daily Transcript, Aug. 17 -- UCSD announced Monday that its researchers have received more than $40 million in federal stimulus funds, surging past the $10 million first reported in June. More

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