A Sampling of Clips for
September 14th, 2007
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Surgeons Remove Gallbladder
Fox News, Sept. 14 -- Surgeons at the UCSD Medical Center successfully removed a patient's gallbladder through her vagina.
The procedure was the first clinical trial surgery in the Southwest to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of performing abdominal procedures through the body’s natural openings. More
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Grades Probed At Renowned School
KNSD, Sept. 13 -- An award-winning principal and academic advisor of the nationally renowned Preuss School are on paid leave while auditors investigate allegations of grade irregularities, NBC 7/39 reported.
Principal Doris Alvarez and Phil Ensberg were put on paid leave on Wednesday. Ensberg is Alvarez's son-in-law, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. More
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U.S. Climate Office Called Inadequate on Many Levels
San Diego Union Tribune, Sept. 14 -- The federal office that oversees the nation's research on global warming is inadequate on many levels and some of its tools are falling apart, according to a critique issued yesterday by a committee of the National Research Council.
The bleak assessment was led by Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a climate and atmospheric scientist at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. More
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German Converts to Islam Are an Asset, Not a Threat
Spiegel Online Opinion, Sept 13 -- In a guest editorial, anthropologist Esra Özyürek from the UCSD argues that German converts to Islam are not the threat they are claimed to be, and explains how converts make a valuable contribution to German society. More
Anna Lang has Blossomed As A Cyclist
San Diego Union Tribune, Sept. 14 -- The date you met your soul mate. The day your child was born. The date when a horrific accident turned your life upside down.
Most of us cling to a date that, for whatever reason, is imbedded in our memory bank.
For Anna Lang, it's June 17, 2004.
She had just finished her first year of graduate school at UCSD – “Academically, the most intense school year of my life,” she says – and headed to the San Diego Velodrome for a workout. More
John Lincoln Stewart
Inside Bay Area.com, Sept. 14 -- John Lincoln Stewart founding provost of Muir College at UCSD, passed away August 31 at the age of 90 in Oakland, CA. Born January 24, 1917 in Alton, IL, he grew up in Granville, OH and Dwight, Ontario. He graduated from Dennison College in 1938 with a double major in English and music. More