Thursday May 3 | UC San Diego
Fallows to Speak on Future of Aviation in China
James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, will speak on his new book, "China Airborne: Aviation and the Future of China," on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the University of California San Diego Institute of the Americas.
Professor Named to the Prestigious Royal Society
Jack E. Dixon, PhD, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and professor of pharmacology, cellular and molecular medicine, chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego has been named a foreign member of the Royal Society.
Renowned Stegner Fellowship program announces 2012-2014 fellows
Wallace Stegner established the fellowships in 1946 to help both published writers and the many 'gifted writers' he saw among the servicemen returning from World War II.
With a celebrated career that spans several Fortune 500 companies and stints as head of the U.S. Census Bureau, the Capitola resident has applied a life of data-driven life lessons in his latest book, "The Decision Loom: A Design for Interactive Decision-Making in Organizations." Barabba, recently one of 14 members of a citizen-led state ... (more)