A Sampling of Clips for
March 16-18, 2002
UCSD
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University Communications Office
Worst
kind of infidelity
Washington
Post, Science
Notebook,
Mar. 18 – According to a UCSD
study conducted by Christine R.
Harris, “men
and women on average
focused more on a mate’s emotional infidelity than on a mate’s
sexual infidelity,” Harris
wrote in the January issue of Psychological
Science.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42624-2002Mar17.html
Beyond
the numbers
San
Diego Union Tribune, Mar.
17, Pg. 1 – For the first time,
UCSD and the other UC campuses will consider other
factors than academic credentials in determining who gets
admitted. Application
readers will now take into account such factors as family income,
family education, school environment, community service, talents
and leadership.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20020317-9999_1n17admits.html
UC
rewards applicants who climbed farthest
San
Diego Union Tribune, Mar.
17 – The San Diego
Union-Tribune spent time with UCSD
application readers observing what factors they
consider for admission. (Quotes UCSD
director of admissions Mae
Brown and UCSD
admission officers Kristi
Livingston and Jaime
Velasco).
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Professors
flunk area over home economics
San
Diego Union Tribune,
Mar. 18, Pg.1,
–
With housing prices continuing to rise in San Diego County,
faculty recruiters from local universities, including UCSD,
say it’s becoming harder to persuade top-flight educators to
come to this region. (Quotes UCSD
dean of social sciences Paul
Drake).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/news/news_1n18prof.html
Workplace
conflicts can be managed through mediation
San
Diego Union Tribune, Mar.
17, Pg. H-2 – Feature on UCSD
and their partnership with the San Diego Mediation Center to help
resolve workplace disputes. (Quotes UCSD
assistant vice chancellor for human resources Rogers
Davis and UCSD
employee relations specialist Kathy
Leech-Mckinney).
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Lawmakers
to reconsider legislation for pot to ease pain
Associated
Press, Mar.
18 – The legislature’s Judiciary Committee has scheduled a
public hearing to consider legislation that would make marijuana
available for medical use. (Mentions UCSD
Medical Center study on the effects of the drug).
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Imperial
Beach mayor touts improvements
San
Diego Union Tribune, Mar.
15, Pg. B-6 – Imperial Beach Mayor Diane Rose said in her State
of the City address that the city has changed for the better. Scripps
Institution of Oceanography scientists will help track
water quality along the Imperial Beach coastline.
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Iraq
attack decision ignites U.S. debate
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, Mar.
18, Pg. A-6 – President Bush’s apparent decision to expand the
war against terrorism to Iraq has sparked debate within the
administration. (Quotes UCSD’s
Ron Bee, weapons
expert at the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation).
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Women’s
Hall of Fame taps first members
San
Diego Union Tribune, Mar.
16, Pg. B-1 – The San Diego County Women’s Hall of Fame will
induct its first members at UCSD’s
Institute of the America’s, including Gracia
Molina de Pick, a retired lecturer of Spanish culture
at UCSD.
http://www.uniontrib.com/news/uniontrib/sat/metro/news_7m16women.html
Disease deployed as own enemy; Scripps research could apply to
AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer’s
Copley
News Service, Mar.
15 – Chemists at the Scripps Research Institute have tested a
new drug strategy, which could lead to faster development of drugs
to treat cancer, AIDS and Alzheimer’s, among other diseases.
(Quotes UCSD’s
Director of Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Leon
Thal).
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Funding
system for scientific research filled with pitfalls
San
Diego Union Tribune, Richard
Louv column,
Mar. 17 – The nation’s great research
universities need to prove that commercially financed scientific
research is trustworthy, according to a UC Berkeley professor.
UCSD’s
conflict-of-interest system is profiled. (Quotes UCSD
vice chancellor of research Richard
Attiyeh).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/louv/20020317-9999_1n17futedge.html
A
hacker’s tale: From most wanted to most needed
Sunday
Age (Melbourne), Mar.
17, Pg. 12 – Ex-computer hacker Kevin Mitnick now makes a living
teaching IT professionals how to protect themselves against people
like him. (Mentions role of San
Diego Supercomputer Center senior fellow Tsutomu
Shimomura, who wrote the book Takedown
about Mitnick’s exploits, which
was later made into a movie).
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Do
all these tests help students?
New
York Times, Editorial,
Mar. 17 – Opinion letter by UCSD
professor of mathematics Lance
W. Small.
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