A Sampling of Clips for 
September 9, 2003

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UCSD Hopes to See More Discoveries Bearing Fruit
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 9-The science programs and discoveries that take place at UCSD are one of the reasons that San Diego has one of the nation's biggest biotech clusters. Now, UCSD's Health Sciences Department hopes to pour even more discoveries into the commercial market, earning the university more money and increasing its contribution to cutting-edge health care through a new package of programs called COILS, College of Integrated Life Sciences.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/tue/business/news_1b9transfer.html

A Fastidiously Fair Forum for Candidates
Los Angeles Times, Sept. 6-UC San Diego student Daniel Watts, who recently joined the race for state governor to voice his opposition of the rising college fees, was interviewed on the California Channel's John Hancock show. The show has become a forum for potential candidates to voice their campaign freely, with each candidate receiving equal airtime.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-equaltime5sep05,1,877341.story

CD Players Could Scan DNA, Proteins
United Press International, Sept. 9-The CD drive and inkjet printer plugged into your personal computer someday could help produce cheap genetic tests and scan for individual molecules, researchers have discovered. (Quote by Michael Burkart, a biological chemist at the University of California, San Diego.)
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Battling that Sinking Feeling in the City of Canals
Boston Globe, Sept. 9- Built on 117 small islands in a lagoon, the Venice City of Canals has long been plagued by floods. But their frequency and severity has steadily increased over the past four decades, driven by rising worldwide sea levels and overconsumption of ground water. Scientists now working with an Italian consortium on an innovative system designed to keep the Adriatic Sea at bay. (Quote by Walter Munk, professor emeritus of geophysics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2003/09/09/battling_
that_sinking_feeling_in_the_city_of_canals/

Rub-On Relief with Some Oomph
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 9- A topical cream containing ketoprofen, a chemical cousin of ibuprofen, has been found to decrease the common muscle soreness that peaks a day or two after exercise, without stomach discomfort. Researchers from UC San Diego tested Trans-Pharma Pharmaceutical Co.'s patented cream on 32 men, ages 18 to 35, in a small, preliminary study.
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Hospital's Heart Bypass Death Rate Called High
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 9- UCSD Medical Center and Thornton Hospital declined to send information in a recent state report that compared statewide hospitals' expected death rates from heart-bypass surgery in 1999. Dr. Stuart Jamieson, the head of heart surgery at UCSD Medical Center who lacked confidence in the survey, said procedures performed at both hospitals should be listed under one hospital because they share a license.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/tue/metro/news_1m9heart.html

Art Historian Dijkstra to Appear at Museum
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 9- The publication of UCSD professor Bram Dijkstra's book, "American Expressionism: Art and Social Change, 1920-1950," has coincided with a touring exhibition by the same name, which just closed at its first venue, the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio. Dijkstra will give a slide lecture and sign books at the La Jolla location of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego Oct. 22 at 7 p.m.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/tue/currents/news_1c9show.html