A Sampling of Clips for June 18^th, 2009

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Iran: Gunshots During Interview
CNN, June 17 -- Shots ring out while Kyra Phillips talks with Babak Rahimi, a UCSD professor who is in Tehran. More

Inside Iran, a Rebellion That is Familiar and Unpredictable
Los Angeles Times, June 18 -- Walking through central Tehran this week and taking in the shattered glass, burned garbage cans and damaged traffic signs, it was hard not to think of the 1979 revolution, when thousands of Iranians poured into the streets and called for the end of the Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's regime. (Written by Babak Rahimi, an assistant professor of Iranian and Islamic studies at UCSD) More

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Wired

U. of California at San Diego Gets an iPhone Application
Chronicle of Higher Education, June 18 -- UCSD is the most recent college to make its way onto student’s iPhones. A free iPhone application created by the university offers an interactive map of the college’s campus, including where particular classes are located; up-to-the-minute college sports scores; and the ability to call, text, or e-mail students and faculty and staff members. A similar application is being created for the Blackberry. More

Chemistry Publisher Moving Towards Online-Only Journals
Nature, June 17 -- The American Chemical Society (ACS) is taking steps towards turning most of its academic journals into online-only publications (Quotes William Fenical of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

N.Korea's Weak Trade, Currency Hint at More Arms Sales
Reuters, June 18 -- A drop in trade and the value of North Korea's currency has cut the regime's access to foreign exchange, raising the risk Pyongyang will increase the sale of its military know-how abroad despite tighter U.N. sanctions. (Quotes Stephan Haggard at UCSD) More

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Forbes

Design Learning From Shantytowns
Fast Company, June 16 -- What's the antidote to the numbing subdivisions planted by rote in sprawl zones from Boston to Baton Rouge? The secret to a vibrant neighborhood lies in the ad hoc ingenuity found in slums and shantytowns. So says Teddy Cruz, a San Diego architect who has spent years studying Tijuana and other poor border towns where free-form structures are patched together from concrete blocks, corrugated metal and scavenged packing crates. Cruz is on the UCSD Visual Arts faculty. More

UCSD Medical Center Gets Gift for Premature Infants
San Diego 6, June 17 -- A nonprofit organization donated $400,000 to the UCSD Medical Center’s neonatal intensive care unit, it was announced Wednesday. More

UCSD Astrophysicist Wins 'Nobel of the East'
Voice of San Diego, June 17 -- Frank H. Shu, a UCSD astrophysicist, was today awarded the Shaw Prize for a career-long effort to explain how stars, planetary systems and galaxies form. The $1 million prize, awarded in Hong Kong, is known as the "Nobel Prize of the East." More

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North County Times

UCSD: Border Apprehensions' Decrease
Not Related to Enforcement Strategy
San Diego Examiner, June 17 -- The economic turmoil in the country -and not tougher border enforcement as it had been assumed, is the real cause of the recently noticeable decrease on illegal immigration and on the number of apprehensions in the U.S.-Mexico border. These are the findings of a recent investigative project developed by the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD. More

UCSD Gets a B in Shielding Med Students from Perks
San Diego 6, June 17 -- UCSD has received a "B" on a national score card, measuring how well medical schools insulate their students, faculty and doctors from the money, free product samples and other gifts offered by drug and medical-device companies, it was reported Wednesday. More

UC San Diego Medical Center Burning Path to Fight Cancer
San Diego Daily Transcript, June 18 -- UCSD Medical Center experts are using innovative, minimally invasive technologies to tackle two hard-to-treat cancers: liver and esophageal cancer. More

New Degree Takes Innovative Approach to Emerging Field of Practice
San Diego Daily Transcript, June 18 -- California Western School of Law partners with UCSD to offer a master's degree in health law, a unique program of study that equips legal, medical and health care professionals with the essential knowledge and skills to improve practice where health care and law overlap. More

Dr. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor is an Optimist
La Jolla Light, June 17 -- Dr. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor is a Distinguished Professor and Chief, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the UCSD School of Medicine. More

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