A Sampling of Clips for
May 14, 2002
UCSD
faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the
University Communications
Office
Plagiarism-detection
tool creates legal quandary
Chronicle
of Higher Education, May
17 – Turnitin.com, one of the most widely used
plagiarism-detection services, may be trampling on students’
copyrights and privacy. UCSD
is one of the universities on its client list. (Quotes UCSD
director of student policies and judicial affairs Nicholas
S. Aguilar).
Chronicle
of Higher Education
Analysis:
Canada seeks standardized hash
United
Press International, May
13 – Health Canada researchers are searching internationally for
standardized marijuana seeds.
Researchers need the seeds to be of standard strength for
accuracy. Mentions UCSD
scientists are currently performing studies of marijuana.
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Del
Mar scientist named to national society
North
County Times, May
14 – John Orcutt,
a professor of geophysics at Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, has been elected to the
American Philosophical Society, which was founded by Benjamin
Franklin in 1743 and is the oldest learned society in the United
States devoted to the advancement of scientific and scholarly
inquiry. (Quotes Scripps
director Charles Kennel).
http://www.nctimes.com/news/2002/20020514/51444.html
Firestein
gets FDA appointment
San
Diego Daily Transcript,
May
14 – Gary Firestein,
a professor of medicine and chief of rheumatology, allergy and
immunology at UCSD
School of Medicine, was appointed chairman of the Arthritis
Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
No
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Opening
up China
Financial
Times (London), comment
& analysis, May 14 – China’s entry into the World Trade
Organization signals its intention to expand access to its markets
and make them fairer and more competitive. Opinion piece composed
by Susan Shirk, UCSD
professor in the Graduate School of International
Relations and Pacific Studies.
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Uncertain
road for Baja Plan
Los
Angeles Times, May
14 – Mexico is planning to build a road that connects Baja’s
two coasts. The road is a centerpiece of the Mexican
government’s $1.9-billion project to establish a necklace of
marinas around Baja, 20 airports, and dozens of hotels, condos and
golf courses. (Quotes
Mark Spalding, of UCSD’s
Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies).
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-000034103may14.story
