A Sampling of Clips for 
November 23, 2005

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U.S. Latinas at Risk
for Drinking During Pregnancy
ABC News, Nov. 22-Conventional wisdom has long suggested that low-income Hispanic women are less likely to drink during pregnancy than U.S. women from other backgrounds. But a new study by UCSD finds that's not the case. More

Same article appeared in:
Forbes, Nov. 22

Seven-Story Building
Survives Seismic-Like Shaking at UCSD
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 23-For the first time anywhere, UCSD engineers subjected a seven-story building to powerful seismic-like shaking in a lab test yesterday. The simulation, at UCSD's Englekirk Structural Engineering Center in Scripps Miramar Ranch, was designed to test the integrity of construction designs for apartment and condominium buildings. More

Similar articles appeared:
Channel 10 News, San Diego, Nov. 22
KFMB, Nov. 22
North County Times, Nov. 22

Did Pain Add Power to Great Works of Art?
Forbes, Nov. 23-The notion of the "suffering artist" has long been a potent one, and a new examination of masterpieces from the past suggests it may not be far off the mark, according to research by UCSD professor, Dr. Paul L. Wolf. More

Hair Follicle Stem
Cells Repair Nerve Damage: Study
China View, Nov. 21-Tissues differentiated from hair follicle stem cells have helped mice with severe sciatic nerve damage walk again, according to researchers from UCSD, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Kitasato University of Japan. More

Boys Get a Look at What Could Be
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 23-As many as 500 South County boys could get a glimpse of their futures Dec. 10 at UCSD. The Sweetwater Union High School District and UCSD's Student Initiated Outreach and Recruitment Commission are organizing the 10th annual Adelante Latino Conference, a day for South County Latinos to learn about college and careers and to meet Latino role models. More

What Lies Beneath
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 23- Last year's tsunami-generating earthquake shakes up what science knows about giant, deadly temblors. (Refers to research led by Catherine de Groot-Hedlin at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Anybody's Guess
About Mayor-Council Relationship
Voice of San Diego, Nov. 23-The San Diego City Council's selection of Scott Peters as its first presiding officer Tuesday provides a slightly clearer image of how the power structure at City Hall will work under the incoming strong-mayor government, although it remains unclear how the mayor-elect and embattled council will work together. (Quote by Steve Erie, a political scientist at UCSD.) More