A Sampling of Clips for
September 7, 2006
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Intel Founder Scores Scripps Award
San Diego Daily Transcript, Sept. 6 -- The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD is expected to honor Intel founder Gordon E. Moore with the Neirnberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest. Moore will receive $25,000 and a bronze medal, shortly before delivering a lecture titled, “Beyond the Ubiquitous Microchip.” The lecture begins at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14, in Potiker Theatre at the La Jolla Playhouse. More
UCSD Hires New Vice Chancellor
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 7 -- Keith Brant, a longtime UCLA administrator, has taken over as UCSD’s vice chancellor for external affairs. Brant previously worked as UCLA's assistant vice chancellor for alumni relations and executive director of the UCLA Alumni Association. More
Sweet Music
The Scientist, Sept. 1 -- According to Derek Toomre of Yale University, Ajit Varki - professor of medicine and cellular and molecular medicine at UCSD - came to the United States for the music. "At least that's what he told us," says Toomre, Varki's former graduate student. "He was a top medical student in India and he was drawn here because he liked rock and roll." More
Overlooking the Lindbergh Option
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, Sept. 7 -- The main reason many supporters of building a new commercial airport at Miramar give for their position is the thorough analysis they believe the San Diego Regional Airport Authority did, which led to their conclusion that Miramar was the only feasible solution to San Diego's airport capacity problem. Careful examination of the airport authority's planning process suggests a very different conclusion – it was a smoke screen intended to purposefully point to Miramar as the only answer. (Written by UCSD economist Richard Carson) More
The Aftermath of Tina
Harvard Political Review, Summer 2006 – Crystal meth, also known as Tina, tears away sexual inhibitions and dramatically increases the rate of unprotected sex within the gay community. Tina continues to plague the gay community and is causing a disturbing rise in the number of new cases of HIV/AIDS. (Quotes Jim Zians, who headed UCSD's Edge Research Project studying HIV-positive gay and bisexual meth users) More
'Beavis and Butt-head'
Creator to Speak at MiraCosta
North County Times, Sept. 6 -- When animator/filmmaker and UCSD alumnus Mike Judge makes a special appearance Sept. 8 at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, he won't be collecting a nickel. That's because Judge, creator of "Beavis and Butt-head" and "King of the Hill," is doing the fundraiser as a favor for a friend. More
Popular Local Jazz Musician Dies
KFMB, Sept. 6 -- Hollis Gentry III burst onto San Diego’s jazz music scene in the late 1970s. His handsome looks and searing saxophone solos quickly made him San Diego’s most popular player. The Crawford High and UCSD grad garnered a huge local following in clubs like the legendary Crossroads. More
Walled-Off World
Tucson Weekly, Sept. 6 -- Critics say that building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico line is an environmental disaster in the making. Conservationists are particularly irked over a massive, triple wall proposed by Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, a Republican. Up to 15 feet high, Kyl's barrier would stretch for some 370 miles. (Quotes Stephen Mumme, a border management expert at Colorado State University, and a fellow at UCSD’s Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies) More
Long Honored with Revelle Award
San Diego Daily Transcript, Sept. 6 -- The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD plans to honor oceanographer Dick Long with the Roger Revelle Award for his contribution to the field of scuba diving and his pioneering exploration of the ocean. More
A Cutting-edge Backbone
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 1 -- In just two years since going public, Nuvasive's shares have doubled from $10 to $20.55 at the close of market yesterday. Its revenue has jumped from $2 million in 2001 to $61.8 million last year, with projections for more than $90 million this year. (Quotes UCSD neurosurgeon William Taylor) More
Executive Profile — Steven Cohen
San Diego Business Journal, Sept. 4 -- Dr. Steven Cohen had intended to be a heart surgeon — until a documentary on plastic surgery he saw on PBS tugged at his own heart. Cohen spends time at Facesplus, UCSD, where he is a professor, and Rady Children’s Hospital and Health Center, where he is the director of craniofacial surgery and chief of plastic surgery. More
