A Sampling of Clips for
May 11-13, 2002
UCSD
faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the
University Communications
Office
The
secrets of autism
Time.com,
May 6 – UCSD neuroscientists Karen Pierce and Eric Courchesne
are among the many experts whose studies are shedding light on
autism.
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020506/scautism.html
Scientific
formula faces issues of money, ethics
USA
Today, May
13 – UCSD
neuroscientist David Smith
and colleague formed Ceregene to bring a federally funded
gene-therapy surgery through clinical trials and into the medical
market. The 1980 Bayh-Dole Act, which gives universities and firms
the right to exclusively license inventions made with federal
funding and keep the profits, is the linchpin of government
efforts to encourage the marriage between finance and
science.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/healthscience/science/2002-05-13-bayh-dole.htm
Crabs
may signal a new El Nino
Los
Angeles Times, May
11, Pg. 8 – Scientists question whether a mass beach stranding
of crustaceans is a sign of an upcoming El Nino event, or a warm
plume of water that on occasion works its way north from Mexico.
(Quotes Scripps Institution of
Oceanography biological oceanographer Mark
Ohman).
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000033261may11.story
Four
California scientists among national medal winners
Sacramento
Bee, 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.
http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/2569368p-3074565c.html
UCSD
profs elected to academy
San
Diego Daily Transcript, May
13 – UCSD professors
Mark H. Thiemens,
Nicholas Canaday Spitzer,
Jerold M. Olefsky,
Theodore Groves and Mark
J. Machina were elected to membership in the American
Academy of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2002.
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Online
Omnibus
Times
Higher Education Supplement, May
10, Pg. 11 – The UCSD
CyberShuttle affords its passengers high-speed Internet access on
their laptops or personal digital assistants during the journey
from the campus to a nearby commuter train station.
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More
ways for women to skip periods
Los
Angeles Times, May
13, Pg.1 – Experts speaking at the annual meeting of the
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists discussed the
increasing demands for caesarean sections. (Quotes UCSD
school of medicine professor and associate dean Robert
Resnik).
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She’s
a knight
San
Diego Union Tribune, Diane
Bell column, May 11 – Mary
Walshok, associate vice chancellor of UCSD’s
Extended Studies and Public Programs, became knighted last week.
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UCSD’s
fantastic progeny
San
Diego Union Tribune, May
11 – Five members of UCSD’s
science-fiction progeny returned to their alma mater last week.
(Quotes UCSD
Chancellor Robert Dynes).
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City
again fights for exemption to dump its sewage
San
Diego Union Tribune, May
12 – Scripps Institution of
Oceanography scientists were consulted by the city of
San Diego when the city first grappled with federal officials on
the issue of upgrading its sewage treatment program.
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Our
Shangri-La
San
Diego Union Tribune, Peter
Rowe column, May 12 – Peter Rowe comments about a proposed Union
Tribune special section entitled “Secret San Diego.”
(Mentions Scripps
Institution of Oceanography).
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Price
debate highlights region’s woes
San
Diego Union Tribune, Richard
Louv column,
May 12 – Richard Louv column about the revival of
City Heights. (Mentions UCSD
researcher Maria Martines-Cosio).
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