A Sampling of Clips for 
September 24 - 26, 2005

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Like High-Def? Here Comes the Next Level
New York Times, Sept. 26-Scientists and engineers in the United States and Japan plan to test the world's highest-resolution videoconferencing system on Monday evening over a 9,000-mile optical network linking UCSD with Keio University in Tokyo. More

Too Much Risk?
Los Angeles Times, Sept. 26-As doctors push the boundaries of fetal surgery, others question ethics -- and call for limits. UCSD performed its first fetal surgeries earlier this year. More

For Stem Cell Experts, Hopes are Long Term
San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 26-New evidence from mouse studies suggests that stem cells may help cure paralysis in cases of spinal cord injury. So that raises an obvious question: When can they be tried in humans? (Quote by neuroscientist Fred Gage of UCSD.) More

Rady School Mixes Industry with Education
San Diego Daily Transcript, Sept. 20-When UCSD officials decided to start a business school, they wanted to create one like no other. Since no other major public research university had even attempted to start a business school in recent memory, the thought itself was novel. The results have certainly been unique. (Quote by Robert Sullivan, founding dean of the Rady School at UCSD.) More

On the Record: Robert Dynes
San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 25-Q & A with Robert Dynes, the president of the University of California system. He presides over a sprawling institution consisting of 10 university campuses, three national laboratories and five medical centers, plus an array of museums, galleries, botanical gardens and research stations. More

Scientists Reverse Memory Loss in Mice with Alzheimer's
News-Medical.Net, Sept. 26-In mice that had been genetically engineered to develop Alzheimer's disease, scientists from UCSD and the Salk Institute were able to reverse the rodents' memory loss by reducing the amount of an enzyme that is crucial for the development of Alzheimer's disease. More

An 'Old-Fashioned' Playwright's
Credo: Stick to your Principles
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 25-Lee Blessing has earned the distinction of being the UCSD La Jolla Playhouse's most-produced living playwright. With his latest work, "The Scottish Play," Blessing becomes the Playhouse's most-produced living playwright. More

Frist's Political Future Darkens
Over Questions on Stock Sales
Bloomberg, Sept. 26-At the start of this year, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist was looking at a bright political future. He led his party to an expanded majority in the Senate in November and emerged as a leading Republican hopeful for the 2008 presidential race. (Quote by Gary Jacobson, a professor of political science at UCSD.) More

Immigration Tops Meeting of Governors
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 24-The whole menu of hot-button California immigration issues intruded yesterday on a long-awaited meeting between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his Baja California counterpart. (Quote by Jeffrey Davidow, president of the Institute of the Americas at UCSD.) More

Getting into College Subject of Forum
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 24-A public forum on the hurdles the poor and minorities face trying to get into college will be tomorrow at the San Marcos Community Center. Panelists will include Jorge Mariscal, Chicano studies instructor at UCSD. More