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SDSU Recruits Best and Brightest
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<description><![CDATA[This strategy is critical to the university's development," Hirshman said. "San Diego's high-achieving students contribute greatly to academic and student life; they raise the bar for everyone."]]></description>
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<comments>Undergrad researcher Ellese Carmona in lab coat looking at petri dish</comments>
<pubDate>17 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Heal Thyself
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<description><![CDATA[Using cardiac stem cells from human heart-failure patients, researchers in Sussman's laboratory replicated them and then applied a molecule known as Pim-1, which acts like the proverbial  "fountain of youth," to enhance regenerative potential of the damaged cells.]]></description>
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<comments> Dr. Mark Sussman in lab wearing lab coat gesturing with his hands</comments>
<pubDate>17 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Science Prof Earns International Honors
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<description><![CDATA[Arthur Getis will receive the Founders Medal of the Regional Science Association for his contribution to the field of regional science.]]></description>
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<author>universe@mail.sdsu.edu (Hallie Jacobs)</author>
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<comments>Headshot of Arthur Getis</comments>
<pubDate>16 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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NIH Tabs SDSU Expert for Lecture
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<description><![CDATA["Dr. Riley has been at the forefront of discovery in fetal alcohol research throughout his illustrious career," said Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D., acting director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism."]]></description>
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<comments>Headshot of Professor Ed Riley</comments>
<pubDate>13 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Students Win at National Research Conference
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<description><![CDATA[Two SDSU students, Chantal Gonzalez and Phillip Webster, were awarded first place for their poster presentations at the 2012 Emerging Researchers National Conference.]]></description>
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<comments>Chantel Gonzalez poses with her first place presentation.</comments>
<pubDate>12 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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 Rattlesnakes Cruise for Females, Find People
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<description><![CDATA["They're cruising around, trying to find females," said Rulon Clark, rattlesnake expert and assistant professor of biology at San Diego State University. "That might be a reason people see more snakes in the spring."]]></description>
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<comments>rattlesnake in twigs.</comments>
<pubDate>11 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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A Vital Reprieve for a Planet-Hunting Telescope
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<description><![CDATA["The news this week has lightened the mood considerably," says Kepler scientist Natalie Batalha, of the NASA Ames Research Center and San Diego State University, in what's clearly an understatement.]]></description>
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<comments>Kepler in space</comments>
<pubDate>10 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Stanley Maloy Appointed as Honorary Professor at the Universidad Andres Bello in Santiago, Chile.
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<description><![CDATA[Stanley Maloy, Dean, College of Sciences and Professor of Microbiology has been appointed as Honorary Professor at the Universidad Andres Bello in Santiago, Chile.]]></description>
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<comments>Universidad Andres Bello</comments>
<pubDate>09 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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The Iceberg Was Only Part of It
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<description><![CDATA[The icy waters that night created ideal conditions for an unusual kind of mirage, according to Mr. Maltin, who owns a public relations firm in London and has written three books on the Titanic. Andrew T. Young, an astronomer and mirage specialist at San Diego State University, helped him refine his theory.]]></description>
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<comments>The Titanic in ocean</comments>
<pubDate>09 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Dr. Edward P. Riley to Deliver 4th Annual Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture at NIH
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<description><![CDATA[Edward P. Riley, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University (SDSU), and serves as the director of SDSU's Center for Behavioral Teratology. He also leads the NIAAA-funded Collaborative Initiative on FASD.]]></description>
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<comments>NIH News Logo</comments>
<pubDate>05 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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'Innovation and Creativity in Science' Lecture Series Kicks-off
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<description><![CDATA[Robert Kaplan, associate director for behavioral and social sciences research at the National Institutes of Health, will discuss the role of wireless technology in biomedical research and healthcare delivery in his lecture "Bringing the Laboratory to the People" on  April 13 in Arts and Letters 201]]></description>
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<comments>Portrait of Dr. Robert Kaplan</comments>
<pubDate>04 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Earthquake Experts Take Questions
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<description><![CDATA[SDSU geology professors Kim Olsen, Tom Rockwell and Pat Abbott will answer questions about earthquakes, landslides and tsunami from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. April 17 at the Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center in Mission Valley.]]></description>
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<comments>Illustration of earthquake simulation</comments>
<pubDate>04 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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'Robosquirrel' Deployed to Research Relationship with Rattlesnakes
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<description><![CDATA["Snakes will rarely strike a flagging adult squirrel, and if they do they almost always miss," said Rulon Clark, assistant professor of biology at San Diego State University.]]></description>
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<comments>Close-up of squirrel</comments>
<pubDate>04 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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'Me' or 'We': A Generational Debate
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<description><![CDATA[The latest salvo comes from Jean Twenge, a psychologist at San Diego State University and author of Generation Me and the Narcissism Epidemic. Not surprisingly, she's still critical of her own generation, the Generation Xers born between 1962 and 1981, and the Millennials born after that.]]></description>
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<comments>Close-up of Dr. Jean Twenge</comments>
<pubDate>04 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Metadata Technology Collaborating with Statistics Canada on New Data Repository for Research Data Centres
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<description><![CDATA[The project is lead at Metadata Technology by M. Pascal Heus, Vice-President and Head of Research. He is joined by Dr. Bing Zhu from the Computational Science Research Center (CSRC) at San Diego State University (SDSU) who will provide technical expertise around iRODS(TM).]]></description>
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<comments>Canada, iRods, graphic</comments>
<pubDate>03 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Bobcat Released Into the Wild
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<description><![CDATA[The bobcat, named "Duke," was trapped a week ago by San Diego State University researcher Megan Jennings, who noticed he was suffering from a skin disease known as mange.]]></description>
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<comments>cute little baby bobcat</comments>
<pubDate>03 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Darlene Shiley Honored
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<description><![CDATA[At San Diego State, Shiley named the Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center in honor of her late husband, a bioengineer who invented the Bjork-Shiley heart valve. Her $5 million gift supports the center's unique research on the links between infection, inflammation and heart disease.]]></description>
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<comments>Closeup of Darlene Shiley smiling at round dinner table</comments>
<pubDate>02 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Baby Talk
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<description><![CDATA[Professor Margaret Friend, a developmental psychologist in SDSU's Department of Psychology, is leading the five-year international multi-site $2.2 million grant that will examine whether early language comprehension leads to literacy and school-readiness.   ]]></description>
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<comments>toddler touching/pointing computer display in lab</comments>
<pubDate>26 Mar 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Detecting Earthquakes is Around the Corner: Specialist
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<description><![CDATA["The next big earthquake we expect in California is the southern San Andreas," Dr. Pat Abbott said. "We're anticipating something like a magnitude 7.8 on the east side of the Salton Sea."]]></description>
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<comments>Dr. Pat Abbott being interviewed outside near chain link fence overlooking san diego from up high.</comments>
<pubDate>24 Mar 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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A Town Wonders - What's that Noise? (VIDEO)
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<description><![CDATA[HLN Special Report - HLN (CNN Headline News): HLN's Viinnie Politan talks to geology professor Pat Abbott about strange noises and shaking occurring in Clintonville, Wisc., and what the possible causes may be. ]]></description>
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<comments>screen capture of Dr. Patrick Abbott on CNN</comments>
<pubDate>22 Mar 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Uneducated or Just Plain Wasteful?
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<description><![CDATA[Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University, and her colleagues Elise Freeman and Keith Campbell, have discovered that "today's young Americans are less interested in the environment and in conserving resources -- and often less civic-minded overall..."]]></description>
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<comments>a simple pencil drawing of a giant sun, mountains, and pine trees that says" Coming together, Celebrating a life of well lived</comments>
<pubDate>22 Mar 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Muscle Man
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<description><![CDATA[To Bernstein, an SDSU professor of biology, the fruit fly is much more than a bothersome pest. It is perhaps the key to unlocking new treatments for human muscle and cardiac diseases.]]></description>
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<comments>Sanford Bernstein, center, and his team of researchers.</comments>
<pubDate>13 Mar 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Googling or Garbling?
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<description><![CDATA[We are a population out of touch with science, and this is becoming an increasingly dangerous position. So, how has this happened? And, more importantly, how do we fix this problem?]]></description>
<link>http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/cafe-san-diego/henrietta-lacks/article_65672370-67f0-11e1-9c99-001871e3ce6c.html</link>
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<comments>Stanley Maloy</comments>
<pubDate>06 Mar 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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In Memory: Arthur Young
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<description><![CDATA[Arthur Young, 35-year professor emeritus of astronomy at San Diego State University, died in Poway on Feb. 7, 2012, from complications of diabetes at the age of 72.]]></description>
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<comments>Arthur Young</comments>
<pubDate>01 Mar 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Prof. William Tong is CSUPERB
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<description><![CDATA[William Tong, SDSU professor of chemistry and biochemistry, was honored with the Andreoli Faculty Service Award at the 24th Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium.]]></description>
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<comments></comments>
<pubDate>28 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Undergrad Research Focus of $250K Grant
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<description><![CDATA["Global climate change influences the dissemination and severity of infectious diseases - from changes in the geographical distribution of insect vectors to the transmission in food and water," said Stanley , dean of SDSU's College of Sciences and the program's director.  ]]></description>
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<comments>water, brushs, and bird in Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve</comments>
<pubDate>27 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Tobacco Chemicals in 'Smoke-free' Rental Cars
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<description><![CDATA[Continuing the research of the effects of smoking in vehicles, this research was led by SDSU psychology professor Georg Matt and associate professor of public health Penelope Quintana. Matt's earlier research found that when surface areas absorb and trap tobacco smoke pollutants, they become reservoirs of these chemicals, or thirdhand smoke. ]]></description>
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<comments>extreme close-up of female lighting cigarette in mouth.</comments>
<pubDate>27 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Rattlesnakes Not So Cold Hearted
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<description><![CDATA[SDSU biologist Rulon Clark and his fellow researcher used molecular tools to characterize the genetic relation of groups of timber rattlesnakes captured in the field. Results showed that both juveniles and pregnant females tend to group with relatives.]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of rattlesnakes on rock under grass</comments>
<pubDate>24 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Alums Dubbed Emerging Scholars
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<description><![CDATA[San Diego State alumni Kristian Brown and Geanncarlo Lugo-Villarino were both recognized as two of the nation's top 12 emerging scholars by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine.]]></description>
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<comments>Geanncarlo Lugo-Villarino poses at microscope</comments>
<pubDate>22 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Biologist Discovers Mini Reptile
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<description><![CDATA[A team of four researchers, including Ted Townsend, biology professor at San Diego State, discovered and described B. micra along with three other new species of chameleons within the Brookesia minima group. The team's findings were published in a recent issue of the journal PLoS ONE.]]></description>
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<author>grobertson@projects.sdsu.edu (Glenn S. Robertson)</author>
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<comments>Brookesia micra chameleon perched upon a researcher's finger</comments>
<pubDate>20 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Explosion in the Andromeda Galaxy
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<description><![CDATA[SDSU astronomy professor Allen Shafter helped discover a rare recurrent nova on the same binary star system first seen by famed astronomer Edwin Hubble.]]></description>
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<author>gina.jacobs@sdsu.edu (Gina Jacobs)</author>
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<comments>Artist's rendering of a nova.</comments>
<pubDate>17 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Taking on Veteran Stress
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<description><![CDATA[Additionally, as nearly 20 percent of veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from PTSD and San Diego County is home to the largest concentration of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in the U.S, it was a logical step to drive the creation of the classes, said Georg Matt, chair of SDSU's Department of Psychology.]]></description>
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<author>grobertson@projects.sdsu.edu (Glenn S. Robertson)</author>
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<comments>two hands grasping for each other with blue sky and clouds in background</comments>
<pubDate>13 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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The Doctor Will Cure You Now
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<description><![CDATA["This work is going to move science forward in a very important way," Maloy said. "We are not putting another brick in an existing wall; we are building the wall. Even if our research doesn't provide a perfect solution, NIH believes others will use this approach to proceed to the next level."]]></description>
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<author>universe@mail.sdsu.edu (Coleen L. Geraghty)</author>
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<comments>salmonella voss</comments>
<pubDate>09 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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A Scientist's Life: Riding the Rails While Searching the Cosmos
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<description><![CDATA[Meet Allen Shafter, chair of the astronomy department at San Diego State University. Shafter, 56, studies a class of explosive stars known as classical novae. For brief periods, these stars can rival the combined luminosity of millions of regular stars like the sun, making them an object of great fascination for researchers.]]></description>
<link>http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jan/12/scientists-life-riding-rails-while-searching-cosmo/</link>
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<author>http://www.utsandiego.com/staff/gary-robbins/ (Gary Robbins)</author>
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<comments>really cool portrait of allen shafter with harsh lighting from left side, galaxy in background</comments>
<pubDate>12 Jan 2012 11:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Discovery Creates New Class of Planetary Systems
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<description><![CDATA[This work establishes that such "two sun" planets are not rare exceptions, but are in fact common with many millions existing in our Galaxy. The work was published on-line today in the journal Nature and was presented by William Welsh of San Diego State University at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, Texas, on behalf of the Kepler Science Team.]]></description>
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<author>gina.jacobs@sdsu.edu (Gina Jacobs)</author>
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<comments>illustration of two suns next to a planet</comments>
<pubDate>11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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TEMECULA: Quarry appeal will be heard in Riverside
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<description><![CDATA[In a Monday letter to the board, Temecula Mayor Chuck Washington, Pechanga Tribal Chairman Mark Macarro and Matt Rahn of San Diego State University asked for at least one appeal hearing to take place at Temecula's Rancho Community Church.]]></description>
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<comments>map showing proposed location of liberty quarry</comments>
<pubDate>10 Jan 2012 15:19:00 -0700</pubDate>
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SDSU Scientist Named AAAS Fellow for 2012
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<description><![CDATA[Carrano, who is also chair of the chemistry department, is being honored for "distinguished contributions in the fields of inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry, particularly for structure, function, reactivity and biology of microbial siderophores." ]]></description>
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<comments>Carrano in his chemistry lab </comments>
<pubDate>22 Dec 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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The 1,700-Foot Tsunami That Struck Alaska in 1958
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<description><![CDATA[Professor Kim Olsen of San Diego State University (SDSU) and his team created a supercomputer-powered "virtual earthquake" program that allowed them to recreate such an event. This program encompassed the work of scientists from SDSU, San Diego Supercomputer Center at University of California/San Diego, and the U.S. Geological Survey.]]></description>
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<author>http://coyoteprime-runningcauseicantfly.blogspot.com (Casey Kazan)</author>
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<comments>Aerial photo of Lituya Bay taken after July 9, 1958 event.</comments>
<pubDate>20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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White House Honors SDSU Alumna
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<description><![CDATA[Two-time San Diego State University alumnae Angela Byars-Winston ('91, '92) was one of 12 men and women honored by the White House as 'Champions of Change.' The event recognizes leaders in the effort to recruit and retain girls and women in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM fields." ]]></description>
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<comments>portrait of Angela Byars-Winston</comments>
<pubDate>08 Dec 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Beyond Sprawl: Trying To Swap Nails For Test Tubes
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<description><![CDATA["The industry's secret to success is strong demand," said Stanley Maloy, dean of the College of Sciences at San Diego State University. "There are so many questions out there to be asked. Almost every one of those questions has an opportunity in biotechnology. We have opportunities for innovation..."]]></description>
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<comments>Dean Stanley Maloy appears on KPBS TV interview</comments>
<pubDate>02 Dec 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Fight the Pressure to Over-Schedule: 10 Tips to Take Back Your Family
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<description><![CDATA[Dr Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University, found that today's children & college age students are overburdened to a degree once seen in child psychiatric patients in the 1950's.]]></description>
<link>http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/7513/fight-the-pressure-to-overschedule-tips-to-take-back-your-family</link>
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<comments>no (book cover title)</comments>
<pubDate>02 Dec 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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San Diego Landmark Could Disappear
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<description><![CDATA[Dr. Pat Abbott, a geology professor at San Diego State University, said there's no way to pinpoint exactly when the cliffs will eventually disappear. "It's hard to say because we don't just let nature run its course out there," he said. "Make no mistake--the walls do not stop the erosion," he said. "They slow down the wave attack, but ultimately it will collapse."]]></description>
<link>http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/sunset-cliffs-disappear-san-diego-134852053.html</link>
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<author>http://www.nbcsandiego.com Sarah Grieco</author>
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<comments> warning, unstable cliffs stay back!</comments>
<pubDate>01 Dec 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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CAPS Asks College Students What Role Overpopulation Plays in Challenges Ahead as Planet Surpasses 7 Billion People
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<description><![CDATA["This unchecked growth has significant consequences to the state's long-term sustainability," says Stuart Hurlbert, emeritus professor of biology at San Diego State University and board secretary for CAPS. "Policy decisions we do - or don't - make related to growth now will define California for years to come..."]]></description>
<link>http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/caps-asks-college-students-what-role-overpopulation-plays-in-challenges-ahead-as-planet-surpasses-7-billion-people-135033893.html</link>
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<comments>stuart hurlbert portrait</comments>
<pubDate>01 Dec 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Forget The Rumors: Why Pfizer Might be Incentivized to Acquire Lpath Outright
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<description><![CDATA[Dr. Roger Sabbadini, currently a professor emeritus at San Diego State University, is Lpath's founder. He has helped developed a unique way to screen bioactive lipids and develop monoclonal antibodies against them. This has enabled the small biotech to develop drugs against pathways which aren't even being targeted by other companies.]]></description>
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<comments>roger sabbadini portrait</comments>
<pubDate>30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Urban 'Cesspool' Turns to Showpiece Over Decades
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<description><![CDATA[Research by Rebecca Lewison, an ecologist at San Diego State University who studies toxins in San Diego Bay species, supports what regulators have said: The sediment near the two shipyards remains laced with heavy metals and chemicals that are the legacy of industrial and municipal practices in decades past.]]></description>
<link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/nov/24/urban-cesspool-turns-showpiece-over-decades/?page=1#article</link>
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<author>http://www.signonsandiego.comhttp://www.signonsandiego.com (Mike Lee)</author>
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<comments>surgeonfish swimming near coral</comments>
<pubDate>24 Nov 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Should We Worry About Shaking on San Jacinto Fault?
