A Sampling of Clips for
May 10 th, 2007
* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office
The Planet NASA
Needs to Explore
The Washington Post, Opinion, May 10 -- Decades ago, a shift in NASA priorities sidelined progress in human space exploration. As momentum gathers to reinvigorate human space missions to the moon and Mars, we risk hurting ourselves, and Earth, in the long run. Our planet -- not the moon or Mars -- is under significant threat from the consequences of rapid climate change. Yet the changing NASA priorities will threaten exploration here at home. (Co-authored by Tony Haymet, director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More
Hispanics Still Unhappy
Over Burns' PBS WWII Documentary
Scripps Howard News Service, Opinion, May 9 -- After months of negotiations with Latino advocacy groups, academics, veterans and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the powers that be at PBS and their house director, Ken Burns, fail to understand the real issues at stake in his exclusion of the Latino experience in his World War II documentary "The War." (Written by Jorge Mariscal, a veteran of the U.S. war in Vietnam and a professor of history and literature at UCSD) More
Alzheimer's Study Shows
Progress in Slowing Disease
WFTV9, Florida, May 9 -- One Alzheimer's treatment under study could actually stop the disease from getting worse. "It could very well be the first drug to market that actually changes the progress of the disease," said Dr. Adam Fleisher of UCSD. More
Medical Breakthrough -- Compulsive Clutter
WQAD-TV, Iowa, May 10 -- Compulsive hoarding -- or the inability to throw things away -- affects up to two million Americans to some degree. Hoarders often live with piles of clutter in their homes and are embarrassed to have visitors over. The disorder can even affect their work and family life. Medical Breakthrough reports on a new discovery by UCSD researchers that could help them get rid of the clutter for good. More
UCSD Drops Plan to Move
Center's Acute-care Beds
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 10 -- UCSD officials now say they won't move all acute-care beds from their Hillcrest campus to Thornton Hospital in La Jolla. University officials said they're committed to operating two hospitals for the long run. Because UCSD's aging hospital and trauma center in Hillcrest must be replaced by 2030 to satisfy state seismic requirements, the university's leaders could rebuild those facilities next to the current site or pick a spot south of Interstate 8. More
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10News
Questions Answered
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 10 -- Just as a sustained increase in calorie intake results in a slowly expanding girth, the billions of tons of carbon dioxide produced by human activities each year must be slowly accumulating in the environment. Indeed, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has increased since the Industrial Revolution from 280 parts per million to 379 ppm. (Written by Sherry Seethaler, a UCSD science writer and educator) More
Stephen Hawking Experiences Zero-Gravity
KPBS, May 9 -- There's something about weightlessness that is very exhilarating, according to everyone who's tried it! World famous physicist Steven Hawkins created headlines recently when he became the first person with a disability to experience zero-gravity. Alison St. John interviews Dr. Erik Viirre, adjunct associate professor of surgery and otolaryngology and cognitive science at the UCSD School of Medicine, specializing in diseases of the inner ear, who flew with Hawkins. More
Former UCSD Professor
Challenges Cross in New Book
La Jolla Light, May 10 – Peter Irons, a former UCSD professor who was among the first people to challenge the presence of the Mount Soledad cross on public land, has written a book that not only acknowledges his opposition, but also gives him space to make his case. More