A Sampling of Clips for
May 22 - 23, 2003
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Communications Office
Top researcher is joining
UCSD
San
Diego Union-Tribune, May 22 – Ming
T. Tsuang, one of the world's top researchers in human
genetics, behavior and neuropsychiatric diseases is joining
University of California, San Diego to direct
the new Institute of Behavioral Genomics. Tsuang
"has led the way in increasing our knowledge of the molecular
genetics of mental illness," said Dr. Lewis Judd,
chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20030522-9999_6m22briefs.html
The Freedom to Discover
Contents
Magazine, Issue 2, 2003 – People in both
the academic and business communities are speaking out against
new research restrictions by the federal government. Academics
chafe at the government encroaching on their independence, and
some universities are refusing federal funds that are accompanied
by restrictions. (Quotes University of California, San
Diego Chancellor Robert Dynes and
UCSD Vice Chancellor of Research Dick
Attiyeh).
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No link available online.
Dell on Dell
Daily
Transcript, May 21 – Michael Dell, founder,
chairman and chief executive of Dell Computer Corp., was the
first to participate in a public lecture series at University
of California, San Diego on Tuesday. The "Conversation
with Michael Dell" event drew some 450 students, professors
and local executives, and was sponsored by UCSD's
School of Management, the Jacobs School of Engineering and the
Beyster Institute.
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No link available online.
Restoring coastal areas
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Daily
Transcript, May 21 – Although June 8 is
World Oceans Day, June 4th may be more important in a move to
restore our coastal oceans. That is the day the Pew Oceans Commission,
a panel which includes Scripps Institution of Oceanography
director Charles F. Kennel, will present is
findings and "lay out the roadmap America will need to
take if it is to save its territorial waters and those beyond."
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No link available online.
Celebrity chefs set a stunning
table for 600 at UCSD cancer benefit
San
Diego Union-Tribune, BURL STIFF, May 23 –
Celebrity chefs from all over the country prepared hors d'oeuvres
for the crowd before the seated dinner at the 22nd annual Celebrities
Cook for the Rebecca and John Moores University of California,
San Diego Cancer Center Gala. The center benefited
by something like $300,000 from Saturday's big food fest at
the Sheraton Harbor Island.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/currents/news_1c23stiff.html
Drug testing in schools:
Can it cause harm?
San
Diego Union-Tribune, OPINION, May 22 – Howard
Taras, a professor at University of California,
San Diego's School of Medicine and chair of the Committee
on School Health of the American Academy of Pediatrics, wrote
on the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling permitting schools to
perform drug tests/screens for students entering competitive
sports and extracurricular activities. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/opinion/news_mz1e22taras.html
