A Sampling of Clips for
June 10, 2005
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Scientists
Back Bill on Stem Cells
Baltimore Sun, June 9-Scientists,
including UCSD's Larry Goldstein,
urged senators yesterday to join the House in passing a measure
to expand embryonic stem cell research, arguing that newer,
uncontaminated cell lines now available cannot be used by federally
funded investigators under President Bush's policy. (Refers
to research by UCSD.) More
Smile! But
Make it Snappy for Best Results
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June
12-Smile at the bartender for a mere 16 milliseconds and chances
are he'll juice up your drink with a bit more booze. But be
aware that if the pourer shoots you a "microsmile,"
it's likely to make you thirstier. Those are among the conclusions
of a series of studies by Piotr Winkielman,
professor of psychology at the UCSD. More
Science
in the 'Death Zone'
Science Magazine, June 2005-A research
team will scale Everest to investigate how a body copes with
a lack of oxygen--and possibly learn why some patients do better
than others in a respiratory crisis. (Refers to research led
by UCSD physiologist John West.)
More
Venice Biennale
Honors Artist Barbara Kruger
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 10-Artist
Barbara Kruger, a professor of visual arts
at UCSD who is widely recognized for her provocative
images combining word and image, is being honored today at the
51st Venice (Italy) Biennale with the prestigious Golden Lion
for Lifetime Achievement. More
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La
Jolla Light, June 10
Should You
Finish?
Chronicle of Higher Education, Opinion,
June 10-To some academics, it's taboo to even suggest that graduate
students might not want to finish. My goal here is not to encourage
graduate students to abandon their doctoral aspirations en masse,
but to bring the conversation about whether finishing the Ph.D.
is actually right for everyone. (Article written by Megan
Pincus Kajitani, a graduate-student career adviser
at UCSD's Career Services Center.) More
Matching
Autism with Right Therapy
La Jolla Light, June 9-Autism therapy
is bedeviled by unpredictable outcomes. Even with the best behavioral
treatments, some children improve dramatically, some only somewhat
and others not at all. That's what Laura Schreibman,
professor of psychology and director of the Autism Research
Program at UCSD, discovered. More
Workshop
Participants
Back FCC's Spectrum Approach Telecommunications
Report, June 2005-Forty industry, government,
and academic experts gathered at UCSD recently to develop scenarios
on the future of wireless markets and regulations in the U.S.,
China, and other developing countries. (Interview with Peter
F. Cowhey, dean of the Graduate School of International
Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD.) More
Critical
Mass of Talent
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 10-In
a small lab in Sorrento Mesa, a group of engineers practices
what's been called the black magic of the wireless technology
world. They're designing radio frequency integrated circuits
- tiny chips that process signals for everything from cell phones
to televisions. (Quote by Ian Galton, a professor
at UCSD's Center for Wireless Communications.)
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