A Sampling of Clips for
December 05, 2002
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Communications Office
In simple
pronouns, clues to shifting Latino identity
New York Times, Dec. 5 – Ana
Celia Zentella, UCSD professor of
ethnic studies, is a member of a research team studying the
consequences of Spanish dialects in New York, looking not only
at how that contact is affecting the Spanish spoken but also
at what the outcome might suggest about the evolution of Latino
identity in the city and beyond.
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link available online.
U. of California
poet who lied on resume resigns faculty position
Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec.
5 -- Quincy Troupe announces his resignation
from UCSD. (Quotes UCSD Chancellor
Robert Dynes).
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link available online.
Related
article appeared in:
North County Times, Dec. 4 http://www.nctimes.net/news/2002/20021204/63108.html
San Diego Union Tribune,
Dec. 5
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link available online.
Study shows
successful research universities focus on community
Sun Herald, Dec. 5 – Jim Clinton
presented the findings of a study called “Innovation U”
at the University of New Orleans Research and Technology Park
on Wednesday. The study looked at 12 major universities including
UCSD that are all successful at promoting technology-oriented
economic development in their states and communities.
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link available online.
Mouse genome
very similar to humans’, analysis shows
San Diego Union Tribune, Dec. 5 –
An analysis of the mouse genome by an international consortium
of scientists shows it is so similar to that of people that
it should accelerate efforts to understand the human genome
and the genetic roots of disease. UCSD scientists
Pavel Pevzner and Glenn Tesler
are among the members of the research team. The article is published
in Thursday’s issue of Nature.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/news/news_8n5mouse.html
Employers
search for answers to rising insurance costs plans turn workers
into health care ‘shoppers’
San Diego Business Journal, November
18-24 Issue -- As a result of rising premium costs for health
care coverage, starting in January, more California employers
will shift the responsibility to shop for health care to their
work force. Article discusses new insurance plans and (Quotes
Richard Kronick, UCSD professor
at the department of family and preventive medicine).
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link available online.
The list
San
Diego Business Journal, November 18-24 Issue --
Largest Hospitals ranked by total operating expenses for calendar
year 2001. UCSD Medical Center is ranked No.
1 with $406.38 million in operating expenses, up 10% from $369.35
million in 2000. No. 2 is Sharp Memorial Hospital, with $353.09
million in operating expenses, followed by No. 3, Children’s
Hospital & Health Center, with $265.53 million in operating
expenses.
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No link available online.
Munitions
at bottom of harbor may delay plans for dredging
San Diego Union Tribune, Dec. 5 –
Plans to dredge San Diego harbor could be delayed or undermined
unless officials fins a way to deal with contamination of the
bay bottom by discarded military munitions. (Quotes Scripps
Institution of Oceanography’s Rinehard
Flick).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/metro/news_6m5sand.html
