A Sampling of Clips for 
June 24, 2005

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Enlisting Robots for Day Care
New York Times, June 24-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

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Washington Times, June 23

Charles David Keeling, 77;
Scientist Linked Humans to Increase in Greenhouse Gas
Los Angeles Times, June 24-Charles David Keeling, the climate scientist whose precise, meticulous measurements of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for nearly half a century warned humans that we are changing the composition of the global atmosphere, has died. More

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Newsday, June 23

Giving Women Reason to Hope
Los Angeles Times, June 24-By starting an ambitious program in South Africa for HIV-positive mothers, Mitch Besser, former director of the maternal HIV clinic at UCSD, proves that one person can make a real difference. More

UC Nurses' Worries Could Prompt Walkout
Los Angeles Times, June 24-University of California nurses, many angry over Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's staffing and pension policies, will vote whether to stage a one-day strike at university medical centers and student health centers, the California Nurses Association said Thursday. More

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San Diego Union-Tribune, June 24

Spray Alternative to Pot on the Market in Canada
USA Today, June 24-Canadians now have access to a legal spray alternative to medical marijuana. Beginning this week, multiple sclerosis patients with constant tingling pain can get a doctor's prescription for a new drug, Sativex, derived from the marijuana plant. (Quote by Dr. Andrew Mattison, co-director of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at UCSD.) More

UCSD Study Sees Highly
Competitive Telecom Marketplace in Calif.
San Diego Daily Transcript, June 23-California's communications marketplace is increasingly competitive, according to a study prepared by Michael Kleeman, director of cyber infrastructure policy research at UCSD. More

Biotech Panel Debates Patents
San Francisco Chronicle, June 24-A Supreme Court ruling on patents last week hit on a recurring question raised as the biotech industry feels its way into the future: Are strong patent rights a help or a hindrance when it comes to speeding research that may one day heal diseases like cancer or spinal cord injuries? (Quote by Edward Holmes, dean of UCSD's School of Medicine and a member of the California stem cell funding committee.) More

San Diego in the News
Voice of San Diego, June 24-Researchers at UCSD School of Medicine working with scientists at Elan Pharmaceuticals, have reported promising results in mice of a vaccine approach to treating Parkinson's and similar diseases. These results appear in the June edition of the journal Neuron. More