A Sampling of Clips for
August 08, 2002
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Drug-resistant
HIV emerging
United Press International, August 8 – A five-year
study led by UCSD researchers Susan Little and Douglas
Richman has found that 1 in 5 people who become newly infected
with HIV are increasingly acquiring strains of the virus that
resist drugs.
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Related
articles appeared in:
San Diego Union Tribune, Aug. 8
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/news/news_1n8aids.html
San
Jose Mercury News, Aug. 8
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/3822587.htm
Copley
News Service, Aug. 8
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No link available online.
Researchers
measure Antarctic ice shelf tides from space for the first time
Sciencedaily.com, Aug. 2 – Scripps Institution
of Oceanography researchers and Earth and Space Research of
Seattle have measured Antarctic ice shelf tides from space for
the first time. Through their research, the effect of tides can
be removed more accurately and thus climate-related changes can
be tracked more closely. Scripps scientist Helen Amanda
Fricker collaborated on the study published in a recent issue
of Geophysical Research Letters.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/08/020801075003.htm
Related
articles appeared in:
Spacedaily.com, Aug. 2
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/antarctic-02n.html
70 South.com,
Aug. 5
http://www.70south.com/news
Inquiry
uncovers possible cheating on GRE in Asia
Associated Press, Aug. 7 – A probe into possible cheating
on the Graduate Record Examination has uncovered Chinese and Korean-language
Web sites with answers to the test. (Quotes Jori Cincotta,
director of admissions and outreach at UCSD’s Graduate
School of International Relations and Pacific Studies).
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No link available online.
Party
on, dudes let’s sell kids on voting and political participation
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, Editorial, Aug. 8, Pg. 17 – In an opinion
article, E.J. Dionne stresses the importance of First Vote, a
crusade started by Jane Eisner to encourage young people to vote.
(Quotes UCSD professor of communications Michael Schudson).
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No link available online.
MTV
picks UCSD pair
San Diego Union Tribune, Aug. 7, Pg. 7 – UCSD
students Kwong Chong and Patricia Dao are among a dozen across
the United States who have been selected to work on a production
of “Music in High Places,” a music performance that
will air later this year on MTV.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/wed/currents/news_mz1c7tvbrief.html
