Wednesday, March 30, 2011

QuEST is brand new organization for Queer Engineers, Scientists and Technical Professionals

All are welcome!

QuEST is brand new organization for Queer Engineers, Scientists and Technical Professionals from UCSD, the Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), Burnham, Salk and local biotech companies. Come meet members of your community over free food and drinks in a beach-side atmosphere (catered by Eden in Hillcrest).

WHEN: Thursday, March 31, 5:30-9:00pm
WHERE: Surfside at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD
           8622 Kennel Way, San Diego, CA 92037
COST: Free*

QuEST supports the careers of LGBTQ individuals in science, technology,
engineering, mathematics, and medical fields. Professionals of all career
levels are highly encouraged to attend. Find us at
http://www.sdquest.us/home or email at info@sdquest.us

*Sponsored by the Society of Fellows (TSRI) and the Graduate Student
Association (UCSD)

Nuclear Power / Global Energy Demand / Opinion Piece in UT

A pair of Jacobs School of Engineering professors wrote an opinion piece in Sunday's San Diego Union Tribune entitled "Nuclear Power: Our planet is starving for energy".

The authors:
George Tynan, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Professor of Engineering Sciences

Farrokh Najmabadi, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and Director, Center for Energy Research.

The title and first paragraph are below. Read the entire article here.

Nuclear power: Our planet is starving for energy
Sunday, March 27, 2011

Access to adequate quantities of low-cost energy is strongly linked with increased human life span, reduced child mortality rates, smaller population growth rates, higher literacy rates and other quality-of-life measu
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