A Sampling of Clips for 
August 30 - September 2, 2003

* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office

Robert C. Dynes; New UC President
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 31-Robert C. Dynes, UC San Diego chancellor, answers questions about the future of UCSD and his newly appointed position as president of the University of California.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/opinion/news_mz1e31qa.html

''I Can't Remember''
Business Week, Sept. 1-Drugs to stave off age-induced memory impairment may be on the horizon. At least 60 pharmaceutical and biotech companies around the world are working on novel memory pills (Quote by Dr. Leon J. Thal, chairman of the Neurosciences Dept. at University of California-San Diego.)
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Universities Filling the Financial Gaps Through Philanthropy
San Diego Business Journal, Aug.- Because state funds ebb and flow with economic cycles and have failed to keep pace with increasing enrollments, public universities have been seeking other sources of income, especially philanthropy. Even with the still-limping economy, UCSD just announced its most successful fund-raising effort in three years. Private support for fiscal year 2002-03 came to $131.1 million.
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Molecular Imaging and UCSD Sign Deal
San Diego Business Journal, Sept. 1-After three months of negotiations, San Diego-based Molecular Imaging Corp. and UC San Diego said they have entered into a definitive agreement to operate what will be the first PET/CT facility in San Diego County. The costly and sophisticated medical scanner is used to detect cancers, heart disease, and other serious health problems in patients.
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Modern Tools Harvest Potential Drugs from Nature
Dallas Morning News, Aug. 31- The pilfering of natural substances from nature's chemical treasury, also known as bioprospecting, isn't new, but scientists are devising new ways to get the goods. One compound with promising anti-tumor and anti-fungal activity was recently isolated from the common seaweed Lobophora, by marine biologist Julia Kubanek and her colleagues at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dallas/healthscience/stories
/090103dnlivbioprospecting.18880.html

From Outer Space to Inner Earth
San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 1- The space probes that examine red-hued Mars, or giant Jupiter's icy moons Europa and Callisto, are spurred by the possibility that life may well be far more widespread in the solar system -- or at least may once have existed in extreme environments other than on Earth alone. (Quote by Jeffrey Bada, a professor of geosciences at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/09/01/MN84192.DTL

Peace of Mind -- But at a Price
Los Angeles Times, Sept. 1- Since arriving on the scene just a few years ago, elective CT scans -- essentially powerful, computer-aided X-rays once reserved for sick or high-risk patients -- have exploded in popularity with throngs of worried well who need to know they are OK. Some worry that they may do more harm than good. (Cites research conducted by UC San Diego.)
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-scan1sep01,1,6766345.story

Restoring Sight While Offering Insights
Newsday, Sept. 2- Three years after surgery restored sight to Michael May, who had been blind for 43 years, researchers from the University of California, San Diego, say May's case shows how vision is more than just eye function. Blindness has long-term effects on how the brain processes information and constructs one's view of the world.
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-dstop3436723sep02,0,2276400.story

SD UCSD Award
City News Service, Aug. 29-UC San Diego announced today it will use a $1.8 million grant from the National Research Foundation to outfit the Computer Science and Engineering building with high-speed wireless and data capabilities. (Quote by Andrew Chien, a computer science and engineering professor at UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering.)
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Tiny Robots from 'Smart Dust'?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 1-Grains the size of dust that can sense their environment, orient themselves and assemble in groups have been developed by chemists at the University of California, San Diego, who say the "smart dust" marks a step toward miniature robots.
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Town of 855 Takes Its Politics Seriously
Los Angeles Times, Sept. 1-The city of Bradbury debates City Council redistricting to ensure 'one man, one vote' representation. (Quote by Steven Erie, political science professor at UC San Diego.)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bradbury1sep01,1,3786171.story

They're Well Behind, but Still Running
Los Angeles Times, Aug. 31-As the breakneck race toward the Oct. 7 recall election continues and the media spotlight shines on only a handful of the 135 candidates, 40 of the lesser-known entrants have decided to remind voters that they are still in the running. A few local candidates gathered at the USS Hornet aircraft carrier museum to promote their campaigns, including Daniel Watts, a college student at UC San Diego.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-group31aug31,1,6131623.story

Indictments Could Alter City Politics at All Levels
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 31-This week's indictment of three San Diego City Council members on federal corruption charges threatens to tear the political fabric of California's second-largest city, with one-third of the council sweating possible prison terms and Mayor Dick Murphy facing higher odds of drawing a serious re-election challenge in 2004. (Quote by Steve Erie, a political scientist at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/news/news_1n31govern.html

Embattled California Governor Hopes for Boost from Clinton
Contra Costa Times, Sept. 1- Bill Clinton, who has consulted frequently with Gov. Gray Davis over the last several weeks, is scheduled to visit California on a three-day trip beginning Sept. 14. Clinton is giving Davis advice on political survival during the upcoming recall, which Davis hopes will lead to an endorsement. (Quote by Samuel Popkin, professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego and former Clinton campaign adviser.)
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In California, Davis' Aloof Manner Boosts Recall Effort
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 1-For years, Gray Davis turned his aloof public persona into a political asset. Californians weren't electing him for his charm, he often said. They wanted experience and competence. But when experience and competence failed him, he didn't have the luxury of falling back on charisma, voters' goodwill and powerful, loyal political friends to help him weather the storm. (Quote by Gary Jacobson, a political science professor at UC San Diego.)
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03244/217157.stm

The Smearing of Bustamante
Counter Punch, Opinion, Aug. 30-For those of us who have been following over the last decade the political propaganda of anti-Mexican hate groups, the controversy around the candidacy of Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante and his membership in the student organization Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA), indicates just how far the rhetoric and tactics of the extreme right have entered the media mainstream. (Article written by Jorge Mariscal, a professor of literature at UC San Diego.)
http://www.counterpunch.org/mariscal08302003.html

College Group Documents Cemetery
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 31- A crew of Palomar College instructors and students last year have found more graves in the San Luis Rey Pioneer Cemetery, and they know who the people are -- they just don't know which people go to which grave. Their instructor, Steven Crouthamel, was able to obtain the help of the UCSD Geophysical Division to do an electromagnetic conductivity survey of the 1 1/2 -acre cemetery.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/metro/news_1mi31cemet.html

Kenan-Flagler Picks a Businessman
London Financial Times, Sept. 1-Kenan-Flagler business school has opted for a corporate rather than an academic appointment for its new dean. Steve Jones, who took up the position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, replaces Robert Sullivan, who left the school to become the founding dean of the graduate management school at the University of California, San Diego.
http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=030901000786&query=Kenan-Flagler+picks+a+businessman&vsc_appId=totalSearch&state=Form

Mark Shipman; Psychiatrist Who Shaped the Lives of Children
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 1-Dr. Mark Shipman, who was an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry in the 1970's at the University of California, San Diego, died of cancer Wednesday at his home in Encinitas.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/metro/news_1m1shipman.html

Earl Ferguson, a Grateful UW Giver
The Seattle Times, Aug. 30- Earl Ferguson, who was a computer programmer for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, in the 1960's, died Aug. 14 from a stroke at age 65.
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