A Sampling of Clips for
December 21 - 23, 2002
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Up in the
morning and out to school: Universities chase after terror war
dollars
Congressional Quarterly -- Six public
universities including UCSD are conducting
research in fields from bioterrorism to using broadband technologies
for emergency communications. UCSD and San
Diego State University formed the San Diego Regional Network
for Homeland Security, a consortium with local governments and
private sector groups that work on researching and developing
anti-terrorism technologies. (Quotes Frieder Seible,
Interim Dean at UCSD’s Jacobs School
of Engineering and Mark Thiemens, co-chair
of the San Diego Regional network for Homeland Security and
a dean of physical sciences at UCSD).
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And so to
– bed
The Economist, Dec 21 – Cutting
back on sleep is a huge mistake, says a vocal group of sleep
scientists. According to William Dement, director of Stanford
University’s Sleep Research Center, people on average
now sleep one and a half hours a night less than they did a
century ago, at great cost to their health and safety. (Mentions
a study by UCSD professor Daniel Kripke).
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Unplugged
into the future
San Diego Union Tribune, Dec. 21,
Pg. 1 – From cell phones to wireless computers, mobile
devices are destined to change the way we live in ways we can
only begin to imagine. (Quotes Larry Larson,
director of UCSD’s Center for Wireless
Communication and Ramesh Rao of Cal-(IT2).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sat/news/news_1n21future.html
US foreign
policy has changed - for the better
The Straits Times, Dec. 21 –
Richard Feinberg, UCSD professor
of international relations, comments about Henry Kissinger’s
resignation as chairman of the US commission intended to investigate
the September 11 terrorist attacks, and the United States and
Chile’s announcement of a free trade agreement.
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New war,
new allies
Copley News Service, Dec. 23 –
Kenneth Vecchio, a UCSD professor
of materials science, spent
years developing a process to fuse sheets of titanium and aluminum
into a metal composite that’s as strong as steel but weighs
only half as much. Vecchio says it could be
ideal for the U.S. Army’s main battle tank and other military
vehicles.
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Charter
schools ‘a learning lab of choices’
San Diego Union Tribune, Dec. 23 –
UCSD’s Preuss School is one of 46 charter
schools in San Diego County. The local charter boom has propelled
San Diego County into the vanguard of the charter movement in
California.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/news/news_1n23charter.html
Public art
is called in from the bench
San Diego Union Tribune, Dec. 22,
Pg. 8 – San Diego’s Benchmark Project will allow
art benches to be displayed in the streets of San Diego, from
downtown to Balboa Park to Coronado. (Mentions
UCSD’s Stuart Collection).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/arts/news_1a22pincus.html
Possible
physician referral payments part of Alvarado probe
San Diego Union Tribune, Dec. 21,
Pg.8 – Tenet Healthcare officials said that federal agents
seized 24 boxes of records from the company’s Alvarado
Hospital Medical Center when they searched the hospital’s
administrative offices. (Mentions UCSD Medical
Center).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/arts/news_1a22pincus.html
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