A Sampling of Clips for February 26^th, 2008

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Coral Reefs and What Ruins Them
The New York Times, Feb. 26 -- Researchers who studied a string of Pacific Ocean atolls are painting the first detailed picture of pristine coral reefs and how they can be disrupted by people — particularly, they said, by fishing. The researchers, from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and elsewhere in the United States and abroad, surveyed every form of life last summer in the northern Line Islands, a chain south of Hawaii. More

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Engine of Assimilation - the Economy
San Francisco Chronicle, Opinion, Feb. 26 -- Americans have little confidence that assimilation is happening today as it once did. According to a 2006 Pew Research Center poll, 44 percent of Americans believe that today's immigrants are not as willing to assimilate as those who came during the early 1900s. (Written by Tomás R. Jiménez, an assistant professor of sociology at UCSD, and an Irvine Fellow at the New America Foundation) More

Teaching Students in California from Mumbai
The Hindu, Feb. 25 -- A researcher from UCSD is teaching a course at his campus about designing technology for the developing world. More

Local Doctor Details the Massive Healthcare Problems in Iraq
KPBS, Feb. 25 -- The health care system in Iraq started going downhill prior to the war. This was the result of economic sanctions that kept medicine and supplies out of the country. But since the war, things have gotten worse. Joining us to talk Iraqi health care is Wael Al –Delaimy, an associate professor at the UCSD School of Medicine. More

Evening of Song, Dance in Honor of Floyd Gaffney
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 26 -- Floyd Gaffney, regarded as the father of African-American theater in San Diego, will be honored Friday at a performance celebration in the Weiss Forum Theatre at UCSD. More

Shoreline Erosion Threatens Science Center
FOX6 News, Feb. 26 -- Marine biologists working at the Southwest Fisheries Center on the UCSD campus need to move out.  The 180-foot bluff the building sits on is eroding.  The building's foundation is already ten feet away from the cliff. More

County Supervisors Protest Move of Emergency Medical Supplies to L.A
FOX6 News, Feb. 26 – County supervisors are expected to formally protest Tuesday federal plans to move a 25,000-pound stockpile of emergency medical supplies from San Diego to Los Angeles. (Quotes Dr. Jake Jacoby of the UCSD Medical Center, who heads the county's Disaster Medical Assistance Team) More

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FDA Approves Drug to Treat Breast Cancer
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 23 -- A Genentech drug received federal approval yesterday to treat breast cancer, a surprise decision that could represent a shift in standards for assessing the effectiveness of cancer medicines. (Quotes Dr. Teresa Helsten at the UCSD Moores Cancer Center) More