A Sampling of Clips for
July 31, 2003
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UC faculty
endorse revised statement of academic freedom
The Associated Press, July 30-The
faculty of the University of California voted Thursday to revise
the institution's policy on academic freedom, endorsing changes
that would allow professors more latitude to express their political
and personal beliefs in the classroom. Joel Dimsdale,
a psychiatry professor from UC San Diego, proposed
amending the revision to include the anti-coercion wording as
well as a phrase banning the use of instruction as a means to
nonacademic ends.
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articles appeared in:
Los Angeles Times, July 31
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-freedom31jul31,1,3018079.story
San Francisco Chronicle,
July 31
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/07/31/BA139847.DTL
Three Universities Join Researcher To
Develop Drugs
The New York Times, July 31-The University
of California, San Diego, along with UC San Francisco
and Stanford, is joining with SRI International, a nonprofit
research institute, to form PharmaStart, a consortium aimed
at moving discoveries made at the schools into clinical trials.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/31/health/31DRUG.html
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articles appeared in:
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 31
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/business/news_1b31biotech.html
The Mercury News,
July 31
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/6425366.htm
Estimates
of recall cost range from high to higher
Copley News Service, July 30-Over
the last few days, as Governor Gray Davis has officially become
California's first statewide elected official to face a recall,
he has raised the recall budget from $35 million to over a billion.
Critics say the stratospheric escalation is typical Davis' management
of an out-of-control budget. (Quotes UCSD political
scientist Sam Popkin.)
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Study finds
enzyme can help foil Alzheimer's
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 31-An
enzyme discovered by San Diego scientists eight years ago and
found in all human cells helps prevent the devastating brain
damage seen in Alzheimer's, researchers say in a study published
today. (Quote by Dr. Leon Thal, chair of the
Department of Neurosciences at UCSD's School
of Medicine.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20030731-9999_6m31alz.html
Web services
initiative launched
The Daily Transcript, July 29-UCSD
Extension on Tuesday said it has launched a 10-month initiative
to assess the status of Web services development and deployment
in San Diego. UCSD Extension also intends to
offer local businesses outreach and training in Web services,
according to a spokeswoman.
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