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<description><![CDATA[ There's been a series of small, but sometimes noticeable earthquakes, occurring on and near the San Jacinto fault. We turned to San Diego State University geologist Tom Rockwell to find out whether the shaking is something we should be worrying about.]]></description>
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<comments>professor tom rockwell picking on side of a mountain with a hand tool</comments>
<pubDate>22 Nov 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Cyber-Bullying: Lethal Combo of Culture and Technology
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<description><![CDATA["The main problem is that what so many people consider under the umbrella of 'bullying' are actually illegal events," Sattler said. "At the same time, how do you preserve freedom of speech while preventing this type of cyber-bullying?"]]></description>
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<author>gina.jacobs@sdsu.edu (Gina Jacobs)</author>
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<comments>boy on schoolyard looking down as three girls tease him in distance</comments>
<pubDate>18 Nov 2011 16:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Black Hole Birth Announcement
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<description><![CDATA["We now know that Cygnus X-1 is one of the most massive stellar black holes in the Milky Way," said Jerry Orosz, of San Diego State University. "It's spinning as fast as any black hole we've ever seen," he added.]]></description>
<link>http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112425262/black-hole-birth-announcement/index.html</link>
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<comments>Artist's conception of Cygnus X-1: Black hole draws material from companion star (right) into hot, swirling disk. CREDIT: Chandra X-Ray Observatory, NASA)</comments>
<pubDate>17 Nov 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Fin Massage Relieves Stress in Surgeonfish
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<description><![CDATA[Todd Anderson, a biologist at San Diego State University, California, who studies the ecology of reef fishes, says he's surprised that physical contact lowers stress in fish.]]></description>
<link>http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21171-fin-massage-relieves-stress-in-surgeonfish.html</link>
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<author>http://www.newscientist.com (Chelsea Whyte)</author>
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<comments>surgeonfish swimming near coral</comments>
<pubDate>15 Nov 2011 16:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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SDSU Researchers Find Coral More Susceptible to Herpes Viruses When Stressed
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<description><![CDATA[SDSU biology professor Forest Rohwer and post-doctoral researcher Rebecca Vega Thurber found that the more "stressed" coral was, the more likely the herpes virus was to replicate. The finding is particularly important because past research focused mostly on fungal and bacterial infections and nothing was known about viruses in corals.]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of microscope and hands</comments>
<pubDate>10 Nov 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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New Surfing Record may be Broken at Cortes Bank
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<description><![CDATA[San Diego State University geologist Pat Abbott said, "Cortes Bank is one of the premier wave spots because of a valley that cuts through the underwater ridges. The water funnels into that valley, then hits the Cortes Bank and then rises into a huge wave."]]></description>
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<comments>Pat Abbott on 10news tv</comments>
<pubDate>10 Nov 2011 19:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Asteroid Passes Close to Earth
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<description><![CDATA[Dr. Jerry Orosz with San Diego State University was also following the rock. He said this one won't enter Earth's atmosphere, but in the future we could get a direct hit by a very large asteroid and the results aren't good. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-asteroid-comes-close-to-earth-20111108,0,7640166.story</link>
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<author>http://www.fox5sandiego.com (Rick Boone)</author>
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<comments>Jerry Orosz on Fox News</comments>
<pubDate>09 Nov 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Looking at New Ways to Learn Math, Science
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<description><![CDATA["I think it's very important to expand the framework of mathematics and science, show people that math is not just cold formulas," Nemirovsky said. "We try to expand the experience to take into account emotional and aesthetic expression."]]></description>
<link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/nov/07/looking-new-ways-learn-math-science/</link>
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<comments>On a soccer field at SDSU, students from the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education performed the task of creating a hyperbole using Alberti's windows. Caitlin Langford uses a marker to draw on an Alberti's window. At left is Victor Robles. -- John Gastaldo</comments>
<pubDate>07 Nov 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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The Youngest Dinosaur Fragment Yet?
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<description><![CDATA[David Archibald, a dinosaur expert at San Diego State University in California who argues for a "multiple causes" theory, says that the find changes nothing. "The basic error of the authors is the belief that finding one fragment of dinosaur suddenly makes this gap go away [when] it does not," he says.]]></description>
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<comments>artist conception of dinosaur skull on land</comments>
<pubDate>07 Nov 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Younger Generation's Weak Work Ethic may be Factor in Wide Wealth Gap
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<description><![CDATA[Jean Twenge, author of Generation Me and professor at SDSU, said younger generations are more likely to say they don't want to work very hard. They value their leisure more and work is generally not the center of their lives, Twenge's report states.]]></description>
<link>http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Youth-Laziness-Contributes-to-Wealth-Gap-Researcher-133385363.html</link>
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<comments>young man rubbing lotion on young woman poolside</comments>
<pubDate>07 Nov 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Poor Neighborhoods Can Harm Health
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<description><![CDATA["Many low-income communities lack access to parks, recreation areas and sources of healthy foods. Residents of poor neighborhoods are more concerned about traffic and crime, and those factors play a significant role in preventing participation in outdoor activity in their communities."]]></description>
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<author>gina.jacobs@sdsu.edu (Gina Jacobs)</author>
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<comments>sidewalk with apartments in urban neighborhood</comments>
<pubDate>28 Oct 2011 19:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Women Donors Fund Science Scholarships
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<description><![CDATA[The San Diego Chapter of Achievement Rewards for College Scientists ARCS&reg; Foundation awarded $120,000 in scholarship support for 16 Ph.D. students in the College of Sciences. Leaders of the local chapter presented the check to President Elliot Hirshman on Oct. 12 2011]]></description>
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<author>universe@mail.sdsu.edu (Holly Pablo)</author>
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<comments>Front row, from left: Diane Chalmers, ARCS; Cathie Atkins, SDSU; Elliot Hirshman, SDSU; Robin Luby, ARCS and SDSU alumna; and Mary Lou Quick, ARCS</comments>
<pubDate>25 Oct 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Baja to get Quake Detection System
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<description><![CDATA["Science does not have borders," said Pat Abbott, a geologist at San Diego State University. "It could come 50 years from now or it could be this afternoon, Every year that passes we get closer to the big one."]]></description>
<link>http://www.sandiegored.com/noticias/19966/Baja-to-get-quake-detection-system/</link>
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<author>http://www.sandiegored.com (Alexandra Mendoza)</author>
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<comments>Six-graders at Taft Middle School in Serra Mesa participated in an earthquake drill by ducking and covering under their desks.</comments>
<pubDate>20 Oct 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Viruses Stay Local
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<description><![CDATA[Stromatolite samples collected from two pozas in 2004 were examined by several co-authors in the research group of San Diego State University biologist Forest Rohwer, who has prepared the world's largest database of phage DNA.]]></description>
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<comments>Gypsum dunes in Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico.</comments>
<pubDate>20 Oct 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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A Lobster Hunt Unlike Most
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<description><![CDATA[The joint effort between lobster fishermen, state wildlife regulators, Kevin Hovel of San Diego State University, Ed Parnell, of Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and ocean advocates successfully marked 5,000 lobsters between San Diego and Dana Point...]]></description>
<link>http://www.lagunabeachindependent.com/2011/10/15/lobster-hunt/</link>
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<author>http://www.lagunabeachindependent.com (Ted Reckas)</author>
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<comments>Shad Catarius, a commercial lobsterman in San Diego, helps tag lobster.</comments>
<pubDate>15 Oct 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>'Tatooine' Planet with Two Suns Discovered
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<description><![CDATA["It's hard to overstate what a great advance the Kepler Mission is," said Professor Jerome Orosz, SDSU astronomy professor, who is a part of the team of scientists analyzing Kepler data. "Likewise, the discovery of Kepler-16 is perhaps the biggest discovery in exoplanet studies since the discovery of 51 Pegasi."]]></description>
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<comments>This artist's concept illustrates Kepler-16b, the first planet known to definitely orbit two stars.</comments>
<pubDate>14 Oct 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Just what's on the bottom of San Diego Bay?
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<description><![CDATA[The work is an outgrowth of the Center for Bay and Coastal Dynamics, which unites efforts at San Diego State University, the University of California San Diego, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute and the Unified Port District of San Diego. Its data will be made public so other groups can use it, and translated into curriculum for local schools.]]></description>
<link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/oct/13/science-team-maps-sd-bay-bottom/</link>
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<comments>man reaching over side of boat in ocean</comments>
<pubDate>13 Oct 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Site Folds Gaming into Scientific Discovery
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<description><![CDATA[There is a game in cyberspace that has been causing quite a stir among gamers and scientists, SDSU chemistry professors John Love and Tom Huxford offered their expertise about the subject.]]></description>
<link>http://www.thedailyaztec.com/2011/10/site-folds-gaming-into-scientific-discovery/</link>
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<author>http://www.thedailyaztec.com (Ani Araya)</author>
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<comments>foldit puzzle simulation, </comments>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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S.D. Scientist Finds Sea Turtles in Strange Places
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<description><![CDATA["We pinch ourselves all the time," said Alexander Gaos, a doctoral student in a joint ecology program at SDSU and the University of California Davis. "Only three years ago people thought they were gone, and now look at us."]]></description>
<link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/oct/09/sd-scientist-finds-sea-turtles-strange-places/</link>
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<author>http://www.signonsandiego.com/ (Mike Lee)</author>
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<comments>Hawksbill turtle in on sand making its way to water</comments>
<pubDate>09 Oct 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Opinion: Want to live longer? Build Walking into Your Routine
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<description><![CDATA["Sloth is killing us," James Sallis said at the international Walk21 conference in Vancouver. "Everybody's talking about obesity and weight, but nobody is talking about physical activity."]]></description>
<link>http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Opinion+Want+live+longer+Build+walking+into+your+routine/5502809/story.html</link>
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<author>http://www.vancouversun.com (Daphne Bramham)</author>
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<comments>Woman in sweatsuit walking on waterfront infront of ships</comments>
<pubDate>04 Oct 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Exploding Stars Reveal Pauses, Flickers and Flares
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<description><![CDATA[As many as five novae bright enough to be detected by the SMEI explode in our galaxy each year, Allen Shafter, astronomy professor at San Diego State University and one of the co-authors of the report have previously estimated, but more than half have gone undetected.]]></description>
<link>http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-DS-Exploding-Stars-Reveal-Pauses-Flickers-and-Flares-100311.aspx</link>
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<author>http://www.scientificcomputing.com (Susan Brown)</author>
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<comments>RS Ophiuchi, one of the exploding stars measured in this study. Courtesy of David Hardy, STFC</comments>
<pubDate>04 Oct 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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World Stem Cell Summit Highlights Advances in Regenerative Medicine
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<description><![CDATA[Mark Sussman, a professor from San Diego State University, called the identification of lung stem cells from human tissue samples capable of regenerating the highly complex and specialized structures of mature lungs a breakthrough in lung biology and regenerative medicine.]]></description>
<link>http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/xinhua/2011-10-04/content_3976154.html</link>
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<comments>Close-up of Mark Sussman</comments>
<pubDate>04 Oct 2011 21:42:00 -0700</pubDate>
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Faculty Fulbright to Study Marine Mammals
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<description><![CDATA[San Diego State has continued to excel in the international research setting, and its Fulbright recipients are just one example of this accomplishment. Joining the ranks of SDSU recipients is biology professor Annalisa Berta, who will study and present lectures and tutorials on the comparative biology of marine mammals at the University of Pisa, Italy, in October.]]></description>
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<comments>Annalisa Berta</comments>
<pubDate>30 Sep 2011 21:42:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Targeting Killer Bacteria
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<description><![CDATA["Many of the most dangerous bacteria are resistant to the multiple broad-spectrum antibiotics that we use now," said microbiologist Stanley Maloy, dean of SDSU's College of Sciences and co-principal investigator on the study. ]]></description>
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<author>gina.jacobs@sdsu.edu (Gina Jacobs)</author>
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<comments>Salmonella bacteria close-up</comments>
<pubDate>26 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>NSF Awards $4.6M for Earthquake Study
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<description><![CDATA[Researchers from San Diego State University's Department of Geology and the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego, will assist researchers from six other universities and the U.S. Geological Survey to develop detailed, large-scale computer simulations of earthquake faults under a new $4.6 million National Science Foundation grant.]]></description>
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<comments>An aerial view of the San Andreas fault in the Carrizo Plain, Central California. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.</comments>
<pubDate>26 Sep 2011 12:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Biology Research Garners Award
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<description><![CDATA["He is an outstanding research mentor for students at all levels, and an exceptional classroom teacher," Maloy said. "He encourages students to think critically and creatively, and seamlessly integrates current discoveries into the classroom."]]></description>
<link>http://www.thedailyaztec.com/2011/09/biology-research-garners-award/</link>
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<comments>Closeup of Professor Forest Rohwer</comments>
<pubDate>26 Sep 2011 08:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Saving Sea Turtles
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<description><![CDATA[SDSU grad student Alexander Gaos, found the critically endangered hawksbill turtles, which normally inhabit coral and rocky reefs, living among in-shore mangrove estuaries in the eastern Pacific Ocean. His work provides much-needed data on areas that hawksbills use for nesting, migration and feeding from Mexico to Peru.]]></description>
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<author>universe@mail.sdsu.edu (Holly Pablo)</author>
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<comments>sea turtle underwater</comments>
<pubDate>26 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Fireball blazes across San Diego Sky
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<description><![CDATA[Thousands of people in San Diego and across the Southwest from Phoenix to Los Angeles watched a fireball blaze across the sky Wednesday evening, prompting lots of speculation about UFOs. SDSU professors, Paul Etzel (astronomy) and Pat Abbott (geological sciences) are interviewed by Erica Fox of FOX News.]]></description>
<link>http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-fireball-shoots-across-san-diego-sky-20110914,0,6739969.story</link>
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<comments>tv capture of professor paul etzel on fox news</comments>
<pubDate>15 Sep 2011 21:42:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Spiny Lobsters 411
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<description><![CDATA["The California spiny lobster is a species of great ecological, economic and cultural significance in Southern California," said Hovel, principal investigator of the team. "As a heavily fished organism in our waters, it is a priority species for protection in the marine protected areas."]]></description>
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<author>goldaa@mail.sdsu.edu (Golda Akhgarnia)</author>
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<comments>lobster on ocean bottom in weeds</comments>
<pubDate>14 Sep 2011 12:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>NSF Awards $1M for Computer Science Education
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<description><![CDATA[The San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University, has received National Science Foundation grants to jointly expand the computer sciences curriculum among San Diego's high schools, community colleges and universities.]]></description>
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<comments>Closeup of students on computers in classroom lab</comments>
<pubDate>14 Sep 2011 12:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>9/11 Still Haunts Some Amid Nation's Return to Normalcy
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<description><![CDATA[But on the whole, 9/11 has not caused a major shift in young people's attitudes, said Jean Twenge, a psychologist at San Diego State University and author of "Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled &mdash; And More Miserable Than Ever Before."]]></description>
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<comments>A couple looks on at the rebuilding at Ground Zero</comments>
<pubDate>08 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Experts Called on for East Coast Quake
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<description><![CDATA[When the earth shakes in San Diego, Pat Abbot and Tom Rockwell are typically the go-to experts for local media. So when a 5.8 earthquake shook the East Coast this week &mdash; something that just doesn't happen very often &mdash; the national media also turned to the two San Diego State professors.]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of thomas rockwell form tv screen capture</comments>
<pubDate>25 Aug 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Rural Areas' Lack of Sidewalks Fueling Obesity Problems
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<description><![CDATA[People who live in neighborhoods with sidewalks tend to be more physically active. Walkable neighborhoods - which are designed for people to walk from their homes to other places - people got 35 to 49 minutes more physical activity each week, according to James Sallis, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University and one of the study's authors.]]></description>
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<comments>12-year-old girl playing frisbee in backyard on grass</comments>
<pubDate>04 Aug 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Study Shows Hearts Can Be Repaired with Stem Cells
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<description><![CDATA[SDSU post-doctoral scholar Sadia Mohsin's study, conducted with SDSU biology Professor Mark Sussman as part of the university's Molecular Biology Laboratory Heart Institute, showed that genetically engineered human cardiac stem cells helped repair damaged heart tissue and improved function after heart attacks in mice.]]></description>
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<author>universe@mail.sdsu.edu (Josh Hoffman)</author>
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<comments>Sadia Mohsin pipetting under fume hood</comments>
<pubDate>03 Aug 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Budget Cuts Leave California with Fewer Hands to Fight Wildfires
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<description><![CDATA[In an interview, SDSU researcher, Dr. Matt Rahn said California is gambling that it won't be burned by bigger fires and higher costs in the end. In particular, he said, cutting Cal Fire engine crews from four firefighters to three could undercut the agency's standard of trying to keep about 95 percent of wildfires to 10 acres or less.]]></description>
<link>http://www.sacbee.com/2011/08/01/3807675/budget-cuts-leave-california-with.html</link>
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<author>phecht@sacbee.com (Peter Hecht)</author>
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<comments>firefighter silhouetted by fire</comments>
<pubDate>01 Aug 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>JROTC Students Explore Biomedical Sciences at SDSU Camp
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<description><![CDATA[If building remote control robotic devices, studying robotic programming and learning the anatomy of the human heart aren't enough, students will participate in a variety of other activities. The camp also includes learning how the circulatory system functions, making a heart pump, doing a laparoscopic surgery activity, creating a rocket-powered car, attempting to fly an airplane through the use of flight simulators, exploring the use of solar panels and experimenting with hydrogen fuel cell cars.]]></description>
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<author>universe@mail.sdsu.edu (Pat Alfano)</author>
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<comments>boy with atom models</comments>
<pubDate>27 Jul 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Greenhouse is Hidden Gem on Campus
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<description><![CDATA[Deep within the confines of San Diego State, between the Life Science North and Life Science South buildings, is a spectacular greenhouse, a hidden treasure of the university. Showcasing more than 400 species of plants from around the world, the SDSU greenhouse is a fantastic display of rare and unusual specimens, as well as a place used for teaching and housing many botanic and genetic experiments."]]></description>
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<author>universe@mail.sdsu.edu (Samantha Afetian &amp; Christina Gramatikova)</author>
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<comments>plants in pots at the greenhouse</comments>
<pubDate>21 Jul 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Sharing A Planet With Volcanoes
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<description><![CDATA[The San Diego State University Department of Geological Sciences points out that the 'haze effect' bolstered by volcano-released ash and sulfuric acid in the stratosphere helps to offset global warming caused by greenhouse gases. "Without the cooling influence of such eruptions as El Chichon (1982) and Mt. Pinatubo (1991)..."]]></description>
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<comments>graphic showing volcanic plume from outer space</comments>
<pubDate>18 Jul 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>SDSC Visualizations Win 'OASCR' Awards at SciDAC 2011
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<description><![CDATA[SDSU Geological Sciences professors Kim Olsen and Steven Day were part of team who were recipients of the people's choice OASCR awards at the 2011 SciDAC (Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing Program) conference for their ground motion visualization of an M8 earthquake.]]></description>
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<author>jzverina@sdsc.edu (Jan Zverina)</author>
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<comments>image of ground motion magnitude over san luis obispo</comments>
<pubDate>15 Jul 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Adolescent Binge Drinking can Damage Spatial Working Memory
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<description><![CDATA[SDSU Clinical Psychology doctoral student, Lindsay Squeglia recently published research states: Binge drinking is prevalent during adolescence. Adolescence is also a crucial developmental time for cognitive functioning, including spatial working memory. A new study has found the female may be particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of binge drinking.]]></description>
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<author>ddkain@ucsd.edu  (Debra Kain)</author>
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<comments>two male college students 'doing shots'</comments>
<pubDate>15 Jul 2011 15:04:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Case Closed for Dino Killer?
