SAN DIEGO, Nov. 14, 2011 — San Diego physician and community leader Wayne Iverson, MD announces his candidacy for the US House of Representatives in the new California 52nd Congressional District. Dr. Iverson’s entry into this race comes after three years of successfully challenging the…
UC San Diego Clinical Trials for Latin America International Seminar at Hospital Angeles in Tijuana
LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 7, 2011 — The University of California San Diego Extension Certificate Program in Clinical Trials for Latin America will co-host an international seminar from 5 to 7 pm Thursday, December 8 along with Hospital Angeles in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The seminar on con…
MentorCONNECT Announces Collaboration with UCSD Eating Disorder Research Program
The first global eating disorders non-profit mentoring organization teams up with the nation’s pre-eminent eating disorders neurobiology research team to study recovered women and promote a better understanding of how people recover
HOUSTON, Oct. 27, 2011 — MentorCONNECT, the first…
Health Information Technology: UC San Diego New Seminar Explores Four Critical Issues
LA JOLLA, Calif., June 21, 2011 — Healthcare information technology (HIT) is already creating new opportunities for revolutionary change. But several pivotal decisions lie ahead with respect to HIT and healthcare information exchange.
Many critical issues facing healthcare leaders will be…
Job Search Strategies Revealed by UC San Diego Extension
LA JOLLA, Calif., June 14, 2011 — Job search experts at the award-winning University of California San Diego Extension warn professionals who are job hunting that conventional career wisdom can be wrong.
“Answering online job postings is one of the least effective ways to find a job,̶…
Best Jobs: UC San Diego Study Reveals Top Ten Hot Careers for College Graduates
LA JOLLA, Calif., May 20, 2011 — In a graduation season of high unemployment rates, a new career path study from the University of California San Diego Extension reveals some of the hottest career plan options for college graduates in this recovering economy. The full study is available at http://…
Success at Work: UC San Diego Study Reveals Top Three Factors for Job Seekers
LA JOLLA, Calif., May 3, 2011 — Three key factors enable job applicants to get the edge in hiring and predict the success of the employee, according to a study published in a new book: Closing America’s Job Gap by Mary Walshok, Tapan Munroe and Henry DeVries (W Business Books, January 2011).
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High School Students Can Win Scholarships to Hawaii by Creating Videos to Save the Planet
LA JOLLA, Calif., April 26, 2011 — What would you teach the world about saving the planet? High school students have a chance to win an all-expenses-paid scholarship to study for a week in Hawaii in August by creating a video on how to care for the planet.
The theme for the University of California San D…
ACOs Waste Millions of Dollars Chasing Unconstitutional ObamaCare, According to Healthplan Expert
SAN DIEGO, April 25, 2011 — Last year President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as ObamaCare, amongst a flurry of protests and concerns about the burdensome costs and impossibilities of complying with the regulations. Within months, large corpor…
UC San Diego Survey Reveals Global Volunteers May Have Workplace Edge
LA JOLLA, Calif., April 4, 2011 — What can give a person an edge for landing a new job or being offered a promotion? How they spent their last break could give them the edge.
A 2011 survey by the University of California San Diego Extension’s Center for Global Volunteer Service, http://www.ext…
