A Sampling of Clips
for September 24^th, 2008

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Robert Katzman, Alzheimer’s Activist, Dies at 82
The New York Times, Sept. 23 -- Dr. Robert Katzman, the neurologist, researcher and medical activist who redefined Alzheimer’s disease as a major public health problem and as the most frequent progressive form of dementia in aging, died Sept. 16 at his home in San Diego. He was 82. He joined the research faculty at UCSD in 1984 and later founded and led is now known as the Shiley-Marcus Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. More
 
Ralph Nader, Cranky and California-Bound
Los Angeles Times, Sept. 23 -- Presidential candidate Ralph Nader and vice presidential running mate Matt Gonzalez will campaign in Los Angeles and along the California coast to decry "the unjust, restrictive, and undemocratic Commission on Presidential Debates." ader and Gonzalez will hold a rally at USC on Friday, the day of the debate between John McCain and Barack Obama, and then head to UCSD and Encinitas on Saturday. More

New Surgery Techniques Avoid Incisions Completely
Contra Costa Times, Sept. 24 -- Many surgeons are enthusiastic about the possibilities, but some question the need for the new procedures when safe, only slightly invasive alternatives exist. And they fear that doctors will rush ahead before they have perfected their techniques and made sure that the benefits are worth the risks.  (Quotes Mark Talamini, who chairs the surgery department at UCSD) More

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University Offers Free Cancer Seminar
NBC San Diego, Sept. 23 -- UCSD is holding a free seminar on the newest treatment and detection techniques for ovarian cancer, among the most insidious of cancers. More

Melville is Back Home After Epic Voyage
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 24 -- After 2½ years at sea, the research vessel Melville, a Scripps Institution of Oceanography vessel, sailed home to Point Loma yesterday. The cruise was an epic: 917 days, 100,000-plus miles, 46 scientific missions, 1.6 million gallons of diesel fuel bought for $4 million. More

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Navy Hospital Ship Mercy Set to Return Tomorrow
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 24 -- The hospital ship Mercy will return to San Diego about 9 a.m. tomorrow after completing its third extended humanitarian mission to the western Pacific Ocean in four years, Navy officials announced Monday. The medical personnel came from 15 Pacific Rim nations, as well as the Aloha Medical Mission, Project Hope, Operation Smile and UCSD’s Pre-Dental Society. More

Languages Fill the Melting Pot
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 24 – An analysis of U.S. census data shows that the number of foreign-language speakers, particularly Spanish speakers, has grown dramatically in San Diego County since 1990 in relation to the county's population growth. (Quotes Celia Zentella, a professor emeritus of ethnic studies at UCSD) More

Trolley Dances Celebrates 10 Year Bridging Art & Public Transportation
KPBS, Sept. 23 -- This weekend marks the 10th anniversary of Trolley Dances. Choreographer and UCSD dance instructor Jean Isaacs got the idea for the event after seeing a dance company in Bern, Switzerland, perform at a commuter train stops. She says joining dance and the urban environment is a win for both. More

UC San Diego Goes Off Campus for Space
San Diego Business Journal, Sept. 23 -- UCSD has signed a 10-year lease for research space valued at more than $19 million in Torrey Pines, according to a Grubb & Ellis|BRE Commercial announcement Sept. 23. The university will use the 48,200-square-foot space on John Hopkins Court as a biotech research facility. More

UCSD Receives Sixth Ranking in NSF
La Jolla Light, Sept. 23 -- UCSD moved to sixth place nationally among public universities and colleges in federal research and development funding, up from the previous year's ranking of seventh, according to a recently released study by the National Science Foundation. More

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