A Sampling of Clips for 
September 02, 2005

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Three Local Colleges to take Gulf Students
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 2-Three San Diego universities are the latest to join dozens of colleges offering last-minute admission to students whose Gulf Coast schools were hit by Hurricane Katrina. UCSD, SDSU, and USD say they will be able to accommodate dozens of students. Some of the schools are trying to expedite the application process for the fall term, where classes began this week. More

Billion-Dollar Baby Dot-Coms? Uh-Oh, Not Again
New York Times, Sept. 2-Venture capital, to be sure, is a sport played best by risk takers who understand that the cost of getting into a deal doesn't matter nearly as much as the price someone else -- whether a larger company or investors through an initial public offering -- is willing to pay at the exit. At the same time, however, a lot of the worst deals in venture history also were pricey deals done at highly inflated prices. (Quote by Paul S. Kedrosky, a professor at UCSD.) More

Dad's the Link for Childhood Asthma
Forbes, Sept. 1-Asthmatic children whose fathers have a history of the disease are at a greater risk of developing a severe asthma-related breathing difficulty than children whose fathers were always asthma-free, new research by the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston finds. (Quote by Dr. Stephen Wasserman, a professor of medicine at UCSD.) More

Same article appeared in:
Health Central, Sept. 1

North Korea Abuses
International Food Aid, Helps Military
Reuters, Sept. 2-North Korea is abusing international food aid while cutting back on its own imports of food and diverting funds elsewhere, including the military, according to a report co-written by Stephan Haggard UCSD. More

Similar articles appeared in:
Boston Globe, Sept. 1

New Bacterial Gene Provides Meningitis Mechanism
Innovations Report, Sept. 1-Bacterial meningitis is the most common nervous system infection and a major cause of childhood death. In a new study appearing in the September 1 print issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation, Kelly Doran and colleagues from UCSD investigate the mechanisms responsible for the penetration of the human blood-brain barrier (BBB) by Group B Streptococcus (GBS), the bacteria that causes meningitis in newborn infants. More

Parts of Brain Battle Over Decisions
UPI, Sept. 1-Researchers have identified areas in the brain that anticipate joy and fear and say they battle it out when a big decision is to be made. (Quote by UCSD scientist Martin Paulus.) More