A Sampling of Clips for 
March 12 - 14, 2005

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Tracking the Uncertain Science of Growing Heart Cells
New York Times, March 14-In April 2001, researchers from the New York Medical College and the National Institutes of Health announced electrifying
news for heart surgeons and their patients: stem cells from bone marrow,
injected into the damaged hearts of mice, had morphed into the special cardiac muscle cells that the body cannot replace after a heart attack. (Quote by Dr. Kenneth Chien, a research cardiologist at UCSD.) More

Editorial: Sac High Revisited
Sacramento Bee, March 14-When Sacramento High School posted years of declining student achievement, drastic intervention became necessary. The school board closed the high school and reopened it as a public independent charter school, following the trend of other charter schools around the state. In San Diego, a middle school will partner with UCSD, following the successful Preuss School model that UCSD operates on campus. More

Thoughts from Neil Morgan
Voice of San Diego, March 14-Word-of-mouth suggests that UCSD's first woman chancellor, Marye Anne Fox, is winning high marks for her listening skills, her fast-learn and unwavering decisions. More

Hopkins Researcher Stirs up Whale of a Controversy
Monterey Herald, March 13-Pacific Grove researcher Stephen Palumbi is at
the center of an international debate over wildly different estimates of historic whale populations. (Quote by Jeremy Jackson, a marine biologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Fiscal Crunch Time in San Diego
Christian Science Monitor, March 11-Investigations of a pension-fund scandal and a slim mandate for the mayor put pressure on city government. (Quote by Thad Kousser, assistant professor of political science at UCSD.) More

San Diego Readies Plan for Institute
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 12-San Diego is poised to offer space in Torrey Pines at below-market lease rates for the headquarters for the state's
new stem cell agency, according to a report from the city manager's office. San Diego elected officials are scheduled to vote Monday on whether to authorize
the city manager to submit a proposal that has been put together by private property owners, the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp., the biotech industry group Biocom and UCSD Connect. More

Similar article appeared in:
North County Times, March 12

Spotlight on Nanotechnology
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 12-In a sleek UCSD laboratory, physicist Ivan Schuller is developing sensors for chemical and biological weapons -- instruments so tiny that millions will fit on a chip the size of a postage stamp. Schuller is one of many scientists worldwide working on nanotechnology -- the manipulation and control of carbon, silicon, gold and other elements in amounts as small as a handful of atoms measuring a few nanometers across. More

Dr. John J. Silber, 82; Incubated UCSD Music Department
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 14-To a fledgling UCSD music department conceived as a forum for growth and innovation, Dr. John J. Silber brought talent, experience and vision. He died March 7 of complications from an aneurysm at UCSD Medical Center. More

Radicals Then and Now
Voice of San Diego, Opinion, March 24-Universities preserve roots and foster new growth. They are, at bottom, institutions with the radical agenda of bringing revolutionary ideas to fundamental theory. Herbert Marcuse brought world-class scholarship and upheaval to UCSD in the 1960's. More

S.D. Gains Ally at L.A. Water Agency
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 14-Wes Bannister has been coming to Julian since 1990, spending time in his vacation home and on his 60-acre ranch just outside of town. It has given the recently installed chairman of the Los Angeles water district firsthand knowledge of local water issues. (Quote by Steve Erie, a UCSD professor of urban studies who follows water issues.) More