A Sampling of Clips for
June 15 - 17, 2002
UCSD
faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the
University Communications
Office
Scholarships
for achievement, not need, increase rapidly
Los
Angeles Times, June
17, Pg.
1 – UCSD is one of
four California universities to lead the nation in enrolling
lower-income students.
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Wireless:
The next quarter century
Forbes.com,
June 6 -- Cal-(IT)2 director Larry
Smarr is among the panel of experts discussing the
future of wireless technology.
http://www.forbes.com/2002/06/06/0606wireless.html
UCSD
warmly sends 1,700 into world
San
Diego Union Tribune, June
16 – Feature on UCSD’s Thurgood
Marshall College and Earl Warren College graduation ceremonies.
(Quotes UCSD
Chancellor Robert Dynes).
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Scientists
detail how the brain regulates sensory information
Exploration,
June 13 – UCSD physics professor David
Kleinfeld is one of the leaders of a research collaboration
between UCSD and Vanderbilt University that has revealed
how the brains of higher animals and probably humans integrate
sensory information and motor control signals in a way that allows
us to heighten our senses to smell a faint odor, visualize an
individual in a crowd, or even discern the sounds of a single
instrument in an orchestra. (Mentions UCSD physics
lab assistant Lynne M. Merchant).
http://exploration.vanderbilt.edu/news/news_senses.htm
Oddity
of nature: Seahorse fathers know the rigors of giving birth
Associated
Press, June
15 – Seahorses and their cousins, pipefish and seadragons, are
the only members of the animal kingdom known to fertilize eggs in
the dads’ bodies. (Quotes
Robert Burans,
curator of Scripps Institution
of Oceanography’s Birch Aquarium).
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AP
article also appeared in:
Deseretnews.com,
June
16
http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,405011947,00.html
Rethinking
foreign students: A question of the national interest
National
Review, June
17 – With the number of student visas issued in the U.S. on the
rise, many people are questioning whether it is in our nation’s
best interest to allow these unmonitored immigrants such easy
entrance. A foreigner
qualifies for a student visa by being accepted to and being
enrolled in an INS-approved institution.
UCSD is one
of 400 INS-approved institutions in the San Diego area.
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Go
for the slow
Copley
News Service, June
17 – Tai chi chih
has sparked interest among health professionals. A UCSD
study showed that those practicing tai chi chih reduced chronic
back pain. Based on
the study, UCSD’s
Department of Orthopedics approved the discipline as an adjunctive
treatment for low-back pain patients.
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Bush
team goes all out in strategic Senate races
Atlanta
Journal and Constitution, June
15, Pg. 6 – The Bush political team has taken sides in a handful
of races it considers vital to recapturing control of the Senate.
(Quotes UCSD political
science professor Gary Jacobson).
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Building
a better athlete
Montreal
Gazette, June 15, Pg. 16 – Gene-therapy researchers
paused their annual convention to discuss the possibility of
genetically enhanced super-athletes during a highly speculative
seminar that underscored the renewed confidence bubbling in this
once troubled field. (Quotes UCSD pediatrics
professor Theodore Friedmann).
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When
it comes to genome projects, we’re not alone
Copley
News Service, June 1 – Recently the National Human
Genome Research Institute issued a hit list of organisms it says
should be genetically mapped as soon as possible, everything from
chickens and chimps to sea urchins and honeybees. (Quotes UCSD
assistant professor of pediatrics Tony Wynshaw-Boris).
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Designer
picked for Von Liebig Center
San
Diego Daily Transcript, June 17 -- Carrier Johnson has
been awarded a contract to design the Von Liebig Center for
Entrepreneurism & Technology Advancement at the Powell-Focht
Bioengineering Building at UCSD.
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Mike
Madigan is Mr. insider
San
Diego Union Tribune, June
17 – Profile on Mike Madigan, a consultant to the City of San
Diego, coordinating the $1 billion ballpark and redevelopment
project. (Quotes UCSD
political science professor Steven
Erie).
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S.D.
lacks creativity in public sector
San
Diego Union Tribune, Richard
Louv column,
June 16 – Richard Louv discusses what the recipe
is for a creative city. Louv
believes UCSD’s
Civic Collaborative is a start.
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The
quiet superpower
Newsweek,
June
17, Pg. 23 – Opinion article by Andrew Moravscik explaining why
Europe’s brand of ‘soft’ leadership may trump America’s
military dominance. (Quotes
UCSD International
Relations/Pacific Studies professor
Barbara Walter).
http://www.msnbc.com/news/764066.asp
