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December 2 , 2005

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Doctor: Vioxx Was Factor in Man's Death
CBS News, Dec. 1 -- A pathologist testifying at the first federal trial over Merck & Co.'s former blockbuster drug Vioxx said he believed the pain killer helped cause a blood clot that killed a Florida man. "It is my opinion that it contributed to his death," UCSD Professor Emeritus Dr. Colin M. Bloor told jurors. More

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UCSD Intends to Improve Air Quality
Frontera, Dec. 1 - UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox presented a project to improve the current air quality at the San Diego-Mexico border. The project's first steps will be based on research currently taking place in Mexico with the help of UCSD's Mario Molina. (Spanish) More

UCSD Collaborates with Mexico
El Mexicano, Dec. 1 -- UCSD announced a collaborative agenda with Mexico in efforts to improve the current quality life of the individuals in Mexico and in the United States. Areas of focus include improving air quality, building a high-technology corridor between the U.S. and Mexico, and establishing a full-time UCSD representative in Mexico. (Spanish) More

UCSD Partnership with Mexico
KPBS, Dec. 1 - These Days host Tom Fudge interviews Peter Cowhey, dean of the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD, about UCSD's initiatives to partner with Mexico. (Click on the "hour 1" link for Thursday; the Cowhey interview is about seven minutes into the program.) More

Europeans Will Honor
Former UCSD Physicist
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 2 -- Former UCSD physicist David R. Smith was scheduled to share a European science award today for helping to develop a class of man-made materials that interact with light in novel ways. The achievement could lead to better medical imaging machines, new communications technology and other advances. More

Business Schools Provide Capital
Training for Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs
San Diego Metropolitan, Dec. 2 -- For some graduate business students, learning experiences in areas like financing are drawn from interactions with the business world. Businesses also are turning to graduate schools for services ranging from research to consulting. (Quote by JoAnne Starr, UCSD assistant dean for MBA programs; also mentions UCSD's Rady School of Management) More