A Sampling of Clips for 
March 5, 2002
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Visualization center is giving scientists a heads-up on 
quakes
San Diego Union Tribune, Mar. 5 - Teams of UCSD and SDSU researchers 
will use the Visualization Center, unveiled yesterday at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, to collaborate on studies of California earthquakes, and other 
scientific topics. The network’s aim is to connect experts around the world so 
they can simultaneously analyze huge amounts of data. (Quotes SIO director 
Charles Kennel, and Cal -(IT)2 director Larry Smarr).
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Invasion of the ants
New York Times, Science desk, Mar. 5 - UCSD researchers report that 
coastal horned lizards, already threatened by loss of habitat, are being 
threatened by Argentine Ants.
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Tale of a tiny pesky ant
New Straits Times (Malaysia), Mar. 5
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Patent-or-perish academia could cost us all
San Diego Union Tribune, Richard Louv column, Mar. 3 - Features UCSD  
associate vice chancellor Mary Walshok. (Quotes UCSD vice chancellor of 
research Richard Attiyeh on the legislation that allowed universities to patent 
products and inventions based of federally funded faculty research).
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Party duo tops at going heart- to-heart
San Diego Union Tribune, Mar. 3 - Burl Stiff column reports on the UCSD  
Cardiovascular Center’s benefit, “Heart of San Diego,” which raised $250,000.
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