A Sampling of Clips for
November 28th, 2006
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Nov. 28, 2006
Success Is Relative, and Height Isn’t Everything
The New York Times, Nov. 28 -- A group of researchers at UCSD recently reported that mutations in a class of genes dubbed Tweedle — as in Tweedledee and Tweedledum — can alter the overall shape of fruit flies; a mutated “TweedleD,” the scientists noted, produced “short and stout” flies. The good news is that this particular class of genes is found only in insects; the bad news is that it reinforces the notion of size as a genetically determined trait that can possibly be manipulated. More
Serving a Nation not yet Their Own
The Dallas Morning News, Nov. 28 -- About 69,300 foreign-born men and women serve in the U.S. armed forces, roughly 5 percent of the total active-duty force, according to the most recent data. Of those, 43 percent – 29,800 – are not U.S. citizens. (Quotes Dr. Jorge Mariscal, director of Chicano Studies at UCSD) More
Emerging Technology Gets Shot in the Arm
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 28 -- One of the state bond measures approved by voters Nov. 7 contains Gov. Schwarzenegger's big bet on emerging high-tech medicine – $200 million to expand “telemedicine” at the five University of California medical schools, more than one-fifth of UC's share of the bond money. At the UCSD School of Medicine, planners expect $35 million in telemedicine bond funds and are thinking about putting faculty-doctor teams in six underserved areas and building a new telemedicine center on campus. More
Pioneer of Modern Cop Novel Releases New Book
KPBS, Nov. 27 -- Joseph Wambaugh, a UCSD theater lecturer, spent 14 years with the LAPD. And book lovers know by now that’s he’s taken his street smarts and turned them into a fine literary career. He’s written true crime books of non-fiction like the "Onion Field," as well as novels like "The New Centurions." A resident of San Diego, Joseph Wambaugh now has a new novel called "Hollywood Station." It’s his first novel in a decade. More
A City's Dedication to Public Space
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, Nov. 28 -- What, then, is the measure of a great city or urban region? Its education systems? Its arts? Its business inventiveness? All of the above. But the most overlooked measure is a city's dedication to the public space. (Mentions research by UCSD Physics Professor Daniel Arovas) More