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<description><![CDATA[J. David Archibald, a biologist at San Diego State University in California who thinks that receding inland seas were a key factor in dinosaur extinction, insists that the new paper "is not really news at all"; "finding one fragment of dinosaur [does not] suddenly make this gap go away; the gap is real."]]></description>
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<comments>dinosaur</comments>
<pubDate>12 Jul 2011 15:04:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Protein Battles Deadly Food Pathogen E. coli
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<description><![CDATA[Dr. Anca Segall of San Diego State and collaborators are now trying to learn more how the peptide inhibits the DNA repair mechanism in the bacteria. One possible outcome of their work is a spray-on wash that could kill bacteria on fruit and vegetable before they are consumed.]]></description>
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<comments>debra foster sitting in chair pipetting in her lab</comments>
<pubDate>7 Jul 2011 13:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Why are we transfixed by Casey Anthony case?
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<description><![CDATA["I think a lot of fascination with her is because she was a poster child for this generation in all the bad ways. All the things people are worried about with this group, it kind of came out with her." said Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University."]]></description>
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<comments>casey anthony close-up</comments>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2011 17:41:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>New Home for New Molecular Sciences Computer Cluster
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<description><![CDATA[The Computational Sciences Research Center (CSRC) has inaugurated the College of Sciences new Server Center by installing the recently purchased Molecular Sciences Computer Cluster (MSCC). The newly renovated server room will become home to the CSRC's wide range of computing equipment.]]></description>
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<comments>one of csrc's computer-cluster racks</comments>
<pubDate>05 Jul 2011 13:00:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>College Students More Confident than Previous Generations
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<description><![CDATA["With grades and self-perceptions going up and actual ability unchanged or down, we've become a society that favors the appearance of success rather than actual success," said Jean Twenge, San Diego State University psychology professor and lead researcher.]]></description>
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<author>goldaa@mail.sdsu.edu (Golda Akhgarnia)</author>
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<comments>female looking into heart-shaped mirror</comments>
<pubDate>17 Jun 2011 12:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Mega Region Initiative Launched
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<description><![CDATA[Business leaders and government officials from Baja California, Mexico; and San Diego and Imperial Counties celebrated together at the Viz Center the signing of a memorandum of understanding that officially launched the Cali-Baja Mega Region initiative, developed to capitalize on the larger region's diversified assets.]]></description>
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<comments>Eric Frost presenting to audience</comments>
<pubDate>16 Jun 2011 12:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU Students, Alumni Receive Fulbright Grant
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<description><![CDATA["I have always liked cutting-edge technology and would like to venture into something that no one has done before--that no one dares to do," Cheung said. "Many people doubt that we will have a commercialized quantum computer soon, but then I can't help to think, 'if we already have internet, what's next?'"]]></description>
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<author>samafetian@gmail.com (Samantha Afetian)</author>
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<comments>eiffel tower</comments>
<pubDate>7 Jun 2011 12:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Two Students Receiving Fellowship Awards
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<description><![CDATA[Mohsin Khan and Haruhiro Toko were given the awards for their excellent proposals and prior training, as well as the research environment in Mark Sussman's biology research lab. The awards, which support the best science in advancing cures for cardiovascular disease and stroke, are effective July 2011 to June 2013.]]></description>
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<comments>sdsu presidential seal</comments>
<pubDate>01 Jun 2011 13:00:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Research Shows Not Only The Fittest Survive
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<description><![CDATA[Dr. David Lipson of San Diego State University, concluded: "Earlier work showed that opposing food utilisation strategies could coexist in complex environments, but this is the first explanation of how trade-offs, like the one we studied between growth rate and efficiency, can lead to stable diversity in the simplest possible of environments."]]></description>
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<author>d.d.williams@exeter.ac.uk (Daniel Williams)</author>
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<comments>E.Coli bacteria shown in two colors</comments>
<pubDate>27 May 2011 13:00:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>New studies suggest that in autism, Brain may be Overconnected
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<description><![CDATA[In a study led by SDSU psychology Professor Ralph-Axel Mueller (published in Cerebral Cortex), all existing studies of functional connectivity were surveyed and it was found that a growing number of studies actually show a very different pattern of results, suggesting that in autism, the brain may be partly overconnected.]]></description>
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<author>goldaa@mail.sdsu.edu (Golda Akhgarnia)</author>
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<comments>close-up of a brain</comments>
<pubDate>26 May 2011 13:00:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Monty Honorees: Outstanding faculty member from each of the university's colleges
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<description><![CDATA[Forest Rohwer, Ph.D., professor of biology in the College of Sciences, a record of research accomplishment along with service and teaching to San Diego State University and to the greater scientific community is exemplary...]]></description>
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<comments>Monty Award</comments>
<pubDate>24 May 2011 08:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Two Aztecs Take Home CSU Research Awards
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<description><![CDATA[SDSU undergraduate student Alex Liu won first place for his research titled, "Neuropsychological Functioning Predicts Occupational Attainment in an Indian Cohort," as part of the behavioral and social sciences category. Graduate student Martis Cowles was awarded second place for his research titled, "A Planarian Ortholog of Lissencephaly 1 is Required for Stem Cell Maintenance," under the biological and agricultural sciences discipline.]]></description>
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<comments>CSU logo</comments>
<pubDate>23 May 2011 08:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Stomach Bug May Be Linked to Parkinson's
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<description><![CDATA[It is clear that a possible link between Parkinson's disease and the stomach bacterium, Helicobacter pylori, can no longer be ignored. There's enough solid data that it would be wrong not to look into it more closely, said Stanley Maloy.]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of Helicobaterium pylori bacterium</comments>
<pubDate>23 May 2011 10:45:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>"Freedom Riders" College of Sciences Staff Contributes to Film with Her Research
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<description><![CDATA[SDSU College of Sciences Staff, Holly Roose of the McNair Scholars Program, is a proud member of the research team for the film, Freedom Riders. In 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South.]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of 5 gentleman standing in front of a bus in 1961</comments>
<pubDate>17 May 2011 12:00:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>The Generosity of Friends: The Campaign for SDSU gains momentum with recent large gifts from several donors.
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<description><![CDATA[A number of the recent gifts resulted in changes to the names of campus landmarks. Now seen on Montezuma Mesa are the Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center, the Joan and Art Barron Veterans Center and the Fowler Athletics Center.]]></description>
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<author>lsinger@mail.sdsu.edu (Leah R. Singer)</author>
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<comments>2 females isstting on bench in front of SDSU's Student Services West building</comments>
<pubDate>17 May 2011 12:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU Homeland Security Students Take 3rd Place in DHS Conference
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<description><![CDATA[Homeland Security Program students James W. Dovine III, Marilu Ramirez, and John Williams took 3rd place in the DHS Science Conference - Fifth Annual University Network Summit's annual Student Day Poster competition, held March 30 - April 1, 2011. This year's theme was "Catastrophes & Complex Systems: Transportation."]]></description>
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<comments>Students John Williams, Marilu Ramirez, and James Dovine posing with award</comments>
<pubDate>05 May 2011 08:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Funding Excellence and Innovation
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<description><![CDATA[This year's recipients of the President's Leadership Award for Faculty and Staff Excellence: Eric Frost, co-director, graduate program in homeland security, and professor, College of Sciences; Salvarado Espinosa, School of Public Affairs; Steve Fisher, Athletics; Nan McDonald, School of Music and Dance; L. Paul Sutton, and School of Public Affairs.]]></description>
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<comments>Nan McDonald and Eric Frost behind podium</comments>
<pubDate>04 May 2011 08:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>James Sallis Receives National Award
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<description><![CDATA[San Diego State psychology professor James Sallis will receive a 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition during an upcoming council meeting on May 10.]]></description>
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<comments>Dr. James Sallis</comments>
<pubDate>03 May 2011 08:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Students Stargaze at Laguna Observatory
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<description><![CDATA[Less than an hour's drive from San Diego State near the Cleveland National Forest, this observatory serves the research needs of SDSU faculty and graduate students alike. The observatory houses four telescopes in all -- the largest one 50 inches wide.]]></description>
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<comments>Looking through dome doors at Mt. Laguna Observatory</comments>
<pubDate>25 Apr 2011 08:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>NSF awards a grant for a high-speed computer network between SDSU and UCSD
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<description><![CDATA[The National Science Foundation recently awarded SDSU's Computational Science Research Center (CSRC) a grant for a high-speed network that will connect SDSU directly with the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology.]]></description>
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<author>smaloy@sciences.sdsu.edu (Stanley Maloy)</author>
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<comments>CSRCnet Architecture</comments>
<pubDate>21 Apr 2011 08:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>$5M Shiley Gift Renames BioScience Center
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<description><![CDATA[Local philanthropist Darlene Shiley has pledged $5 million to support San Diego State University's BioScience Center. The gift was announced on Saturday, April 9, during a gala celebrating President and Mrs. Stephen L. Weber, who will retire after leading the university for 15 years.]]></description>
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<author>gina.jacobs@sdsu.edu (Gina Jacobs)</author>
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<comments>Darlene and Donald Shiley</comments>
<pubDate>12 Apr 2011 08:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>What's in a Name?
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<description><![CDATA[Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University said, "whether or not your name sounds upper class might not matter if you do not like it."]]></description>
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<author>http://www.newswatchngr.com (Modupe Ogunbayo)</author>
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<comments>Dr. Jean Twenge</comments>
<pubDate>11 Apr 2011 08:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Alcohol Intake During Pregnancy is Bad For the Baby's Hearing
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<description><![CDATA[According to the study conducted by Jennifer D. Thomas, associate professor of psychology at San Diego State University it was found that alcohol exposure results in circadian dysregulation in human kids.]]></description>
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<comments>Dr. Jennifer Thomas</comments>
<pubDate>08 Apr 2011 08:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>ADHD and Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Comparing Profiles of Learning and Memory Impairments in Two Groups of Children
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<description><![CDATA["Children with FASD and ADHD can appear very similar," explained Sarah N. Mattson, a professor in the department of psychology at San Diego State University and corresponding author for the study.]]></description>
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<comments>Dr. Sarah Mattson and Nicole Crocker</comments>
<pubDate>04 Apr 2011 08:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Big Mexican Quake Changed Thinking about Faults
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<description><![CDATA[The earthquake occurred on a minor fault that only moves every 10,000 to 20,000 years, so we can add this to Hector Mine and Landers (and possibly Northridge) quakes for large, unexpected earthquakes in Southern California.]]></description>
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<comments>Earthquake fault damage in mountains and street</comments>
<pubDate>04 Apr 2011 08:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Can Games Such as Wii Fit get Your Kid Fit?
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<description><![CDATA[An editorial accompanying the study by San Diego State University psychology professor James F. Sallis states that too much time playing video games could prevent kids from engaging in sports or playtime that would also help fight obesity and keep them healthy.]]></description>
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<author>AFP Relax news</author>
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<comments>boy and women sitting on couch holding Wii controls</comments>
<pubDate>03 Apr 2011 08:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU 'Fault Finder' Reveals History of Quakes
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<description><![CDATA["Tom can read the story of geology in a way that most people can't," says Ken Hudnut, a geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey in Pasadena. "He has this Jedi-like ability to see and sense things."]]></description>
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<comments>Dr. Tom Rockwell in a shallow hole</comments>
<pubDate>29 Mar 2011 08:00:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Autonomous Helicopter Aerial Imaging for Monitoring of Natural Reserves
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<description><![CDATA[Mahmoud Tarokh and his team of two graduate students, Paulo Merloti and David Pai, have successfully demonstrated in the field the autonomous helicopter project. The objective is to apply a robotic helicopter for environmental monitoring in the wetlands, particularly at the Tijuana River National Estuary.]]></description>
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<author>tarokh@cs.sdsu.edu (Mahmoud Tarokh)</author>
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<comments>Helicopter close-up</comments>
<pubDate>28 Mar 2011 08:00:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Hands-On Science Fair
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<description><![CDATA[Students from Black Student Science Organization (BSSO) held a science event for Walter J. Porter Elementary School. The students learned about DNA extractions, a biodome, and featured a lemon juice bottle rocket to teach chemistry.]]></description>
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<comments>SDSU Students: Carmen, Fardosa, and Harmony</comments>
<pubDate>28 Mar 2011 08:00:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Graduate Programs Rank Among Best in Nation
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<description><![CDATA[More than a dozen San Diego State University graduate programs are ranked among the nation's best in U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools 2012," which was released online March 15.]]></description>
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<comments>Best Grad Schools US World News</comments>
<pubDate>22 Mar 2011 08:00:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Middle and High Schoolers Explore STEM
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<description><![CDATA[Ask a friend what "STEM" means and you may get a blank stare. But, as soon as Cynthia Park, executive director of the SDSU Pre-College Institute asked last Friday, dozens of young people immediately answered.]]></description>
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<comments>Student presenting poster at SRS</comments>
<pubDate>15 Mar 2011 08:00:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Stimulating Weekend for Student Researchers
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<description><![CDATA[It was a stimulating weekend at the fourth annual Student Research Symposium as more than 400 undergraduate and graduate students exhibited their research projects in Montezuma Hall.]]></description>
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<author>universe@mail.sdsu.edu (Jordan Bowditch)</author>
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<comments>Students sitting at table</comments>
<pubDate>07 Mar 2011 08:00:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Superfluid state for Galaxy's youngest neutron star?
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<description><![CDATA[Fridolin Weber of San Diego State University in California, who was not involved in either team's analysis, calls the research "a very important contribution" because it uses the theory of superfluidity to provide a testable explanation for the rapidly cooling star.]]></description>
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<comments>Students sitting at table</comments>
<pubDate>01 Mar 2011 08:00:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Forum Connects Students with Local Tech Industry
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<description><![CDATA["Computational science makes the use of computers easier by developing computational models," said Jose Castillo, SDSU mathematics and statistics professor and director of the SDSU Computational Science Research Center (CSRC).]]></description>
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<author>universe@mail.sdsu.edu (Josh Hoffman)</author>
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<comments>A student presents her poster at last year's Computational Science Curriculum Development Forum.</comments>
<pubDate>25 Feb 2011 16:28:17 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>New Maps First to Track Global Coastal Fishing Activity
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<description><![CDATA["Quantifying fishing efforts is a necessary measure of fishing activity, and is a key link to evaluating sustainability and environmental impacts of coastal fisheries," said Rebecca Lewison, SDSU biology professor and lead researcher on the project.]]></description>
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<author>goldaa@mail.sdsu.edu (Golda Akhgarnia)</author>
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<comments>A leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) entangled in gillnet fishing gear. Photo credit: Projecto Karumbe</comments>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2011 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU astronomy professors played a large part in analyzing data about new planets, including some Earth-size candidates.
