A Sampling of Clips for
August 09, 2002
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Drug-resistant
AIDS seen tripling from ’95 to 2000
Boston Globe, Aug. 8 – Scientists discovered
that up to 20 percent of people newly infected with HIV may have
a drug-resistant strain of the virus. UCSD researcher Douglas
Richman is an author of the study that appeared in the New
England Journal of Medicine.
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/220/nation/Drug_resistant_AIDS
Related
article appeared in:
Reuters, Aug.7
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cidX5&ncidX5&e=7&u=
UCSD clears
scientist of any wrongdoing
Associated Press, Aug. 9 – Jiangyu Zhu,
a UCSD scientist accused of stealing trade secrets in 1999
when he worked at Harvard Medical School, has been cleared of
any wrongdoing during his employment at UCSD. UCSD
officials said a month-long internal review of Zhu’s
work did not reveal “any evidence that Dr. Zhu was
engaging in any activity that compromises the integrity of UCSD’s
research program.”
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Related
article appeared in:
San Diego Union Tribune, Aug. 9
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/metro/news_1m9zhu.html
UCSD professor
wins electronics industry prize
T Sector, Aug. 8 – UCSD Jacobs School
of Engineering professor Peter Asbeck becomes only the
third California researcher to win the IEEE David Sarnoff Award
since it was instituted almost 50 years ago.
http://www.thetsector.com/showStory.cfm?ts_story_id=3885
Construction
booms as schools upgrade facilities
San Diego Business Journal, Aug. 5-11 – UCSD
is one of the San Diego County universities undergoing construction
to keep up with enrollment growth and research needs. UCSD
expects to grow to 27,600 students over the next 10 years. Atkins
Hanscomb provided cost management and other consulting services
for UCSD projects such as a $110 million mixed-use housing
and classroom project and a $17.8 million biomedical library.
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Scientists
seek end of nuclear weaponry
San Diego Union Tribune, Aug. 9 – Scripps
Institution of Oceanography professor Richard Somerville,
UCSD Dean of the division of physical sciences Mark
Thiemens and Cal-(IT)2 director Larry Smarr
will speak today at the 52nd Pugwash Conference on Science and
World Affairs.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/metro/news_2m9pugwash.html
Shark-research
facility designated
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Aug. 9 – Moss Landing laboratory
officials and U.S. Rep. Sam Farr announced the designation of
the Pacific Shark Research Center. Scripps Institution of Oceanography
researchers will be part of the consortium.
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2002/August/09/local/stories/06local.htm
A
(sea) horse is a (sea) horse, of course, of course
San Diego Union Tribune, Aug. 8 – Feature on
the Birch Aquarium at Scripps exhibit, “Secrets of the Seahorse.”
(Quotes Robert Burhans, head curator at the aquarium).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/night_day/news_mz1w8birch.html
Health
care column
San Diego Business Journal, July 29-Aug.4 –
UCSD Medical Center director, Sumiyo E. Kastelic,
will retire in January 2003.
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