A Sampling of Clips for
May 18 - 20, 2002
UCSD
faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the
University Communications
Office
Ginkgo
study shows promise for MS sufferers
San
Diego Business Journal, Health
Care, April 22-28 – A UCSD study
suggests that ginkgo biloba could slow cognitive decline in
patients with multiple sclerosis.
According to UCSD professor
Jody Corey-Bloom,
patients with mild multiple sclerosis that took the herb for six
months had higher scores on neuropsychological tests than the
control group taking a placebo.
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Market
lessons
San
Diego Union Tribune, May
19 – The economic turbulence that is driving unemployment up and
putting all job seekers on edge is no different for college
graduates this spring than it is for older workers with lots of
experience. UCSD saw
the number of college recruiters visiting campus drop by nearly
one-half this year. (Quotes
UCSD director of
career services Neil Murray).
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UCSD
nurses protest stalled contract negotiations
San
Diego Business Journal, April
22-28 – UCSD
Medical Center union nurses protested the stalled negotiations
over a new contract.
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The
man of a thousand hats
Los
Angeles Times, May
19 – Profiles former UCSD
graduate acting student Jefferson Mays. (Quotes theatre chair and
professor Walton Jones).
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City
to ask for revote on sewage waiver
San
Diego Business Journal, April
22-28 –
Mayor Dick Murphy plans to appeal the California Coastal
Commission’s vote to reject a waiver for stricter controls for
the city’s Point Loma facility. (Quotes Scripps Institution
of Oceanography professor Paul Dayton).
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Natural
history quietly dying in today’s world of science
San
Diego Union Tribune, Richard
Louv column, May 19 – Feature on Scripps
Institution of Oceanography professor of oceanography Paul
Dayton. According
to Dayton, his most
elite graduate students in marine ecology exhibit no evidence of
training in any type of natural history.
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Get
the wheat out
Copley
News Service, May
20 – Danna Korn has written a book about celiac disease, a
genetic condition in which the body cannot tolerate gluten, a
protein in wheat. (Quotes
UCSD director of the
Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology Martin
Kagnoff).
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San
Diego County’s top 25 nongovernment employers
San
Diego Union Tribune,
Business, May 19 – UCSD Healthcare is listed as
number eight on the list of San Diego County’s top 25
nongovernment employers with 3,493 employees.
(This
information is available in the San
Diego Union Tribune as
a chart and is
not available on-line).
Colleges
and universities ranked by fall 2001 total enrollment
San
Diego Business Journal, The
List, April 29-May5 – UCSD
is ranked 4th on the list with a Fall 2001 total
enrollment of 21,568 students.
(This information is available in the San
Diego Business Journal as a chart and is not available
on-line).
