A Sampling of Clips for
September 25th, 2006
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White Mountain Researchers Take the High Road to Knowledge
Los Angeles Times, Sept. 25 -- At 14,246 feet, White Mountain Research Station's laboratory is the highest facility of its kind in North America. Scientists and students from all over the world come to the study the effects of altitude on humans, animals and plants. The facility, run by UCSD, has found evidence that plants and animals are increasingly moving up the mountain in response to global climate change. More
Tropical Abundance of New Species Found
in Indonesian Seas
Scientific American, Sept. 22 -- Some say the age of exploration is over, but there are still parts of the world that scientists and other explorers have rarely penetrated. Many of these places lie beneath the sea's surface. (Quotes marine biologist Russ Chapman of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More
Statin Users Report Side Effects Online
UPI, Sept. 22 – UCSD recently launched a new feature on its Web site that allows users to fill out questionnaires on their personal experiences with cholesterol-lowering drugs, or statins. The university is hoping the Web site will bring a heightened awareness to some of the lesser-known adverse effects of the drugs. More
Fred N. Spiess, 86, Is Dead; Helped Design Marine Station
The New York Times, Sept. 25 -- Fred N. Spiess, an oceanographer and marine explorer who helped create an unusual floating laboratory that has yielded a bounty of information about underwater acoustics and sea currents, died on Sept. 8 in San Diego. In the early 1960’s, Dr. Spiess and his colleagues at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD developed the floating instrument platform, a manned research vessel that became known as FLIP. More
UCSD Gets New Stem Cell Boss
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 23 -- Lawrence Goldstein has been appointed to the new position of director of UCSD’s stem cell program. Goldstein, a Howard Hughes Institute stem cell researcher, will coordinate UCSD efforts to attract and recruit talent for its stem cell program. More
Imagine Having $915M to Spend — UCSD Can
San Diego Business Journal, Sept. 25 -- A campaign to generate funds for UCSD called Imagine What’s Next has raised $915 million since being launched in July 2000. During the 2005 fiscal year, $160.7 million in private donations were received. More
Roy Schmidt, 80; Ran Key Architecture Firm
Los Angeles Times, Sept. 23 -- Roy Schmidt, an architect who fled Hungary during the 1956 uprising and ultimately ran the Los Angeles firm of William L. Pereira and Associates after the founder retired, has died. He designed many landmark buildings, including the central library at UCSD. More
Researchers Using New Technology for Breast Cancer Testing
10News, Sept. 23 -- A potential new tool for detecting breast cancer is being tested at UCSD. It is a different approach that could help doctors zero in on changes in the breast that may not show up on mammograms and is also pain-free. More
Games Get Serious
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 25 -- As companies such as Sony, Microsoft, Nvidia and ATI pump millions into research and development for the competitive video game industry, technology is beginning to spill over into nonentertainment applications such as the Illinois molecular research. And at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, researcher Steve Cutchin straddles the line between hardware and software spinoffs. More
50th District Sees Rematch, Without Hoopla
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 24 -- Analysts no longer view this north San Diego district as “in play,” and the Democratic Party has cut off Francine Busby's money pipeline – and with the new reality come new strategies. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More