A Sampling of Clips for
October 18th, 2007
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A Life Worth Writing About
Nature, Oct. 18 -- Little introduction is necessary for the man who is possibly the celebrity scientist of the modern era. Craig Venter's autobiography recounts the conflict and controversy that have contributed to his celebrity. Venter is a UCSD alumnus. More
Defense Rests in Mo. Fetus Theft Case
FOX News, Oct. 18 -- Defense attorneys for a woman accused of killing an expectant mother and cutting the baby from her womb rested their case after mental health experts testified that she did not know what she was doing. (Quotes Dr. Vilayanur Ramachandran, director of the Center for Brain and Cognition at UCSD) More
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Principles over Protagonists
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 18 – The Bush administration has taken an important stand in Medellín v. Texas, currently before the U.S. Supreme Court. In a 2004 decision, the International Court of Justice ordered the review of 51 cases involving Mexican nationals sentenced to death in various jurisdictions in the United States, on the grounds that they may have been denied prompt and complete access to their consulates. The Bush administration complied, ordering the relevant states' attorneys general to review the cases. (Written by Everard Meade, an assistant professor in the Department of History at the UCSD) More
The Student Steps Uut
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 18 – Iana Quesnell is still completing her MFA at UCSD, but has had two high-profile exhibitions (this one included) to her credit in less than a year. More
Palomar College Talks Explore Middle East, Immigration
North County Times, Oct. 18 -- Problems in the Middle East and illegal immigration, two of the country's top hot button topics, were the focus of a seminar at Palomar College on Wednesday that attracted standing-room-only audiences. Gordon Hanson, a UCSD economics professor, spoke. More
TechTIPS Takes UCSD Innovations to the Public
San Diego Daily Transcript, Oct. 18 – UCSD’s Technology Transfer & Intellectual Property Services (TechTIPS), established in 1994, manages UCSD's intellectual property. More
Local Life Science Industry Breeds Serial Entrepreneurs
San Diego Daily Transcript, Oct. 18 – Forty years ago, no one could have guessed that San Diego would one day be a Mecca for a robust biotechnology industry. But with a troika of internationally renowned academic centers -- The Salk Institute, UCSD and Scripps Research Institute -- San Diego was poised for a biotech explosion. More