A Sampling of Clips
for September 25^th, 2008

* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office

Study: Extending Time of Stroke Drug Treatment OK
CBS News, Sept. 24 -- Stroke sufferers can still benefit from clot-busting medicine even if they receive it an hour or so beyond the current three-hour window after symptoms start, an important new study suggests. (Quotes Dr. Patrick Lyden, head of the UCSD stroke center, wrote in an accompanying editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine) More

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UCSD Stroke Expert Seeks Local System for Better Care
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 25 -- As a major study reaffirms today that a clot-busting drug can help many stroke patients, a nationally known neurologist at UCSD urged local health officials to launch a regional system to provide better stroke care. “The time has come to send all stroke patients just to stroke centers that have a 7/24 capability of CT scans as well as trained neurologists,” said Dr. Pat Lyden, medical director of UCSD’s Stroke Center. More

McCain Seeks to Regain the Offensive
Huffington Post, Sept. 24 -- John McCain, losing ground as the economic crisis deepens, sought today to beat Barack Obama to the punch by suspending his campaign, postponing Friday's presidential debate, and calling for an emergency meeting between the President, congressional leaders and both nominees to produce legislation addressing the threat of a Wall Street collapse and a dangerous recession. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Samuel Popkin) More

The Youth Vote
FOX6News, Sept. 24 – Students are holding a voter registration drive at UCSD and FOX6 News interviews them about what motivated them to take part in the political process. More

Preuss Makes Progress, Reforms Still Needed
KPBS, Sept. 25 -- It's been about nine months since UCSD’s Preuss School was rocked by a grade tampering scandal. The news sent shockwaves throughout the country because Preuss has a national reputation for getting disadvantaged students into college. Now a new report finds the campus is making progress with reforms, but there's still room for improvement.  More

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UCSD Extension Reports Record 22,616 Enrollment
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 25 -- At least one local institution appears to be benefiting from the sagging economy. UCSD Extension, the university's continuing education arm, had a record 22,616 students enrolled in more than 4,200 courses for the 2007-08 academic year, university officials said yesterday. More

10 Questions for Richard Liekweg,
Chief executive officer of UCSD Medical Center
La Jolla Light, Sept. 24 -- Richard Liekweg was named one of Modern Healthcare's "Up and Comers" in 2001 when he was CEO of Duke University's Durham Regional Hospital. He caught the eye of UCSD officials who recruited him to take the helm of San Diego's only academic medical center, a position he has held since 2003. More

UCSD Names First George Palade Endowed Chair
San Diego Daily Transcript, Sept. 24 -- Peter Novick, Ph.D., whose work in the field of cell biology has contributed to a novel understanding of internal cellular transportation systems, has been named the George E. Palade Endowed Chair of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the UCSD School of Medicine. More

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