A Sampling of Clips for
December 20^th, 2007

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Hospitalists' Patients Have Shorter Hospital Stays, Study Finds
Boston Globe, Dec. 19 --Patients who are cared for by specialists in hospital-based medicine -- called hospitalists -- have slightly shorter hospital stays without higher rates of death or readmission, a group of Massachusetts doctors reports. Co-authors of the study include UCSD researchers. More

SciAm 50: Squirt and Spin
Scientific American, Dec. 20 -- Physicist Hanan Dery of UCSD and his colleagues have now come up with a workable logic-gate design. A combination of fixed magnets and voltage levels steers electrons based on their spin and the desired gate function. The team outlined a proposal for a spintronics computer based on the gate, but it remains to be seen whether it will work in practice. More

Ex-principal of Preuss Denies Role in Scandal
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 20 -- Doris Alvarez, a veteran educator who has won numerous accolades, stated emphatically that she played no role in the changing of grades and never pressured teachers to raise grades, as UCSD auditors concluded last week. More

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Osier Leads UCSD Women to Another Tournament Win
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 20 -- Michelle Osier scored 23 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead the third-ranked UCSD women's basketball team to an 83-64 victory over Western Washington at the Great Western Shootout at the Centennial Hills Center in Las Vegas. More

Republicans Risk 2008 Setbacks After '07 Victories in Congress
Bloomberg, Dec. 20 -- Republicans are claiming victory for blocking most of the Democratic majority's agenda as the U.S. Congress's 2007 session ends, including efforts to change Iraq policy, ease immigration laws and boost oil-company taxes. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

Democrats' High Hopes Fall Flat
Sacramento Bee, Dec. 20 -- Democrats won control of both houses of Congress in a stunning 2006 election victory by vowing to wind down the Iraq war, marginalize President Bush, enact their agenda and revive bipartisanship. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

Demand at Fed Auction Seen as Bad Sign
The New York Sun, Dec. 20 -- Banks eagerly gobbled up the loans offered by the Federal Reserve Board through its so-called term auction facility, according to figures released yesterday. (Quotes UCSD economist James Hamilton) More

Stem Cell Company Stock Surges after Discovery
North County Times, Dec. 20 -- A report of a major advance in stem cell research propelled shares of International Stem Cell Corp. to a 71 percent gain Wednesday. Stock in the Oceanside-based company rose 41 cents per share, or 68 percent, closing at $1.01 apiece. (Quotes Larry Goldstein, head of the stem cell research program at UCSD) More