A Sampling of Clips for
September 13, 2005
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World Watch:
Wayward Food Aid in North Korea?
U.S. News and World Report, Sept.
13-It is a question that policymakers in the Bush administration,
other governments, and private relief agencies have pondered
for years: How much of the considerable international food aid
sent to hungry North Korea has been diverted away from its intended
beneficiaries? The debate is not likely to end, but a significant
study released this month by Stephan Haggard,
director of the Korea-Pacific Program at UCSD,
takes a stab at an answer: 25 to 30 percent of it. More
UCSD Raises
$757 Million for Endowment
San Diego Daily Transcript, Sept.
12-UCSD announced Monday that it has raised
a total of $757.7 million in gifts for The Campaign for UCSD:
Imagine What's Next. UCSD expects to achieve
the remaining $242.3 million before the seven-year campaign
concludes in June 2007. More
China, Mexico Try to Ease
Trade Ties
Los Angeles Times, Sept. 13-Chinese
President Hu Jintao pledged Monday to crack down on contraband
Chinese merchandise coming into Mexico, whose ballooning trade
deficit with the Asian nation has become a source of irritation
here. (Quote by Van Whiting Jr., senior fellow
at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at UCSD.)
More
Computer
Scientist Sees San Diego's Future
Voice of San Diego, Neil Morgan,
Sept. 13-Our city management is archaic, with our city government
repeating old mistakes that have been identified for years.
Yet nearby on university campuses and in our scientific laboratories,
researchers routinely push out into new worlds of discovery.
If these ideas could be harnessed into our community, a very
different direction of vibrant growth could ensue. At a recent
round table, Larry Smarr, director of CAL-(IT)2
at UCSD, spoke on this subject. More
'Lion King'
Koizumi Could Be Next Japan Kingmaker
Reuters, Sept. 13-Nicknamed "Lion
King" when he swept to power four years ago, Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi could become Japan's new kingmaker if he steps
down as planned next year despite a stunning election victory
by his party. (Quote by Ellis Krauss, a professor
at UCSD.) More
Similar
article appeared in:
Boston
Herald, Sept. 13
Ocean Instrument
Program Led by
Scripps Set to Achieve World Coverage
Innovations Report, Sept. 13-An ambitious
idea spawned more than 20 years ago to develop a new way to
watch the world change has come to fruition. The Global Drifter
Program (GDP), largely led by Scripps Institution of
Oceanography and Scripps Distinguished Professor Peter
Niiler, will meet its lofty goal of blanketing the
globe on Sept. 18 when the program's 1,250th instrument is dropped
in the ocean off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. More
Eye Test
Diagnosis Problems by Measuring Brain Waves
KFMB, Sept. 12-Eye exams are recommended
for children as young as six-months-old. But a child that young
can't read an eye chart. So pediatricians have trouble determining
if there's a problem. However, now there's a new technology
that can diagnose an eye condition by simply monitoring a child's
brain waves. (Quote by Dr. David Granet, a
professor of Ophthalmology at UCSD.) More
Numbers
Crunching
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 13-While
it's important to know your cholesterol "numbers,"
it's also helpful to know a bit about how cholesterol works,
where it comes from and what you can do to lower harmful levels
and raise others to protect you from heart attack and stroke.
(Quote by UCSD cardiologist Dr. Sotirios
Tsimikas.) More
