A Sampling of Clips for
November 20, 2002
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Labs curtail
using live animals
USA Today, Nov. 20, Pg. 9 –
Lawrence Hansen, UCSD professor
of neuroscience and pathology and Gerry Boss,
a professor of medicine, surveyed 125 medical schools in the
USA to determine whether declining trends in the use of live
animals as teaching tools for students were continuing. The
results are published in the November issue of the journal Academic
Medicine. (Quotes Lawrence Brunton, UCSD
professor of pharmacology and medicine).
http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/2002-11-20-lab-animals_x.htm
University
of California will be fact-checking high school applications
for truthfulness about accomplishments and hardships
National Public Radio, Morning Edition,
Nov. 19 – The University of California will randomly select
applicants who will be asked for proof of their activities,
building on a pilot program used at UCSD last
year. The UCSD verification process randomly
selected 300 applicants who had listed honors and achievements
and community service.
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UCSD adds
mathematics laureate to its faculty
San Diego Union Tribune, Nov. 20 –
Efim Zelmanov, a former Yale University mathematics
professor and the 1994 recipient of the prestigious Fields Medal,
has joined the mathematics faculty at UCSD.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/wed/metro/news_1m20zelmanov.html
Article
also appeared in:
Copley News Service, Nov. 20
California
Supercomputer to Feature Optical Lines, NYT Says
Bloomberg News, Nov. 18 -- Based on
a New York Times report, San Francisco-based David Russell notes
that Cal-(IT)2 will use a router from Chiaro Networks. The campus-wide
machine to be deployed at UCSD "will differ
from many computers because the communications lines will be
faster than the processors."
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/eclips/PDF/Bloomberg_Optiputer.pdf
Related
article appeared in:
Straits Times, Nov. 19
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/eclips/PDF/StraitsTimes_Optiputer.pdf
Joint research network
The
Australian, Nov. 20, Pg. 32 – The University
of NSW will try to form a network with intellectual property
lawyers, venture-capital providers and entrepreneurs to exploit
research, and will invite other universities to join. The University
of NSW vice-chancellor Rory Hume mentions that UCSD
Connect had been a significant stimulus to new business development
in the UCSD area.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story
LA’s
successful trauma bond has local official wondering
North County Times, Nov. 19 –
Los Angeles County’s approval of a $168 million tax hike
to bolster its financially strapped trauma system proves people
are willing to pay for the service, local doctors and hospital
trade organizations say. San Diego hospital officials talked
openly this year about putting the same kind of measure before
San Diego County voters to raise money for the region’s
six trauma centers, including UCSD Medical
Center.
http://www.nctimes.net/news/2002/20021119/51455.html
Now-plugged
Del Mar tidal channel called a success
San Diego Union Tribune, Nov. 20 –
Del Mar officials say a $130,000 project to reopen the sand-clogged
mouth of the San Dieguito River estuary wasn’t a failure,
even though a newly dredged tidal channel stayed open for only
five weeks. (Quotes Hany Elwany, the cities
consultant and researcher at Scripps Institution of
Oceanography’s Integrative Oceanography Division).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/wed/metro/news_1mc20river.html
