A Sampling of Clips for October 30^th, 2009

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Delayed Treatment of Spinal Injuries
Could One Day Be Practical, Researchers Say
ABC News, Oct. 29 -- Ten to 15 years ago, if any one of the 6 million people estimated to be living with paralysis searched for treatment, they would likely find that hope was in short supply. More often than not, they were told their condition was permanent. Research since then has shown that if the damage from spinal cord injuries is dealt with immediately, there may be hope that some patients can avoid total paralysis. But if treatment is delayed, the chances of success quickly dwindle. Now, in an unprecedented new study from UCSD, published Wednesday in the journal Neuron, researchers say they were able to regenerate nerve cells up to 15 months after a spinal cord injury. More

Meditative Moves and Dance Distilled
The New York Times, Oct. 30 -- At the start of each program of work by Garth Fagan Dance comes a quick tutorial in Mr. Fagan’s distinctive style and intentions. On Tuesday night at the Joyce Theater that lesson came in its most distilled form. Norwood Pennewell, who has been dancing with Mr. Fagan’s company for an astonishing 31 years, leaped onto the stage in silence. He balanced on one leg in a near-balletic attitude position, tipped his upper body forward and swiveled, then did something very like that again — and again, all the while remaining poised on one leg as the other scythed calmly through the air. (Mentions UCSD music professor Lei Liang who contributed to the score of Fagan’s Mudan 175/39) More

US, N Korean Officials Join in Unofficial Talks
Salon.com, Oct. 27 -- U.S. and North Korean officials wrapped up unofficial talks Tuesday with other northeast Asian countries about regional security, but with no reports of major breakthroughs. The two-day meeting in San Diego was designed to be "frank but friendly" and was not preparation for a resumption of official multilateral talks, said Susan Shirk, a UCSD professor and founder of the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue. More

New Biotech Center Opens In La Jolla
10 News, Oct. 29 -- Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. Thursday opened a biotechnology center in La Jolla that will house nearly 200 of its scientists. Work at the Lilly Biotechnology Center, which is located in the 450,000- square-foot Campus Pointe complex near UCSD will focus mostly on discovering, engineering and conducting clinical trials on potential medicines for cancer, diabetes and autoimmune diseases, according to the company. More

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San Diego Institutions Get Solar Funding Windfall
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 29 -- Schools, cities and universities in San Diego County are poised to get $154.6 million in solar installations subsidized through federal stimulus funds – in the process increasing the region's solar capacity by 40 percent. The amount is nearly 20 percent of the $800 million handed out nationwide. “It means more green jobs and more renewable power for the people of San Diego,” said Lisa Bicker, chief executive of CleanTECH San Diego, a nonprofit group that coordinated some of the applications for the funding and announced them Thursday. (Mentions software developed by students at UCSD to use aerial images from Google to estimate the solar capacity of rooftops and quotes Byron Washom who oversees energy strategies for UCSD) More

‘South Pacific,’ ‘Zombie Prom’: San Diego Youth Theater Sings
San Diego News Network, Oct. 28 -- Senior Stakeout: “A Word of Secrecy” is a new serio-comedy by local playwright and professor in UCSD’s Department of Theatre and Dance, Allan Havis, based on a real event. This past May, an 85-year-old man, a retired U.S. Army Air Corps veteran who lived with his wife of 57 years in a retirement community in Monroe Township, New Jersey, confessed that he leaked classified U.S. military documents to an Israeli agent in the early 1980s. Why it took the government 23 years to charge Ben-Ami Kadish was a mystery to the judge. The case included allegations of espionage and even talk of the death penalty, but Kadish hobbled out of federal court without a prison sentence, just harsh words from the judge and a fine of $50,000. Those are the facts, ma’am. More

Globalization is Shaping Urban Development
Budapest Business Journal, Oct. 29 -- Space has numerous dimensions: A space can be inclusive and thus define relationships. However, it is not just boundaries that create a “space“, but also what happens in it. Architect Dr. Helge Mooshammer from the Institute of Art and Design at the Vienna University of Technology is seeking to demonstrate that the organization of social cohabitation is increasingly a question of “transgressing boundaries.” He is investigating new dynamics in “defining space.” (Mentions UCSD visual arts professor Teddy Cruz who will join Dr. Mooshammer at the “Other Markets” symposium in Vienna on Oct. 31. Cruz will discuss his projects in Central America, which simultaneously construct a public infrastructure and new economic systems). More

Mac Kenzie Foundation Supports UCSD Med Students
San Diego Daily Transcript, Oct. 29 -- Since 1977, a small foundation based in Los Angeles has made a big impact on nearly 800 medical students at UCSD. The Mac Kenzie Foundation -- established by Sophia Mac Kenzie to alleviate the financial burden of medical school for California students -- has given $1.7 million in total donations for students in the UCSD School of Medicine. This year, the foundation gave $85,000, benefiting 24 students. More

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