A Sampling of Clips for
June 27, 2003
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Study: Pot
Doesn’t Cause Permanent Brain Damage
Reuters, June 27— Smoking marijuana
will certainly affect perception, but it does not cause permanent
brain damage, researchers from the University of California
at San Diego said on Friday in a study. Led by Dr.
Igor Grant, a UCSD professor
of psychiatry, the team analyzed data from 15 previously published,
controlled studies into the impact of long-term, recreational
cannabis use on the neurocognitive ability of adults.
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuhf/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=514743
Similar article appeared
in:
San
Diego Union Tribune, June 27
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20030627-9999_7m27pot.html
Article
also appeared in:
Boston Globe,
June 27
http://boston.com/dailynews/178/technology/Smoking_pot_doesn_t_harm_brain:.shtml
Experts
To Meet In Bid To Define SIDS
The Age, June 27—A group of
Australian forensic experts and pathologists will join forces
next year in a bid to set national standards for infant autopsies
and a uniform definition of sudden infant death syndrome. Leading
American pathologist Professor Henry Krous, of the school of
medicine at the University of California, San Diego,
will take part in the two-day workshop, which is being hosted
by SIDS and Kids.
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No link available online.
Computer
age not threat to rare books
San Diego Union-Tribune, Neil Morgan
Column, June 27—Jason Epstein, a renowned book editor,
recently predicted to a group of dealers and book collectors
that because of the advancement of technology, the era of the
printed book is ending. Now more than ever, the richness of
rare book collections in San Diego deserves wider familiarity,
including the collections at UCSD Geisel Library.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/morgan/20030627-9999_1m27morgan.html
Science
center opens at USD
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 27—Science
at the University of San Diego has a luxurious new science facility
that will house USD's chemistry, biology, physics and marine
and environmental sciences departments. USD joins UCSD,
The Scripps Research Institute and recently, SDSU, in advanced
biotechnology research.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/metro/news_2m27shiley.html
A fateful
vote by a lackluster Supreme Court
San Diego Union-Tribune, James O.
Goldsborough Column, June 26— As U.S. Supreme Courts go,
the Rehnquist court will always have an asterisk by its name,
just like the president it elected. Like the Taney court of
150 years ago, it will be remembered for one thing, and that
thing it got wrong. (Refers to low African-American enrollment
at UCSD.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/opinion/news_mz1e26golds.html
Similar
article appeared in:
Copley News Service, June 26
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No link available online.
Artist
from UCSD featured
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 26—
One of the key art developments of the early '70s had its local
dimension. The late teacher and critic at UCSD,
Amy Goldin, had two students back then who went on to become
key artists in the Pattern and Decoration movement – Kim
MacConnel and Robert Kushner. MacConnel, who has exhibited far
and wide and is a longtime professor at UCSD,
will have a full-scale retrospective at the Santa Monica Museum
of Art
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/currents/news_1c27show.html
Joseph Chaikin,
67; Led Experimental Theater Movement of 1960s-70s
Los Angeles Times, June 27—Joseph
Chaikin, a leader of the experimental theater movement of the
1960s and '70s whose work earned him international recognition
and three Obie awards, died Sunday of heart failure. Chaikin
taught a seminar at UC San Diego in March 1986.
(Quote from Allan Havis, co-director of UC
San Diego's master of fine arts program.)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-chaikin27jun27,1,4261323.story
