A Sampling of Clips for July 21^th, 2009

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New Diet Drug Attacks Craving Center
ABC News, July 21 -- Yesterday the makers of a new weight-loss drug called Contrave announced their clinical trials actually exceeded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's requirements to prove a weight loss drug's effectiveness. (Quotes Dennis Kim, an assistant professor of medicine at UCSD) More

Undersea Exploration
BBC News, July 20 -- Forty years ago this week America landed men on the moon for the first time. Yet in the 1960s US scientists were also actively pursuing the exploration of the bottom of the seas. Vincent Dowd looks at why those efforts are now so often forgotten. (Quotes David Sandwell, a researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Lupus: a Little-Known Disease that Affects a Lot of People
Los Angeles Times, July 20 -- Lupus is a complex spectrum of autoimmune diseases that afflicts an estimated 1.5 million Americans and 5 million people worldwide, the vast majority of them women between age 15 and 45. It gets its name from the Latin word for wolf because, in 1851, a doctor observed a patient with red marks on her face that resembled wolf bites. (Quotes Dr. Kenneth Kanunian of UCSD) More

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Accurately)
Foreign Policy Magazine, July 21 -- Every week since the founding of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979, the country's public television has broadcast the Friday prayers at the University of Tehran, at which powerful clerics outline the state's position and criticize its enemies. (Co-authored by UCSD researcher Babak Rahimi) More

San Diegans Ink
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 21 -- UCSD Vice Chancellor Mary Walshok and Dr. Kathy Moser of county Health & Human Services were honored for their work on border health issues during a binational border health forum last weekend in San Diego. More

New Parking Decks Give Electric Drivers a Charge
News 2, Charleston, S.C., July 20 -- A San Diego company is trying to advance renewable energy transportation. The goal: Find an eco-friendly way to recharge electric vehicles. Robert Noble is the CEO of Envision Solar, which just launched “Clean Charge,” a hybrid/electric car recharging station. (Mentions that solar trees have been built on top of parking decks at UCSD) More

200 Expected at MEET Meet
Mice BTN Magazine, July 20 -- More than 200 entrepreneurs, executives and civil society leaders who have completed the Middle East Entrepreneur Training (MEET) program will gather in Istanbul, Turkey 04-05 August  for continued training and networking. MEET is funded by the US Department of State Middle East Partnership Initiative and presented by the Entrepreneur Development Program at the Rady School of Management at UCSD. More

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David Easter to Receive Rell Sunn Award
La Jolla Light, July 21 -- Dr. David Easter, director of the general surgery program at UCSD, will receive the Rell Sunn "Queen of Makaha" Award at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center Luau & Longboard Invitational on Aug. 23. More

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