When Coconut was two months old, she wriggled out of Larry Giblin’s arms and fell onto the uneven concrete below, landing with all her weight on her front right paw. The rambunctious little sheltie writhed in pain and the Giblin family knew something was seriously wrong. They rushed Coconut to a 24-hour emergency clinic. …
The Salk Institute recently received a $5 million gift from the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research, becoming the third institution (with Harvard University and MIT) to receive major Glenn funding for studying the molecular basis of aging. The Glenn Foundation Center for Aging Research will draw from nine of Salk’s leading laboratories specializing in genetic…
The S.D. Chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation needs help in honoring former Rancho Santa Fe resident, the late Wally Schirra, with a perpetual scholarship endowment fund for San Diego college science scholars. “Science and technology are vital to the economic growth and national security in America, and we are no longer…
Since its opening nearly three decades ago, San Diego’s Ronald McDonald House (RMHC) has provided more than 120,000 nights of lodging for more than 12,000 families whose children are receiving treatment at area hospitals for life-threatening illnesses. However, with only 12 rooms, it turns away 100 families each month. So RMHC is now in the…
Help end world hunger and improve your vocabulary at www.freerice.com. For every set of synonyms you match correctly, the Web site’s sponsors donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. All those correct answers add up to make a big difference — since its beginning in late 2007, the site has…