A Sampling of Clips for June 19^th, 2008

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University Project Gets Medical Books to Afghan Doctors
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 19 -- A shortage of medical books at Kabul Medical University in Afghanistan will be significantly alleviated by a project under way at UCSD to send unneeded textbooks and journals to the school. More

Stem Cell Research a Hot Topic at Biotech Conference in S.D. 
KPBS, June 19 -- California has the nation's largest state-supported stem cell research program. San Diego is trying to play a big part in that effort. UCSD and three local research institutes have formed the San Diego Consortium for Regenerative Medicine. The state recently awarded the group $43-million to build a new facility. )Larry Goldstein directs UCSD's stem cell program) More

How Overfishing Can Alter an Ocean’s Entire Ecosystem
Christian Science Monitor, June 19 -- Overfishing has shifted entire ecosystems with often surprising, and occasionally unpleasant, results. In the tropics, seaweed often dominates where coral once reigned. Around the world, jellyfish and algae proliferate where finfish previously dominated. With big predators often gone or greatly depleted, organisms lower on the food web grow more abundant, reducing their own prey in turn. (Quotes Jeremy Jackson, a professor of oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

At Sea Without a Paddle San Diego Union-Tribune,
June 19 – For more than a century, New Horizon's predecessors in UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography fleet have braved the elements and plumbed the depths. Last week, though, the vessel faced perhaps its most daunting challenge while moored in Point Loma. There it confronted the terrifying new realities of refueling. More

Robert Kennedy Jr. Cancels on UCSD Graduation
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 18 -- Robert Kennedy Jr., who was scheduled to speak at Thursday's UCSD graduation week celebration, has canceled because he refuses to cross the picket line of 20,000 UC health workers, officials confirmed. More

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10 Questions for Nigella Hillgarth,
Executive Director, Birch Aquarium at Scripps
La Jolla Light, June 18 -- Dr. Nigella Hillgarth is a distinguished zoologist who came to Birch Aquarium in 2002 from her position as executive director of Tracy Aviary, the nation's largest bird park, in Salt Lake City, Utah. More