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05/15/2008 Diversity Isn’t Rocket Science, Is It?
BACK in the bad old days, the workplace was a battleground, where sexist jokes and assumptions were the norm. Women were shut off from promotion by an old boys' network that favored its own. They went to meetings and were often the only women in the room.

05/15/2008 If It’s Eye Care Technology, This Must Be Orange County
THAT Orange County, Calif., has become a center of small companies developing devices for eye care is no coincidence. Some of the companies were nurtured by a six-year-old private organization of more than two dozen top executives of corporations in the c

05/08/2008 Stem cell group gets its first building block
The San Diego Consortium for Regenerative Medicine yesterday received a $43 million grant from the state stem cell institute to help build a research center in Torrey Pines where the region's scientists will attempt to unlock the mysteries of stem cells a

04/20/2008 Researchers envision stem cell lab
San Diego's four largest research institutes plan to build the nation's first-of-its-kind stem cell center, which scientists have dubbed a “collaboratory,” in La Jolla.

04/01/2008 Gene quest begins anew, biotech pioneer says
Pace of health advances to be quickened, biotech audience told

04/01/2008 The Scientist - Best Places to Work 2008: Postdocs
In a tight funding environment, institutions must find creative ways to improve postdoc benefits and foster a thriving scientific atmosphere.

03/27/2008 New to Local Political Game, Bio and Tech Score Early Victory
Galvanized by a threat to their expansion in Sorrento Valley, a collaboration of local biotechnology and high-technology executives fought and won a battle against residential developers with the recent passage of San Diego's general plan for future growt

03/25/2008 Scripps plans to start new medical school
The Scripps Research Institute and Scripps Health are working to set up what they hope will be the nation's first medical school entirely geared to training physicians for dual careers in research and patient care.

03/13/2008 Panel Proposes Streamlining Math
American students' math achievement is "at a mediocre level" compared with that of their peers worldwide, according to a new report by a federal panel.

03/03/2008 In 2007, job market for chemists continued to improve and salary gains held at recent level of close to 5%
What happened to the employment situation and salaries of chemists during the 12 months ending March 1, 2007, was not spectacular. But it was positive.