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March 18, 2005

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Headquarters Effort a Study in Teamwork
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 18-San Diego was one of at least six cities that submitted bids Wednesday to be the home of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which will administer the $3 billion in stem cell research grants that voters approved in November under Proposition 71. In December, leaders of Biocom, the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. and UCSD Connect, which promotes businesses and technology, started discussing how they could help the region's researchers vie for the $300 million in annual research grants. More

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Steroid Use in San Diego
KFMB, March 8-Some of the greatest players in baseball history are in Washington to testify on the use of steroids in their sport. But in San Diego, how big of a problem is steroids among young athletes and what can be done to stop it? (Q & A with Dr. Suraj Achar, a sports medicine expert at UCSD.) More

Sustaining Growth Trends
Miami Herald, March 18-Latin America's 5.5 percent growth rate encouraged a group of economic experts to predict a bright future, but other experts say the region must address other factors before it can maintain prosperity. (Quote by Richard Feinberg, director of the UCSD Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center.) More

Senate Finance Committee to Hear Debate Over CAFTA
Sun-Sentinel, Miami, March 18-The battle over U.S. free trade with the Dominican Republic and Central America is going public on Capitol Hill. (Quote by Richard Feinberg, professor of international economic policy at UCSD.) More

Studies: Global Warming to be Felt for Centuries
Dallas Morning News, March 17-The effects of global warming will be felt for several centuries even if the world's nations could somehow immediately stabilize the amount of heat-trapping "greenhouse" gases in the atmosphere, two new computer modeling studies suggest. (Quote by Tim Barnett, a research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Marine Researchers Deliver Blueprint for
Rescuing America's Troubled Coral Reefs
Innovations Report, March 18-An international team of marine ecologists, including the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is urging the United States to take immediate action to save its fragile coral reefs. More

UC Regents are Warned of Federal Funding Cuts
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 18-Just when University of California leaders were getting optimistic about receiving additional state funds next year, they heard sobering news yesterday of potential reductions to the UC's federal budget revenue. More