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<description><![CDATA["The interesting thing is that we found a planetary system with six planets that were all eclipsing," said Bill Welsh, SDSU astronomy professor and one of nine astronomers nationwide serving as a participating scientist for the mission. "This shows us that we're going to find planetary systems, not just cases of one star with one planet circling it."]]></description>
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<author>goldaa@mail.sdsu.edu (Golda Akhgarnia)</author>
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<comments>outerspace picture with six pics</comments>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2011 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>BioScience Center Research Paves Way for Better Vaccines
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<description><![CDATA[Researchers in SDSU's BioScience Center have developed a new adjuvant for vaccines that could improve their effectiveness. The new technology could also allow for the development of new vaccines to prevent viral, bacterial and fungal infections, as well as several forms of cancer.]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of viles</comments>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2011 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Students Go 'Under the Boat'
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<description><![CDATA[Mix one part class assignment, one part marine science, two parts humor and add a dash of Spongebob Squarepants, Finding Nemo and Flounder from The Little Mermaid. What do you get?]]></description>
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<author>lnava@mail.sdsu.edu (Lorena Nava Ruggero)</author>
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<comments>close-up of two students wearing scuba gear underwater</comments>
<pubDate>26 Jan 2011 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Aziz Awarded Young Arab Scientist Prize
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<description><![CDATA[Dr. Ramy Aziz, SDSU Computer Sciences postdoc and adjunct faculty, was recently awarded the TWAS-ARO Young Arab Scientist (YAS) prize 2010 for his various contributions and efforts in the field of "Biodiversity Conservation and Informatics."]]></description>
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<author>redwards@sciences.sdsu.edu (Rob Edwards)</author>
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<comments>Dr. Ramy Aziz</comments>
<pubDate>13 Jan 2011 16:11:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Meadowbrook Middle School's AVID Class Visit to the Computer Science Department
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<description><![CDATA[Poway Meadowbrook Middle School's Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program visited SDSU on November 29th, 2010. In addition to the typical SDSU tour, the class stopped by the Computer Science Department to hear about computer science opportunities and participate in a research demonstration.]]></description>
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<author>Joanna Nelson</author>
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<comments>Professor Marie Roch</comments>
<pubDate>11 Jan 2011 11:11:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Study Shows that CPAP Therapy Reduces Fatigue, Increases Energy in Patients with Sleep Apnea
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<description><![CDATA["This was one of the first double-blind studies of the effects of CPAP on fatigue," said lead author Lianne Tomfohr, graduate research assistant in the joint doctoral program at San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego."]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of female sleeping, hed on pillow with CPAP apparatus on face.</comments>
<pubDate>07 Jan 2011 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Ph.D. Programs Rank Among Best in the Nation
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<description><![CDATA[The National Research Council named the SDSU-UCSD joint-doctoral programs in speech-language pathology and clinical psychology among the top 10]]></description>
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<comments>A young boy has nodes applied to his face in the Speech Physiology Lab in the School of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences.</comments>
<pubDate>04 Jan 2011 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Taking the No-No out of Nano
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<description><![CDATA[The Electron Microscopy Facility, in the Physical Sciences building, was recently awarded $708,000 from the National Science Foundation to acquire a new scanning electron microscope (SEM) that can take the no-no out of nano and make supersized images of miniscule objects.]]></description>
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<author>sbarlow@sunstroke.sdsu.edu (Steve Barlow)</author>
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<comments>close-up microsopic view of tetraselmis</comments>
<pubDate>17 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Thirdhand Smoke's Lingering Effects
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<description><![CDATA["We found that thirdhand smoke is trapped on surfaces like walls and ceilings and in household dust and carpets left over by previous residents," said Georg Matt, San Diego State psychology professor and lead researcher of the study, the first to examine whether THS persists in smokers homes after they move out."]]></description>
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<author>goldaa@mail.sdsu.edu (Golda Akhgarnia)</author>
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<comments>close-up of cigarette in ashtray</comments>
<pubDate>16 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Astronomers Find Fluctuations in Exploding Stars
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<description><![CDATA[Three of the novae stalled before reaching a peak, and all flickered or flared as the explosions ran their course, according to a new article in the Astrophysical Journal co-authored by San Diego State University astronomy professor Allen Shafter.]]></description>
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<author>goldaa@mail.sdsu.edu (Golda Akhgarnia)</author>
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<comments>artistic representation of an exploding star early in its outburst.</comments>
<pubDate>09 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Escondido 'Bomb House' Burning Details
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<description><![CDATA[SDSU Chemistry Professor Andrew Cooksy is interviewed by KPBS about the dangers of burning-down a residence in Escondido that the San Diego County Sheriff's department and multiple fire agencies say is filled with explosive material that is too dangerous to remove. ]]></description>
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<comments>grenades and bombs found inside home</comments>
<pubDate>09 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Study: Sports Not Enough Daily Activity for Kids
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<description><![CDATA["Parents may think that because their child is engaged in organized sports they are getting the recommended amount of physical activity each day, but what we've found is they aren't," said Jim Sallis, director of SDSU's Active Living Research Program. "This study suggests that kids really need to be getting additional physical activity outside of organized sports practices in order to meet the national guidelines."]]></description>
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<comments>young boys in baseball uniforms as seen from behind, numbers 18, 3, 17, 5, and 9.</comments>
<pubDate>06 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Mark Dunster Contributes to a Popular Mathematics Handbook
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<description><![CDATA[The US Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics wrote that "The NIST Handbook is indeed a monumental achievement, and the many, many individuals who participated in its creation and dissemination are to be congratulated and thanked."]]></description>
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<comments>Dr. Mark Dunster</comments>
<pubDate>05 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Capturing Sunlight, Storing Hydrogen Energy
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<description><![CDATA[Professor Doug Grotjahn's research was one of three out of 13 topics receiving a $50,000 grant for development of catalysts for making hydrogen from water. The goal is a revolutionary technology which would capture sunlight and store the energy as hydrogen, without making or using electricity, carbon-containing fossil fuels or carbon dioxide.]]></description>
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<comments>Dr. Doug Grotjahn</comments>
<pubDate>18 Nov 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Scholarship Students Thank Donors
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<description><![CDATA[The feeling was expressed by scholarship recipients as they met donors, and it was also expressed by the donors themselves, who often pointed out that it was the students that led them to make a difference.]]></description>
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<comments>male student speaking with male donor, sitting at a round table eating lunch.</comments>
<pubDate>11 Nov 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Retired Professor Donates Microscope to Alumni Center Library
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<description><![CDATA[Leaders of the ARCS San Diego chapter  group presented the check to SDSU President Stephen L. Weber. All 14 Ph.D. students were part of the presentation and enjoyed spending the afternoon with President Weber by sharing with him the latest in their teachings, research and presentations.]]></description>
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<comments>Professor Emeritus Andrew C. Olson, Jr., Ph.D. ('39) with the microscope he donated for display at the Parma Payne Goodall Alumni center.</comments>
<pubDate>09 Nov 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Female Philanthropists Fund Student Scholarships
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<description><![CDATA[The feeling was expressed by scholarship recipients as they met donors, and it was also expressed by the donors themselves, who often pointed out that it was the students that led them to make a difference.]]></description>
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<comments>Scholarship recipients, SDSU representatives and members of ARCS present President Weber with a check.</comments>
<pubDate>09 Nov 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Undergraduate Students are Leading Beneficiaries of the Expanding Research Enterprise at SDSU
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<description><![CDATA["The best education we can give to all our students--including future scientists--is to have them actively participate in research," said SDSU President Stephen L. Weber. "Research keeps our faculty sharp and current in their field and provides excellent learning environments for our students."]]></description>
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<comments>undergraduate Lucy Kim in lab coat in bioscience center lab</comments>
<pubDate>08 Nov 2010 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Physics professor, Richard H. Morris, Ph.D. announced his retirement after 53 years of teaching at SDSU.
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<description><![CDATA["Doc" has supervised over thirty graduate theses in the above mentioned subjects. In celebration of his 50 years of teaching at SDSU, in 2007, the Department of Physics named the "Doc Morris Public Lecture Series" after Professor Morris. (Doc is the longest serving faculty member at SDSU)]]></description>
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<comments>Doc Morris in front of physics lab equipment</comments>
<pubDate>01 Nov 2010 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Building Molecules in Classrooms
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<description><![CDATA[San Diego State chemistry professor Andrew Cooksy visited Castle Park Middle School last month, bringing a bit of university science into the classroom as part of a new outreach program to serve San Diego area schools.]]></description>
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<comments>Chemistry professor Andrew Cooksy works with students at a local high school.</comments>
<pubDate>22 Oct 2010 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Grant Funds BioScience Center's New Research Tool
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<description><![CDATA["This high-tech tool will enhance research being done at the BioScience Center, bringing us closer to identifying the connections between various infections and heart disease," said Roberta Gottlieb, director of the SDSU BioScience Center.]]></description>
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<comments>An NT2 neuroblastoma cell infected with Coxsackievirus is illuminated by a fluorescent protein in green.</comments>
<pubDate>14 Oct 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU Research Foundation Adds Two New Board Members
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<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Klonoff, SDSU professor of psychology and co-director of the SDSU/UCSD joint doctoral program in clinical psychology, will help direct the activities of SDSU Research Foundation.]]></description>
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<comments>Dr. Klonoff</comments>
<pubDate>13 Oct 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Eric Frost Receives Lifetime Achievement Award in Cybersecurity
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<description><![CDATA[When it comes to cybersecurity, one San Diego State professor is at the forefront of the field. Eric Frost, SDSU geology professor and director of the Viz Lab, received a lifetime achievement award for his efforts and accomplishments in the field of cybersecurity at the first annual Cybersecurity Awards, hosted by Securing Our eCity.]]></description>
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<comments>Eric Forst receiving award, shown standing between two men.</comments>
<pubDate>08 Oct 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Treating Anxiety with the Click of a Mouse
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<description><![CDATA[Social anxiety disorder, the most common anxiety disorder in the U.S., is often treated with medication or cognitive behavior therapy. But if medication doesn't work, and therapy is too expensive, what other option is there?]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of hand on mouse</comments>
<pubDate>07 Oct 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Rich Levine Elected ASA Fellow
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<description><![CDATA["Levine was chosen for his "outstanding methodological contributions and groundbreaking applicates in the area of Monte Carlo statistical methods, for curricular developments and teaching innovations in computational statistics, and for exemplary service to the profession."]]></description>
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<comments>Professor Richard Levine shaking hands with American Statistical Association President Sastry Patula</comments>
<pubDate>13 Sep 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Determining 'Brain Age' With A Simple Scan
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<description><![CDATA[A new type of brain scan could help doctors identify children whose brains are not developing on schedule, and may eventually explain what goes wrong in the brains of children with autism.]]></description>
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<comments>illustration of brain that displays functional connections that grow stronger with maturation and those that weaken with maturation.</comments>
<pubDate>09 Sep 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Why They Chose SDSU Over UCSD
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<description><![CDATA["I could do high-powered research at UCSD, but I really like that interaction with students, to help develop their love of science and their future careers," she said. "It's more work, but there's more of a reward."]]></description>
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<comments>Professor Kelly Doran talking to students within circle</comments>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Simulated Shake-Up Reveals Some Answers
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<description><![CDATA["The scientific results of this massive simulation are very interesting, and its level of detail has allowed us to observe things that we were not able to see in the past," said Kim Olsen, professor of geological sciences at SDSU, and lead seismologist of the study..."]]></description>
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<comments>map of southern california showing simulated ground motion</comments>
<pubDate>19 Aug 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Can College Students Learn as Well on iPads, e-books?
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<description><![CDATA[Folu Ani, a graduate of San Diego State University and a member of the Class of 2014 at University of California-Irvine School of Medicine, holds an iPad. Given to each member of the class, the iPads came pre-loaded with all the textbooks and software required to complete their first year of medical school.]]></description>
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<comments>Close-up of Folu Ani holding Apple iPad</comments>
<pubDate>18 Aug 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Disaster in the Making: Researcher Warns of Microbial Threat to Coral Reefs, Other Ocean Habitat
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<description><![CDATA[Professor Forest Rowher San Diego-based researchers found corals were dead or diseased, sharks and other large predators were scarce and only small fish darted past slime-covered reefs.]]></description>
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<comments>Professor Forest Rowher in lab looking at an object</comments>
<pubDate>16 Aug 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>New Collaborative Educational Opportunity Between San Diego and Brazil
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<description><![CDATA[San Diego State University and Scripps Institution of Oceanography have received a new award from the US Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) and their Brazilian counterpart, the Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior...]]></description>
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<comments>fipse group photo</comments>
<pubDate>13 Aug 2010 14:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU Makes top-40 most Popular Colleges
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<description><![CDATA[PayScale.com recently conducted a survey of the most popular colleges in the United States. 819,147 individuals responded to the survey, naming the college they attended or were attending.]]></description>
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<comments>payscale logo</comments>
<pubDate>13 Aug 2010 14:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Study Says More Firefighters Needed
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<description><![CDATA["Wildfires result in billions of dollars of lost and damaged property, open space and infrastructure," Rahn said. "Adding a single firefighter to an engine will save money by saving time, property and, most importantly, lives."]]></description>
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<comments>firefighter with hose in front of large fire</comments>
<pubDate>10 Aug 2010 14:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>In Memoriam: Donald Shiley
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<description><![CDATA["We are deeply saddened at the news of Donald Shiley's passing. Donald was a humanitarian in the truest sense. His contributions, both as an inventor and philanthropist, will leave a lasting legacy in our community and beyond..."]]></description>
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<comments>Darlenne and Donald Shiley</comments>
<pubDate>02 Aug 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Make a Muscle, make a Difference!
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<description><![CDATA[SDSU biology professor Sandy Bernstein and lab personnel appear in Muscular Dystrophy Association Public Service Announcement. Chi Lee (PhD student), Anju Melkani (research technician), and Meera Viswanathan (MS student).]]></description>
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<comments>Dr. Berstein flexing his arm</comments>
<pubDate>30 Jul 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>ARRA Helps Define Molecular Structure, Career Direction for New College Grad
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<description><![CDATA["Understanding how UNC-45 works may allow us to harness its function in protecting muscle from biological stress or ameliorating diseases caused by protein-folding defects," says Dr. Bernstein. "Clarke's contributions helped us to move our research forward dramatically."]]></description>
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<comments>Dr. Bersteins research group in front of BioScience Center</comments>
<pubDate>22 Jul 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Trust Your Gut for Health Clues
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<description><![CDATA[In a recent study published in Nature, SDSU biology professor Forest Rohwer and Dr. Jeffrey Gordon, director of Washington University's Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, found that even identical twins, who have the same genetic makeup, each carry a unique collection of intestinal viruses.]]></description>
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<comments>identical twin girls sitting on swing</comments>
<pubDate>22 Jul 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU Research No. 1 for Fourth Straight Year
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<description><![CDATA[For the fourth consecutive year, San Diego State University is ranked the No. 1 most productive research university in the nation among schools with 14 or fewer Ph.D. programs, according to Academic Analytics.]]></description>
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<comments>stylized photo of three students with lab coats in lab</comments>
<pubDate>30 Jun 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Sciencequest: Exploring Regional Science and Tech
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<description><![CDATA[SDSU Professor Rulon Clark is studying predator-prey interactions between rattlesnakes and small mammals, with a focus on how small mammals use antisnake displays to convince snakes to leave them alone.]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of rattlesnake</comments>
<pubDate>21 Jun 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU and UC Offer New Joint Doctoral Programs
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<description><![CDATA[San Diego State University and the University of California are joining forces to offer two new joint doctoral programs beginning in fall 2010. After extensive review, the new programs in evolutionary biology and geophysics were approved this spring, joining SDSU's 14 existing joint doctoral programs and two independent doctoral programs.]]></description>
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<comments>map showing earthquake fault activity</comments>
<pubDate>16 Jun 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Astronomy Professor Paul Etzel Receives Standing Ovation
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<description><![CDATA[On his 62nd birthday, SDSU Astronomy Professor/ Mt. Laguna Observatory Director, Paul Etzel receives a standing ovation as he gives his final lecture after 30 years of service, including 24 years on the faculty. Etzel will participate in FERP (Faculty Early Retirement Program), and will continue to teach and administer the observatory after retiring from the university.]]></description>
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<comments>Grad Student Carolyn Heffner and Dr. Paul Etzel</comments>
<pubDate>04 Jun 2010 16:44:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU Heads for the Skies with NASA-Funded Research
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<description><![CDATA[Walt Oechel, SDSU biology professor specializing in global climate change, will work with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Jet Propulsion Lab to measure the greenhouse gas effect on the globe's most northern point.]]></description>
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<comments>The above graphic shows the three levels of the atmosphere measured by the team Oechel will work with.</comments>
<pubDate>04 Jun 2010 8:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>The Lab Rats at the Bottom of Biotech's Food Chain
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<description><![CDATA[In a fluorescent-lit room at San Diego State University, three of these soon-to-be college graduates crowded around a three-foot-wide white box that looked like a fancy printer. The students were part of a new course that taught them to extract, prepare and analyze DNA from a California sea lion.]]></description>
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<comments>Professor Patrick Sebrechts speaking to class.</comments>
<pubDate>01 Jun 2010 8:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>San Diego State to Build 50-inch Research Telescope
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<description><![CDATA[The $1.7 million Phillips Claud Telescope will replace SDSU's original 16-inch research telescope, and enable the school to analyze objects spotted during deep sky surveys conducted by other institutions.]]></description>
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<comments>The new Phillips Claud Telescope will resemble this instrument</comments>
<pubDate>19 May 2010 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Jean Twenge Awarded for Distinguished Achievement at Sigma Xi Annual Award Banquet
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<description><![CDATA[Psychology professor Jean Twenge pioneered a new research method, cross-temporal meta-analysis, and used it to become the first psychologist to study birth cohort effects in a systematic way. She has also performed ground-breaking research on the effects of social rejection and exclusion on behavior.]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of Dr. Jean Twenge</comments>
<pubDate>18 May 2010 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Cellphones May Save the Coast From Oil
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<description><![CDATA["We're part of a whole group of hundreds to thousands of different people called Crisis Commons," said Eric Frost, co-director of the Immersive Visualization Center, also known as the Viz Lab."]]></description>
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<comments>workers in lab coats and rubber boots working on gulf coast coast line</comments>
<pubDate>07 May 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Welcome to the Galaxy
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<description><![CDATA[Bill Welsh is part of a team looking for Earth-like planets. The San Diego State astronomy professor bolted awake, suddenly plagued with doubts about the computations he'd done for NASA's Kepler space mission. The mission was to launch in less than a week and Welsh was part of its nationwide science team. ]]></description>
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<comments>Earth seen from outer space</comments>
<pubDate>07 May 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Class of 2010 Outstanding Graduates
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<description><![CDATA[The College of Sciences congratulates: Fiyinfoluwa 'Folu' Ani (Biology pre-med), Jessica Compton (computer science), Marck Marounm (geology), Stephanie Renee Pena (psychology), and Kyla R. Power (psychology).]]></description>
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<comments>silhouette illustration of three grads</comments>
<pubDate>07 May 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Liz Klonoff Receives Social Responsibility Award
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<description><![CDATA[Dr. Liz Klonoff (SDSU co-PI) is the recipient of the Western Psychological Association's (WPA) 2010 Social Responsibility Award. This award is given to an individual in recognition of substantial and influential work that facilitates peace, freedom, social justice, and/or protection of this planet's natural environment.]]></description>
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<author>lbodie@sciences.sdsu.edu (Lorah Bodie)</author>
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<comments>close-up of Dr. Liz Klonoff and WPA President Stan Sue</comments>
<pubDate>07 May 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Grads Poised to Make a Difference
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<description><![CDATA["In elementary, middle and high school, I was a victim of bullying and saw many of the disabled children that I worked with suffer from bullying," said Pena, who attended Bonita Vista High School. "Because of that, I always had the drive to bring awareness to this topic."]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of Stephanie Pena</comments>
<pubDate>04 May 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>New National Plan Encourages Physical Activity
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<description><![CDATA["We are excited to have contributed to the creation of the National Physical Activity Plan, look forward to its implementation and commend its creators for the contribution the plan will make to improving the health of all Americans," said James Sallis, program director of Active Living Research (ALR), a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.]]></description>
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<comments>young girl and boy holding hands running on grass with trees in background</comments>
<pubDate>03 May 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU: Tech's 29 Most Powerful Colleges
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<description><![CDATA[The San Diego State University Research Foundation takes the school's creative intellectual property and makes it publicly available and commercially viable.]]></description>
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<comments>facing library information dome towards south</comments>
<pubDate>03 May 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>No State Microbe For Wisconsin
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<description><![CDATA[Lactococcus lactis will not become that state's microbe, or at least not this year. The busy little bacterium is used to make cheese, and while the Wisconsin assembly felt worthy, the state Senate did not.]]></description>
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<author>Michele Norris (NPR)</author>
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<pubDate>28 Apr 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>The Montys College of Sciences Winner: Christina A. Waters, Ph.D.
