A Sampling of Clips for
September 13, 2002
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America’s
best colleges
U.S. News & World Report, Sept. 23 – UCSD
ranked as the seventh best public university in the nation
in the annual America’s Best Colleges survey for 2003. Among
the nation’s top national universities, both public and private,
UCSD ranked 31st of the total 249 rated.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/natudoc/tier1/t1natudoc_brief.php
Earthquake
faults may be miles wide
United Press International, Sept. 12 –The miles-long
faults which earthquakes rattle may be hundreds to thousands times
wider than thought, according to a report from Yuri Fialko, a
geophysicist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and
colleagues at UCLA. Their findings, published in the journal Science,
may help scientists detect earthquake cycles around the world.
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20020912-091439-9104r
Article also appeared
in:
Zwire, Sept. 12
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5352294&BRD=1594&PAG=740&dept_id=331520&rfi=6
Similar article appeared
in:
BBC News, Sept. 13
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2255825.stm
Innovations Report,
Sept. 13
http://www.innovations-report.com/berichte/ansicht_ctyp1.php3?id=12832
Nicotine
patch may not help, says study
Toronto
Star, Sept. 13, Pg. 8 – John Pierce, director
of UCSD’s Cancer Prevention and Control Program, and
Elizabeth Gilpin of UCSD’s Cancer Center co-authored
a study that reported over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapies
do not help the general population of smokers quit for the long
term. Their study was published in the Journal of the American
Medical Association.
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Scripps
research budget to be cut
San Diego Union Tribune, Sept. 13 – State budget
cuts will reduce the research budget for Scripps Institution
of Oceanography by $1.3 million. Scripps officials
identify programs that are in jeopardy from the cuts. (Quotes
John Orcutt and Tom Collins, deputy directors at
Scripps).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/metro/news_1m13scripps.html
Expansion
plans, new services under way as tidal wave of UCSD students nears
shore
San Diego Daily Transcript, Sept. 13 – Ordering
cafeteria food online, an off-campus shuttle and a new school
of pharmacy will greet the more than 22,000 students who begin
the fall school year Sept. 23 at UCSD. (Quotes Mae Brown,
dean of admissions at UCSD).
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