A Sampling of Clips for March 5^th, 2009

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Will China's Stimulus Lift World Markets?
NPR, March 4 -- The housing market aside, Wall Street got a little bump today. And there are a couple of ways to account for that. One, the day after back-to-back 12-year lows -- what's not to love about stock prices, right? So, people were in a buying mood. Two, stimulus. Not ours, though. The Chinese. (Quotes Barry Naughton, a professor who specializes in Chinese economy at UCSD) More

Why Scientists Are Smiling
NBC San Diego, March 4 -- Thanks to the newly signed economic stimulus bill, billions of dollars in grants will go to research around the country. San Diego is poised to get a large piece of that pie. (Mentions UCSD) More

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Obituary: Robert Winslow;
Doctor Was Blood-Substitute Pioneer
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 5 — Dr. Robert Winslow had become an expert in blood substitutes and high altitude physiology. He conducted field research in Peru, Chile and Nepal to study people at the extremes of the earth's oxygen atmosphere and was part of a 1981 American Medical Research Expedition to Mount Everest. A scientist and professor at UCSD, Dr. Winslow dedicated his career to blood research and developing oxygen carriers as alternatives to red blood cell transfusions. More

Birthday Greetings
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 5 — On Monday, Google transformed its page topper into whimsical Dr. Seuss characters in honor of the La Jolla author's 105th birthday. Meanwhile, at UCSD’s main campus library, the writer's widow, Audrey Geisel, helped distribute 2,000 slices of birthday cake. Ted Geisel died in 1991. The facility is now named Geisel Library in his honor and houses a premier collection of Dr. Seuss art and memorabilia. More

Scripps Celebrating Revelle Centennial
Voice of San Diego, March 4 -- Former Vice President Al Gore will be among the dignitaries on hand this week at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography to celebrate the 100th birthday of the science legend Roger Revelle. More

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Scripps Scientist Shares Award       
La Jolla Light, March 4 -- V. Ramanathan, a climate and atmospheric scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD, is one of two scientists who will share the 2009 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. More

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