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<description><![CDATA[Christina A. Waters ('89, biology), Ph.D., has a twenty-year history of research and management in drug discovery and development in the pharmaceutical industry. Serving currently as president of Cell Therapeutics Europe and Systems Medicine, a subsidiary of Cell Therapeutics, Inc., she has developed a unique and specialized background in fostering new approaches to treatments for disorders and diseases.]]></description>
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<author>Michele Norris (NPR)</author>
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<comments>close-up of Christina A. Waters, Ph.D.</comments>
<pubDate>24 Apr 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Catching More Than Fish
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<description><![CDATA[The number of sea turtles inadvertently caught by commercial fishing gear during the past 20 years may reach into the millions, according to the first peer-reviewed study to compile sea turtle bycatch data from gillnet, trawl and longline fisheries worldwide.]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of a sea turtle swiming underwater surrounded by angel fish</comments>
<pubDate>21 Apr 2010 8:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Iceland Eruptions Wreak Havoc
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<description><![CDATA[Thousands of people are stranded at airports around the world, thanks to volcanic eruptions this week in Iceland. But it's not just flights that are being affected, said SDSU geology professor Vic Camp.]]></description>
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<comments>ash cloud high in sky</comments>
<pubDate>16 Apr 2010 8:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>President's Leadership Fund Honors Five Aztecs
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<description><![CDATA[Five faculty and staff members were honored this year for the President's Leadership Fund, including: John Love, professor, SDSU Department of Chemistry. In addition to the recognition of their contributions to SDSU, each will receive a $5,000 award.]]></description>
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<author>lnava@mail.sdsu.edu (Lorena Nava Ruggero)</author>
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<comments>president's leadership fund logo</comments>
<pubDate>13 Apr 2010 8:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Students Sequence California Sea Lion Genome
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<description><![CDATA[SDSU biology professor Elizabeth Dinsdale teaches a class using a "next-generation" DNA sequencer in collaboration with Roche 454 Lifesciences. The class is investigating the health of California sea lions and their environment.]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of sea lion on rock near ocean</comments>
<pubDate>23 Mar 2010 8:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Quest for the Best: Each year, Student Affairs honors outstanding students and the faculty and staff who support them.
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<description><![CDATA[Sciences Awardees Include: Brianna Bennett, journalism, and Estralita Martin, College of Sciences; Daniel Brown, jazz studies and psychology, and Dan Cornthwaite, Associated Students; Karina Kangas, chemistry, and Janet Abbott, Division of Undergraduate Studies; Kyla Power, psychology, and Brendon Bray, Athletics; Tristany Wagner, geography, and Maureen Gibbins Paolini, Department of Biology. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>23 Mar 2010 8:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Young Workers Value Jobs Less, Leisure More
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<description><![CDATA["Our results show that the desire for leisure and a better work-life balance starts long before young workers have families, so companies will have to consider new policies for younger people who want leisure time to travel or spend with friends," Twenge said. "Of course, the generation itself may have to adapt their expectations if they want both higher salaries and more time off."]]></description>
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<comments>young male and two female officer workers looking over documents</comments>
<pubDate>10 Mar 2010 8:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Sea Squirt Offers Hope for Alzheimer's Sufferers
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<description><![CDATA[Alzheimer's disease affects an estimated 27 million people worldwide and is the most common form of age-related dementia. There is no cure, however, San Diego State researchers Mike Virata and Bob Zeller have found that the sea squirt may hold the key for developing more efficient drugs to target the disease.]]></description>
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<author>goldaa@mail.sdsu.edu (Golda Akhgarnia)</author>
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<comments>close-up of sea squirt</comments>
<pubDate>02 Mar 2010 8:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>In the Information Age: The Ethics Center Forum "Who owns the data?"
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<description><![CDATA["As part of our monthly series on ethics in science and technology, this morning we're discussing the issue of access to scientific research. I'd like to welcome my guests. Stanley Maloy is professor of biology and the dean of the College of Sciences at SDSU. Professor Maloy, welcome to These Days."]]></description>
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<author>Maureen Cavanaugh, Natalie Walsh (KPBS)</author>
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<comments>Headshot of Maureen Cavanaugh</comments>
<pubDate>01 Mar 2010 8:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Research: From the Lab to Lands Afar: Student learning outside the classroom
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<description><![CDATA["Before I began working in Dr. Edwards' lab, I had only a vague notion of how I could use my computer programming knowledge in the real world," Cuevas said. "Working with him has really opened my eyes to the higher purpose of learning."]]></description>
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<author>geraghty@mail.sdsu.edu (Coleen L. Geraghty)</author>
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<comments>guizhou snub-nosed monkey sitting in vegetation.</comments>
<pubDate>19 Feb 2010 8:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>$4.95 M Grant Will Train Vets, Others for Biotech Careers: The stimulus grant will help bridge education to employment in San Diego's life sciences industry.
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<description><![CDATA[The BRIDGE project is a partnership linking training and higher education with employment opportunities that address the regional and state-wide workforce needs of the life sciences industry. The project will focus on the critical need for clinical laboratory scientists, medical laboratory technicians, medical physicists and professional scientists.]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of researcher in a lab coat preparing a sample.</comments>
<pubDate>16 Feb 2010 8:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Viz Lab Helping on the Ground in Haiti
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<description><![CDATA["From thousands of miles away, researchers in San Diego State University's Immersive Visualization Center, also known as the Viz Lab, are helping first-responders on the ground in Haiti. Because of SDSU's long-standing partnership with the U.S. Navy, SDSU has been the primary resource for processing imaging data.  ]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of haitian child with bandage on his head.</comments>
<pubDate>26 Jan 2010 8:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU Program Works To Predict Floods
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<description><![CDATA["There's so much development in the upper portion that the land base is no longer there to absorb that water, and so it just sort of runs off of our rooftops and our asphalt and our concrete," said Dr. Matt Rahn, the program's director.]]></description>
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<comments>head-shot of Dr. Matt Rahn</comments>
<pubDate>14 Jan 2010 8:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>High-Strung and Stressed Students More Common
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<description><![CDATA[A new study by San Diego State University finds that today's high school and college students are more high-strung and stressed out than ever before. The research, published in Clinical Psychology Review, finds that young people today report more anxiety and mental health problems than generations past.]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of overwhelmed female student with hands on head, surrounded by books</comments>
<pubDate>11 Jan 2010 8:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Institutions Join Forces for S.D. Bay Research
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<description><![CDATA[The Center for Bay and Coastal Dynamics unites efforts at San Diego State University, the University of California San Diego, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute and the Unified Port District of San Diego to better understand the region's most heavily used body of water.]]></description>
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<comments>San Diego Bay looking at Coronado Bridge</comments>
<pubDate>20 Dec 2009 8:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Fred Hornbeck Retires After Four Decades on the Mesa
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<description><![CDATA[Frederick W. Hornbeck will retire after more than 41 years of outstanding service to the Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, the California State University System and thousands of students. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>09 Dec 2009 8:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>The Domino Effect: Surprising Links Between Infection and Heart Disease
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<description><![CDATA[Roberta Gottlieb, M.D., has a compelling way to demonstrate the pervasiveness of heart disease. "Look to your right," she says. "Now look to your left. One of the three of you is going to die of heart disease."]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of two hands resting on microscope</comments>
<pubDate>08 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Small Things Considered Wins Big at PRNews' 2009 Nonprofit Awards
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<description><![CDATA["I feel honored and pleased that a specialized subject area that's dear to my heart can garner such national recognition," said Moselio Schaechter, blog author and past president of the ASM. Schaechter, adjunct professor at San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego, created the blog when he entered into "active retirement" to share his fascination with the breadth and depth of microbial activities on our planet.]]></description>
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<comments>Moselio Schaechter</comments>
<pubDate>20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Researchers Receive Competitive Grants, Top Rankings
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<description><![CDATA[San Diego State University researchers have received four highly competitive Challenge Grants from the National Institutes of Health, it was announced today. Additionally, psychology professor Linda Gallo received a $2.4 million ARRA "Grand Opportunity" award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).]]></description>
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<comments>closeup of researcher pipetting a sample into a test tube</comments>
<pubDate>04 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Vaccination Fascination: SDSU research professor Ed Morgan discusses vaccinations, their scarcity and why they are important.
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<description><![CDATA["The classical approach for making influenza vaccines is you have to grow the virus," said Edward Morgan, San Diego State University research professor, about the vaccine shortage."]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of sleeve rolled-up on shoulder with nurse giving vaccine</comments>
<pubDate>30 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU Launches Biotech Certificate: The new certificate for biotechnology project management in quality assurance will be available online.
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<description><![CDATA["The biotechnology and other life science industries are among the nation's most promising job creators. These are high-paying, high-demand jobs that will fuel the 21st century California economy," said Susan Baxter, CSUPERB executive director.]]></description>
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<author>universe@mail.sdsu.edu (Erik Fallis)</author>
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<comments>Biocompass logo</comments>
<pubDate>22 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Women's Group Funds Grad Student Scholarships: Twelve graduate students in the College of Sciences will be supported by the $97,500 gift.</title>
<description><![CDATA[This year's scholarship recipients included: Peter Belmont, biology; Karen Campbell, computational science; Shirin Doroudgar, cell/molecular biology; Kimberlee Fischer, cell/molecular biology; Marc Gregerson, chemistry; Martin Kandes, computational science; Marc Rideout, biology/biochemistry; John Ruedas, cell/molecular biology; Aleksandr Stotland, cell/molecular biology; Jenna Tabor-Godwin, cell/molecular biology; Dana Willner-Hall, cell/molecular biology; and Robert Wilson, Jr., chemistry.]]></description>
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<author>sterling@mail.sdsu.edu (Suzanne Sterling)</author>
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<comments>President Stephen L. Weber and scholarship recipients holding a $97,500 check.</comments>
<pubDate>21 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Research Uncovers Possible Cause of Red Tides</title>
<description><![CDATA["It has long been known that bloom-forming microalgae that influence climate and harm ecosystems and man are closely associated with certain bacterial species, but the reasons why were unknown," said Carl Carrano, chair of SDSU's chemistry and biochemistry department and co-publisher of the study."]]></description>
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<pubDate>21 Oct 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Computer Science Assistant Professor, Tao Xie is Awarded the Prestigious NSF Career Award of $436,000</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars...]]></description>
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<comments>Professor Tao Xie</comments>
<pubDate>15 Oct 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU Awarded Three Year Training Grant to Encourage Students Participation in Stem Cell Research</title>
<description><![CDATA[The SDSU College of Science has received a three-year grant from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to assist students pursuing careers in the growing scientific field of stem cell research.]]></description>
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<pubDate>14 Oct 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>National Science Foundation to Fund High-Speed Network</title>
<description><![CDATA[The $256,000 research grant will fund the infrastructure needed to build a high-speed computer connection between SDSU and UCSD.]]></description>
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<author>Norman D. Miller (OES Student Activities Coordinator)</author>
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<pubDate>13 Oct 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Staff Awards Hits it Out of the Park</title>
<description><![CDATA["Today, we are honoring colleagues who are living proof of SDSU's resilience and capacity to overcome these setbacks," said President Weber during his remarks. "It is difficult now, but it has been difficult before. And each of the people we honor today can tell you that."]]></description>
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<pubDate>12 Oct 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Computer Science Master's Student Takes 2nd at IEEE Oceans 2009</title>
<description><![CDATA[Shyam Kumar Madhusudhana, a master's student in the Department of Computer Science, was recently featured in the summer IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Newsletter for winning second place in the IEEE Oceans 2009 graduate student poster contest. He has worked with Dr. Marie Roch (Associate Prof., SDSU) and researchers from Dr. John Hildebrand's whale acoustics group...]]></description>
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<comments>Shyam Kumar Madhusudhana presenting poster</comments>
<pubDate>01 Sep 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>National Poll: Young People See Social Networking as Attention Seeking</title>
<description><![CDATA["College students have clearly noticed the more self-centered traits of their peers - it's fascinating how honest they are about diagnosing their generation's downsides," said Twenge, co-author of The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement."]]></description>
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<comments>Female student laying on grass</comments>
<pubDate>20 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU Receives Nearly $134 Million in Research Grants and Contracts</title>
<description><![CDATA[ARRA funding has helped provide additional support for researchers like Dr. Shelli McAlpine, SDSU associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry. McAlpine's work focuses on developing potent new anticancer agents. Her research, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), addresses an urgent need to create an antitumor agent that can target drug-resistant cancers.]]></description>
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<comments>Dr. Shelli McAlpine</comments>
<pubDate>20 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU Science and Engineering Receive $450,000 Educational Contribution from Qualcomm</title>
<description><![CDATA[San Diego State University today announced that Qualcomm, a long-time supporter of SDSU, has granted the university $450,000 to support its science and engineering programs. Qualcomm's donation will be distributed among the Improving Student Achievement in Mathematics (ISAM) program ($100,000), Project Lead the Way ($100,000), the College of Engineering ($100,000) and the President's Leadership Fund ($150,000)]]></description>
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<pubDate>20 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Healing Hearts and Mentoring Students</title>
<description><![CDATA[Christopher Glembotski is one of five recipients of The President's Leadership Fund Awards for Faculty and Staff Excellence. The award recognizes his innovations in both science and administration. As a result of research in his lab, he and his colleagues have discovered several new genes that play important roles in the heart's capacity to recover from the stress of decreased oxygen during a heart attack.]]></description>
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<pubDate>18 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Rebecca Vega Thurber: The Coral Doctor </title>
<description><![CDATA[It's not every day that a biologist's work makes it on to Comedy Central. But after giving a talk at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City about herpes-like viruses in corals...]]></description>
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<comments>Rebecca Vega Thurber posing in wetsuit sitting on rocks in ocean: Daniel Portnoy</comments>
<pubDate>10 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Kelly Doran's Research Featured on Cover of The Journal of Infectious Diseases</title>
<description><![CDATA[Professor Doran's research investigates how bacterial pathogens breach the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to cause meningitis. Her data suggest that GBS Srr glycoproteins play an important role in crossing the BBB and in the development of streptococcal meningitis, the leading cause of meningitis in newborns.]]></description>
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<comments>GBS Protein Srr-1</comments>
<pubDate>27 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Innovating Excellence One Discovery at a Time</title>
<description><![CDATA["The exciting thing about what we do in synthesis is that it's partly science and partly art," Grotjahn said. "We're only limited by our imagination, because we can make new molecules and materials, with properties to be explored."]]></description>
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<comments>Douglas Grotjahn</comments>
<pubDate>27 Jul 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>New Study Shows Real Economic Impact of Wildfires</title>
<description><![CDATA["You think about what happens when you shut down the city of San Diego for a couple of days, which in essence is what happened," said Matt Rahn, director of research and education at SDSU's College of Sciences' Field Stations Programs, who led the study. "You close down our city, you close down our airport, you close down our ports and you realize how many delayed or cancelled flights there were, what the tourism impact was, what the impact to business lost was."]]></description>
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<comments>A firefighter fights a recent Southern California wildfire.</comments>
<pubDate>21 Jul 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Immunologists Join SDSU BioScience Center</title>
<description><![CDATA[Five internationally known immunologists have joined the research faculty of San Diego State University's BioScience Center, bringing with them several active grants from the National Institutes of Health, the university announced today. The researchers, formerly of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, started at SDSU on June 30.]]></description>
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<comments>Joy Phillips, Elizabeth Virts, Ed Morgan, Marilyn Thoman and Phyllis Linton.</comments>
<pubDate>20 Jul 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU Receives Another $1.5 Million in Stimulus Research Funding</title>
<description><![CDATA[San Diego State University researchers, and in turn the San Diego region, continue to benefit from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, with the announcement of an additional $1.5 million in funding this week. To date, SDSU has received 21 grants, totaling more than $4 million.]]></description>
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<comments>Cross Section of Human Brain</comments>
<pubDate>17 Jul 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Turning Off the Tap</title>
<description><![CDATA["Changing human behavior is one of the biggest challenges there is," said Jim Sallis, SDSU psychology professor. "Part of the difficulty is that behavior is influenced by so many factors - psychological, biological, social and cultural factors, as well as by policies, the environment and access to resources."]]></description>
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<comments>garden near Hepner Hall</comments>
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<title>SDSU Receives Another $1.2 Million in Stimulus Research Funding</title>
<description><![CDATA[San Diego State University has received ten new research grants or supplemental grants as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act totaling nearly $1.2 million.]]></description>
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<comments>Dr. Roberta Gotlieb next to scope</comments>
<pubDate>09 Jul 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Pooling Human Resources</title>
<description><![CDATA[The SDSU Center for Regional Sustainability will drive green initiatives for the region. The center will coordinate regional efforts in water conservation and alternative energy creation, among other issues.]]></description>
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<comments>composite photo of windmills with body of rippling water</comments>
<pubDate>25 Jun 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. Navy and SDSU Demo First-Responder Technology</title>
<description><![CDATA["San Diego State is helping to bridge the gap between military acquisition and academia," said Jay Iannacito, scenario lead for CWID San Diego. "They are also providing the center, which will allow for the great number of visitors we will be receiving to watch these technology trials and evaluations."]]></description>
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<comments>Professor Eric Frost at Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration</comments>
<pubDate>22 Jun 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Disaster Response in the Age of Twitter</title>
<description><![CDATA["It's about using cloud computing and things that are out there that don't have to be built from scratch -- leveraging other people's resources," said Eric Frost, the SDSU geologist who runs the center, which is known as Viz Lab, a room with a lot of computing power and large-screen GIS displays that has helped with disaster response efforts worldwide.]]></description>
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<comments>SDPD officer Chris Escudero serves as the Emergency Operations Center director. Photo: Sam Hodgson</comments>
<pubDate>18 Jun 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Richard Levine Named Editor of Top Computational Statistics Journal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Richard Levine, associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has been appointed editor of the Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics (JCGS).]]></description>
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<comments>Richard Levine with the Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics</comments>
<pubDate>29 May 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Diana Osborn Masters Educational Technology</title>
<description><![CDATA[Osborn, who works in the College of Sciences, received her master's degree in educational technology this weekend. The program applies research, learning theory and emergent technologies in order to lead students in the revolution of new technologies, on-demand information and learning problem-based strategies.]]></description>
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<comments>Diana Osborn</comments>
<pubDate>25 May 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>And the Faculty Monty Goes to... James Sallis</title>
<description><![CDATA[Psychology professor, Dr. Jim Sallis, is an international authority whose research applies behavioral science to physical activity promotion, healthy eating and smoking prevention. Author of more than 375 peer-reviewed publications, he developed the SPARK physical education program, now used in more than 2000 schools. He directs the Active Living Research Program and is initiating an ecological analysis of activity, eating and weight in adolescents with $2.8 million in external funding. In 2007, the Society of Behavioral Medicine named him Distinguished Scientist, its highest honor.]]></description>
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<comments>Monty Award</comments>
<pubDate>18 May 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Emilio Ulloa Recognized for Student Advising</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ulloa is being recognized by the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). The professional association recently announced that Ulloa will receive the Outstanding Advising Certificate of Merit as part of its 2009 National Awards Program for Academic Advising. Ulloa will be honored and presented with the award in San Antonio, Texas during the annual NACADA National Conference this fall.]]></description>
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<comments>Close-up of Dr. Emilio Ulloa</comments>
<pubDate>11 May 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Bruce Alberts Visits CRMSE</title>
<description><![CDATA[On May 8th, Dr. Bruce Alberts, former president of the National Academy of Sciences and current editor in Chief of Science, visited the SDSU Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education (CRMSE). Dr. Alberts has a strong commitment to science and mathematics education. He spoke with graduate students and faculty at the center to learn about the innovative research contributions of CRMSE to improving student learning and how these insights are being implemented in the K-12 education community.]]></description>
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<pubDate>08 May 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU faculty experts discussion of the H1N1 (Swine) flu</title>
<description><![CDATA[Stanley Maloy, dean of the College of Sciences - Maloy, a microbial sciences expert, discusses how and why this new flu virus evolved. He also addresses why some flu strains are deadly, while others are relatively mild.]]></description>
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<comments>Dean Stanley Malloy on SDSU Live video panel</comments>
<pubDate>07 May 2009 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Flu Fighting in the Age of Wikipedia</title>
<description><![CDATA["The debate over Valafar's system highlights the convergence of the pillars of internet 2.0, such as social networking and community intelligence, with the centuries-old fight to contain infectious diseases."]]></description>
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<comments>Faramarz Valafar standing in middle of room with arm on a computer (Photo by Sam Hodgson)</comments>
<pubDate>06 May 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU Grad Programs Rank Among Nation's Best</title>
<description><![CDATA[Four of San Diego State's graduate programs have been ranked in U.S. News Media Group's 2010 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools. Ranked programs include: Secondary Teacher Education, International Business, Psychology, and Education.]]></description>
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<comments>May U.S. News and World Report magazine cover</comments>
<pubDate>27 Apr 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Roberta Gottlieb Gives Grant Advice at Workshop</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Gottlieb is a professor of biology, director of SDSU's BioScience Center and the first Frederick G. Henry Chair in Life Sciences. The workshop, hosted by the SDSU Research Foundation, focused on best practices for obtaining external funding and included tips on how to market and establish oneself as a reputable scientist and collaborator.]]></description>
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<pubDate>24 Apr 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>When Stars Explode: Watch the SDSU Live Interview with Astronomer Doug Leonard</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a recently published article in Nature, SDSU astronomer Doug Leonard and a co-researcher from Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science reported their surprising discovery of the most massive star ever confirmed to have ended its life as a supernova.
