A Sampling of Clips for
December 04, 2002
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Poet laureate quits UCSD faculty post
Associated Press, Dec. 4 – Quincy
Troupe resigned Tuesday from his tenured post as professor
of American and Caribbean literature and creative writing at
UCSD after 12 years on the faculty. (Quotes
UCSD Chancellor Robert Dynes).
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articles appeared in:
Los Angeles Times, Dec. 3
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Los Angeles Times,
Dec. 4
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San Diego Union Tribune,
Dec. 4
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20021204-9999_8n4quincy.html
San Diego Union Tribune,
Dec. 3
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20021203-1116-troupe.html
Full-body
scans often cause unnecessary anxiety, study says
Associated Press, Dec. 4 – Full-body
CT scans frequently find harmless abnormalities that lead to
invasive, anxiety-producing follow-up tests, UCSD
researchers say. The researchers led by professor of clinical
radiation Giovanna Casola presented their findings
Tuesday at the Radiological Society of North America’s
annual meeting.
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articles appeared in:
Washington Post, Dec. 4
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5992-2002Dec3.html
United Press International,
Dec. 3
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Agence France Presse,
Dec. 4
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Antibiotic
treasure trove
Tech TV, Dec. 3 – Scripps
Institution of Oceanography researchers led by William
Fenical are searching for new sources of better antibiotics.
The future of antibiotics that treat infection and disease may
be buried in undersea mud. The mud contains dozens of different
types of microbes, each of which may carry potent properties
capable of killing infections such as strep and staph. (Quotes
Scripps researchers Tracy Mincer
and Greg Buchanan).
http://www.techtv.com/news/scitech/story/0,24195,3409714,00.html
Study throws
water plan into doubt
Reno Gazette-Journal, Dec. 3 –
A Scripps Institution of Oceanography study
warns water supplies could shrink dramatically in the West over
the next 50 years as global weather heats up. (Quotes Tim
Barnett, a research marine physicist and Michael Dettinger,
a U.S. Geological Survey research hydrologist and a Scripps
research associate).
http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2002/12/03/29339.php?sp1=&sp2=&sp3=
Related
article appeared in:
KRNV TV Channel 4, Dec. 4
http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1036644&nav=8faOCj7k
Scripps
Collection and a life it changed
San Diego Union Tribune, Letters,
Dec. 4 – W. Linn Montgomery responds to the article “Scripps
may lose its priceless collection.” “I would hate
to see the reputation of the legendary Scripps Institution
of Oceanography wane to just that- a legend honoring
the historical, but discontinued, reality of a century of truly
global leadership in ocean sciences.”
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/wed/opinion/news_1e4lets4.html
