A Sampling of Clips for
March 23, 2004
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Greenhouse
Gas Level Hits Record High
New Scientist, March 22-The level
of the major greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, in the Earth's
atmosphere has hit a record high, US government scientists have
reported. The new data from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration also suggest that the rate of increase of the
gas may have accelerated in the last two years. Carbon dioxide
emissions, mainly from burning fossil fuels, are thought to
be a principle cause of global warming. (Quote by Charles
Keeling, a professor at the Scripps Institution
of Oceanography.)
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994802
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article appeared in:
KRON News, March 22
http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=1729594
When a Promised Elixir Loses its Magic
Newsday, March 23-For years, doctors
prescribed estrogen to women to protect their hearts after menopause.
It doesn't work. It was supposed to keep the brain agile. It
may actually increase the risk of dementia. Years later, many
wonder how such a gross misconception become standard medical
care. (Quote by Elizabeth Barrett- Connor M.D.,
chair of family and preventive medicine at the University
of California, San Diego School of Medicine.)
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/health/ny-dsrabin3718146mar23,0,6000561.story?coll=ny-health-headlines
A New Hope
for Saving of Lives
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 23-UCSD
and Scripps Mercy Hospital are two of about 20 trauma centers
around the country that will participate in new study of the
blood substitute, PloyHeme. PolyHeme becomes part of the treatment
options available to paramedics here in May. But along with
praise for its potential, the substitute also comes with some
controversy because patients may be given the substance without
their permission. The product works like human blood, carrying
oxygen to vital organs while replacing the volume of lost blood,
both crucial elements of emergency trauma care. (Quotes by David
Hoyt M.D., trauma director at UCSD
Medical Center and Jim Dunford M.D., professor
of emergency medicine at UCSD.) http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040323-9999-news_1m23blood.html
Executive
Profile - Richard J. Liekweg
San Diego Business Journal, March
22-On March 24, Richard Liekweg celebrates
his first anniversary as chief executive at UC San Diego
Medical Center, and arrival in sunny San Diego from Durham,
N.C. But the year hasn't exactly been a beach party for the
43-year-old. The East Coast recruit has spent so little time
outside the medical system - comprising Thornton Hospital in
La Jolla and the Medical Center in Hillcrest - that he draws
a blank when asked about his favorite restaurant in San Diego.
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UCSD Creates
Kavli Brain Institute
San Diego Business Journal, March
22-UC San Diego said it received a $7.5 million
gift from the Kavli Foundation and philanthropist Fred Kavli
to create a new center focusing on brain research. Led by UCSD
professors Nicholas Spitzer and Jeffrey
Elman, the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind joins
scientists from 20 academic disciplines, including neuroscience
and neurobiology, as well as faculty from neighboring institutions,
such as the Scripps Research Institute, the Burnham Institute
and Neurosciences Institute.
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UCSD Researchers
Win Defense Grant to Study Wireless Communications
San Diego Daily Transcript, March
22-James Zeidler, a full-time professor at
the University of California, San Diego's Jacobs
School of Engineering, is leading a team of researchers from
six universities in a new project exploring ad hoc wireless
communications networks for the military. Zeidler's
team will receive about $3 million over the next three years
to study a concept for the Army called "space-time processing
for tactical mobile ad hoc networks." The concept would
be used in lightweight wireless equipment such as laptops, mobile
radios and hand-held computers.
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Area High-Tech
Community Hopes to Plug Into New Fiber-Optic Grid
Miami Herald, March 22-An Internet
superhighway is being built across the country that will allow
users to transmit enormous amounts of data about 100 times faster
than is currently possible. It is called the National LambdaRail,
and many high-tech companies hope to get on it. Members of the
grid would be able to perform large-scale experiments at the
same time by being on the same network as some of the biggest
supercomputers in the world, including the San Diego
Supercomputer Center, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing
Center and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications
in Urbana, Illinois.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/8249789.htm
Going Over
the Falls
Chronicle of Higher Education, March
23-John S. Brady, a visiting lecturer in the
political-science department at the University of California
at San Diego, is chronicling his search for a tenure-track
job this academic year. In this article, he analyzes his current
position as a visiting instructor of political science.
http://chronicle.com/jobs/2004/03/2004032301c.htm
