A Sampling of Clips for
November 14, 2002
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UC President
Atkinson announces he is stepping down
Associated Press, Nov. 14 –
University of California President and former UCSD
chancellor Richard C. Atkinson announced Wednesday he will be
retiring next October after serving for eight years. Regents
chairman John J. Moores will appoint a search committee soon
to start looking for candidates.
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articles appeared in:
New York Times, Nov. 14
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Chronicle of Higher
Education, Nov. 14
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San Francisco Chronicle,
Nov. 14
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/11/14/BA215400.DTL
San Jose Mercury News,
Nov. 14
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/living/education/4516398.htm
San Diego Union Tribune,
Nov. 14
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/news/news_8n14uc.html
San Diego Daily Transcript,
Nov. 13
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Model links
genetic mutations to disease variation
United Press International, Nov 14
– UCSD bioengineers are using a computer
model to link genetic mutations to exact disease variations.
The Jacobs School of Engineering team reviewed genetic information
from patients with an enzyme deficiency that causes hemolytic
anemia, finding 150 DNA sequence variations.
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Emperor
put on ice
The Guardian (London), Nov. 14, Pg.
9 – Emperor penguin numbers are down because two huge
icebergs have grounded near Cape Crozier in the Antarctic. Scripps
Institution of Oceanography scientist Gerald
Kooyman is studying the effects of the icebergs on
the Emperor penguin population.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/science/story/0,12450,839041,00.html
Related articles appeared
in:
MSNBC, Nov. 7
http://www.msnbc.com/news/832215.asp
Environment News Service,
Nov. 8
http://ens-news.com/ens/nov2002/2002-11-08-19.asp#anchor5
Science Daily,
Nov. 8
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/11/021108072412.htm
CBC News,
Nov. 8
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/11/08/penguins021108
Painting
the bay red…and green
San Diego Channel Ch. 10, Nov. 13
– A Scripps Institution of Oceanography
study led by John Largier aims to help understand
where pollution in a given part of Mission Bay might have originated.
Researchers are leaving trails of the nontoxic bright red or
green dye in the water, and will track the shape and movement
of dye patches and the concentration in the water. 
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/sand/news/stories/news-178427720021113-151141.html
Related
articles appeared in:
KFMB Ch. 8, Nov. 13
http://www.kfmb.com/topstory12094.html
NBC 7/39,
Nov. 13
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/1784087/detail.html
San Diego Union Tribune,
Nov. 13
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20021113-1145-bay.html
Scripps
research gives tiny phytoplankton a large role in Earth’s
climate system
Science Daily, Nov. 7 – In a
new study conducted by Scripps Institution of Oceanography
researchers, our understanding of the significance of phytoplankton
has been taken to a new level. Robert Frouin
and Sam Iacobellis have argued in a paper published
in the Journal of Geophysical Research that phytoplankton exert
a significant and previously uncalculated influence on Earth’s
climate.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/11/021107074203.htm
Related
article appeared in:
Press telegram, Nov. 13
http://www.presstelegram.com/Stories/0,1413,204%257E21474%257E986942,00.html
Cosmiverse,
Nov. 7
http://www.cosmiverse.com/news/science/1102/science11070203.html
Edie,
Nov. 8
http://www.edie.net/gf.cfm?L=left_frame.html&R=http://www.edie.net/news/Archive/6249.cfm
Herald Tribune,
Nov. 12
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/
