A Sampling of Clips for
April
20 - 22, 2002
UCSD
faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the
University Communications
Office
Kids
under pressure
CNN,
CNN
Presents, April 20 – This program follows high school seniors
through the admissions process.
UCSD gave
CNN’s cameras unprecedented access to the admissions process.
(Quotes UCSD
assistant vice chancellor of admissions Richard
L. Backer and Mae Brown, director of admissions at UCSD).
More see attached file…CNN
The
reason chimps are chumps
Toronto
Star, April
21 –An international team of researchers led by UCSD
professor of medicine Ajit
Varki found the brain to be the only organ where gene
function varies so dramatically between humans and Chimpanzees.
More see attached file…Gene
function
Similar
topic covered in:
National
Public Radio, Talk of the Nation, April
19
Science
News Round-Up Audio
Clip – Requires RealPlayer
For
the health of it – Experts try to look ahead for Alzheimer’s
signs
North
County Times, April
21 – A study by UCSD
and the VA San Diego Healthcare System illustrates how very early
and subtle changes in mental skills can signal oncoming dementia.
(Quotes UCSD
neuroscientist Mark Jacobson).
http://www.nctimes.net/news/2002/20020421/60039.html
Wi-Fi’s
range may be short, but its ‘hot-spots’ are sweet
Chicago
Tribune, April
18 – Wireless fidelity, an inexpensive and popular method of
creating wireless networks in homes and businesses, is creating
many hot spots used for many projects including the UCSD
campus shuttle that marries 3G and Wi-Fi technologies.
More see attached file…Wi-Fi
Similar
article appeared in:
San
Diego Union Tribune, April
22, 2002
http://www.uniontrib.com/news/uniontrib/mon/business/news_mz1b22wifi.html
Budgeting
for health
Boston
Globe, Editorial,
April 22 – Many valuable programs are at risk due
to a decline in state revenues including Massachusetts Bureau on
HIV and AIDS. (Mentions
a UCSD and Rand
Corporation AIDS and HIV study).
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/112/editorials/Budgeting_for_health+.shtml
Target
the bingers, not campus drinkers
Washington
Post, Outlook,
April 21, Pg. B01 – Opinion article about the impact of alcohol
on college campuses. (Quotes
UCSD psychiatrist Marc
Schuckit).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18781-2002Apr20.html
Crisis
in Venezuela: U.S. takes heat for tepid response to coup
Atlanta
Journal and Constitution, April
21, Pg. 1F – The Bush administration is castigated for its
response to the recent coup in Venezuela. (Quotes UCSD
professor and former President Clinton Latin American adviser Richard
Feinberg).
Crisis
in Venezuela
Talking
it out
San
Diego Union Tribune, April
19 – Group dialogues aim to pave a hopeful path to
Israeli-Palestinian peace. (Quotes UCSD professor of Bible
and Judaic studies Dick Friedman).
No
link available online. Email
us for a copy
A
year later: Supercomputer director says job has stretched her
psyche
San
Diego Daily Transcript, April
22 – San Diego Super
Computer Center
director Francine Berman
is profiled.
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us for a copy
The
UCSD stew is simmering nicely
San
Diego Union Tribune, April
21, Pg. F-4 – The UCSD
Department of Theatre and Dance presents its 2002 New Play
Festival. The La
Jolla Playhouse begins rehearsals this week on the UCSD
campus for its season-opening play.
No
link available online. Email
us for a copy
Life
in San Diego: long waiting lines and swollen streets
San
Diego Union Tribune,
Neil Morgan column, April
21 – UCSD-TV
arranged for a panel of scientists, among them UCSD
physics professors Ivan
Schuller
and
Marvin
Goldberger
and Director Emeritus of the Institute on Global Conflict and
Cooperation Herbert
York,
to meet members of the “Copenhagen” cast to try to answer the
question, Did Werner Heisenberg sabotage the Nazi race to build
the first bomb, or did it simply fail?
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Find
out what kind of fat-burning furnace you are
San
Diego Union Tribune,
Body
and Soul, April 22 – Personal trainer and fitness expert Phillip
Goglia has written the book “Turn up the heat.”
(Quotes UCSD
associate development director and Goglia client Anna
Marie Bezzerides).
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link available online. Email
us for a copy
‘Sailor’
jellyfish make port call at local beaches
San
Diego Union Tribune, April
20 – Stephen Birch Aquarium
scientists identified the blue-tinted, jellyfish that washed
ashore by the thousands this week as the “by-the-wind” sailor.
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link available online. Email
us for a copy
Trauma
review
San
Diego Union Tribune, Editorial,
April 20 –Editorial addressing the need for the six San Diego
County trauma centers including the UCSD
center to cooperate with the county’s audit of the
trauma system.
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link available online. Email
us for a copy
