A Sampling of Clips for 
December 03, 2004

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Sex is Women's Daily High Point
Reuters, Dec. 3-Having sex is the high point of most womens' days, while commuting is the low point. And most women like being with their kids less than they will admit, according to a study by Princeton researchers and colleagues from UCSD.
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=632108

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The Age, Dec. 4
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Medical News Today, Dec. 3
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Innovations Report, Dec. 3
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 3

Maize Reveals Traces of Old Breeding Project
Nature, Dec. 1-The people of Mesoamerica are largely responsible for the golden corn we grow today, having domesticated tough teosinte grass thousands of years ago and bred it into modern maize. UCSD researchers have now located the gene responsible for some of the traits that the Mesoamericans were selecting.
http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041129/pf/041129-8_pf.html

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New Approach to Lowering Cholesterol Tested
Forbes, Dec. 2-A new approach to preventing hardening of the arteries looks promising. UCSD researchers report that they reduced cholesterol levels in mice by honing in on a key group of proteins.
http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout
/2004/12/02/hscout522669.html

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Health Central, Dec. 2
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dec. 2

The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change
Science Magazine, Dec. 3-Policy-makers and the media, particularly in the United States, frequently assert that climate science is highly uncertain. Some have used this as an argument against adopting strong measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (Article written by Naomi Oreskes, a professor of history at UCSD.)
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/306/5702/1686

Argo Robotic Instrument Network Now Covers Most of the Globe
Innovations Report, Dec. 2- Scientists led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography's John Gould have crossed an important threshold in an international effort to deploy a global network of robotic instruments to monitor and investigate important changes in the world's oceans.
http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/geowissenschaften/bericht-37157.html

Final MBA Projects Go Beyond the Thesis and into the Workplace
San Diego Metropolitan, Dec. 2004-Capstone courses and projects are usually associated with the end of a graduate program. There's a different emphasis at UCSD's Rady School of Management. "Real-world" projects and case-based studies aren't limited to the final course, says assistant dean JoAnne Starr. "The goal is to be integrative." (Quote by Robert Sullivan, dean of UCSD's Rady School of Management.)
http://www.sandiegometro.com/2004/dec/mba.php

UCSD CONNECT Honors 'Most Innovative' Products
San Diego Daily Transcript, Dec. 2-A device to help eye doctors give accurate prescriptions, a computer processor that is ten times more powerful than a Pentium chip and a Frisbee-shaped life preserver that can be tossed more than 100 feet were some of the products named "most innovative" in San Diego,
during UCSD CONNECT's annual awards luncheon.
http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20041202tbb/?978#

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San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 3

Nanogen Gives $300,000 to Support Nanotech Research
San Diego Daily Transcript, Dec. 2-A local diagnostics company will give $300,000 to support the nanotechnology research of one of its co-founders at the University of California, San Diego.
http://www.sddt.com/Search/article.cfm?SourceCode=20041201tbd/?916

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PhysOrg.com, Dec. 3

Report on Tobacco Sets Off Smoke Alarm
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 3-A hotly contested study has flunked seven colleges in San Diego County for not having strong anti-tobacco policies. Compiled for nearly three years, the report card gave a B- to the University of California, San Diego.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20041203-9999-7m3tobacco.html

Rebel with a Cause
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 3-Nothing, not even muscular dystrophy, will stop Ryan Levinson's 'incessant activity'. (Quote by Dr. Charles Jablecki, a clinical professor at UCSD.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/health/fitness/20041203-9999-1s3fitness.html

Modern 'Messiah'
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 3-Executive producer Floyd Gaffney, a UCSD theater professor emeritus, won't have Johnny Mathis, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Kahn and the Boys Choir of Harlem in his stage production of "Soulful Celebration." But he says that music director Rose Buchanan has assembled "the best gospel singers in the city" for performances of the unusual oratorio, which opens at the World Beat Center tonight. Moreproduction of "Soulful Celebration." But he says that music director Rose Buchanan has assembled "the best gospel singers in the city" for performances of the unusual oratorio, which opens at the World Beat Center tonight.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20041203-9999-lz1c3messiah.html