A Sampling of Clips for 
October 3, 2003

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New UC President Begins Job Amid Budget, Political Problems
Associated Press, Oct. 2-Robert C. Dynes started his first day as University of California president with a brisk jog and then plunged into the race to keep UC afloat amid deep budget cuts and a political storm that could end the university system's role as manager of one of the nation's premier nuclear weapons labs. In his first meeting with reporters on Thursday, Dynes was optimistic, saying none of those problems are unbeatable.
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Same article appeared in:
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 2
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20031002-1806-ca-ucpresident.html

New UC President Outlines Plans for Improving System
Contra Costa Times, Oct. 3-Newly appointed University of California President Robert Dynes said he will do all he can to prevent UC from turning away eligible students next year in an effort to cope with its budget crisis. Part of his mission under his new role will be to convince the legislators, the governor, and the people of California that investing in the UC system is money well spent.
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/6922962.htm

New UC Chief Plans to Tour the State
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 3- University of California President Robert C. Dynes announced in his first day on the job yesterday that addressing the state's budget cuts to the UC system would be his top priority. Rather than hold a traditional inauguration, Dynes will spend much of his first six months on the job touring the state, listening to people, gauging their expectations of the 200,000-student UC system and collaborating with other public education institutions to address budget problems.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/news/news_1n3dynes.html

New UC System President has Left an Innovative Mark
Copley News Service, Oct. 2- As UC President Robert Dynes starts one of higher education's most influential positions during a time of crisis, UCSD colleagues reflect on his past accomplishments, and commend Dynes for always managing to fashion innovative responses to complicated problems. (Quotes by UCSD acting Chancellor Marsha Chandler, director of UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography Charlie Kennel, and UC Regent John Davies of San Diego.)
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Gift Completes Stuart Collection
Los Angeles Times, Oct. 3-With the gift, announced Wednesday, of nine major artworks valued at $8 million, UC San Diego now owns the entire 15-piece collection commissioned by the Stuart Foundation and installed on the university's sprawling campus over the last 22 years.
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UCSD's Stuart Collection is Bolstered by Major Gift
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 3- The Stuart Collection, one of the innovative collections of public arts works in the United States, has been a distinguished fixture of the University of California San Diego campus for more than two decades. Now the university has received the majority of the works in the collection as an in-kind gift from the Stuart Foundation valued at $8,047,500.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/currents/news_1c3show.html

Neighboring Cells Can Save or Sabotage Neurons in ALS
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Oct. 2-A multi-center American study, led by UCSD professor of medicine Don Cleveland, found that in mouse models of ALS, the nerve cells (neurons) involved in ALS can either be damaged or saved from degeneration by neighboring non-neuronal cells. The scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, found that when neighboring non-neuronal cells contain a genetic mutation associated with ALS, they can cause damage in normal motor neurons.
http://www.ajc.com/health/content/shared-auto/healthnews/als/515333.html;COXnetJSessionID=19jLo
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More UCSD Medical Students Choose Primary Care
San Diego Channel, Channel 8, Oct. 2- A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association said more future doctors are choosing specialties with a set schedule because they want a family life. However, many medical students at UCSD School of Medicine seem to be bucking the trend. (Quote by UCSD Medical School Vice Dean Maria Savoia.)
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/health/2528526/detail.html

Success May Still Lurk in the Genes in San Diego
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 3-In the battalion of new treatments to fight life-threatening diseases, gene therapy is conspicuously missing in action. The drug industry has been intrigued by the technology since 1972, when University of California San Diego gene therapy pioneer Dr. Theodore Friedmann published a landmark paper describing the potential of gene therapy. But the field has yet to produce a product or a profit.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/business/news_1b3gene.html

Not Appetizing
Toronto Star, Oct. 3-A non-human molecule found in red meat and milk makes its way into the human system when eaten - and seems to build up especially in tumors, researchers from the University of California, San Diego reported this week. The study, lead by UCSD researcher Dr. Ajit Varki, found that sialic acid is found on the surfaces of animal cells but not in people.
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Canada Plans to Open New Consulate in San Diego
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 3- After closing its San Diego trade office nine years ago, Canada plans to open a new consulate here in December. The operation will focus on developing connections between Canadian and San Diego businesses. Officials in the Los Angeles consulate general already have forged good working relationships with the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Institute of the Americas and UCSD's Connect and hope to build on them.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/business/news_1b3canada.html