According to conventional theory, the star -- more than a million times brighter than the sun -- should not have exploded, but it did, probably leaving behind a massive black hole.]]></description>
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<pubDate>22 Apr 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>'Narcissism Epidemic' Spreading Among College Students</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jean Twenge, SDSU psychology professor, and her co-author, Jason D. Foster, found that when increases were similar among ethnic and racial groups, narcissism in young women increased more than in young men, suggesting that recent cultural changes have affected girls and women more.]]></description>
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<comments>Female looking into mirror</comments>
<pubDate>21 Apr 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>College of Sciences Represents at SD Science Festival</title>
<description><![CDATA[Biology professors Steve Barlow, Terry Frey and Mariam Ghochani, along with Pamela Moses of the Department of Psychology represented the College of Sciences at San Diego Science Festival in Balboa Park on April 4.<br /><br />Organizers reported 100,000 attendees at this first-time community science fair and exposition.]]></description>
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<comments>From left: Steve Barlow, Pamela Moses, Terry Frey and Mariam Ghochani.</comments>
<pubDate>15 Apr 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Searching for Other Earths: The SDSU-NASA connection</title>
<description><![CDATA["This is an important project in NASA's astrobiology path," said San Diego State astronomy professor Bill Welsh, the only Kepler Participating Scientist from Southern California. "It's asking, are there other planets like ours out there? That's the first question we need to answer."]]></description>
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<pubDate>15 Apr 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Regional Event Highlights Cyber Security:
"Securing the Perimeter" was jointly hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.</title>
<description><![CDATA[There are currently more than a billion personal computers and more than four billion mobile phones in the world.<br /><br />
Some experts believe that most mobile phones will soon be as powerful as mini computers and, along with the efficiencies they bring to the workforce and our daily lives, so too do they bring safety and security issues unlike anything experts have seen before.]]></description>
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<comments>Presentation in Lecture Room</comments>
<pubDate>10 Apr 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Provost Nancy Marlin recognizes the Work of Sarah Mattson, Professor of Psychology</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sarah Mattson, professor of psychology and associate director of San Diego State's Center for Behavioral Teratology, looks at children through a different lens. Instantly, she recognizes the telltale signs -- small eyes, thin upper lip and lack of ridges between the nose and upper lip -- that signal Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS).]]></description>
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<pubDate>06 Apr 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SMER Open House Attracts Hundreds of Visitors: The Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve hosted an open house on March 28 as part of SDSU Month.</title>
<description><![CDATA[More than 500 people from around the region attended the event. Visitors arrived at the Temecula City Hall, and were shuttled to the reserve.<br /><br />
SDSU Professor Matt Rahn, director of research and education, gave lectures throughout the day, educating people about the reserve and its unique value as an outdoor laboratory and classroom. Visitors were also invited to take a docent-guided tour down to the gorge and the Santa Margarita River.]]></description>
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<pubDate>06 Apr 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Dean Maloy Talks Science with Kids, Honored as one of the "Nifty Fifty"</title>
<description><![CDATA["I strongly believe that the future of our community and our country depends on continuing developments in science, which will require a robust influx of young scientsts," Maloy said. "Even nonscientists need a solid foundation of science to make informed decisions in today's world. We need to help get young students interested and excited about science to achieve these goals."]]></description>
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<comments>Stanley Maloy, Dean, College of Sciences</comments>
<pubDate>06 Apr 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Super-sized Supernova: Scientists Observe Largest Exploding Star Yet Seen</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the first observation if its kind, scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science and Professor Douglas Leonard of San Diego State University were able to watch what happens when a star the size of 50 suns explodes. As they continued to track the spectacular event, they found that most of the star's mass collapsed in on itself, resulting in a large black hole."]]></description>
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<pubDate>25 Mar 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU Works to Restore Shoreline</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Coastal and Marine Institute Laboratory offers bayside research opportunities to faculty members and students. "It's one of the few laboratories ever built in an existing urban environment," said Todd Anderson, director of the lab. "It actually opens up avenues of research in the proximity to San Diego city that give us a real heads up and leg up on doing the kind of applied research that's of interest today."]]></description>
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<author>universe@mail.sdsu.edu (Stephanie Heliker)</author>
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<comments>Todd Anderson at CMI Lab</comments>
<pubDate>16 Mar 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>When a Walk a Day Keeps the Doctor Away</title>
<description><![CDATA[Over the past eight years, SDSU researcher Jim Sallis has been examining the physical attributes of communities to determine whether walkability of a neighborhood contributes to a healthier community.]]></description>
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<pubDate>16 Mar 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Sam Shen Fights Fire with Math</title>
<description><![CDATA[When thinking of the common tools used to fight a fire, mathematics does not make it on most people's lists. But a recent paper published in Nature Geoscience has proven that thinking wrong.<br /><br />
Co-authored by SDSU mathematics chair Sam Shen, the paper states that severe fires in Indonesia responsible for some of the worst air quality conditions worldwide are linked not only to drought, but also to changes in land use and population density.]]></description>
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<pubDate>09 Mar 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Douglas Grotjahn's Research Published in International Journal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Catalyst research by chemistry and biochemistry professor Douglas Grotjahn and his group was recently featured on the front cover of Dalton Transactions, an international chemistry journal published in the United Kingdom.<br /><br />
The cover of the journal shows a picture of how one of Grotjahn's new catalysts works, based on data collected by his research team, which includes professor Andy Cooksy, and for one year, Fulbright Scholar professor Sara Cortes-Llamas from Mexico.]]></description>
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<comments>Grotjahn's research appears on the cover of Dalton Transactions, an international chemistry journal.</comments>
<pubDate>26 Feb 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Lecture Addresses Global Climate Change and Foreign Policy</title>
<description><![CDATA[The impacts of fossil fuel consumption and resultant carbon dioxide release to the atmosphere have been well known for more than 30 years.<br /><br />On Thursday, Feb. 26, SDSU distinguished professor of biology Walter Oechel will speak on these and related issues as part of the annual lecture series organized by the Hostler Institute on World Affairs and the Fred J. Hansen Institute for World Peace. This year's lecture series examines foreign policy in the Obama administration.]]></description>
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<pubDate>26 Feb 2009 19:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>2009 Monty Winners Announced</title>
<description><![CDATA[College of Sciences: Janet Collins ('75, psychology; '77, clinical psychology) serves as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Managing one of the largest national centers at CDC, she oversees an annual $1 billion budget and 1,000 employees dedicated to promoting well-being, preventing chronic disease and achieving health equity.]]></description>
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<comments>SDSU Alumni</comments>
<pubDate>30 Jan 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Provost Recognizes Joanne Lobato</title>
<description><![CDATA[Provost Nancy Marlin recognizes the work of Joanne Lobato, professor of mathematics education and SDSU director of the joint-doctoral program in mathematics and science education.]]></description>
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<comments>Professor Joanne Lobato</comments>
<pubDate>26 Jan 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>'Obama Effect' Lessens Achievement Gap</title>
<description><![CDATA[SDSU psychology professor David Marx and others found that the test-taking performance gap between blacks and whites disappeared during the Obama campaign.]]></description>
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<comments>President Obama</comments>
<pubDate>26 Jan 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>EMC Introduces WebCompass Internship Program</title>
<description><![CDATA[The new program involves students from three colleges, including the College of Sciences, the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts and the College of Business Administration.]]></description>
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<comments>Closeup of female smiling</comments>
<pubDate>20 Jan 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Military and Vets Graduate Program Launched</title>
<description><![CDATA["Our military and veterans have the background and skills that make them ideal candidates for these jobs but lack the opportunity for professional training that connects them directly with employers and focuses on the skills needed in high growth science and technology fields," said Stanley Maloy, dean of SDSU's College of Sciences.]]></description>
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<comments>PSM Logo</comments>
<pubDate>15 Jan 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Divide and Multiply: An SDSU program funded by QUALCOMM bucks a national trend while improving students' math scores</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ask a group of first graders to divide three by four and the response will be a sea of faces staring at you in varying degrees of confusion.<br /><br />But if you ask the same group to divide three cookies equally among four friends, you may, in fact, get the correct answer to what is a moderately sophisticated mathematics problem.<br /><br />Teaching children math as a component of their daily lives is not a new idea; rather, it is one ingredient in a complex recipe to improve math-teaching effectiveness in San Diego County school districts.]]></description>
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<pubDate>07 Jan 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>University Grants Program Announces 2009 Awards: More than $410,000 in grants will be provided to faculty across campus this year</title>
<description><![CDATA[<b>Barbara Bailey,</b> mathematics and statistics, "Diagnostics for Nonlinear Statistical Models Applied to Ground-water Flow"
<br /><br /><b>Victor Camp,</b> geological sciences, "Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Columbia River Flood Basalts, Buffalo Hills, Nevada"
<br /><br /><b>Kelly Doran,</b> biology, "Role of Bs1A Adhesin in Bacillus Anthracis Infection"
<br /><br /><b>Carmelo Interlando,</b> mathematics and statistics, "Classification of Norm-Euclidean Number Fields and Applications"
<br /><br /><b>Gregory Kalyushny,</b> chemistry and biochemistry, "Water-soluble Highly Luminescent Cadmium Oxide Quantum Dots"
<br /><br /><b>Lisa Kath,</b> psychology, "Follow-up Survey of Workplace Stress Experienced by Nurse Managers"
<br /><br /><b>Rebecca Lewison,</b> biology, "Effects of Contaminants on Eastern Pacific Green Sea Turtles in San Diego Bay"]]></description>
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<pubDate>06 Jan 2009 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Is it Cool for a Professor to be "Hot?"</title>
<description><![CDATA[Corey Manchester, lecturer in statistics, and Isabelle SacramentoGrilo, lecturer in geological sciences, were recently ranked the third and fourth most attractive professors in the country, respectively, by RateMyProfessors.com, an online rating site popular among college, university and junior college students.]]></description>
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<pubDate>23 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>CSU Faculty Tackle Science Education</title>
<description><![CDATA["This study investigates science faculty who focus their research and activities specifically on addressing the challenges of preparing science teachers, recruiting and training scientists and engineers for the 21st century, and cultivating a scientifically literate public," said Kathy S. Williams, San Diego State University biology professor and study co-author.]]></description>
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<comments>Science Logo</comments>
<pubDate>19 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Cancer Disparities Are Target of $15 Million Grant to UC San Diego, San Diego State University</title>
<description><![CDATA["We want to understand why these disparities exist and work to improve or eliminate them altogether," said co-principal investigator Elizabeth Klonoff, Ph.D., professor of psychology at SDSU and adjunct professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego, whose research looks at the role ethnicity and gender play in health, with emphasis on cancer-related diseases."]]></description>
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<pubDate>17 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>NewsCenter Podcast: Mumbai Attacks, Higher Ed Report Card, Dec. 8</title>
<description><![CDATA[Is the broad use of technology in the Mumbai attacks the "dawning of a new age" in terrorism? How common is the use of technology in international crime?<br /><br />
Jeffrey McIllwain, San Diego State University professor and co-director of the graduate program in homeland security, answered these and other questions as part of the Dec. 8 podcast.]]></description>
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<pubDate>08 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Climate Change Lecture, Nov. 20</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Environmental Science Program will present a lecture by Richard Somerville, climatologist, University of California San Diego professor and author of "The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change."<br /><br />The lecture, titled "Global Warming: What Do We Know And What Should We Do?" takes place 4 - 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20, followed by a book signing to 5:30 p.m. in Love Library, room 430.]]></description>
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<title>Teens More Confident, Less Competent</title>
<description><![CDATA[In comparison to previous generations, today's teenagers like themselves more and believe they'll be superior adults. Ironically, they also feel less competent and have less self worth.<br /><br />That's what researchers using 30-plus years of data from the annual Monitoring the Future survey found. Jean Twenge, of San Diego State University, and W. Keith Campbell, with University of Georgia.]]></description>
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<title>Mortar Board Hosts Faculty, Staff Appreciation Dinner</title>
<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://mortarboard.sdsu.edu">Mortar Board</a>, the national honor society for college seniors, will host the 19th Annual Faculty and Staff Appreciation Dinner at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19 in Aztec Center's Casa Real.<br /><br />The purpose of the event is to honor persons who have made significant contributions to the education and academic achievement of the SDSU members of Mortar Board.]]></description>
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<pubDate>13 Nov 2008 16:13:51 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Africana Studies Professor Discusses Presidential Election</title>
<description><![CDATA[The podcast also includes:<br /><ul><li> Other election-related news from SDSU, including <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fp=49181eb0070dbe74&amp;ei=RM8YSYLJIoOYgwP_7M2jAw&amp;url=http%3A//www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/opinion/30kristof.html%3Fref%3Dopinion&amp;cid=1267600562&amp;sig2=BEiZ-Jl4-Bzgbls8a4BCeg&amp;usg=AFQjCNH-sljFA07_vOWMhWG4t5vBapkMPA">psychology professor Thierry Devos's research</a> about subconconscious racial recognition and behavior </li><li><a href="http://universe.sdsu.edu/sdsuniverse/news.aspx?s=353">A campus visit by humanitarian Krishnammal Jagannathan</a></li><li>Increases in diversity and online course enrollment during the fall semester<br /></li></ul>]]></description>
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<comments>bust-shot of John McCain and Barack Obama</comments>
<pubDate>09 Nov 2008 16:14:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Stressing Coral Concerns</title>
<description><![CDATA[San Diego State University researchers have discovered that ancient herpes-like viruses infect stressed coral.<br /><br />In an experiment conducted earlier this year, SDSU biology professor Forest Rohwer and post-doctoral researcher Rebecca Vega Thurber found that the more "stressed" coral was, the more likely the herpes virus was to replicate.]]></description>
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<comments>underwater close-up of Forest Tohwer and Rebecca Vega Thurber in scuba gear</comments>
<pubDate>09 Nov 2008 16:14:40 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Explore Inner Space and Outer Space</title>
<description><![CDATA[Visitors to San Diego State University will explore worlds invisible to the naked eye when the <a href="http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/cos/index.php">College of Sciences</a> hosts the annual "Inner Space/Outer Space: A Sciences Sampler." Amateur scientists, families and the general public are welcome at no charge to the event, which takes place from 4 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8.]]></description>
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<pubDate>02 Nov 2008 16:14:51 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Geology Receives Three-Year Software Grant</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Department of Geological Science has just been awarded a three-year grant of the Kingdom Suite seismic interpretation software (10 seat license valued at $1,192,896.58) through the Seismic Micro-Technology Inc. University Gift program.<br /><br />This software is used widely in the petroleum industry and will be a great advantage for our students entering the petroleum industry, as well as a valuable tool for research and interpretation of seismic reflection data.]]></description>
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<pubDate>27 Oct 2008 16:15:09 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Science Grad Students Receive Scholarships</title>
<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Oct. 9, SDSU President Stephen L. Weber was presented with a ceremonial $130,000 check by San Diego Chapter of Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation.<br /><br />The scholarship gift from San Diego ARCS will assist 16 SDSU graduate students in science. While the check shows the full year's donation, only half has actually been deposited so far.<br /><br />"It's really fantastic. It's such a nice way of rewarding students that work hard," said Kimberlee Fischer, a biology doctoral candidate.]]></description>
