A Sampling of Clips for
February 20th, 2007
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Loans Launch State's Stem Cell Ambitions
Los Angeles Times, Feb. 17 -- Public money began flowing to embryonic stem cell research Friday for the first time since Californians voted to make their state a haven for a scientific endeavor that the Bush administration refused to fund on moral grounds. Drawing on a state loan, the board created to oversee the ambitious enterprise awarded 72 grants to 20 institutions statewide for a total of about $45 million. The grants were a bonanza for the UC system, including UCSD. More
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Deciphering the North Korea Deal
The Washington Post, Feb. 17 – Last week North Korea signed a joint statement agreeing conditionally to shut down its nuclear facilities. The Post’s Outlook section asked Stephan Haggard and Susan Shirk, two Asia scholars at UCSD, to explain the document by annotating its text. More
Tailored Diabetes Care Gets Results
Scientific American, Feb. 16 -- Culturally specific diabetes management programs work better than a one-size-fits-all approach, going by the results achieved with a program tailored to Latino patients. "This diabetes management program works," Dr. Todd Gilmer of UCSD, the study's lead author, told Reuters Health in an interview. "For the amount that this costs, you get valuable improvements in health." More
How San Diego State Aims to Be Unique
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 20 -- Like the toothpaste aisle at the grocery store, the selection of M.B.A. programs has never been greater or more diverse. Nowhere is that more apparent than in San Diego. Business schools there are becoming much more active players in the M.B.A. marketplace as San Diego State University, the University of San Diego and UCSD, all roll out new degree programs. More
Ending Female Genital Mutilation
Los Angeles Times, Opinion, Feb. 17 – Ending female genital mutilation, — not "female circumcision," a comforting euphemism — is one of the world's most entrenched and pervasive violations of human rights. But in the past few years, thousands of villages in Senegal, Egypt and Sudan have abandoned the practice. Some human rights advocates believe that a tipping point is at hand. (Quotes Gerald Mackie, a professor of political science at UCSD) More
Boost in Some College Grants Expected from Washington
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 20 -- Between changes proposed by the Democrat-controlled Congress and President Bush's 2008 budget plan, college students are likely to receive some much-needed financial relief starting this year. (Mentions UCSD) More
Doctors from San Diego, Mexico Unite To Stop TB
10News, Feb. 18 -- Doctors from Mexico and in San Diego are uniting to stop a dangerous, infectious disease from spreading. 10News followed some American doctors across the border to find out how a bi-national effort could impact the health of your family. (Quotes UCSD researcher Dr. Richard Garfein) More
'Allan Kaprow: Art as Life' Salutes the Late UCSD Prof
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 18 -- The art of the late Allan Kaprow, an inventor of the happening and longtime professor at UCSD, is the subject of a major exhibition that will come to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles in December. More
Barack Obama Makes Surprise Stop in San Diego
10News, Feb. 19 -- Presidential hopeful Barack Obama made a surprise stop in San Diego this weekend. The U.S. from Illinois senator attended a fundraising dinner at UCSD’s Birch Aquarium Sunday night. Earlier in the day, Obama stopped in Las Vegas for a rally. More
Working to Weed Out Truly Unruly Wild Things
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 20 -- The invasion of New Zealand mangrove bushes within Mission Bay's last remaining marsh is a classic lesson in the law of unintended consequences. The 40-acre marsh, the last remnant of hundreds of acres of wetlands that ringed the bay before World War II, is co-managed by the city of San Diego and UCSD. More
'Place': Building a Community at UCSD
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 18 – The shuttle “happening,” which repeats this week, is part of “Place Matters,” a $56,000 project that's involved some 60 students, as well as faculty and administrators from three of UCSD's six colleges, the university's ArtPower! presenting organization, and the dance company Urban Bush Women. More
Zollar: Social Scientist, Dance Master
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 18 – Jawole Willa Jo Zollar founded Urban Bush Women in 1984. Along with creating acclaimed theatrical dances, she uses dance to inspire community engagement and calls on social science tools such as asset mapping. Zollar's seven-member dance troupe will perform Feb. 24 at UCSD. More
Consortium of Area Research Institutes to Support Ethics in Science
San Diego Business Journal, Feb. 19 -- Four nationally known local research institutes have formed the San Diego Research Ethics Consortium, which will support ethical conduct of science in stem cell and other research. The Burnham Institute for Medical Research, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, the Scripps Research Institute and UCSD have established a program for ethics teaching, outreach and review. More