A Sampling of Clips for 
June 03, 2004

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Nerve Cells Free to Swap Careers
Nature, June 3-The nervous system is not hard-wired, according to research on spinal cord cells in tadpole embryos. Nerve cells can change their function as they develop, responding to their own electrical activity rather than playing a role that is preordained by genetics, say Nick Spitzer and his fellow neurobiologists from the University of California, San Diego.
http://www.nature.com/nsu/040531/040531-4.html

Perception Depends on Brain Specialization
United Press International, June 2-U.S. scientists have uncovered evidence of how the brain makes sense of the electrical impulses sent to it by millions of neurons from the body. Neurobiologists at the University of California, San Diego, said light, sound and odors, for example, are transformed by the sensory organs into a code made of series of electrical impulses that travel along neurons from the body to the brain.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, June 3
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20040603-9999-6m3brain.html

Yes, Dogs Really Do Resemble Their Owners
Reuters, June 2-Previous research has hinted that people like dogs that
resemble them. To investigate further, Michael M. Roy and his co-author Nicholas J. S. Christenfeld both from the University of California, San
Diego separately photographed 45 dogs and their owners. Twenty-five of the dogs were purebred. Roy and Christenfeld found that a majority of strangers paired 16 out of 25 purebred dogs with their owners, but matched only 7 out
of 20 non-purebred dogs, the authors report in the journal Psychological
Science.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=5325695

If You Like This Student, Click Here
Chronicle of Higher Education, June 4-A growing number of colleges are requesting, or even requiring, that recommendations for graduate school be sent via the Web. Some institutions, such the University of California, San Diego,
even plan to build their own systems. Some professors love the new system, while others feel it's time consuming.
http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i39/39a02301.htm

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust in 'Pompeii'
La Jolla Village News, June 3-In 79 A.D. Mt. Vesuvius erupted, completely covering Pompeii with ash. The Roman residents were instantly buried alive as they were going about their daily activity. Time stood still. The lustfully decadent Roman Empire was at the pinnacle of excess - living the good life as if it would
go on forever. The current art exhibit at UCSD's University Art Gallery, "The Last Days of Pompeii" by conceptual artist Eleanor Antin, is an interpretation of the events based on archeological ruins and history.
http://www.sdnews.com/LJVN%20Folder/lvnb.html

SD UC Contract
City News Service, June 2-An agreement was reached today on a new contract for patient care workers at University of California medical centers statewide, including UC San Diego. Terms of the contract, which still needs to be ratified
by members of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Workers Local 3299, were not disclosed.
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