A Sampling of Clips for 
June 2, 2005

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Vaccine Curbs Shingles Cases and Severity
New York Times, June 2-An experimental vaccine can reduce both the incidence and the severity of shingles by more than half, doctors led by UCSD infectious disease specialist Michael Oxman reported yesterday, in a development that could spare hundreds of thousands of elderly Americans from an extremely painful disease. More

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Expanding the Pool of Math and Science Teachers
San Diego Union-Tribune, Op-Ed, June 1-Chinese have a saying, "The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago; the second best is today." Yesterday, Gov. Schwarzenegger and University of California President Robert Dynes used the wisdom of that ancient Chinese proverb to sow the seeds of a K-12 education program that, when rooted on every UC campus this fall, should assure the future growth of our state's science and technology enterprise. (Article written by UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox and Mark Thiemens, dean of UCSD's Division of Physical Sciences.) More

Treating Autism 'Right the First Time'
Medical News Today, June 2-Autism therapy is bedeviled by unpredictable outcomes. Even with the best behavioral treatments, which are the only ones to have been scientifically demonstrated to work - says Laura Schreibman, professor of psychology and director of the Autism Research Program at UCSD - some children improve dramatically, some only somewhat and others not at all. More

Message Delivered by Sail Mail
Los Angeles Daily News, June 1-Bored while on a cruise with her family, a 12-year-old girl stuck a note inside her parents' empty cabernet wine bottle and tossed it overboard. Christina Leyerly never thought anyone would find it. (Quote by Joseph Reid, professor emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

The Focused MBA Gains in Popularity
San Diego Metropolitan, June 2005-When it comes to the MBA, the fundamentals still apply. However, business schools continuously modify coursework to reflect changes in the work world and make coursework relevant to students. These modifications can result in specialized degrees or elective studies called concentrations, specializations or emphases. Some campuses revise graduate programs. At UCSD's Rady School of Management, business professionals in the Flex-MBA program study on an industry-based track, says JoAnne Starr, assistant business school dean. More

Shea Ties Candidacy to Bankruptcy Plan
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 2-Pat Shea formally announced his candidacy for San Diego mayor yesterday, calling bankruptcy the best fix for the city's fiscal crisis as other leading candidates touted lesser forms of court intervention to close a huge pension-system deficit. Five candidates met on short notice last night for a debate at UCSD. More

Governor to Set Up Timeline to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 2-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday put California's considerable influence behind an international campaign to combat global warming, but state lawmakers say they will demand a more aggressive approach. (Quote by Dan Cayan, a researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Protected Areas are a Puzzle for Fishermen, State
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 2-Ocean ecologist Ed Parnell from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography wasn't surprised when two scuba divers anchored their boat inside the San Diego-La Jolla Ecological Reserve in April and began spearfishing. What was unusual, he said, is that the poaching suspects and their boat operator were arrested and charged with killing a protected giant sea bass. More

New San Diego Charter Schools
Preparing for September Opening
Voice of San Diego, June 2-As hard as the fight was to win approval in March from San Diego Unified School District's Board of Education to transform Gompers and Keiller middle schools into charter schools, that was a cakewalk for parents, teachers and administrators, compared to the work now being undertaken to have the schools ready for business by September. (Mentions UCSD.) More

Popular Principal To Return to Gompers
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 2-A charismatic Gompers Middle School principal removed from his job four months ago despite community protests will return to head the southeastern San Diego campus next month. Vince Riveroll's return is not due to a change of heart by the San Diego Unified School District board. Rather, it's the result of the school's newly gained independence from the district. (Mentions UCSD.) More