Wednesday, January 27, 1999
Community Briefs
BRIEFS:
Berkeley law students form clinic
Last year, Jigdol Ngawang fled to the United States and soon
became one of the first individuals to turn for help to the
University of California, Berkeley’s new International Human Rights
Law Clinic. A clinic student, with faculty supervision, represented
Ngawang as he petitioned the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization
Service for asylum – and won.
Ngawang’s case is just one of several victories that has
occurred since the clinic opened its doors – exactly one year ago –
in January 1998.
So far, UC Berkeley law school students have represented refugee
clients from countries all over the world including Mexico,
Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Egypt,
Colombia, Bulgaria and El Salvador. Of the 15 asylum cases the
students have handled, the INS has issued a decision on seven on
them, and all seven resulted in victory.
"We are extremely pleased with the success of the clinic and the
hard work and dedication of the students and the clinic staff,"
said Carolyn Patty Blum, the clinic director and a lecturer at
Boalt Hall. "The International Human Rights Law Clinic provides
valuable hands-on experience for our students and desperately
needed assistance to victims of human rights abuses."
UC Davis has farming, ranching suggestions
Thinking about using lady bugs instead of chemicals to control
insect pests this summer? Need surefire home canning and preserving
techniques? How about getting prepared to coexist with the
Africanized Honey Bee? You’ll find out how to fill these and
hundreds of other consumer and agricultural needs in the
publications, posters, videos and slides listed in a new catalog
from the University of California’s Division of Agriculture and
Natural Resources.
"This is our most comprehensive catalog ever," said Bob Sams,
director of the Communication Services unit that published the
1999-2000 catalog. "We’ve redesigned it to make it more attractive
and easier to use and have added many new educational products for
homemakers, gardeners, farmers and ranchers."
The 96-page catalog features nearly 850 research-based
publications, posters, videos and slide sets on a virtual A to Z of
consumer, agricultural and natural resources subjects. Subject
matter includes aquaculture, beekeeping, biotechnology, fruit and
nut crops, vegetables, field crops, floriculture, farm management,
livestock, poultry, pest and disease management, food production
and storage, home landscaping, home and garden pests, commercial
landscaping, forest management, marine resources, pasture and range
management, small farms, soils and water, sustainable agriculture
and others. Some publications are also offered in Spanish and other
languages. A number of selections are offered free from the
Communication Services website (http://danrcs.ucdavis.edu). The
catalog is thoroughly indexed for easy reference.
UC San Diego studies find new drugs
Studies at the University of California, San Diego on metabolism
using rat liver enzymes offer insight into why a promising new
class of anti-tumor drugs – derived from a toxin of the poisonous
jack-o’-lantern mushroom – could show selectivity and effectiveness
in destroying cancer cells without harming healthy ones.
The findings concerning a family of anti-cancer compounds called
acylfulvenes were reported by UCSD researchers Trevor McMorris,
professor of chemistry, and Michael Kelner, professor of pathology,
in the January issue of the journal of Biochemical Pharmacology.
Also contributing to the study were co-authors Anissa Elayadi and
Jian Yu of the UCSD Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Compiled from Daily Bruin Staff reports.
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