A Sampling of Clips for 
December 22, 2001 - January 02, 2002
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'Baskerville Effect' May Be True
The Washington Post, Dec. 24, Pg. A07 -- Is it really possible to be scared to death? New research suggests that the answer is yes. (Mentions David Phillips and colleagues at the University of California at San Diego).

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The Houston Chronicle, Dec. 25

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The Seattle Times, Dec. 22

Copley News Service, Dec. 31 

'Neurochips' demonstrate how the short- and long-term learning process occurs -- Neural research finds memory 'smoking gun'
Electronic Engineering Times, Dec. 26 -- Harnessing the photoconductive properties of novel silicon "neurochips," researchers at UCSD have been able to directly observe the physical changes that neurons undergo during learning. (Mentions Michael Colicos, and professor Yukiko Goda).

Ice endangers three penguin colonies in Antarctica
USA TODAY, Jan. 2, Pg. 7D -- Two icebergs the size of Delaware and Rhode Island, plus unusually large amounts of sea ice, are jeopardizing three penguin colonies on Ross Island in Antarctica. (Quotes Gerald Kooyman of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography).

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Los Angeles Times, Dec. 31 

Tightening of border having dramatic effect on illegal immigration
San Jose Mercury News, Dec. 25 -- Border guards are scrutinizing people so closely at the legal checkpoints that it now seems all but impossible to sneak through. (Quote by Alan Kessler, a fellow at the Center of Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California-San Diego).

San Diego's role in international trade
The San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 23, Opinion;Pg. G-3 -- (Opinion by Richard Feinberg and Steven E. Moore; Feinberg, is on the faculty at the University of California San Diego).

Health Tips
United Press International, Dec. 25 -- Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and Lund University in Sweden have identified a promising target for cancer chemotherapy. (Quotes study author Jeffrey Esko, member of the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center).

Good news for 2002: Some have made this city a world center
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 26, Neil Morgan -- In two generations, UCSD, Salk and Scripps Research Institute, with hundreds of spillover start-ups, have brought San Diego recognition infinitely more profound than that of a seaside climate haven. (Quotes UCSD Chancellor Bob Dynes).

A fine tradition of bizarre research continued last year with some scientific gems. David Derbyshire presents a round-up of the best stories
The Daily Telegraph (London), Jan. 02 -- (Listed under Best of the rest - "Biblical hero Samson may have been sociopath as well as strongman, according to new research" - from the University of California, San Diego).

Deported Druid Becomes Cause Celebre; Religious Freedom Advocates Defend Healer
The Washington Post, Dec. 24, Pg. A03 (Quotes Jane Dillon, a sociologist at UCSD who started the Philippe Sauvage Support Committee).

Los Angeles Times, Jan. 2 -- Officials of both countries hope a novel idea will end decades of dumping untreated Mexican waste into the ocean off the U.S. coast. (Quotes Mark J. Spalding, who teaches international environmental law at UC San Diego).

Study says don't take head cold lying down
The San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 31, Pg. D-1 -- Consistent, moderate exercise actually improves the immune system by stimulating the function of the white blood cells explained Dr. Mark Bracker, professor of Family Medicine and director of sports medicine at UCSD.

The upside of 2001; For San Diegans, there was good news, too
The San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 30 -- San Diego universities and science centers were awarded huge grants for research.
(A $54 million grant that the National Institute on Aging gave to the University of California San Diego in September to coordinate an Alzheimer's disease research study at 83 sites in the United States and Canada.)

Days and confused; Terror takes its toll on the year in arts
The San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 30, Pg. F-1 -- From the suffering of Sept. 11, great art may come. But for the moment, we're left with the memories of a year cleaved by tragedy. (Mentions Mary Beebe and UCSD's Stuart Collection).

Virtue put to the test
The San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 28, Pg. E-1 -- A sampling of how Americans responded to the ethical challenges of 2001 (Quote by Samuel Popkin, a UCSD political science professor).

Katy science educators plan new teaching tools
The Houston Chronicle, Dec. 27 -- A team of teachers from Katy Independent School District is embarking on an 18-month educational journey, during which they will undergo computational science training and professional development. (Mentions San Diego Supercomputer Center).

Ecologist wants to change sex studies to include nature and culture
San Jose Mercury News, Jan. 2 -- Joan Roughgarden, a Stanford University ecologist is leading an effort to bring the academic camps together in the hope that one day research will examine the scientific and cultural forces that shape gender and sexuality.
(Mentions Judith Halberstam, an English professor from the University of California-San Diego).

Search for acceptance is part of adolescence
Copley News Service, Dec. 31, -- We are by nature social animals. From cradle to grave, we search for places to fit in. Never in our lives is that desire so significant, so strong as it is in adolescence. (Quotes Saul Levine, director of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of California San Diego and Doris Alvarez principal of Preuss School).

Richard Elliott Friedman
The San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 25 -- Richard Friedman is the author of several books, including "Who Wrote the Bible?" "The Hidden Face of God," and most recently, "Commentary on the Torah." He is a professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at UCSD.