A Sampling of Clips for 
March 31, 2005

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Senses Cross-Wiring Conjures Colours
New Scientist, April 2-Synaesthesia, the phenomenon in which the senses are mixed up and people link, say, tastes with musical notes, comes in at least two different flavours. Edward Hubbard and his colleagues at UCSD put six people who associate letters and numbers with various colours through a series of experiments, comparing them with six controls. More

UC President Urges More Support for State's Schools
Contra Costa Times, March 31-Changing conditions threaten to erode California's economic strength unless the state's residents renew their commitment to public colleges and universities, University of California President Robert Dynes said Wednesday evening. More

UCSD's Cancer Center is Finally Ready to Open
San Diego Business Journal, March 27-It's been one of the longest and largest construction projects in the making at UCSD. But on April 8, UCSD's vision of a new comprehensive cancer center will finally become a reality after eight years of planning. (Quotes by UCSD Cancer Center Director, Dr. Dennis Carson, and UCSD Cancer Center Director of Communications, Nancy Stringer.) More

Plans for Gompers Charter Include Former Principal
Voice of San Diego, March 31-Since March 1, when San Diego Unified School District's Board of Education shocked and delighted most in the education community by voting unanimously to approve the charter application for Gompers Middle School, parents and teachers have been busy preparing for July 1, the date when Gompers officially becomes an independent charter school. So has Cecil Lytle, Thurgood Marshall College provost and music professor at UCSD who is helping to prepare to convert the Chollas View middle school this fall into a thriving, high-achieving model for charter success. More

Scientists Seek Answers on
What Activates Deadly Anthrax Spores
Innovations Report, March 31-Scientists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and three other institutions including UCSD, are setting out to find what activates the spores in anthrax, the deadly bacterial infection that is back in the news. More

Ride 4 AIDS Benefit will be Run Sunday
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 31-Ride 4 AIDS, a bike ride starting at San Diego's waterfront to raise money for AIDS research, will be held Sunday. The money raised will go to the AIDS Research Institute at UCSD and to Being Alive San Diego, a nonprofit support group for people living with AIDS or HIV. More

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