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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Stimulus funds grow SDSU freshmen class - SignOnSanDiego.com

Stimulus funds grow SDSU freshmen class - SignOnSanDiego.com

Stimulus funds grow SDSU freshmen class

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 9:52 P.M.

An infusion of federal economic stimulus funding will allow San Diego State University to enroll up to 852 local students currently on the university’s waiting list.

High Tech High chief receives honor

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 9:51 P.M.

A decade after Larry Rosenstock helped start an innovative and rigorous technology-savvy charter school in Point Loma, he has been named as one of three recipients of the prestigious 2010 Harold W. McGraw Hill Prize in Education.

"Genius grant" goes to UCSD professor

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 9 P.M.

Carol Padden, a UCSD professor whose childhood experience led her to specialize in sign language and deaf culture, has been awarded a $500,000 MacArthur Foundation grant.

Governor signs bill to seal some autopsies

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 6:24 P.M.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Monday signed three bills generated in San Diego County, including one that will give parents the right to seal autopsy reports and photographs of their murdered children.