A Sampling of Clips for
October 01, 2002
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Communications Office
Seeking
deeper meaning in the babbling of babies
New York Times, Oct. 1, Pg. 5 –
Scientists believe that if they can figure out how babies learn
to talk, they can better understand how language came to exist
and thereby gain insight into the way people have been able
to distinguish themselves from apes. (Quotes Elizabeth
Bates, UCSD director of the Center
for Research in Language).
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No link available online.
Los Alamos
creates computer model of cellular structure
Associated Press, Sept. 30 –
Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers and UCSD
chemistry and biochemistry professor Simpson Joseph
have created a computer model of the E-coli ribosome, hoping
the model will help with the development of new antibiotics
to treat illnesses, including those caused by bioweapons.
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No link available online.
UCSD questioning
site’s link
United Press International, Oct. 1
– UCSD officials are reconsidering a
recent request to a student activist group to remove from its
web site a link to a known terrorist organization.
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No link available online.
Related article appeared in:
Wired News, Sept. 28
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,55450,00.html
The Guardian (London), Oct. 1 –
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No link available online.
CNET,
Sept. 25
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-959544.html
UNL scores
big, wins grain grant
Omaha World-Herald, Sept. 30, Pg.
1 – UCSD is among the institutions that
will take part in a $6 million study of plant genomes.
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No link available online.
Local academia
enlists in homeland defense effort
San Diego Business Journal, Sept.
9-15 Issue – Article details UCSD’s
increased research into homeland security, including research
currently being conducted by Mohan Trivedi
and Freider Seible of the Jacobs School of
Engineering.
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No link available online.
Homeland
security boost
San Diego Business Journal, Sept.
9-15 Issue – UCSD’s department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, under the leadership
of Mohan Trivedi received two awards from the
Center for the Commercialization of Advanced Technology: $75,000
for research and development, plus market study services for
Digital Televiewer.
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No link available online.
Terror threat
creates new partnerships
San Diego Business Journal, Sept.
9-15 Issue – Mark Theimens, dean of physical
sciences at UCSD, discusses the impact of Sept.
11 and the resulting emphasis on homeland defense for UCSD
researchers. Michael Sailor’s and Jamie
Link’s dust-sized silicon chip research is detailed
as well as Mark Thiemens’s atmospheric
aerosol/climate research.
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No link available online.
Business
people column
San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 1 –
Barbara L. Jackson has been appointed fiscal
administrator for Student Educational Advancement, a division
of Student Affairs at UCSD.
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No link available online.
MagneVu
aims at attracting rheumatologists
San Diego Business Journal, Sept.
9-15 Issue – MagneVu developed a magnetic resonance imager
to help doctors detect and manage rheumatoid arthritis. (Quotes
UCSD rheumatologist Arthur Kavanaugh
and division chief Gary Firestein).
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No link available online.
Hiring an
HR professional can help a company’s bottom line
San Diego Business Journal, Sept.
9-15 Issue – Human resource professionals can be certified
at a number of degree programs from schools such as UCSD,
SDSU or Champan University.
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No link available online.
‘Anticipate
the growth’
San Diego Union Tribune, Opinion,
Sept. 29 – Opinion piece authored by Pete Wilson regarding
the redevelopment and growth of San Diego. (Mentions Scripps
Institution of Oceanography).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/opinion/news_1e29wilsonnu.html
