A Sampling of Clips for
August 20th, 2007
* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office
Look Out, Men: Testosterone Is Under Attack
MSNBC, Aug. 20 -- Researchers behind the Massachusetts Male Aging Study — which has been tracking behavioral and physiological traits for 1,709 men born between 1916 and 1945 — noticed something strange. Men born more recently had T levels that were surprisingly low. (Mentions UCSD research) More
Military Recruiters Set Sights on Hispanics
USA Today, Aug. 20 -- The military is zeroing in on Hispanics, running Spanish-language recruitment ads, offering English-as-a-second-language classes and fast-tracking citizenship applications. The tactics, which recruiters say are aimed at making America's force look like its population, have helped lead to an increase in recruits. (Quotes Jorge Mariscal, UCSD professor of Latino studies and a Vietnam War veteran) More
Currency Volatility Hits Profit
International Herald Tribune, Aug. 20 -- A doubling in currency volatility since June has knocked the "carry trade" off its perch as the most profitable strategy in foreign exchange. (Quotes Harry Markowitz, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics in 1990 and now a finance professor at the Rady School of Management at UCSD) More
College Program Brings Girls into Math and Science
The Orange County Register, Aug. 17 -- Gillian Slee will be an eighth grader at Niguel Hills Middle School in September, but she's already been to college. Slee and about 119 other girls her age lived in the dorm at Warren College at UCSD, for a week this summer to participate in Tech Camp. More
Parents, Don't Fret
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 20 -- As tens of thousands of students head to campus, college officials use the annual orientation to ease the transition for parents. They offer advice to help the parents of first-time freshmen – tips that are useful for anyone planning to one day send a child off to college. (Quotes Liora Kian-Gutierrez, an assistant dean of student affairs at UCSD) More
Local University Rankings Stay Mostly the Same
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 18 -- Local universities held steady or slipped slightly in the controversial U.S. News and World Report rankings, released yesterday. For the second year in a row, UCSD ranked 38th among all national universities, and eighth among public universities. It tied with the University of Wisconsin Madison in both cases. More
Where Turf Meets Surf, and Dollars Pour In
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 20 -- Every summer for about seven weeks, a small town-within-a-town comes to life – a kind of Brigadoon in racing silks – around Del Mar. (Mentions UCSD research) More
Summit Draws 3 Leaders to Canada
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 19 -- Act Three of the “Three Amigos” road show opens tomorrow in Quebec as the leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada hold what has become their annual summit amid signs of greater cooperation on both drugs and energy. (Quotes Jeffrey Davidow, president of the Institute of the Americas at UCSD) More
Effect of a Winning Season Debated
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 19 -- Even if the Chargers ride LaDainian Tomlinson's sturdy legs all the way to the Super Bowl, it's not certain that a winning season would score voter support for a new football stadium in San Diego County. But it couldn't hurt. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steve Erie) More
Local Firm Details Stem Cell Advance
North County Times, Aug.19 -- A local biotechnology start-up says it has crossed a major hurdle in embryonic stem cells research by growing the cells directly from unfertilized human eggs. (Quotes Larry Goldstein, director of UCSD's stem cell research program) More
Surf Legends Join Business Leaders To Raise Money
10News, Aug, 19 -- The 14th annual Luau and Longboard Invitational, themed ``Surf For a Cure,'' started at 7 a.m. at the Scripps Pier. All Proceeds went to benefit the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center. More
UCSD Med School Launches Study to See if Cell Phones Can Boost Weight Loss
San Diego Business Journal, Aug. 20 -- Researchers from UCSD’s School of Medicine PACE (Patient-centered Assessment and Counseling for Exercise and Nutrition) project will launch their first text-related weight loss program, called mDIET, this fall. The 16-week study is funded by a $200,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health and will follow 60 adults, ages 25 to 55, who are overweight or mildly obese. More
Kudos
San Diego Business Journal, Aug. 20 -- The American Lung Association is presenting the California Medal Award to Dr. Andrew Ries, professor of medicine and director of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at UCSD, on Aug. 24 at its annual meeting in San Francisco. “It’s nice to be recognized by your peers,” said Ries. “This is a great group of very dedicated people who work in challenging situations to improve the patients’ quality of life.” More