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University Hub

By Melinda Rose

Scripps Institution of Oceanography and EcoHub Inc would like to invite you to join a new inter-disciplinary network for students, professors, and entrepreneurs called University Hub. Our goal is to provide a platform to stimulate conversation and relationships between students, professors, and entrepreneurs of different backgrounds within the context of entrepreneurial ventures. Our aim will be to present informative lectures and social events featuring green technologies and businesses.

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Lexus Engineering Amazing Contest

By Melinda Rose

Msnbc.com, in conjunction with Lexus, is hosting a contest about engineering a better tomorrow. Engineering a better future starts with asking a better question. So the entry will be prompted with ?What If?? followed by an idea explained in 365 characters or less. Ideas must not be related to automobiles or the automotive industry.

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AMA IEEE Medical Technology Conference: Health IT -complimentary student registration!

By Melinda Rose

EMBS is sponsoring complimentary registrations to 25 engineering students and 25 medical students who have not already registered for our Second Annual AMA IEEE Medical Technology Conference: Health IT on 16-18 October 2011, in Boston, MA. Please have your adviser send an e-mail to d.bernstein@ieee.org recommending you for this opportunity by October 10 at 5pm.

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2012 Capstone Design Conference

By Melinda Rose

The goal of the 2012 Capstone Design Conference is to provide a forum for faculty and staff to share ideas about improving and/or starting engineering capstone design courses with strong industry involvement. To foster meaningful discussion and outcomes, the conference includes interactive panel sessions, poster presentations, workshops, and industry demonstrations. We welcome faculty, administrators, industry representatives, and students as participants in this engaging conference.

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Triton Greenovation Network Challenge - Call for Proposals

By Melinda Rose

The Triton Greenovation Network (TGN), a collaborative network among the von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement at the Jacobs School of Engineering, the Rady School of Management and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, announces the launch of the Triton Greenovation Network Challenge sponsored by the Scripps Foundation.

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Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowships

By Melinda Rose

First-year Ph.D. students can apply for the Hertz Foundation?s Graduate Fellowships for Innovators in the Applied Physical, Biological, and Engineering Sciences.These fellowships are a great opportunity ? 5 years of funding with a $31,000 stipend per year! (There?s also another distribution option you can choose if you have another major award you?ll accept concurrently.)Approximately 20 fellowships are awarded per year.

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Nifty 50 Speaker Program - San Diego Science and Engineering Festival

By Melinda Rose

The San Diego Science and Engineering Festival?s Nifty 50 program, presented by Life Technologies Foundation, is committed to developing tomorrow?s scientists and engineers. Nifty 50 presenters are innovative scientists, engineering professionals and graduate students drawn from local research organizations and universities like UCSD. They are partnered with teachers and students from regional San Diego City and County schools studying STEM topics that match the area of their expertise.

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ISMICT 2012 - 6th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology

By Melinda Rose

Medical Body Area Networks (MBAN) technology, applications and services are the focus of the Sixth International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT) to be held in La Jolla USA 26-29 March 2012. The theme of ISMICT 2012 is Medical Body Area Networks Technology and Services for Personalized Medicine Medicine.

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SD Festival of Science and Engineering: DNA Model Design Contest

By Melinda Rose

The San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering is hosting a contest, sponsored by Bill and Shirley Kimmich, to design a DNA model hundreds of meters long ? it could be the world?s longest DNA model! The model will be constructed by area science students, paraded through Balboa Park on Festival Kick-Off Saturday and presented on the Main Stage at EXPO DAY.

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Wednesday Well-being Workshops for Grad Students @ The Zone

By Melinda Rose

THIS LUNCH-TIME SERIES WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON CAMPUS RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, AND FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF THE GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL STUDENT EXPERIENCE.WEDNESDAYS, 12PM?1PM @ THE ZONE (LOCATED IN PRICE CENTER)FREE FOOD catered by Art of EspressoRSVP to Iris Crowe-Lerma at icrowelerma@ucsd.eduA minimum attendance of 5 students is required for workshop to take place.

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