A Sampling of Clips for 
May 21 - 23, 2005

* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office

Numbering the Crush: Colleges Cull Applicants
Los Angeles Times, May 23-The anxiety-provoking season of college applications and admissions is coming to a close for this year. Now, California's two public university systems -- the University of California and the California State University -- are tallying up how many freshmen will enroll in the fall. (Mentions UCSD.) More

When Words Weren't Enough
Los Angeles Times, May 21-Americans had never seen anything like the photographs from the battlefield at Antietam. Alexander Gardner's Civil War photos became iconic markers of sacrifice and suffering for later generations. But they had limited reach in their day. (Quote by Daniel C. Hallin, a UCSD communications professor.) More

Understanding Sarcasm is a Complex Business
New Scientist, May 23-Different parts of the brain must work together to understand sarcasm, new research suggests. (Quote by David Salmon, a neuroscientist at UCSD.) More

A Different Sort of Campus Copyright Fight
MSNBC, May 21-Publishers of student text books are growing concerned as more professors put readings online. (Mentions UCSD.) More

Regents to Vote on New UC Fee Hike
San Mateo Times, May 23-University of California's governing Board of Regents will vote Thursday to levy additional fee increases next year for students in professional schools - advanced graduate schools focusing on business, medicine and law, among other disciplines. More

Dead Recruit's Father Wages Campaign
Against 'Green Card Marines' Prospect of
Careers, Citizenship Not Worth the Danger, He Warns
San Francisco Chronicle, May 22-Fernando Suarez del Solar feels a sense of urgency about the war in Iraq -- and not just because he lost his only son there two years ago. (Quote by Jorge Mariscal, a literature professor who specializes in Chicano studies at UCSD.) More

CT Being Tested to Detect Breast Cancer Earlier
Medical News Today, May 22-About 190 women are being enrolled in a clinical trial to see if computed tomography (CT) can detect breast cancer earlier, and with less discomfort, than standard mammography. (Refers to research by UCSD radiology professor Thomas Nelson.) More

UCSD Gets Up to $39M in Yearly Stem Cell Funding
North County Times, May 22-By dollars alone, it's evident that biomedical research is a big driver of San Diego County's economy. Now two officials from UCSD, Mary L. Walshok and Carolyn Lee, have begun providing answers to that question. Their findings are contained in studies funded by the U.S. - Israel Science and Technology Foundation. More

Finding Time for Fun in Grad School
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 23-As a single mother pursuing a doctoral degree at UCSD, Susan Shaler doesn't have enough time for fun. But last weekend, Shaler and about 400 other UCSD graduate students spent a rare day at Mission Beach, playing volleyball and roasting a pig at a university-sanctioned luau. (Quote by Tim Johnston, UCSD's assistant dean for graduate student affairs.) More

UCSD Professor Named
President of American Thoracic Society
San Diego Daily Transcript, May 21-UCSD announced Friday that Peter Wagner M.D., chief of UCSD's physiology division and acting director of the pulmonary and critical care division, is the new president of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), effective May 24. More

UC Seeks to Boost Fundraising Efforts
San Diego Daily Transcript, May 23-The University of California raised more than $1 billion in private support last year, which was fivefold the amount raised 20 years ago and took some of the punch out of state budget cuts. More

Thoracic Society
Meets to Share Latest Studies
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 23-When asthma sufferers live too far from the doctor, online interactive systems staffed by specialists encourage patients to keep track of their lung functions to manage their attacks with the right drug doses and avoid the emergency room. (Quote by Dr. Peter Wagner, head of the divisions of Physiology and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at UCSD.) More