A Sampling of Clips for 
October 7, 2003

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MacArthur Foundation Names 24 Fellows
Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 6- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named 24 new MacArthur Fellows, including Guillermo Algaze, a professor of anthropology at the University of California, San Diego. The fellowships, commonly referred to as "genius awards," recognize creativity and are designed to encourage talented people to pursue their own intellectual and professional inclinations.
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2003/10/2003100602n.htm

Substance in Meat Found to Enter Human Tissues
Dallas Morning News, Oct. 7- A complex sugar that is abundant in beef, pork and lamb can make its way into the tissues of people who eat those meats, a new study suggests. Writing last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists from the University of California, San Diego and the San Diego Veterans Administration Medical Center describe how they ingested the sugar and then found it a few days later in samples of facial hair or saliva.
http://www.dallasnews.com/texasliving/stories/100603dnlivscibrfs.19e1e.html

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Duke Researcher Says Low-Nicotine Cigarettes May Help Quitters
Associated Press, Oct. 7-A preliminary study on nicotine suggests a renegade cigarette company's no-nicotine smoke deserves more attention as a tool to help quit the habit. A tobacco policy analyst said the product gives researchers a new tool as they try to find ways to help smokers break the habit. (Quote by Dr. David Burns, professor of family and preventive medicine at the University of California at San Diego.)
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News in Brief from Northern California
Associated Press, Oct. 7-UC Davis won a prestigious award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, for their new program called Aggie Family Pack. The goal of the program is to keep parents of UCD connected to the school through a new website and e-mail newsletters that covers campus news and how to tackle difficult topics with their children. Officials at UC San Diego have said they are interested in launching a similar service.
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Scientists Win Nobels for Work on MRI Research by U.S.
USA Today, Oct. 7-Two scientists whose work on magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, revolutionized the field of medical diagnostics won the 2003 Nobel Prize for medicine Monday. (Quote by William Bradley, a professor of radiology at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20031007/5565404s.htm

DNA Forms Building Block for Next Breed of Computer
Copley News Service, Oct. 6-For years, researchers have taken advantage of the ever-increasing power of computers to crack the genetic code. But now a handful of scientists around the world are going in the opposite direction, using DNA - the blueprint for cellular life - to crunch numbers inside a new breed of computer. (Quote by Pavel Pevzner, a computer science and engineering professor at the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.)
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Pulitzer-Winner Power will Speak on Genocide
La Jolla Village News, Oct. 2-Samantha Power, a 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winner for non-fiction, will give the convocation address during the grand opening week of the Eleanor Roosevelt College at the University of California, San Diego. Power will speak Wednesday, Oct. 8, 7p.m. in UCSD's RIMAC arena.
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/eclips/PDF/Power.pdf