A Sampling of Clips for 
February 27, 2003

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Search firm hired to help look for new UC president
Oakland Tribune, Feb.26 – A UC regents committee has hired A.T. Kearney Inc. to search for candidates to replace President Richard Atkinson, who retires Oct. 1 after eight years as president of the University of California. Sources indicate that UCLA Chancellor Albert Carnesale, UCSD Chancellor Robert Dynes and Henry Yang, chancellor of UC Santa Barbara, as those who could be considered for the top job.
http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82%257E1726%257E1205742,00.html?search=filter

Robots becoming more 'human' all the time
Dallas Morning News, Feb. 27 – One day, scientists say, robots could be used in realistic prosthetics or inexpensive animatronics. Such "biologically inspired robots" could even help bridge the gap between man and machine, using artificial creations to understand how the human brain processes and reacts to emotions. The creator of a new robot called K-Bot is working with cognitive scientists at the University of California, San Diego, to study how best to emulate human faces.
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Burnham donation goes toward recruiting faculty
San Diego Daily Transcript, Feb. 25 – Longtime philanthropist Malin Burnham gave $5 million to University of California, San Diego's yet-to-be-formed business management school Monday. The money will be used to recruit and hire top-notch faculty from around the country, said Robert Sullivan, dean of UCSD's Management School. "In particular, we need the best and the brightest handful of faculty to lay the groundwork," Sullivan said.
http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20030225tbc

Putting the bite in heart disease
San Diego Metropolitan Magazine, Feb. Issue – People with cardiovascular disease live longer, healthier lives than ever before, thanks to the advances of modern medicine. Many improvements will come thanks to research and better diagnostic techniques pioneered in San Diego. Players include UCSD, the Salk Institute and other local institutions, doctors and biomedical companies. All hope to knock cardiovascular disease off of its fearsome perch as the country’s leading cause of death. (Quotes UCSD’s Anthony DeMaria, M.D., Medicine and chief of Cardiology and Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, and mentions Kirk Hammond, M.D., Cardiology, Dr. Gregory Feld, Cardiology, Shu Chien, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Whitaker Institute of Bioengineering, and Scripps professor Joel Buxbaum).
http://www.sandiegometro.com/2003/feb/coverstory.html

Science: The New Nexus
National Journal, Feb. 22 – The combination of scholarship and entrepreneurship is becoming the norm for professors at top-tier research universities, especially in science departments, and the economic implications are significant. In San Diego, academic entrepreneurs have spun off more than 70 companies, most of them biotechnology firms. The universities' economic influence has translated into increased political clout: Congress has boosted annual spending on university research over the past 10 years from $13 billion to $25 billion. (Quotes Lawrence Goldstein, a professor of cellular and molecular medicine for the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego).
http://nationaljournal.com/members/news/2003/02/0224nj1.htm