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<pubDate>13 Oct 2008 16:15:38 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Read the New Issue of 360 Magazine</title>
<description><![CDATA[The fall issue of 360: the Magazine of San Diego State University looks at these students and the challenges they've faced being Muslim in America since Sept. 11, 2001.<br /><br />Other stories in the fall issue include:<br /> <br /><strong>Divide and Multiply</strong><br />SDSU's ISAM program shows San Diego teachers how to present challenging math concepts in creative, new ways.<br /><br /><strong>Modeling the Forces of Nature</strong><br />SDSU's computational sciences program ranks among the best in the country.]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of 360 magazine cover showing Shaybah Abdullah</comments>
<pubDate>06 Oct 2008 16:16:50 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>SDSU Expert Podcasts: Sarah Palin, Energy Policy</title>
<description><![CDATA[Energy policy in the presidential campaign<br /><br /><strong>SDSU experts:</strong><ul><li><strong>Alan Sweedler</strong>, SDSU Vice President for International Programs and Director of the Center for Energy Studies and Environmental Research</li><li><strong>Eric Frost</strong>, geology professor and co-director of the master's degree program in homeland security</li><li><strong>David Larom</strong>, lecturer in the International Security and Conflict Resolution (ISCOR) program and Asia Pacific Studies</li></ul>]]></description>
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<comments>Sarah Palin look-a-like Tina Fey, next to Hillary Clinton look-a-like Amy Poehler</comments>
<pubDate>22 Sep 2008 16:17:27 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Monty Winner: Catherine Atkins</title>
<description><![CDATA[In 2008, Catherine Atkins received the Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Faculty Contribution for the College of Sciences.<br /><br />Atkins wore many hats at SDSU, including lecturer, professor in the Graduate School of Public Health, assistant dean for Student Affairs in the College of Sciences, professor of Psychology, associate chair of Psychology and associate dean in the College of Sciences.]]></description>
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<pubDate>11 Sep 2008 16:17:45 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Anthrax Study Uncovers Deadly Link</title>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers at San Diego State University have discovered a critical link in understanding the deadly bioterrorism agent anthrax.<br /><br />Researchers are the first to prove that anthrax bacteria has the ability to directly penetrate the blood-brain barrier, a barrier which normally functions to keep dangerous viruses and bacteria from entering the brain.]]></description>
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<comments>head-shot of Kelly Doran</comments>
<pubDate>05 Sep 2008 16:17:56 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Freshmen Class Brings High Marks to Campus</title>
<description><![CDATA[When classes begin on Tuesday, Sept. 2, first-time-freshman Alex Howe will be surrounded by a sea of new faces.<br /><br />Howe trekked cross-country from New Hampshire to attend SDSU, in part, he said, because of its national reputation for research.&amp;nbsp; With the prestigious Provost Scholarship he received, Howe plans to study biology.]]></description>
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<pubDate>02 Sep 2008 16:18:12 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>John Graham Responds to Global Crises</title>
<description><![CDATA[As a member of San Diego State University's Immersive Visualization Center, he's helped map the tsunami in Banda Aceh, document Hurricane Katrina's aftermath in New Orleans and uncovered the art beneath Leonardo da Vinci's paintings.<br /><br />And with the ongoing wildfires in Northern California - another sparked in Humboldt County yesterday that shut down Highway 108 near the Nevada border - John Graham has taken visual data information provided by the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Forest Service to create a nearly real-time map.]]></description>
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<comments>close-up of John Graham with hint of Student Services West building in background</comments>
<pubDate>24 Aug 2008 16:19:07 -0800</pubDate>
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<pubDate>25 Sep 2008 08:09:10 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Professor to Work on $2.9 Million International Protein Study</title>
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<description>SDSU Biology Professor Sandford Bernstein will work with Professor Mike Geeves of the University of Kent, United Kingdom which was given over $2.9 Million for a protein study. The project will investigate proteins behind functions as diverse as cell division, hearing and heartbeats.
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<pubDate>06 Sep 2008 08:09:10 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Astronomy Joins 100th Anniversary Celebration of Cleveland National Forest </title>
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<description>A Centennial Celebration was held on Saturday, September 6, 2008 at Dos Picos Park in Ramona by the USFS with many partners in attendance, which included representatives of the SDSU Astronomy Department and Mount Laguna Observatory (MLO).
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<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 13:14:18 PST</pubDate>
<title>The Pressure is on to Ban Doping</title>
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<description>Physics Review Letters spotlights the exceptional research of Professor Milton Torikachvili of San Diego State University; Sergey Bud'ko and colleagues at Ames Laboratory; and Iowa State University showing that they can induce superconductivity in undoped, single crystals of CaFe2As2 at low pressures.
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<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 13:14:18 PST</pubDate>
<title>Chemistry Chair/Professor Carl Carrano Wins Most-Accessed Article for July</title>
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<description>"Nickel (II), Copper (II), and Cobalt (II) Solid-State Structures formed through Hydrogen Bonding with Diatopic Heteroscorpionate Ligands," published in Dalton Transactions is being featured online as one of the top-ten Most-Accessed Articles for July 2008.
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<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 11:21:31 PST</pubDate>
<title>BMIRC's Gene Wiki in Spotlight</title>
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<description>A group of scientists from SDSU's Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics Research Center lead by Faramarz Valafar in collaboration with Genomic Institute of Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) have created the Gene Wiki, a community annotated library of gene functions, reported USA Today.
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<pubDate>14 Aug 2008 09:10:11 PST</pubDate>
<title>Study Shows Smokers' Cars Sell for Less Than Non-Smokers' Cars</title>
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<description>"Cars with strong secondhand smoke odor showed nicotine surface contamination levels 30 times higher than cars free of the unpleasant odor," said Georg Matt, study co-author, psychology professor and department chair. "When smokers imposed in-car smoking bans, secondhand smoke levels in the air decreased, but dust and surface contamination levels remained elevated compared to nonsmoker cars."
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<pubDate>13 Aug 2008 11:12:13 PST</pubDate>
<title>Ricardo Zayas, Assistant Professor of Biology will Receive $1.7 Million for Stem Cell Research</title>
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<description>Six San Diego scientists will receive more than $15 million in funding from the state stem cell institute, to support projects ranging from the development of a therapy to halt acute leukemias to research into therapies to prevent premature birth and birth defects. Professor Zayas will receive $1.7 million.
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<pubDate>12 Aug 2008 11:14:15 PST</pubDate>
<title>Kelly Doran, Assistant Professor of Biology Leads Team Discovery in Understanding why Anthrax Exposure is so Dangerous</title>
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<description>SDSU researchers are the first to prove that anthrax bacteria has the ability to directly penetrate the blood-brain barrier, a barrier which normally functions to keep dangerous viruses and bacteria from entering the brain.
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<pubDate>11 Aug 2008 09:10:11 PST</pubDate>
<title>The College Welcomes our New Faculty</title>
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<description>Biology: Ricardo Zayas, Ph.D. --- Geological Sciences: Shuo Ma, Ph.D. --- Department Of Mathematics And Statistics: Andrew Izsak, Ph.D. --- Department Of Psychology: Sara Unsworth, Ph.D. And Allison A Vaughn, Ph.D.
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<pubDate>02 Aug 2008 08:09:10 PST</pubDate>
<title>Scientists from Two Universities Team up to Map Marine Habitats in San Diego Bay</title>
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<description>Biology professor Todd Anderson is a co-director of the Center for Bay and Coastal Change, which maps marine habitats and geological features on the sea floor.
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<pubDate>08 Jul 2008 13:44:45 PST</pubDate>
<title>In Memoriam: Roger Davis</title>
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<description>Dr. Roger Davis, Professor Emeritus of Biology at SDSU, passed away on June 17, 2008 after a long and hard fought battle with cancer. Roger was recognized worldwide as a leader in cardiovascular research; his accomplishments were evident in the form of over 200 scientific research papers published in the top journals in the field and numerous awads.
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<pubDate>30 Jun 2008 06:17:18 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Mathematics Educators Hold Research Symposia in China and South Korea</title>
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<description>In June 2008, a delegation of four researchers from the Department. of Mathematics and Statistics visited China and South Korea, in an effort to promote mathematics education research conducted at SDSU, to initiate new research collaborations with East Asian researchers, and to explore opportunities for faculty and student exchanges.
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<pubDate>26 Jun 2008 06:17:08 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Helps to Link Military With First Responders</title>
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<description>In an effort to help local officials with disaster preparedness, San Diego State University recently participated in this year's Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID) event.
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<pubDate>26 Jun 2008 13:14:16 PST</pubDate>
<title>CSU Receives Grant from Sloan Foundation to Support Professional Science Master's Programs</title>
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<description>The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded the CSU a grant of $474,000 to support Professional Science Master's programs. The award originated with a proposal from Faramarz Valafar, professor of computer science at SDSU.
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<pubDate>25 Jun 2008 13:14:18 PST</pubDate>
<title>Chemistry Chair/Professor Carl Carrano Wins Most-Accessed Article for the first-quarter of 2008</title>
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<description>"Cobalt, Zinc, and Nickel Complexes of a Diatopic Heteroscorpionate Ligand: Building Blocks for Coordination Polymers," published in Inorganic Chemistry is being featured on the ACS Publications website as a Most-Accessed Article for the first-quarter of 2008.
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<pubDate>12 Jun 2008 13:14:17 PST</pubDate>
<title>It's Not Just Genetics</title>
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<description>"If you build a park or playground, people will come," says James Sallis, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University and the director of the Active Living Research initiative...(page 3)
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<pubDate>27 May 2008 16:17:18 PST</pubDate>
<title>And the Monty Goes to...</title>
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<description>Cathie Atkins, Associate Dean College of Sciences. Cathie wore many hats at SDSU, including lecturer, professor in the Graduate School of Public Health, assistant dean for Student Affairs in the College of Sciences, professor of Psychology, associate chair of Psychology and associate dean in the College of Sciences. Atkins' research has focused on the application of social learning theory to issues in health care.
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<pubDate>27 May 2008 16:17:18 PST</pubDate>
<title>Ronald Dietz Supports Student-Athletes, College of Sciences</title>
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<description>As an homage to his crew team days, Ronald Dietz has made several philanthropic donations to SDSU in the last nine years. An alumnus from the classes of 1965 and 1967, with a bachelor's in chemistry and a master's degree in mathematics, Dietz also served as a manager for the men's crew team.
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<pubDate>26 May 2008 16:17:18 PST</pubDate>
<title>William Tong Breaks New Ground with Lasers</title>
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<description>William Tong, distinguished professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was awarded the President's Leadership Fund Award for Faculty and Staff Excellence in recognition of his patented non-linear laser methods that can detect minute amounts of biological and chemical contaminants and are much more sensitive than currently used devices.
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<pubDate>19 May 2008 16:17:18 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Math Department Wins Exemplary Partnership Award from San Diego Unified School District</title>
<link>http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/cos/news/cos_news_051908_math_epa.shtml</link>
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<description>In the Fall of 2007, the San Diego Unified School District honored the partnership between the SDSU Department of Mathematics and Statistics and Pershing Middle School. The partnership was designated "exemplary"; one of eight so honored out of several hundred partnerships.
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<pubDate>19 May 2008 16:17:18 PST</pubDate>
<title>Michael Bromley Receives Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award</title>
<link>http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/cos/news/cos_news_051908_bromley.shtml</link>
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<description>Michael Bromley, Assistant Professor of Physics was recipient of the 2008 Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award. This award, presented by Dr. Ray Haynes from the Northrop Grumman Corporation, recognizes accomplishments as an outstanding teacher.
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<pubDate>14 May 2008 16:17:18 PST</pubDate>
<title>Susan Nickerson Awarded Most Outstanding Mathematics Educator</title>
<link>http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/cos/news/cos_news_051408_nickerson.shtml</link>
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<description>Susan Nickerson was named as this year's Outstanding Mathematics Educator at the Post-secondary Level. The purpose of this award is to honor teachers who inspire students of all backgrounds and abilities to higher achievement in mathematics.
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<pubDate>05 May 2008 12:46:47 PST</pubDate>
<title>College of Sciences Students Take First and Second Place at Research Competition</title>
<link>http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/cos/news/cos_news_50508_student_research.shtml</link>
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<description>SDSU College of Sciences Graduate students Rodrigo Negreiros and Shady Amin place first and second at the Twenty-Second Annual California State University Student Research Competition at CSU East Bay May 2 and 3, 2008.
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<pubDate>25 Apr 2008 13:23:45 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Launching New Graduate Program</title>
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<description>SDSU is launching a new graduate program in Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics (BMI). This exiting interdisciplinary field brings together skills from a number of disciplines in sciences in order to prepare graduates for the changing workforce needs of tomorrow.</description>
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<pubDate>23 Apr 2008 12:23:45 PST</pubDate>
<title>Congratulations to SDSU Graduate Andres Deza, 2008-09 Fulbright Grantee</title>
<link>http://advancement.sdsu.edu/marcomm/news/releases/spring2008/pr050108.html</link>
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<description>Andres Deza will work with the Universidad Catolica del Norte in Coquimbo, Chile, where he will conduct research on the significance of kelp forests for fish populations. He is an SDSU graduate with an MS degree in Biology/Fish Ecology. He plans to enter a Ph.D. program in marine biology after the Fulbright year.
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<pubDate>21 Apr 2008 04:07:47 PST</pubDate>
<title>Watershed Moment</title>
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<description>SDSU Announces Environmental Project to Protect San Diego River Watershed. Field biologists from SDSU demonstrated a high-speed, wireless sensor network that will provide remote monitoring throughout the river watershed.
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<pubDate>07 Apr 2008 04:07:47 PST</pubDate>
<title>Rohwer Runs Robust Research Enterprise</title>
<link>http://130.191.156.3/story.asp?id=64991</link>
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<description>Research is a tough business. After getting funding and approval for a research project, faculty must conduct the study, interpret results and then try to get it published -- a writing, editing and approval process that can drag several months.
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<pubDate>03 Apr 2008 04:03:47 PST</pubDate>
<title>Pat Abbott Receives the Pacific Section SEPM Lifetime Achievement Award</title>
<link>http://sdsugeology.blogspot.com/2008/04/pat-abbott-receives-pacific-section.html</link>
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<description>Pat Abbott was presented with the A. Eugene Fritsche Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pacific Section SEPM at the AAPG Pacific Section meeting in Bakersfield. The award presenter was Dr. Mario Caputo, Pacific Section SEPM's Secretary, Newsletter Editor, and Publication Sales Manager. Abbott is 3rd recipient...
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<pubDate>01 Apr 2008 12:46:47 PST</pubDate>
<title>2008 Montys Award Winner: David Warner, M.D., Ph.D.</title>
<link>http://alumni.sdsu.edu/montys/recipients_2008.htm#warner</link>
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<description>David Warner, M.D., Ph.D. ('86, physical science), has gained international recognition for pioneering new methods of physiologically based, human-computer interaction. He is CIO and Director of Medical Intelligence for MindTel LLC, which solves leading-edge problems in communication, health care, education, and recreation. He also directs the Institute for Interventional Informatics (I3).
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<pubDate>01 Apr 2008 12:46:47 PST</pubDate>
<title>2008 Montys Award Winner: Michael John Novacek, Ph.D.</title>
<link>http://alumni.sdsu.edu/montys/recipients_2008.htm#novacek</link>
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<description>Michael John Novacek, Ph.D. ('74, biology), is Senior Vice President and Provost of Science and Curator of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History. An internationally celebrated paleontologist, he has led widely acclaimed paleontological expeditions throughout the world and is well known for his authorship of more than 200 titles, including articles in the preeminent international journals Science and Nature.
