A Sampling of Clips for
June 14 - 16, 2003
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New clue
to bipolar disorder
Los Angeles Times, June 16—In
the past year, researchers have begun to map out a genetic basis
for one of psychiatry's most baffling conditions -- bipolar
disorder, a lifelong mental disease in which people zigzag from
exuberant emotional highs to paralyzing periods of despair.
The latest findings come from UC San Diego,
where doctors plan to report today that they have identified
a gene that's linked to the disorder.
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-bipolar16jun16,1,3921976.story
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The
Associated Press, June 16
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CNN.com,
June 16
http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/06/15/manic.depression.ap/index.html
The London Times,
June 16
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San Diego Union Tribune,
June 16 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/metro/news_1m16bipolar.html
The Ottawa Citizen,
June 16
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Dynes well
suited to make weapons-labs decisions;
Colleagues praise independence, scientific skills of new president
San Francisco Chronicle, June 15—Robert
Dynes is currently the chancellor of UC San
Diego, and for several decades has been intimately
involved in scientific panels that oversee the work done at
Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory. But many who know him said his real strengths go
beyond his scientific expertise.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/06/15/BA188025.DTL
Deficit
imperils UC's mandate;
New president may have to put a cap on enrollments
San Francisco Chronicle, June 15—
The state's economic plight has become so dire that University
of California officials say they are forced to think about the
unthinkable -- breaking UC's long-standing pledge to admit all
eligible students in the state. The prospect is one of the thorniest
problems confronting newly designated UC President Robert
Dynes, who leaves his job as UC San Diego's
chancellor in October to take over the university's helm in
the wake of the worst budget deficit in state history.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/06/15/BA63478.DTL
Role of
UCSD chancellor changing
San Diego Union Tribune, June 15—Now,
as UCSD bids farewell to its sixth chancellor,
Robert C. Dynes, it's clear his successor will
need to be a leader: an academician with the instincts of a
politician and the business acumen of a corporate CEO. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/metro/news_1m15dyne-fix.html
From paper-boy to university
president
The
London Free Press News, June 16—Bob
Dynes grew up a typical east-of-Adelaide kid. He delivered
newspapers, loved sports and got into Western on a scholarship.
Now he is president of North America's largest university. http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2003/06/16/112152.html
Poll: U.S.
not grasping war facts
The Seattle Times, June 15—A
third of the American public believes U.S. forces have found
weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, according to a recent poll.
And 22 percent said Iraq actually used chemical or biological
weapons. (Quotes Sam Popkin, a polling expert
at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=iraqpoll15&date=20030615&query=%3A+Poll%3A+U.S.+not+grasping+war+facts
Transplant
program criticized
San Diego Union Tribune, June 15—The
UCSD Medical Center's kidney transplant program
had so many problems that a team of health inspectors late last
year threatened to halt federal reimbursement for patient care.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20030615-9999_1m15kidney.html
J. S. Galbraith, 86, University
Official And History Scholar
The
New York Times, June 14--John Semple Galbraith,
a historian of 19th-century Britain whose tenure as the second
chancellor of the University of California's San Diego
branch in the 1960's secured its position as an equal member
of the university system, died on Tuesday in San Diego. He was
86.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/14/obituaries/14GALB.html
Students
rescue the trash
San Diego Union Tribune, June 14—Today
at each of UCSD's six undergraduate colleges,
about 20 volunteers will man donation bins at residential housing
where 7,000 students make their exodus from the dorm, discarding
sofas, sneakers, computers, clothes and an array of other perfectly
usable possessions.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sat/metro/news_7m14toss.html
The Science
of Slimming
U.S. News & World Report, June
16—Getting rid of all those unwanted pounds is as simple
as calories in, calories out. It's also as mysterious and complex
as the workings of the human mind. (Quotes Jeffrey Schwimmer,
a pediatric gastroenterologist at the University of
California-San Diego)
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/030616/health/16weight.htm
Cultural
diversity is theme of day at UCSD graduation
San Diego Union Tribune, June 15—Cultural
diversity was a strong theme as hundreds of students graduated
from UCSD in ceremonies yesterday. Outgoing
chancellor Robert Dynes, who last week was
named president of the University of California, gave a brief
farewell speech.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun
Connect
forum highlights local biotech strength
North County Times, June 16—A
confident local biotech industry grabbed the spotlight this
week at UC San Diego Connect's annual Life
Sciences Financial Forum.
http://www.nctimes.net/news/2003/20030614/54216.html
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Copley
News Service, June 16
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County Fair
Begins 3-Week Run
NBC, June 13—The 123rd San Diego
County Fair kicked off Friday at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The
Birch Aquarium and Scripps Institution of Oceanography
have more than 20,000 square feet of exhibits about aquaculture
and undersea exploration at this year’s event.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/entertainment/2268370/detail.html?treets=dgo&tml=dgo_7am&ts=T&tmi=dgo_7am_1_09000006132003
