A Sampling of Clips for
July 24, 2006
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Researchers Regret
Bush's Veto of Stem Cell Bill
USA Today, July 20 -- Embryonic stem cell researchers are reacting with bitter disappointment to President Bush's veto of a bill that would have expanded federal funding of research on newer lines, or colonies, of stem cells. Stem cell researcher Larry Goldstein of UCSD, says newer cells, ones developed with standardized techniques and without non-human tissue contamination, are better than the older NIH-approved cells. More
New Survey Shows Golden State
Is Magnet for Stem-cell Researchers
Capitol Weekly, July 21 -- One of the promises made by proponents of Proposition 71 was that it would turn California into a Mecca for stem-cell research. According to a new study from Princeton University, this promise is starting to come true. (Mentions UCSD stem cell researcher Larry Goldstein, who moved to California from Harvard in 1993). More
Universities for Sale
Los Angeles Times, July 21 -- Most of us place enormous faith in our universities. We trust that they are autonomous, independent institutions committed to education, scholarship, academic freedom and the production of knowledge free from the influence of special interest groups. (Mentions Chancellor Marye Anne Fox) More
Social Integration in the U.S.,
Including Cohabiting and Marriage, is Surging
The San Jose Mercury News, July 20 -- Despite its battles over immigration, affirmative action, racial profiling and other issues, America is finally becoming a melting pot. A powerful interracial tide has transformed friendships, dates, cohabitations, marriages and adoptions in just one generation. If the wave continues to grow, it could sweep away racial stereotypes and categorizations. (Quotes John Skrentny, a UCSD sociologist) More
Military Families
Speak out Against the Iraq War
North County Times, July 24 -- Like most dads, Tim Kahlor wants what's best for his son. To that end, the Temecula man who works as a payroll coordinator for UCSD will travel to Washington, D.C., next week to urge lawmakers and decision makers to bring his son, and thousands of other U.S. service members, home immediately from the war in Iraq. More
Local Couple Seeks Peace in the Mid-East
KPBS, July 20 -- In several ways, Doris Bittar and Jim Rauch have a story like other American married couples. They fell in love as high school sweethearts. They raise children, manage careers and dream of a stable and safe future for themselves and their family. But in at least one way, they're rare. Bittar is Lebanese-American, of Palestinian ancestry and Rauch, her husband, is Jewish. Bittar is an artist and Rauch teaches economics at UCSD. More
Attention to Water Issues Ebbs and Flows
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 23 -- But for most San Diegans, and most Southern Californians for that matter, water is not something to think about unless there's too much or too little. Worries about water surfaced again last week when the San Diego County Water Authority issued a request to residents and businesses to conserve water use during hot weather because all area water treatment plants are running at capacity to meet peak demand. (Quotes extensively UCSD political scientist Steve Erie and reviews his book, “Beyond Chinatown”) More
Health Safety Net Draft
Addresses UCSD Move
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 23 -- Town hall meetings will begin tomorrow to air comments on the first draft of a report on the county's health safety net – the hospitals, doctors and clinics that take care of the region's uninsured and underinsured patients. Research for the $600,000 needs assessment began last year after officials from UCSD said they will move their acute-care hospital from Hillcrest to La Jolla in 15 to 20 years. More
Border Deaths on Record Pace
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 22 – Tighter enforcement is steering illegal border-crossing traffic away from Arizona and has likely led to fewer deaths, rescues and apprehensions there this year. But borderwide, fatalities are approaching last year's record pace. (Quotes Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD) More
Being Stalked --An Occupational Hazard?
Psychiatric Times, July 2006 -- Even though psychiatrists and other mental health professionals are more likely to be stalked than the average person, they receive little training in the concept of stalking or its management. J. Reid Meloy, associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCSD School of Medicine, told Psychiatric Times there are some general characteristics of patients who harass or stalk psychiatrists and other mental health professionals. More
San Diego FYI
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 22 -- UCSD Economics Roundtable, 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Leichtag Conference Room, School of Medicine, UCSD campus. Allison Reaser, chief economist for the Investment Strategies Group of the Bank of America, will speak on “Framing the Economic Outlook: the Forces Driving the Numbers.” Cost: $50, includes breakfast and parking. Reservations: (858) 822-0510, or visit www.econ.ucsd.edu/roundtable More
