A Sampling of Clips for 
July 02 - 05, 2005

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Immune Cells' Infection-Fighting Secrets Revealed
Forbes, July 1-New insights into how white blood cells boost their ability to fight invading bacteria could someday aid doctors in the fight against "flesh-eating" streptococcus and other pathogens. Researchers at UCSD say these immune cells gain power by increasing their levels of a protein called hypoxia inducible transcription factor-1. More

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The Scientist, July 5
Medical News Today, July 3
Health Central, July 3
NBC, Indiana, July 1
Science Now, July 1
Red Nova, July 2

With Congress's Blessing, a Border
Fence May Finally Push Through to the Sea
New York Times, July 4-Since 1997, the Border Patrol has been building a barrier wall extending 14 miles inland from the point along the coastline where Mexico and the United States meet. But 3.5 miles of the project remain to be completed, and Smuggler's Gulch is the most vulnerable spot along that span between the ocean and the San Ysidro border station, five miles inland. (Quote by Wayne A. Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD.) More

Caution Remains Over
Stem Cells Despite Breakthrough
Nature, July 5-News that a South Korean group has for the first time created human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) tailored to individual patients should be increasing pressure on pharmaceutical companies to scale up its involvement in this ethically problematic field. But firms are remaining resistant to the promises of stem cells. (Quote by Lawrence Goldstein, a professor of cellular and molecular medicine at UCSD.) More

The Artists in the Hazmat Suits
New York Times, July 3-In a certain part of the art world, the story is recounted like a slowly unfolding nightmare: On the afternoon of May 11 last year, Steven Kurtz, a respected artist and professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, called 911 to report that his wife, Hope, 45, was not breathing. (Refers to research by Ruth West, a bioartist at UCSD.) More

Border Patrol
Tries New Tune to Deter Crossers
Los Angeles Times, July 4-A novel media campaign uses a Mexican musical tradition to discourage illegal immigration. (Quote by Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD.) More

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KTLA, July 4

Who Cares Where They Vote?
Los Angeles Times, Opinion, July 3-The near-unanimous vote last week by the Mexican Congress to allow immigrants in the United States to vote in presidential elections is a major step toward consolidating Mexico's democracy -- and Americans should celebrate it. (Article written by Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD.) More

Oil Prices Not Yet Hurting Economy
San Francisco Chronicle, July 5-With oil prices parked above $55 per barrel, why hasn't the economy tanked? Spikes in the cost of crude used to cause recessions, unemployment, gas lines, misery. This one hasn't. (Quote by James Hamilton, a professor of economics at UCSD.) More

Maverick Takes CalSTRS Helm
Sacramento Bee, July 3-A decade ago, Carolyn Widener didn't think much about her own retirement, let alone the giant state teachers' pension fund. Now the professor presides as chairwoman over the governing board of the nation's third-largest public institutional investor. (Quote by Daniel Widener, a professor of African American and California history at UCSD.) More

Workers' Nicotine Level Cut in Half
Kentucky Herald, July 5-Three months after Lexington's restaurants and bars went smoke-free, the amount of nicotine in workers' hair had decreased by 56 percent, according to a study that will be released today by the University of Kentucky. (Quote by Dr. Wael Al-Delaimy, a professor of epidemiology at UCSD.) More

Health Care is Not a Luxury
Sacramento Bee, Opinion, July 3-California is facing a crisis of health care affordability. As costs and premiums rise at double-digit rates, businesses, the public and the government are spending more, often for less. (Quotes by UCSD researchers Todd Gilmer and Richard Kronick.) More

Laborer Pains
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 3-Tensions may be increasing between the people who gather at unofficial hiring spots looking for work and the homes and businesses nearby. (Quote by Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD.) More

The Art of Politics
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 3-Stymied by policies and economics, theater artists are now rarely daring. (Quote by Allan Havis, a professor at UCSD.) More

Ready to Ride
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 3-In eight previous projects completed through the years, the San Diego Trolley has never attempted an opening as ambitious as the one coming at the end of this week. (Mentions UCSD.) More

Peregrine Posts Results for Fiscal 2005
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 2-Peregrine Systems yesterday reported its financial results for the year ended March 31, but the San Diego software developer also disclosed continuing problems with its internal accounting controls and procedures. (Quote by Michael Willoughby, a professor of accounting at UCSD.) More

Red Water Off County's Coast is Safe for Humans
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 2-Coastal waters from San Diego to Ventura counties have taken on a reddish-brown color, as if the sea has turned into iced tea. (Quote by Peter Franks, a professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Irwin Jacobs Tells MIT Graduates About His Career
Voice of San Diego, Opinion, July 5-Walter Munk of Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been a legend among his peers for a couple of generations now. Yet, he and his wife, Judith, continue to innovate and astonish both town and gown. (Article written by Irwin Jacobs.) More

The Best Kept San Diego
Secret in the Music Community
Voice of San Diego, July 5-The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus recently celebrated its 50th anniversary with a series of two spectacular performances of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" on the stage of Mandeville auditorium at UCSD. More