UCSD News

A Sampling of Clips for
November 26^th, 2007

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Give Us $3 Billion, Say Marine Researchers
Nature, Nov. 26 -- An international group of marine scientists met at the weekend to ask for $3 billion. This money, says the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans, could establish an ocean monitoring network featuring data-gathering buoys, research vessels, animal tracking and robots. It would also, they didn’t say, keep them in research grants for years. (Quotes Tony Haymet, director of UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and chair of the POGO Executive Committee) More

Effect of Pot Smoking on Pain All in the Dose: Study
Reuters, Nov 22 -- A study suggests that smoking a moderate amount of cannabis (marijuana) may relieve pain but smoking high doses may increase pain. "Previous studies have suggested that smoked cannabis increases pain," lead investigator Dr. Mark Wallace of UCSD said. More

Team Pooled Resources to Make Maps
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 26 -- As fires raged out of control in San Diego County last month, experts working at campus computer centers and volunteers from halfway across the globe got permission to dip into a “technological bucket” of information. (Mentions Larry Smarr, a renowned Internet expert at UCSD) More

Families Wait for IDs on Victims
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 24 -- The news was crushing enough. But perhaps worse is the protracted limbo that five Mexican families find themselves in as they wait for San Diego County medical examiners to identify the victims of last month's firestorm. (Mentions the UCSD Medical Center) More

Mail-in Ballots Shaping Plans of Campaigns
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 24 -- While the 2008 presidential candidates are camped out almost full time in the early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, their campaign strategists are quietly zeroing in on a huge treasure trove of votes: the ever-growing roster of Californians who cast their ballots by mail. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Thad Kousser) More

KUSI's Coleman a Climate Lightning Rod
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 22 -- KUSI TV weatherman John Coleman has quickly become a hero to global-warming naysayers. To local climate scientists, he's proof that dinosaurs still live. (Mentions UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

UC Looks at Ending Admission Guarantee
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 25 – A proposal to eliminate the University of California's long-standing guarantee of admission for students making minimum grades and standardized test scores is generating debate among faculty ranks. (Mentions UCSD) More

UCSD Doctors Testing New Breast Cancer Treatment Device
KPBS, Nov 23 -- Doctors at UCSD have been testing a new method of treatment for women who have early stage breast cancer. It's a medical device that allows radiation to be delivered only to the site of the cancer, as opposed to the entire breast. More

Allured by Tijuana Sex Trade, American Tourists Help Breed Disease
KPBS, Nov. 26 -- Tijuana is a popular destination for American sex tourists. That’s because female sex workers are plentiful, and their services are cheap. But a new study from UCSD’s Division of International Health reveals these transactions may be risky for all concerned. More

E-mails Depict UC Scramble Before Dynes' Announcement
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 22 -- Internal e-mails released by the University of California yesterday paint a picture of the frantic days before the announcement of President Robert Dynes' resignation. (Mentions UCSD) More

Local Stem Cell Researchers Excited by Discovery
North County Times, Nov. 21 -- San Diego's large stem cell research community has been fixated on Tuesday's startling announcements that human embryonic stem cells have apparently been grown from skin cells. (Quotes Larry Goldstein, head of UCSD’s stem cell research program) More

Fewer Illegal Immigrants Expected to Return Home for Holidays
North County Times, Nov. 21 -- Immigrants and authorities say they expect fewer illegal border crossings over the holiday season, which would be consistent with trends recorded by U.S. Border Patrol statistics in recent years. (Quotes Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD) More

UCSD Seventh Among the top 10 U.S. Universities in Federal R&D Expenditures
San Diego Daily Transcript, Nov. 21 -- UCSD ranked seventh among the top 10 U.S. universities in federal research and development expenditures for fiscal year 2006, according to newly released figures from the National Science Foundation. More