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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

She was about to be recognized at the June 6 University of San Diego employee picnic, but the always reliable Maria Luis do Carmo, for probably the first time in her 21 years at USD, was nowhere to be found.

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

A room full of teachers might not be accustomed to standing with their arms and legs crossed, having candy and confetti thrown at them, while blaring music is played in the background. That’s exactly what a few dozen of them experienced Monday during the University of San Diego (USD) Autism Institute’s Summer Autism Conference.

Three of four University of San Diego baseball players selected in last week’s Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft have already signed contracts with their respective teams, USD baseball head coach Rich Hill said on Wednesday.

Two days after Cyclone Nargis washed through the Myanmar Delta on May 2 and 3, Leilei Thein, Environmental Health and Safety manager at USD, watched news reports of the disaster with friends on Burmese television.

A little more than a week later, she boarded a plane from Los Angeles and was quickly on her way to making history.

Junior left-hander Brian Matusz of the University of San Diego baseball team was drafted No 4 overall in the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Baltimore Orioles. Matusz is now the highest USD player ever drafted in the current format of the MLB Draft. He was the first pitcher taken in the draft on Thursday, June 5.

A summit on May 30 hosted by the University of San Diego Ahlers Center for International Business and the San Diego World Trade Center brought together leaders from business, government and other organizations to learn about how markets can foster world peace and well-being and provided an opportunity to share best practices for creating socially responsible and economically profitable business ventures.

For the past eight years, members of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice (IPJ) have made frequent trips to Nepal and quietly been a part of the development process of that country.

Their work was recently recognized with a presentation of the Everest Summit Award by the top Nepal government leader, Maoist Chairman Prachanda, in Kathmandu on May 25.

A look back at the University of San Diego’s academic year 2007-08.

Thirty-seven members of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC), San Diego — 23 who will graduate from the University of San Diego this weekend — participated in a commissioning ceremony that initially started outside in Camino/Founders Patio and, after some rain, was moved to the nearby Shiley Theatre.

The smile on the face of Ky Snyder, the University of San Diego’s Director of Athletics, said it all on Friday afternoon in the media room of the Jenny Craig Pavilion. In a year in which USD’s sports teams won three West Coast Conference titles, two WCC Basketball Tournament titles and several programs placed among the top three in their respective sports, Snyder collected the Toreros’ biggest prize of the season.

Twelve graduate students who cross the stage Saturday will walk away with more than a diploma. They will have the distinction of being the first students to receive degrees from the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, the University of San Diego’s newest academic arm.

Some 2,200 University of San Diego students will graduate this month with degrees in law, business, nursing, education and other fields. In these Graduation Video Profiles, we’ll show you what it takes to be the top undergraduate students, and experience the wonders of Africa with two science graduates.

Lt. Renee Scherr knew she wanted to advance her education and earn a master’s degree. That’s what Navy officers do. What the helicopter pilot didn’t know was that a routine deployment would quickly switch from anything but routine, and change her life.

With gas prices skyrocketing, many people are hoping solar and other alternative energy sources can provide relief.

But a revolution in solar energy is at least a decade away, says California Institute of Technology Professor Harry Gray,

The University of San Diego’s School of Business Administration concluded its inaugural Business Plan competition on May 2, and the big winner, in addition to the USD students who earned a share of $10,000 in prize money, is Mexico.

“Dream big.”

Two small words, yes, but for Tom Breitling, it’s a mindset that took him from wanting to be the next Bob Costas to becoming a entrepreneur and brokering two separate $100 million Las Vegas business deals.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In the case of several USD industrial engineering students, it’s a $1,000.

In late April, the Industrial Advisory Board of the Institute of Industrial Engineers awarded engineering seniors Mike Hoxter and Omar Damluji first-prize in its inaugural IAB You Tube video contest.

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