A Sampling of Clips for
February 05, 2004
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Chemist
at MIT Coming to Scripps and UCSD
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 5-UC
San Diego will announce today that it has lured a Nobel
chemist and expert on the destruction of the ozone layer from
MIT. Mario Molina, a distinguished professor
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will begin a joint
appointment at UCSD's chemistry department
and Scripps Institution for Oceanography on
July 1. (Quotes by UCSD Acting Chancellor Marsha
Chandler, dean of UCSD's division of physical sciences
Mark Thiemens, and director of the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography Charles Kennel.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/metro/news_7m5hire.html
Diagnosis
by Laptop Extends Medicine's Reach
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 5-When
Imperial Valley welder Davin Brigman was suddenly paralyzed
along his entire right side in August, he was actually very
lucky. The emergency team at Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Brawley,
where he was driven by his wife, had just set up a video camera
system that linked Brigman, to a stroke expert 125 miles away
at UCSD's Thornton Hospital in La Jolla. There,
from his wireless laptop computer, Brett Meyer
M.D. had a near-perfect view of Brigman as well as all of his
scans and tests. It was almost as if they were in the same room.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/health/20040205-9999_1n5stroke.html
Researcher:
NAFTA has Brought Few Benefits to Mexico
North County Times, Feb. 4-The 10-year-old
free trade agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico
has not been the windfall many expected south of the border,
said a Mexican researcher studying the effects of the North
American Free Trade Agreement, known as NAFTA. The trade agreement
was supposed to attract capital that would help transform Mexico's
economy from its third-world status into a modern first-world
economy. But there is little evidence that it has substantially
benefited Mexico, said Maria de los Angeles Pozas, who spoke
Wednesday at UC San Diego's Center for Mexican-American
Studies.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/02/05/news/top_stories/2_4_0422_23_12.txt
Atkinson
City News Service, Feb. 4-Former UC
system President Richard Atkinson is now a board member for
an association that represents California's charter schools,
the group announced today. Word of Atkinson's appointment to
the California Charter Schools Association comes on the heels
of a January report by the California Legislative Analysts'
Office, which recommended the Legislature consider multiple
"authorizers" to oversee charter schools, including
accredited colleges and universities. Atkinson was president
of the UC system from 1995 to 2003. Before taking that post,
he was chancellor of UC San Diego for 15 years.
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Fish Kill
Reported at San Onofre Nuclear Plant
North County Times, Feb. 4-Tons of
sardines learned the hard way that swimming too close to the
San Onofre nuclear power plant's twin intake tunnels is a fatal
mistake. On Wednesday, Southern California Edison, which owns
and operates the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, roughly
17 miles north of Oceanside, reported a large fish kill to the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (Quote by Russ Vetter,
supervising research geneticist for the Southwest Fisheries
Science Center at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/02/05/news/coastal/2_4_0422_24_38.txt
Treasure Hunt
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 5-February
is the San Diego Museum Council's annual Museum Month, which
means half-off admission for participating galleries, exhibits
and historical sites, including the Birch Aquarium at the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography. Brochures for the event,
available at all Robinsons-May stores, will act as your coupon.
Each brochure is good for up to four admissions to as many museums
as you choose.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/night_day/news_mz1w5museum.html
