A Sampling of Clips for 
June 23, 2005

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Charles D. Keeling, 77, Dies; Raised Global Warming Issue
New York Times, June 23-Dr. Charles D. Keeling, who set off current concerns of global warming through measurements beginning in the 1950's that showed steadily rising amounts of carbon dioxide in the air, died Monday at his home in Montana. He was 77. The cause was a heart attack after a short hike, said the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, where Dr. Keeling had long worked. More

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Stem Cell Conference Opens in California
Los Angeles Times, June 23-Despite optimism and enthusiasm, stem cell researchers arriving here Thursday for a conference are rowing hard against strong currents of financial, political and technical turmoil. (Quote by Dr. Edward Holmes, dean of the UCSD Medical Center and a member of the board that oversees California's stem cell agency.) More

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UC Faculty Rejects Scholarship Program
Los Angeles Times, June 23-University of California faculty leaders voted 17 to 0 Wednesday to end participation in the National Merit Scholarship program. The vote is a nonbinding advisory measure. The issue will be decided as soon as next month by the chancellors of the six UC undergraduate campuses participating in the program. Among them are UCLA, UC Irvine and UCSD. More

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San Diego Union-Tribune, June 23

Big Fish Important in the Gene Pool
ABC News, Australia, June 23-Anglers chasing big fish and leaving the small fry might be doing far more harm than good, marine scientists in the United States say. Paul Dayton at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Charles Birkeland at the University of Hawaii have discovered that big fish are vital to maintaining populations and taking them does crucial damage. More

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New Scientist, June 23

State Schools Score High for Diversity
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 23-California's public university systems award degrees to some of the highest numbers of minority graduates in the nation, according to recent diversity surveys by two education journals. In the number of bachelor's degrees awarded to Asian-American students, UCSD ranked seventh in the U.S. More

From Depths of the
Ocean, Bright Hope for Medicines
Kansas City Star, June 23-Scientists say the ocean is a largely untapped reservoir of possible medicines, with at least as much potential as the rain forests that have been popular pharmaceutical hunting grounds. And environmentalists are encouraged, hoping that drug companies will be allies in the quest to prevent the destruction of corals and sponges by fishing trawlers. (Refers to research by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

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Kentucky Herald, June 23

Enlisting Robots for Day Care
CNET, June 23-Rubi, a teacher's assistant at the Early Childhood Education Center in San Diego, has eyes sometimes in back of her head, along with antennas and a couple of microprocessors. The robot is part of an experiment at UCSD to study how robots and humans interact. More

San Diego Needs Regional System to Combat Strokes
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, June 23-Every 45 seconds someone in the United States suffers a stroke and every three minutes a death results. Stroke is this country's third-leading cause of death and the number one cause of permanent disability. (Article written by James Dunford, a professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the UCSD Medical Center.) More

Succeeding While Black
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, June 23-Why is there such an obsession with African-American celebrities who are alleged to have run afoul of the law? Whether it is Michael Jackson or Kobe Bryant, O.J. Simpson or Barry Bonds, America appears to be obsessed with the trials and tribulations of famous African-Americans. (Article written by James Ingram, a doctoral candidate teaching urban politics at UCSD.) More