A Sampling of Clips for
November 7th, 2006
* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office
First HIV Gene Therapy Test Encouraging
CBS News, Nov. 7 -- The first test of a potential new gene therapy for HIV -- the virus that causes AIDS -- was encouraging enough for researchers to launch a more extensive trial. (Quotes Dr. Martin Haas, a professor at the UCSD School of Medicine) More
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The Election That Never Was
Voice of San Diego, Nov. 7 -- This local election's been a dud. So much so, in fact, that it's been tough to find a yard sign or bumper sticker along the lawns and roads of the city of San Diego. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steve Erie) More
Speaking Truth to Power
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 5 – Greece failed to learn the lessons of its drama. Yet they are hardly alone. War still dominates our headlines 2,400 years later, and it is an issue that is expected to dominate Tuesday's election. It's easy enough to find unnerving parallels between our wars and our leaders with those of the ancient world. All of which may explain the extraordinary resurgence of Greek plays nationally and, especially, locally. (Quotes Marianne MacDonald, a UCSD theater professor and prolific translator of Greek drama) More
Poet of the Pre-emptive Strike
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 5 -- For many centuries in the West, “The Aeneid,” Virgil's great epic poem of the foundation of the Roman Empire, written in the first century B.C., served as an almost sacred text. (Book review by Page duBois, a Distinguished Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at UCSD) More
Physicists Observe New Property of Matter
Space Daily, Nov. 6 -- Physicists at UCSD have for the first time observed the spontaneous production of coherence within "excitons," the bound pairs of electrons and holes that enable semiconductors to function as novel electronic devices. More
Going Off on Grid 2.0
GRID Today, Nov. 6 -- In the interest of continuing to be a man of my word, this week's issue features an article on PRAGMA that I promised last month after the project received an additional $3.2 million over five years from the NSF. While PRAGMA is far from the largest or most well-funded Grid project out there -- TeraGrid, after all, received $150 million last fall -- it might be one of the most interesting. (Mentions the PRIME program at UCSD) More