A Sampling of Clips for
May 24, 2002
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Evidence
of earliest life disputed
Associated
Press, May 24 – A conclusion in a 1996 study co-authored by a Scripps
Institution of Oceanography scientist that a
3.85-billion-year-old rock contains evidence of life may be in
error, according to a study that suggests the rock formed at
temperatures too torrid to make life possible. (Quotes Scripps
Institution of Oceanography marine research division professor
and co-author of the 1996 study Gustaf Arrhenius).
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article appeared in:
CNN.com,
May
24
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/05/23/coolsc.oldestrock/index.html
Newsday.com,
May
24
http://www.newsday.com/news
CNews,
May
23
http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSScience0205/23_life-ap.html'
Generation gap in how brain works is found
Los
Angeles Times, May
24 – Scientists have discovered that children appear to use
their brains to handle words far differently than do adults,
suggesting a generation gap that extends to the most fundamental
functions of the brain. The
new research is published today in the journal Science.
(Quotes UCSD director
of the Center for Research in Language Elizabeth
Bates).
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Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, May 24
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UC San Diego Professor named to FDA panel
San
Diego Business Journal, May 20-26 – Gary S. Firestein,
chief of the rheumatology, allergy and immunology division at the UCSD
school of medicine, was appointed to chair the Food and Drug
Administration’s Arthritis Advisory Committee.
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Immunex
says Enbrel shortage worse than anticipated
Los
Angeles Times, May 24 – Continuing production problems could
prevent Immunex Corp. from delivering its rheumatoid arthritis
drug Enbrel to the nearly 20,000 patients on its waiting list
until next year. (Quotes UCSD rheumatologist and
member of the Food and Drug Administration’s arthritis drug
advisory committee Gary Firestein).
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Summer
program to train young Indian filmmakers
North
County Times, May 23 – Feature on UCSD’s Young
Native Scholars Summer Program. American Indian students
will learn basic film production, Web page design, radio and
television broadcasting and the history of local Indian tribes.
(Quotes UCSD assistant director of student affairs and
program coordinator Marc Chavez).
http://www.nctimes.net/news/2002/20020523/52034.html
UC
nurses give administrators notice of one-day strike
San
Diego Business Journal, May
20-26 –University of California health system nurses announced
they will strike on May 29th.
(Quotes UCSD
nurse Geri Jenkins
and UCSD director of
health science communications Leslie
Franz).
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Energy
firms defend acts during crisis
San
Diego Business Journal, May 20-26 – The Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission is investigating the practices of 150 firms
to determine if they participated in manipulation of the energy
market. (Quotes UCSD economics professor Ross Starr).
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Senate
vote set on human cloning
San
Diego Business Journal, May 20-26 – The U.S. Senate will
vote in the coming weeks on legislation that would ban human
cloning or adopt an alternative measure that would leave the door
open for medical research. (Quotes UCSD professor of
cellular molecular medicine Larry Goldstein).
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