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May 10, 2002  
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Four California scientists among national medal winners
Associated Press, May 9 – Scripps Institution of Oceanography professor Charles Keeling is one of four California researchers selected by President Bush to receive the National Medal of Science, the discipline’s highest honor. 
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Los Angeles Times, May 10
http://www.latimes.com/editions/orange/la-000033055may10.story

San Diego Union Tribune, May 10
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North County Times, May 10
http://www.nctimes.net/news/2002/20020510/51751.html

 

Nurses in UC system take first step toward walkout
San Diego Union Tribune, May 10 – Nurses in the University of California health system have voted to authorize a strike, taking the first step toward a possible walkout by nearly 8,000 nurses. UCSD Medical Center and UCSD Thornton Hospital are two of the University system’s hospitals. (Quotes Geri Jenkins, a registered nurse at UCSD Medical Center and a negotiator for the nurses union).
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Copley News Service, May 10

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San Jose Mercury News, May 10
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/3236381.htm 

Venture capital firm hires dean to oversee fund
San Diego Union Tribune, May 10 – Profile on UCSD Jacob’s School of Engineering dean Robert W. Conn.  Conn will join Enterprise Partners Venture Capital as a full partner overseeing its sixth largest fund.
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Copley News Service, May 10

Telecommunications and business worlds converge at UCSD’s superinstitute of wireless research
Copley News Service, May 9 – Profiles Cal-(IT)2. Includes discussion of ActiveCampus, an institute project that tests whether technology can help students connect with each other and their professors.  Also mentions a new fiber-optic link between San Diego State University and Scripps Institution of Oceanography that will connect two visualization centers that allow researchers to simultaneously examine real-time date in 3-D. (Quotes Cal-(IT)2 director Larry Smarr and Bill Griswold, UCSD computer science professor and developer of ActiveCampus).
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Crabs swarm San Diego beaches; possible El Nino preview
azcentral.com, May 9 – Tiny crabs are washing ashore by the tens of thousands, coating San Diego beaches in carpets of crustacean red, thanks to El Nino-driven currents that carry the creatures northward from the tropical Pacific Ocean. (Quotes Scripps Institution of Oceanography science specialist Debbie Zmarzly).
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0509crabs-elnino-ON.html

City appeals secondary sewage
San Diego Daily Transcript, May 9 – San Diego filed an appeal with the U.S. Commerce Department Thursday to overturn a California Coastal Commission ruling earlier that could force the city to provide secondary sewage treatment. (Mentions Scripps Institution of Oceanography).
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San Diego Union Tribune, May 10
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Chargers sign deal to move camp north
North County Times, May 10 – The San Diego Chargers will move their training camp to a sports complex near Los Angeles in 2003, prompting speculation that the franchise itself could eventually head north. (Quotes UCSD political science professor Steve Erie).
http://www.nctimes.net/news/2002/20020510/52659.html