A Sampling of Clips for
June 22 - 24, 2002
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Research
vessel marks 40 years of sinking for science
Associated
Press, June
22 – Feature on Flip, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography’s
research vessel that turned 40 Saturday.
(Quotes Scripps Marine
Physical Laboratory director of science affairs
William Hodgkiss, Bill
Gaines, assistant director of the Scripps
Marine Physical Laboratory, Scripps
Marine Physical Laboratory professor Fred
Spiess and Scripps
emeritus research oceanographer Fred
Fisher).
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article appeared in:
San
Diego Union Tribune, June
22
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Menopause
forever
New
York Times, June
23, Pg. 1 – Perimenopause, the new, attention grabbing younger
sister of menopause was the focus on a recent Oprah Winfrey Show.
(Quotes UCSD clinical
professor of medicine in endocrinology and metabolism Cynthia
Stuenkel).
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Ask
tip sheet
Newsweek,
Tip
Sheet, June 24, Pg. 90 – New research from UCSD
suggests marijuana does not destroy neurons, though it
can still cause a host of short-term problems, including impaired
memory, inability to perform complex tasks and a depressed immune
system.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/768432.asp?0dm=-1BGK#ask
Updated
guidelines for diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome
Los
Angeles Times, June
24, Pg. 2 – The gold standard laboratory study to confirm the
diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome remains the classic nerve
conduction tests. In
response to improvements in the techniques, three medical
organizations have agreed on updated guidelines for these tests.
(Quotes UCSD Medical
Center clinical professor of neuroscience Charles
K. Jablecki).
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Remembering
the pioneering teatros
Los
Angeles Times, June
24, Pg. 2 – UCSD theatre
professor Jose Huerta
and UCLA theatre professor Jose Luis gathered a consortium of
college and university theatre groups to participate in the
five-day Festival of Chicano Theater Classics, beginning Tuesday
at UCLA.
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Young
TV-watchers may become adult waist-watchers
North
County Times, June
23 – A study published this month in the Journal
of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics found that
for every meal eaten while watching television, kids sat there an
additional 38 to 73 minutes. This study is part of an ongoing UCSD
project called the Study of Children’s Activity and
Nutrition.
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Trade
secret case could taint UCSD and Scripps
San
Diego Union Tribune, June
22 – Two scientists arrested this week in San Diego for
allegedly stealing trade secrets from Harvard Medical School are
employed at research laboratories at UCSD
and The Scripps Research Institute.
(Quotes UCSD director
of natural science Kim McDonald).
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Copley
News Service, June
22
UC
hospital nurses ratify 3-year contract
San
Diego Union Tribune, June
22, Pg. A-5 – Nurses at the University of California hospitals
have overwhelmingly approved a three-year contract, ending a labor
dispute that once threatened to cause a one-day strike.
(Quotes UCSD registered
nurse and CNA negotiator Geri
Jenkins).
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A
lot is being done now to provide relief from incontinence
San
Diego Union Tribune, June
22, Pg. E-6 – UCSD’s
Women’s Continence Center is one of nine centers in the country
participating in National Institutes of Health research studying
treatments for incontinence.
UCSD School
of Medicine professor of Urology Michael
Albo and clinical reproductive medicine professor Charles
Nager are co-directors of the center.
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Most
accounting scams could be behind us
San
Diego Union Tribune,
June
23, Pg. H-2 – Economists answer the question: Were profits
rising so much faster than the economy because of the
investment-led high-tech boom, or were management and pliant
accountants fiddling with the books? Or was it some of both?
(Quotes UCSD professor of economics Ross Starr).
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With
human genes mapped, scientists ponder the proteome
Copley
News Service, June
24 – Understanding what proteins do and how they do it has
always depended to some degree upon actually seeing them. UCSD
professor of chemistry and biochemistry
Stanley J. Opella and colleagues employ four nuclear
magnetic resonance machines to analyze the structures of
hard-to-see proteins such as those that lie within a cell’s
membrane.
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A
page left unturned
San
Diego Union Tribune, June
23, Pg. 1 –Nearly 11 years after beloved children’s author
Theodor Seuss Geisel passed away, his western Massachusetts
hometown has unveiled a $6.2 million Dr. Seuss National Memorial.
(Mentions Audrey Geisel’s $20 million donation to the UCSD
Geisel Library).
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Brain
Storm
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel, June
23, Pg. 10A – Neuroscientists have come up with a biomolecular
explanation for retrogenisis, a mental walk backward through life
to a childlike state. (Quotes UCSD
associate professor of neurosciences Mark Tuszynski).
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One
Florida’s unintended consequences
Tampa
Tribune, June
22, Pg. 19 – While the statistics for the state contracting
aspect of Gov. Jeb Bush’s One Florida initiative appear
promising, statistics for university admissions are not.
(Mentions UCSD’s
minority enrollment increase).
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Night
charged with animal magnetism
San
Diego Union Tribune,
Burl
Stiff column, June 23 – Feature on the 19th annual Rendezvous In
The Zoo. UCSD
Chancellor Robert Dynes attended the event.
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Adventures
with kids
San
Diego Union Tribune, June
22, Pg. 8 – UCSD professor
of pediatrics Judy Goldstein
Botello co-authored the book “More Adventures with
Kids in San Diego.”
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Silicon
Beach – nurture creativity, not companies
North
County Times, June
23 – Richard Florida is the author of the book “The Rise of
the Creative Class.” (Mentions UCSD
Connect).
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