A Sampling of Clips for September 1^st, 2009

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Chemotherapy Linked to Sleep-Wake Cycle Disruptions
U.S. News & World Report, Sept. 1 -- New research suggests that chemotherapy in breast cancer patients disrupts cycles of sleep and wakefulness, and continued treatment leads to worse and more lasting problems. Sonia Ancoli-Israel, a professor of psychiatry at UCSD, was the principal investigator. More

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Stem-Cell Projects Falter
Nature, Sept. 1 -- California's troubled economy has hit the state's ambitious stem-cell research program, delaying the construction of facilities and disrupting recruitment. (Quotes Lawrence Goldstein, stem-cell research program director at UCSD) More

Hair Today, Gone in Weeks
The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 1 -- Getting rid of unwanted hair on the face, legs, underarms and other areas of the body can be a major pain. One of the few products that work is Vaniqa, a prescription cream sold by SkinMedica Inc. of Carlsbad, Calif., for use on women's faces, doctors say. (Quotes Stacy R. Smith, a voluntary assistant clinical professor at UCSD) More

Teflon-Coated Cells That Could Beat Diabetes
The Daily Mail, U.K., Sept. 1 -- Teflon, the chemical used to coat non- stick pans, could hold the secret to beating diabetes. Scientists have invented a tiny implant covered in a Teflon coating that contains transplanted insulin-producing cells. Professor Pamela Itkin-Ansari, from UCSD, said killer T-cells, launched by the immune system when it thinks the body is under attack, seemed not even to notice the presence of foreign cells. More

Frequent Wildfires Indicate Need to Combat Climate Change
Xinhua, Sept. 1 -- Wildfires have struck with increasing force in many parts of the world in recent years and experts suspect climate change has played a key role in the disasters. (Mentions research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More

California Wildfires Threatening D.H.
Burnham & Co.'s Mount Wilson Observatory
Chicago Tribune, Sept. 1 -- The California wildfires are posing a serious threat to the historic Mount Wilson Observatory, which was designed by D.H. Burnham & Co, the firm of the great Chicago architect Daniel Burnham. (Quotes Anthony Westerling of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More

Guggenheim Museum Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Huliq News, Sept. 1 -- Works & Process, the performing arts program at the Guggenheim, celebrates its 25th anniversary along with the 50th Anniversary of the Guggenheim Museum in two newly commissioned works, offered in conjunction with the full-scale retrospective Kandinsky presented at the Guggenheim from September 18, 2009 to January 13, 2010. (Mentions Susan Narucki, who is on the UCSD faculty) More

Woman Recounts Shark Incident
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 1 -- Bethany Edmund is easing her way back into the water, a week after she said a 6-foot shark bit her right foot and left calf near Terramar beach in Carlsbad. A shark researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography said yesterday that he and his colleagues are examining photos of Edmund's injuries, but they hadn't determined what bit her. More

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The Best of San Diego 2009
San Diego Magazine, September 2009 -- Every seat is “the sweet spot” in the 400-seat concert hall of Conrad Prebys Music Center at UCSD. Designed in part by world-renowned acoustician Cyril M. Harris, the asymmetrical wood-and-plaster structure literally floats within the main building, resulting in richly diffused sound. More

Math Group Nets $1.5 Million to Teach Teachers
Voice of San Diego, Sept. 1 -- The National Science Foundation is shelling out $1.5 million to Math for America San Diego -- a nonprofit consortium of local school districts and colleges -- to supply new mathematics teachers across the county. Dr. Guershon Harel, professor of mathematics at UCSD, is the principal investigator of the grant. More

UCSD’s Toy Piano Festival is Hardly Kids’ Stuff
San Diego News Network, Sept. 1 – Scott Paulson is the outreach coordinator for the UCSD Arts Library. And he has managed to fuse his love of creative music with the job he enjoys at the university. He is the founder and director of the Toy Piano Festival at UCSD, where the ninth annual event will be presented on September 5. More

San Diego People
San Diego Business Journal, Aug. 31 -- UCSD Extension has named Henry J. DeVries assistant dean for external affairs. De­Vries’ work will include public affairs, fundraising and research. He serves as spokesman for UCSD Extension and has taught marketing there since 1984. He’s also past president of the UCSD Alumni Association. More

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