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<pubDate>26 Mar 2008 12:46:47 PST</pubDate>
<title>Student Research Symposium, College of Sciences Winners</title>
<link>http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/cos/srs</link>
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<description>The SRS was open to undergraduate, master and doctoral students. Participants were given the opportunity to present their original research, scholarship, or creative activities through poster and oral presentations. The award ceremony was Saturday, March 1, 2008.
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<pubDate>26 Mar 2008 09:27:28 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Team Wins Pacific Section AAPG's Imperial Barrel Award Program</title>
<link>http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/cos/news/cos_news_032608_iba.shtml</link>
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<description>The SDSU team wins the Pacific Section AAPG's Imperial Barrel Award Program (IBA) which includes all West Coast schools and a prize of $1500. Finals are April 17 in San Antonio against national and international competition. Team members are: Andy Aulia, Cameron Campbell, Sarah Johnston, Afton van Zandt, and Aaron Hebeler.
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<pubDate>20 Mar 2008 14:17:17 PST</pubDate>
<title>Biology Professor Roland Wolkowicz on National Webcast for HIV and Global Health</title>
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<description>Professor Wolkowicz researches the use of random peptide libraries and other chemical genetics approaches for the study of viral pathogenesis and the search of antiviral factors. Main focus is on HIV-1 and HCV.
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<pubDate>12 Mar 2008 14:17:17 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Researchers Profile Genes of Nine Biomes</title>
<link>http://advancement.sdsu.edu/marcomm/news/releases/spring2008/pr031208.html</link>
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<description>"The magnitude of the microbial metabolic capabilities encoded by the viruses was extensive," said Forest Rohwer, SDSU biology professor and study co-author. "This suggests that viruses and microbes serve as an archive for the storing and sharing of genes among their hosts, and influence evolution and metabolic processes worldwide."
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<pubDate>03 Mar 2008 11:22:23 PST</pubDate>
<title>Earthquake Sims May Lead to Early Warning System</title>
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<description>A team of researchers led by Kim Bak Olsen, a geological sciences professor and seismologist, used a supercomputer-powered "virtual earthquake" program to calculate for the first time realistic three-dimensional simulations that describe the possible impacts of megathrust quakes on the Pacific Northwest region.
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<pubDate>03 Mar 2008 11:24:25 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Researchers Find Unique Genomes in Three Ancient Microbial Communities</title>
<link>http://advancement.sdsu.edu/marcomm/news/releases/spring2008/pr030308.html</link>
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<description>"Taken together, these results prove that viruses in modern microbialites display the variability of distribution of organisms on our planet," said Forest Rohwer, San Diego State University biology professor. "It also suggests that they may be derived from an ancient, microbial community."
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<pubDate>26 Feb 2008 08:08:08 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU-led Team Finds that Microbes Endanger Coral Reefs</title>
<link>http://advancement.sdsu.edu/marcomm/news/releases/spring2008/pr022608.html</link>
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<description>While fish populations have been decimated by overfishing worldwide, a research team led by San Diego State University biology professor Forest Rohwer have recently found how the practice can also endanger coral reefs.
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<pubDate>18 Feb 2008 08:08:08 PST</pubDate>
<title>Sanford Bernstein's Research Featured on Cover of Scientific Journal</title>
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<description>Biology Professor Sanford Bernstein is co-author of a paper featured as the cover story in the current issue of Molecular Biology of the Cell, a monthly journal published by the American Society for Cell Biology. The results of this study suggest that specific mutations in the fly myosin protein affect its function as a molecular motor and result in skeletal and cardiac muscle responses that mimic defects seen in human diseases.
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<pubDate>18 Feb 2008 19:20:21 PST</pubDate>
<title>Eric Frost Honored by NIUSR</title>
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<description>The National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue (NIUSR) recently presented their prestigious Eagle Award for Leadership to Eric Frost, a professor in the department of Geological Sciences. "To say that Frost is a pioneer when it comes to emergency planning and response would be to understate what he has done to not only bring together the resources of SDSU State and first responders, but also in his pursuit to prepare future leaders in the field."
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<pubDate>18 Feb 2008 19:20:21 PST</pubDate>
<title>Provost Marlin Recognizes Sanford Bernstein, Professor of Biology</title>
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<description>Professor Bernstein came to San Diego State in 1983 to help build the cell and molecular biology program. Today, it has more than 60 master's students and approximately 40 doctoral students in a joint Ph.D. program with UCSD. Professor Bernstein has served as coordinator of the Ph.D. program since 2000.
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<pubDate>11 Feb 2008 17:18:19 PST</pubDate>
<title>A Gift from the Heart for the Heart</title>
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<description>Darlene Shiley is giving new meaning to a gift from the heart by donating $1.25 million in her husband's name to San Diego State University for heart disease research. The gift will fund the Donald P. Shiley Center for Cardiovascular Research, which will be housed on the third floor of the SDSU BioScience Center, and will honor Donald's contributions to the field.
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<pubDate>04 Jan 2008 16:17:18 PST</pubDate>
<title>Linda Gallo Honored by American Psychological Association</title>
<link>http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/cos/news/cos_news_010408_gallo.shtml</link>
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<description>Linda C. Gallo, psychology professor, was one of two recipients tied for the "outstanding contributor" in Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology in area of health psychology. American Psychological Association (APA).
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<pubDate>10 Dec 2007 09:08:07 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Undergrad Receives Prestigious Award for his Research</title>
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<description>Richard Virgen, an undergraduate senior at SDSU, received a presentation award at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS). Virgen was recognized for a poster presentation in the microbiological sciences.
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<pubDate>26 Nov 2007 09:08:07 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Researchers Discover Protein that Regenerates Heart Cells</title>
<link>http://130.191.156.3/story.asp?id=61257</link>
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<description>"The heart was never designed to replace cells that are lost in large quantities, which is what happens during and following a heart attack... However, by using Pim-1, we can activate stem cells in the heart and regenerate heart cells that can help enhance long-term survival and recovery of cardiac function" said SDSU Heart Institute member and lead researcher in the study Mark Sussman.
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<pubDate>16 Nov 2007 09:08:07 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Ranks #1 Small Research University in Nation</title>
<link>http://130.191.156.3/story.asp?id=61084</link>
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<description>Our Ph.D. programs rank nationally as follows: Mathematics Education #2, Clinical Psychology #2, Physical and Mathematical Sciences #5, Computational Sciences #9, and Health Professions Sciences #10, These rankings were based on objective measures of publications, citations, funding, and major awards. ('Small Research University' signifies fewer than 15 Ph.D. programs.)
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<pubDate>02 Nov 2007 10:01:11 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Biology Professor Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science</title>
<link>http://advancement.sdsu.edu/marcomm/news/releases/fall2007/pr110207.html</link>
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<description>San Diego State University biology professor J. David Archibald has been named a 2007 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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<pubDate>28 Oct 2007 10:01:11 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Joint Doctoral Program in Mathematics Education Ranked 7th in Nation by AMS</title>
<link>http://www.ams.org/notices/200710/</link>
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<description>Authors of the American Mathematical Society surveyed mathematics education doctoral programs regarding program structure, students, and faculty. They report in "Notices" what they found... SDSU-UCSD Ph.D. program is ranked 7th in the nation. (Table 1, p. 1291)
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<pubDate>26 Oct 2007 10:01:11 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Experts Work Around the Clock to Gather Critical Fire Data</title>
<link>http://130.191.156.3/story.asp?id=60018</link>
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<description>"When we heard the fire reports, we self-deployed," Frost said. He and his team have been generating data that fills in gaps between information sources. They quickly feed the data to local emergency responders to help them determine where services are most urgently needed.
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<pubDate>23 Oct 2007 10:01:11 PST</pubDate>
<title>Chemistry Department Chair, Carl Carrano's Research Article Recognized in the Journal "Science" Editor's Choice Section</title>
<link>http://www.chemistry.sdsu.edu/faculty/Carrano/Research/Marine%20Chem/marine%20chem.htm</link>
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<description>The journal "Science" has recently recognized an article by Carl Carrano and his students in their Editor's Choice section reserved for publications that they view as particularly newsworthy. The article published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society describes a novel chemical mechanism used by plankton to acquire iron, which is present in a usable form in very low concentrations in seawater.
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<pubDate>18 Oct 2007 10:01:11 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Astronomer Leads Team in Discovery of Largest Known Stellar Black Hole</title>
<link>http://advancement.sdsu.edu/marcomm/news/releases/fall2007/pr101707.html</link>
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<description>A multi-national team of astronomers led by San Diego State University's Associate Professor of Astronomy Jerome Orosz announced today the discovery of an exceptionally large black hole in orbit around a huge companion star in the nearby galaxy known as Messier 33 in a study published in the October 18 issue of the journal Nature.
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<pubDate>15 Oct 2007 15:15:15 PST</pubDate>
<title>Mitochondrial Research</title>
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<description>Science magazine featured a paper by biology department chair Terrence Frey, his former graduate student Maria Sun and undergraduate student James Williams about the role mitochondria play in cell death in its Oct. 5 Editor's Choice section, which highlights top research around the world.
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<pubDate>15 Oct 2007 10:01:11 PST</pubDate>
<title>Predicting Wildfires: Science Insider</title>
<link>http://www.ivanhoe.com/science/story/2007/09/327si.html</link>
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<description>Biology Professor/Associate Chair Janet Franklin's PostDoc fellow is featured in "Discoveries &amp; Breakthroughs: Inside Science." Dr. Alexandra Syphard has dedicated her life to figure out where wildfires will happen before they happen. "In California as a whole, 95 percent of the fires are caused by humans," Syphard says.
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<pubDate>15 Oct 2007 15:15:15 PST</pubDate>
<title>Inamori Foundation Funds Institute for Public Security and Health</title>
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<description>To that end, the Institute for Public Security and Health, a joint program of the College of Sciences and the College of Health and Human Services, received a $60,000 grant from the Inamori Foundation to study public health and emergency response technologies and protocols.
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<pubDate>24 Sep 2007 17:17:17 PST</pubDate>
<title>Cold-Loving Seaweed not Limited to Chilly Waters After All</title>
<link>http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070924/full/070924-1.html</link>
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<description>Some researchers had expected that there may be kelp forests lurking around the Galapagos, but the world-wide distribution of such forests, as predicted by the new model, has not been previously appreciated, says Matthew Edwards, a marine ecologist at San Diego State University.
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<pubDate>17 Sep 2007 17:17:17 PST</pubDate>
<title>NASA Names SDSU Alumna Astronaut Ellen Ochoa Deputy Director of Johnson</title>
<link>http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/sep/HQ_07194_Ochoa_Named_JSC_Deputy_Director.html</link>
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<description>"Ellen has proven her exceptional capabilities many times in space as well as in her many roles on the ground, including most recently her superb management of flight crew operations," said Johnson Director Mike Coats. "We are extremely fortunate to bring her outstanding reputation throughout the agency and her wealth of experience to this new task."
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<pubDate>11 Sep 2007 08:30:31 PST</pubDate>
<title>California Homeland Security Director Tours SDSU Viz Center</title>
<link>http://130.191.156.3/story.asp?id=58362</link>
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<description>The SDSU Visualization Center (Viz Center) has once again attracted positive attention from government Homeland Security officials. Bob Welty, Co-director of the VizCenter and the Regional Technology Center (RTC), provided Bob Salesses with an overview of the center's many capabilities and discussed the RTC's role as the technology clearinghouse for the San Diego region.
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<pubDate>11 Sep 2007 08:42:42 PST</pubDate>
<title>Glembotski Named Associate Dean of Graduate Affairs</title>
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<description>Biology professor Chris Glembotski has been named associate dean of Graduate Affairs.  His first day in the new role was Aug. 22. "Chris is one of our most respected faculty members," said Tom Scott, vice president for research.  "He is a master teacher and among the most productive researchers on campus.
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<pubDate>27 Aug 2007 08:27:27 PST</pubDate>
<title>The College of Sciences Welcomes New Faculty</title>
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<description>Miriam Bennett, Ph.D. | Jianwei Chen, Ph.D. | Rulon Clark, Ph.D. | Kelly Doran, Ph.D. | Robert Edwards, Ph.D. | Roberta Gottlieb, M.D. | Christopher Harrison, Ph.D. | Melody Sadler, Ph.D | Usha Sinha, Ph.D.
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<pubDate>27 Aug 2007 08:27:27 PST</pubDate>
<title>Psychology Professor Recognized for Start of Active Living Research Program</title>
<link>http://130.191.156.3/people_content.asp?id=57529</link>
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<description>Psychology Professor James Sallis directs the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) Active Living Research program. </description>
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<pubDate>13 Aug 2007 08:15:17 PST</pubDate>
<title>Faculty Awarded Promotion and Tenure</title>
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<description>Kim Bak Olsen, Geological Sciences | Robert J. Mellors, Geological Sciences | Peter Blomgren, Mathematics &amp; Statistics | Mark G. Ehrhart, Psychology | Kevin A. Hovel, Biology | David Lipson, Biology | John J. Love, Chemistry &amp; Biochemistry | Jerome A. Orosz, Astronomy | Marie A. Roch, Computer Science | Forest Rohwer, Biology | Roxana N. Smarandache, Mathematics &amp; Statistics | Robert W. Zeller, Biology</description>
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<pubDate>13 Aug 2007 08:15:17 PST</pubDate>
<title>Darlene Pickrel Retires from Psychology</title>
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<description>After 22 years with SDSU, Darlene Pickrel retired from her administrative coordinator position. "She's gone on to a higher calling: being Nick's grandma," said Claire Murphy, chair of the psychology department. "Darlene has been an absolutely outstanding source of support for the department for 20 years..."</description>
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<pubDate>23 Jul 2007 08:15:15 PST</pubDate>
<title>Symposium Explored Links Between Heart Disease and Viruses</title>
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<description>"This event was a great opportunity to explore this new area of study in heart disease," said Stanley Maloy, dean of the College of Sciences and former president of the American Society for Microbiology. "The SDSU BioScience Center is dedicated to studying the connections between infection, inflammation and heart disease, and we expect that this research will lead to new therapies and treatments for this prevalent disease."</description>
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<pubDate>23 Jun 2007 15:15:15 PST</pubDate>
<title>Astronomers Look to Quark Stars for a Fifth Dimension</title>
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<description>Fridolin Weber, an astrophysicist at San Diego State University, California, likes the proposal."Cygnus X-3 is perfect for searching for extra dimensions," he says. "It's basically a cosmic particle accelerator." But he adds that more evidence is needed to explain the cygnets' origin. The work will appear in the journal Astronomische Nachrichten.</description>
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<pubDate>18 Jun 2007 10:40:03 PST</pubDate>
<title>Dr. Ricardo Carretero, Associate Professor, Mathematics is Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award Recipient</title>
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<description>"Dr. Carretero has distinguished himself as an outstanding teacher and scholar, not only among his students; but among his colleagues as well."</description>
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<pubDate>15 Jun 2007 10:40:03 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Grad Student Corey Jones Helps Extract Mastodon</title>
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<description>"We'll have a beautiful example of a mastodon," Riney said, pointing to the bones unearthed so far, including upper and lower jaws, tusks, rib fragments, teeth and a vertebra."</description>
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<pubDate>14 Jun 2007 15:01:03 PST</pubDate>
<title>San Diego State University: A Regional Asset</title>
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<description>This collaboration has already proven successful: SDSU researchers recently discovered a "minicell" vaccine delivery system that has potential to protect against several disease-causing infections. This discovery was made possible by CSUPERB in collaboration with a local biotechnology firm, Vaxiion.</description>
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<pubDate>04 Jun 2007 15:00:03 PST</pubDate>
<title>Man's Best Friend is Also Great Workout Partner</title>
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<description>More evidence to suggest dogs make better pets than cats. Dori Rosenberg, a graduate student in San Diego State University's joint doctoral program in clinical psychology found that dog owners who walk their dogs are more active and less overweight than those who don't.</description>
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<pubDate>01 Jun 2007 13:13:13 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Ranked Number One Small Research University in the Nation</title>
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<description>"San Diego State University has been named the number one small research university in the nation, according to a new ranking index based on the 2005 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (FSP Index).</description>
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<pubDate>29 May 2007 12:12:12 PST</pubDate>
<title>SDSU Homeland Security Master's Program is Partner in Opening of the World Disaster Response Summit</title>
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<description>With partners like the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, International Association of Emergency Managers, American Red Cross... and San Diego State University Master's Program in Homeland Security we are confident that this partnership will serve the public and fulfill our mission.</description>
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<pubDate>21 May 2007 20:20:03 PST</pubDate>
<title>I Don't Think That's Soap Scum</title>
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<description>"We found a rainforest of biodiversity on your shower curtain," said Kelley, now an assistant professor of microbiology at San Diego State University. "There are a few things in there that could be problematic for people with HIV, young children and older folks."</description>
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<pubDate>03 May 2007 20:20:03 PST</pubDate>
<title>Are Your Plastic Products Poisonous?</title>
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<description>It's all around us. It's in our homes, toys and cars. --PVC, when it burns, it produces dioxins. "That is supposed to be one of the most toxic chemicals known to humankind," said San Diego State University environmental chemist Dr. Hong-Liang Chang...</description>
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<pubDate>01 May 2007 20:20:03 PST</pubDate>
<title>Deadly Ocean Algae Killing California Sea Life</title>
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<description>Chemistry Professor/Chair, Carl Carrano on KPBS TV: Ocean algae that produces a toxic acid is killing sea life along the California coast. Scientists don't know why the deadly algae bloom is especially large this year.</description>
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<pubDate>16 Apr 2007 12:12:12 PST</pubDate>
<title>Student Research Benefits Cancer Education</title>
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<description>"Vanessa Malcarne, SDSU professor in the Department of Psychology, played a key role mentoring students doing research, leading them to present their findings at the annual meeting for the American Association for Cancer Education (AACE)."</description>
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