A Sampling of Clips for 
May 29 - June 01, 2004

* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office

Is Blast From the Past Answer to Wi-Fi Woes?
New Scientist, May 29-When the transistor exploded on the scene half a century ago, it seemed to sound the death knell for the thermionic valve or vacuum tube. Transistors, like valves, can amplify an electrical signal, and they can be made far smaller and consume much less power. But now the valve is back. A team at the University of California, San Diego led by Sungho Jin, is using the latest chip fabrication techniques to build a valve on a microchip. And their purpose is up-to-the-minute too: to amplify the microwave signals used in cellphones and wireless connection technologies such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
* No link available online.

The Wireless World
MSNBC News, June 7-MSNBC features cities and towns across the U.S. that are leaders in new technology, including San Diego. If wireless technology has a birthplace, it's San Diego. In 1968, University of California, San Diego, professor Irwin Jacobs founded a company called Linkabit to create the world's first digital wireless-communications network. Today, spinoffs like Qualcomm and Leap Wireless, as well as the U.S. branches of international giants like Nokia and Sony Electronics, populate the region. A special program at UCSD even offers a degree in wireless communications.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5086705/site/newsweek/

Rising Seas Are Giving Pacific Islanders a Sinking Feeling
Los Angeles Times, May 30-The "greenhouse effect," climate change, has languished on the world's agenda since the 1970s, a seemingly distant threat. But year by year, inch by inch, it is rising to the top as ocean islets flood, glaciers retreat, Arctic permafrost melts and voices raise new alarms. (Quote by Walter Munk, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-adfg-climate30may30,1,7435785.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

Come. Sit. Stay. Read.
Los Angeles Times, May 30-Given how alpha-dominant dogs have become over beta-subservient humans in the last 15,000 or more years, it probably shouldn't shock anyone that two-legged scientists invest so much research in the furry, four-legged rulers of so many households. A study, led by Nicholas Christenfeld of UC San Diego, examined whether dogs and owners come to look alike. They (the humans) asked strangers to match pictures of dogs with their people. That proved much more difficult than popular myth attests.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-ed-dogs30may30,1,6779241.story

New Containerships in It for the Big Haul
Los Angeles Times, June 1-When it arrives next week at the Port of Long Beach, the Ningbo will be the largest cargo ship ever to dock on the West Coast. With the growing trend of larger cargo ships, many fear the ships will strain U.S. transport networks. (Quote by Steven P. Erie, political science professor at UC San Diego.)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-bigship1jun01,1,508209.story?coll=la

Scientists Turn from Bioterror Research
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 1-Not long ago, Donald Guiney wanted to study ways to counter the lethal effects of anthrax, work that would have meant federal inspections of his UCSD lab, FBI background checks for him and his colleagues, costly security equipment and painstaking inventories. In the end, the professor at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine dropped the idea, concluding that the time, cost and rigors weren't worth it. He would not be the first to do so. And experts say he won't be the last.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20040601-9999-1n1bioterror.html

`Don't Forget'
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 29-Remembering the people who have fought for our country is the whole reason for the Veterans Museum and Memorial Center, the stately white building on the east side of Park Boulevard at Presidents Way. Abe Shragge, a history professor at UCSD, works part-time as curator of the museum. Practicing what he preaches at the university, Shragge puts in many volunteer hours here, as do many others, to keep stories alive, to make them come alive for young people.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20040529-9999-1c29memorial.html

Border Solutions Remain Elusive
San Francisco Chronicle, May 31-As the problem of illegal immigration reaches crisis proportions -- both in the numbers of immigrants and the dangers they face -- proposed solutions run the gamut, from building a militarized 1,933-mile wall along the boundary with Mexico, to allowing free movement of Mexican and U.S. citizens across the border. (Quote by Wayne Cornelius, director of UC San Diego's Center for Comparative Immigration Studies.)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/05/31/MNGJ66TO9J1.DTL

Oil Costs Fuel Recession Fears
Denver Post, June 1-Could oil at $40 a barrel and gasoline over $2 a gallon trigger an economic slowdown? A jump in oil prices has accompanied nearly every recession that the country has suffered since World War II, according to research by James Hamilton, a professor at the University of California, San Diego. Because the U.S. imports about 60 percent of its oil, and because imports subtract from GDP growth, higher oil prices reduce economic growth.
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~33~2183834,00.html#

America's Finest City at War
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 30-When San Diego went to war, San Diegans did their part for victory. But the war also changed San Diego, accelerating its transformation from a small-town backwater to an eager player on the world stage. (Quote by Abraham Shragge, a history professor at UCSD.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040530/news_lz1e30showley.html

No Cure-All
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 30-When California enacted mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios for hospitals in January, the companies that provide temporary nursing staff to hospitals were hoping the new law would give their industry a much-needed shot in the arm. (Quote by Mary Middleton, director of patient care services at the UCSD Medical Center.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040530/news_lz1b30nocure.html

Drivers Stick with Light Trucks Despite Heavy Fuel Prices
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 30-Though many drivers are grousing about high prices at the gasoline pump, analysts and economists don't expect the spike in oil prices to trigger an exodus from light trucks to more fuel-efficient passenger vehicles. (Quote by Valerie A. Ramey, a professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/Business/PRICES

Economics Enters Debate on Cloning
Times-Picayune, May 31-Arguments about allowing cloning-based research in Louisiana have tended to follow two lines in the Legislature this session, with opponents saying it would destroy potential human lives and proponents arguing the technology is the most promising avenue available to find cures for diseases such as Parkinson's and juvenile diabetes. (Quote by Larry Goldstein, a professor at the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine.)
* No link available online.

Design Triple Take
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 30-The Honor Award is the highest accolade in the San Diego American Institute of Architects' annual Design Awards program. It "celebrates an extraordinary work of architecture worthy of study by the profession." This year an Honor Award went to UC San Diego's new Natural Sciences building, designed by the Pittsburgh office of the nationally renowned Bohlin Cywinski Jackson with Architects Bundy & Thompson of San Diego as associate architect.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040530/news_mz1h30aia.html

Mountain Shadows Provides a Bright Spot for Disabled
North County Times, May 31-For more than 100 people in North County with severe developmental disabilities, Mountain Shadows Community Homes gives them and their family members a new lease on life. (Quote by Portia Bibb, director of special events and alumni relations at UC San Diego.)
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/06/01/news/inland/5_31_0421_12_31.txt