A Sampling of Clips for
March
26, 2002
UCSD
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called resource in battle against terrorism
San
Diego Union Tribune,
Mar.
26 – President Bush’s science adviser, Dr. John H. Marburger
III, told scientists at the Salk Institute yesterday that San
Diego has a significant role to play in safeguarding the country
against terrorism. (Quotes UCSD
biochemistry professor and dean of physical sciences Mark
Thiemens.
Mentions UCSD
anti-terrorism research projects by Mike
Sailor,
Kim
Prather,
Cal
(IT)2,
and the
San Diego Supercomputer Center).
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Consortium
to look at costs and capacities of wave energy
North
County Times, Mar.
25 – The California Energy Commission has awarded $120,000
to a consortium of scientists, engineers and businesses to see
what it would take to harness the ocean’s power. (Scripps
Institution of Oceanography
professor Richard
Seymour
is a consortium member).
http://www.nctimes.net/news/2002/20020325/11111.html
Molecule
helps fight E. coli infections
United
Press International, Mar.
25 – Researchers have identified a key mechanism
disease-fighting cells use to destroy a common microbe that can
wreak havoc with the digestive system. (Quotes UCSD
associate professor of medicine Eyal
Raz).
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Mediators
try to defuse conflicts in workplace
Copley
News Service, Mar.
25 – 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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‘Smoke
and mirrors’
San
Diego Union Tribune, Mar.
26 –The “tobacco-will-kill-you” campaign funded by a
$641,000 grant from the state Department of Health’s Tobacco
Control Unit is sponsoring a three-phase project.
The developer of phase two is the director of UCSD’s
Center for Research in Computing and the Arts Sheldon
Brown.
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Central
School to host forum on kids’ health
North
County Times, Mar.
25 – Central Elementary School hosted a forum Tuesday night on
the health and safety of school children. (Quotes UCSD
pediatrician and panelist for the event Howard
Taras M.D.).
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UCSD’s
West given kudos by American Thoracic Society
La
Jolla Light, Mar.
13 – UCSD
professor of medicine John B.
West, M.D., Ph.D., will receive the Edward Livingston
Trudeau Medal, the highest award of the American Thoracic Society,
for his scientific contribution to the control, prevention and
treatment of lung disease.
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