A Sampling of Clips for
September 10, 2002
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We the
mutants
U.S. News and World Report, Sept. 16 – A UCSD
team, led by Ajit Varki, director of the Glycobiology
Research and Training Center, reported identifying a mutation
that appeared about 2.7 million years ago, just before early human
brains doubled in size. The findings are reported in the Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/020916/misc/16genes.htm
Losing
by winning
Newsweek, Sept. 9, Pg. 10 – The Japanese press
failed as a “watchdog” for the public interest against
the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party, according to a recent
UCSD study by Ellis Kraus, professor of international
relations and pacific studies, and Priscilla Lambert. The
study was published in Press/Politics.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/801904.asp
Second-hand
smoke
Los Angeles Times, Sept. 10, Pg. 3 – Thirty
years after the U.S.-Soviet Olympic basketball controversy, American
players are still doing a slow burn about the chaotic ending to
the gold- medal game in Munich. (Quotes UCSD professor
of history Robert Edelman).
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Poll
finds that Americans are evenly divided over the tradeoff between
civil liberties and security in the Bush administration’s
war on terrorism
National Public Radio, Morning Edition, Sept. 9
– Sam Popkin, UCSD professor of political science,
comments on the a new poll that finds Americans evenly divided
over the tradeoff between civil liberties and security in the
Bush administration’s war on terrorism.
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/civillibertiespoll2/index.html
Education
a priority for aquarium’s new director
San Diego Union Tribune, Sept. 10 – Profiles
the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s
new director Nigella Hillgarth. Hillgarth plans
to broaden the exhibits to reflect Scripps’ latest
studies of global climate change, marine biodiversity and Earth
Science. (Quotes Tom Collins, deputy director at Scripps
and mentions Scripps researcher Jeffrey Graham).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/tue/metro/news_1m10aquarium.html
Article also appeared
in:
Copley News Service, Sept. 10
Study
links statins to nerve damage
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 10, Pg. 1 –
A large study by Danish physicians found that people who took
statins were more likely to develop a form of nerve damage called
polyneuropathy than those who never took the drugs. (Quotes UCSD
assistant professor of medicine Beatrice Golomb).
http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20020910hstatins3.asp
WWII
history bill awaits Davis’ OK
North County Times, Aug. 9 – Gov. Gray Davis
is expected to sign the World War II Oral History Bill, enabling
middle and high school children to learn about World War II history
through the experiences and stories of combat veterans who lived
it. The California Military History Education Project is run by
UCSD and UCLA.
http://www.nctimes.net/news/2002/20020909/54702.html
