A Sampling of Clips for July 17^th, 2008

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New Model Allows Testing of Hepatitis C Treatments
The Washington Post, July 16 -- In a feat that should help researchers more effectively evaluate new treatments for hepatitis C, investigators at UCSD report that they have developed the first tissue culture of regular human liver cells that can imitate infections with the hepatitis C virus. More

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Congress Ratings Plunge in Poll
USA Today, July 17 -- Congressional job approval ratings have sunk to their lowest point in three decades, according to the latest Gallup Poll. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

60 mph Limit Gaining Speed
Contra Costa Times, July 16 -- A growing movement is speeding — or, rather, slowing — toward lowering the highway speed limit, with some Bay Area lawmakers and motorists in the forefront. (Quotes UCSD economist James Hamilton) More

Campuses Aim to Become More Earth Friendly
The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Calif., July 17 -- Most colleges have been environmentally conscious for years, with campus cleanups and recycling efforts that are often led by students. But now they are focusing on where students live, creating green residence halls that are becoming a hot destination for eco-minded students. (Quotes Mark Cunningham, director of housing and dining at UCSD) More

Solar Flair
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 17 -- The elements of a glorious sunset need to come together in just the right quantities at just the right time. When they do, the day ends with a splash of colors that can make it hard to imagine there's anything wrong in the world. (Quotes Lynn Russell, an atmospheric scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More

Researchers Hope Four Genes
and Some Chemicals Ease Stem Cell Controversy
Voice of San Diego, July 16 -- If artificial human embryonic stem cells prove as valuable as real ones, research into therapies for incurable diseases that has lagged because of short supplies of stem cells and the storm of controversy that surrounds them could be reinvigorated. (Quotes Mike Kalichman, the director of the Research Ethics Program at UCSD) More

In Memory: Thomas Nee Established Symphony's Stature
La Jolla Light, July 16 -- Thomas Nee, who came to the UC San Diego Music Department in 1967 and almost immediately became artistic director and conductor of the La Jolla Symphony, which grew into the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, died July 7 in Carlsbad. He was 87. More

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