University of San Diego News

It's tempting to hope that simply presenting students with accurate psychological knowledge will give them the stick they need to beat off their erroneously held beliefs about the mind and brain , one by one - take that neuromythology! In fact, belief in psychology and neuroscience myths - such as the classic "we only use ten per cent of our ... (more)

"The is very broad and it is not very long," said Craig Charles, deputy assistant director for ICE's air operations.

They come from Tulare, Madera and points between with honors and distinctions a mile long.

SAN DIEGO - Commencement ceremonies will begin Saturday for more than 1,800 students at the University of San Diego .

Lynbrook High School Senior Portfolio Fine Arts students have amassed $933,200 in scholarship awards this year - the largest single-year scholarship total since the High School Art Department started keeping track in 1999.

Two child advocacy organizations have given Nevada a D grade for its lack of necessary legal representation for abused and neglected children in court cases.

The killing of the police chief in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, last weekend has alarmed officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border and raised fears that the vicious drug-cartel violence that has plagued other regions may be spreading to an area that, for the most part, has been spared the bloodshed.

In a May 24, 2012 article for Medscape Medical News, Fran Lowry reports there is evidence that "smoking marijuana can relieve muscle spasms and pain in patients with MS." Spasticity is a common symptom of MS and can be debilitating for some people.

Fowler High School had a unique "College Signing Day" Tuesday to celebrate the 59 seniors who have been accepted into a four-year college or the Fresno City College Honors program.

Blaise Messinger, a fifth grade teacher at Woodside Intermediate School in Cromwell was chosen as the district's teacher of the year.

Davey, a long time member of the Tikun Olam reader community, lives in San Diego and attended the Rescuing Human Rights program hosted by StandWithUs at UC San Diego this week.A I wrote about the event before it occurred.A His report is below: Stand With Us and Tritons for Israel presented "Rescuing Human Rights" on Wednesday evening May 15th at ... (more)

Every year, we comb the county, looking for the best San Diego has to offer, from favorite foods to eclectic finds to places to play.

"Would you take a magic pill to make yourself straight?" That question came from an audience member at a recent panel discussion at my university, organized by the GLBT Faculty Committee and the GLBT Student Partnership, which aimed to educate the campus about the lives of GLBT people and their generational struggles.

What actually happens in our brains when we feel as if we're "floating" outside our bodies? It's disengagement in a region of the parietal lobe called the angular gyrus, where awareness of our body's placement in space is located.

The author of this essay, Ron Bonn, is leaving the University of San Diego this summer after teaching journalism there since 2001.

NAI Emory Hill recently announced the opening of a second location in Lewes to better serve the needs of its commercial real estate clients in Sussex County.

The Ken Blanchard Companies developed a method of helping leaders understand who they are and how their view of leadership has evolved.

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Two Management Team Members Named for San Diego, California's Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton in Del Mar Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton in Del Mar, where she will head the group and leisure travel sales department.

Thanks to Audrey Jacobs of StandWithUs, I've managed to confirm that the far-right Israel advocacy group is indeed sponsoring Rescuing Human Rights, and that the program will feature four controversial figures in the national anti-jihadi movement.