A Sampling of Clips for 
June 5, 2002
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The protein project
San Diego Union Tribune, Quest, June 5 – In an effort to track the human proteome, scientists around the world are developing what might eventually be called the Human Proteome Project, a full listing of all of the proteins produced by a person’s cells and tissues.  UCSD is developing plans for a Human Institute of Behavioral Genomics. The San Diego Supercomputer Center researchers are developing a database that will predict protein structures. (Quotes Stanley Opella UCSD professor of chemistry and biochemistry).
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Fighting poor sleeping habits
La Jolla Light, May 15 – According to studies by UCSD professor of psychiatry and director of the Sleep Disorders Clinic Sonia Ancoli Israel, the fact that older people are sleepier in the day than their younger counterparts suggests that it is not the need to sleep that is reduced but rather the ability to sleep that is reduced.
http://www.lajollanews.com/News/2002/May/News1701.shtml

Culture, art & technology college coming
La Jolla Light, May 9 – This September, a projected 300 freshmen students will step onto the UCSD campus as members of the university’s sixth undergraduate college, known as Sixth College.  (Quotes UCSD’s Sixth College Provost Gabriele Wienhausen).
http://www.lajollanews.com/News/2002/May/News1699.shtml

Foreign-born in U.S. soars 60% since ‘90
Orange County Register, June 5 – One in 11 people living in the United States was not born in this country, the largest proportion of foreign-born residents in 70 years, according to new Census figures released Tuesday.  (Quotes UCSD visiting research fellow at the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies Alan Kessler).
http://www.ocregister.com/nation_world/census00606cci3.shtml

Scripps Institution honors Walter Cronkite Nierenberg Prize
San Diego Business Journal, Newsmakers, May 27-June 2 Issue – Scripps Institution of Oceanography presented legendary news anchor Walter Cronkite with the second annual Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest.  (Quotes Scripps director Charles Kennel).
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San Diego Union Tribune, June 5
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Religious messages impossible to miss at UCSD
La Jolla Light, May 15 – Feature on UCSD’s “From Liberation to Oppression” week.  The purpose of the week was to educate people about different forms of oppression happening all over the world.  (Quotes UCSD Office of Religious Affairs secretary Margaret McKnight).
http://www.lajollanews.com/News/2002/May/Religion1695.shtml

Despite 9/11’s strain on nonprofits, Women’s Foundation donates $130,000
San Diego Daily Transcript, June 5 – The San Diego Women’s Foundation gave away $130,000 at a ceremony Tuesday.  (Quotes UCSD Extension associate vice chancellor and chairwoman of the San Diego Foundation Mary Walshok).
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Botox may find more popularity with FDA approval
San Diego Business Journal, May 27-June 2 Issue – The recent Food and Drug Administration approval of the purified poison Botox for removing frown and wrinkle lines could further its appeal.  (Quotes UCSD chief of the division of plastic surgery Marek Dobke and Don Kikkawa, chief of the division of ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery at UCSD’s Shiley Eye Center).
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Chefs’ golf event aids the hungry
San Diego Union Tribune, June 5 – The Chefs’ Fundraiser for Children Charity Golf Classic will raise money for needy children and hungry families in the San Diego region.
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Spring fever on campus
La Jolla Light, May 15 – Feature on UCSD’s annual Sun God festival.
http://www.lajollanews.com/News/2002/May/News1702.shtml

A visionary
La Jolla Light, May 9 – Robert B. Livingston, M.D., founding chairman of the Department of Neurosciences at UCSD’s School of Medicine and a renowned scientist, activist and humanitarian who served as adviser to the Dalai Lama, has died.  (Quotes UCSD Department of Neurosciences chair Leon Thal).
http://www.lajollanews.com/News/2002/May/News1672.shtml