A Sampling of Clips for 
October 28, 2005

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Stepping Into Future
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 28—UCSD will debut its gleaming new $70 million home for the California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology today. Throughout the day, events will celebrate the new building for the state-funded research institute. More

Quiet Riot: Girls with ADHD Sit in Silence
ABC News, Oct. 26—The image of a boy running chaotically around a playground is what most parents expect to see with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But that quiet girl daydreaming her way through class may also have the same problem, and the subtlety may cause it to go undiagnosed for years longer than her male counterpart. Dr. Martin T. Stein, professor of pediatrics and director of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics at UCSD, describes how girls with ADHD typically act and the best ways teachers and parents can help them succeed. More

Nanotechnology research in San Diego
KPBS, These Days, Oct. 26—Nanotechnology is a rapidly growing field of science that uses particles that are so tiny that 10,000 of them could fit on the head of a pen. Here in San Diego, researchers and scientists are working to see how nanotechnology can be used to identify and treat cancer cells. We talk to Dr. Andrew Kummel and Bradley Messmer from UCSD about the work they are doing with nanotechnology, and how it may someday be used to treat patients with breast cancer and leukemia. More

New Art Coming from UCSD
PBS, These Days, Oct. 26—Media artist Adrienne Jenik spends most of her days in the research halls of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology. There she talks regularly with scientists and engineers about their projects and watches them develop cutting edge technologies. These experiences have informed her artwork, including her latest project, Specflic, which is a film and live performance that imagines what UCSD might be like in the world of the near future. More

How Hot Tuna (and Some Sharks) Stay Warm
Noticias, Spain, Oct. 27—Scientists now have direct evidence that the north Pacific salmon shark maintains its red muscle at 68-86 degrees Fahrenheit, much warmer than the 47 degree Fahrenheit water in which it lives. (Refers to research by Robert Shadwick of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

UCSD Student Council Agrees to Ban TV Sex
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 28—UCSD student government leaders have decided to temporarily ban nudity and sex on a student-run television station, stopping – for now – the controversial and sometimes pornographic Koala TV show. More

Mayoral Campaign Tactics
Raise Eyebrows on Both Sides
Voice of San Diego, Oct. 28—Less than two weeks away from a mayoral election in which San Diego will choose who it wants to lead it out of its problems, the tactics employed by both campaigns in the waning days conjure questions among some of the town's political observers. (Quote by Steve Erie, a political science professor at UCSD.) More