A Sampling of Clips for September 3^rd, 2008

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Where Have All the Dollars Gone?
Science, July 2008 -- During the past decade, the U.S. National Institutes of Health nearly doubled its annual HIV/AIDS research budget to $2.9 billion. UCSD was the 10^th-best funded institution. The university also is ranked the ninth highest impact institution. Also, UCSD researcher Douglas Richman is ranked the HIV/AIDS author with the second-highest impact and UCSD researcher Connie Benson was one of the top 10 NIH-funded HIV/AIDS investigators for the 2007 fiscal year. More

Gustav's Weakend Punch
Chicago Tribune, Sept. 3 -- The combination of a strong dollar, weak global economy and relatively mild hurricane season so far has reversed a surge in oil prices that looked unstoppable just months ago. (Quotes UCSD economist James Hamilton) More

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Daunting Tasks Face Japan's Next Premier
Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 3 -- Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's abrupt resignation Monday has left the ruling party searching for a replacement who can tackle the political deadlock and flagging economy that overwhelmed the outgoing leader's year in office. (Quotes Ellis Krauss, a professor of Japanese politics and policymaking at UCSD) More

Fraud Seen in Loan Program at UCSD
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 3 – At least 13 percent of emergency loans granted through a special program for UCSD employees were based in part on fraudulent documents, according to a campus audit that looked at lending over a one-year period. As a result of the fraud, UCSD has put safeguards in place. More

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Athletes Strive to be Bigger, Stronger & Faster
KPBS, Sept. 2 -- Modern bio-chemistry has brought the power and influence of performance-enhancing drugs to a new level. And there's no fool-proof way to test for them. At least, not yet. The discussion about drugs in sports raises technical questions, administrative questions, and ethical questions. These Days host Tom Fudge guests include Dr. Theodore Friedmann, professor of pediatrics at UCSD. He is also the chair of the Gene Doping Panel, World Anti-Doping Agency. More

Schools and Businesses Partner to Provide Real-World Lessons
San Diego Metropolitan, September 2008 -- UCSD’s Rady Center for Executive Development is associated with the university’s Rady School of Management. Both focus on education for those in life science and technology. More

Algae is the Answer
San DiegoCityBEAT, Sept. 3 -- Really, this is about scum. Green, slimy, don’t-swim-in-the-water scum. OK, the people who make their living working with the stuff probably prefer the technical names for all that green sludge: algae and cyanobacteria. It’s this very slime that might save the world. Up at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Bill Gerwick keeps what amounts to a cyanobacteria library. More

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