A Sampling of Clips for March 31^th, 2009

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College Applications Now an Open (Face)book
Los Angeles Times, March 31 -- For a generation of students who share every detail of their personal lives in text messages, MySpace pages and other online postings, the college admissions chase is offering a lesson that some things are best kept private. (Mentions UCSD) More

Researchers Test a 7.0 Magnitude Earthquake in San Diego
San Diego 6, March 31 -- On Monday, experts from around the country gathered in San Diego at the UCSD Englekirk Structural Engineering Center at Camp Elliot, where a 7.0 earthquake was brought to life by a quake table. More

Healthcare Leaders Lay Groundwork
for Wave of Innovation in Medical Information
Xconomy, March 31 -- While San Diego learned yesterday it is the new home of the nation’s first wireless health care research institute, a vision of the sweeping changes that such technologies pose was taking form in a UCSD conference room. More

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Granted Accreditation
San Diego Daily Transcript, March 30 -- The Association of Zoos & Aquariums announced that Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, was granted accreditation by AZA’s independent Accreditation Commission. More

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