A groundbreaking ceremony will be held at Southwestern College to officially start construction on the college’s new Field House project on Aug. 1. The school made the announcement on Thursday.

The last full week of July is full of local award ceremonies, dinners and presentations. From computer forensics, Pinterest and renewable energy to annual awards, a summer work party and even a ball, the local business community has served up a platter anyone can enjoy.

Beginning in late September, a course offered through a partnership between the University of California, San Diego and the San Diego Zoo will provide an introduction to biomimicry to high school students.

San Diego State University has announced it is offering through its College of Extended Studies a financial planning program that will qualify graduates to sit for the Certified Financial Planner Board's comprehensive exam.

A securitites fraud class-action lawsuit has been filed against the San Diego-based for-profit college company Bridgepoint Education Inc.

External funding for the research by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego surpassed $150 million this year for the first time.

Thomas Jefferson School of Law faculty fellow Beth Caldwell has been honored as a recipient of a 2012 Soros Justice Fellowship from Open Society Foundations, headquartered in New York.

Bridgepoint Education Inc.'s accreditation problems are getting worse.

China is at the end of its phase of super fast growth, said Barry Naughton, professor of Chinese economy at the University of California, San Diego.

LPL Financial Charitable Foundation, the charitable arm of LPL Financial LLC, has donated a $10,000 scholarship to Cal State San Marcos junior business major and Marine Corps veteran Mario Clay, according to a release.

BYCOR General Contractors has announced High Tech High Chula Vista's kindergarten through eighth-grade building has earned LEED Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

When California Western School of Law students approach visiting professor Bob Seibel, they always have the same query: What's the best way to run a law practice?

After going through a period of growth, China now faces a phase of great uncertainty, according to a professor and Chinese economist at the University of California at San Diego.

Shares of Bridgepoint Education Inc. tumbled for a second day Tuesday after the for-profit education provider said a group that certifies schools denied an accreditation for one of its institutions, listing problems with student outcomes.

Thomas Jefferson School of Law named Lilys McCoy director of the schoolís new solo practice concentration and Lawyer Incubator Program and named Rebecca Nieman as the school’s new law clinic attorney.

Three lucky students from The Preuss School UCSD will be attending Space Camp at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., this summer courtesy of scholarships presented by Fish & Richardson. Estela Azucena, Tyler Leptich and Natalie Ruybal were selected as part of the law firmís efforts to shape tomorrow’s inventors by instilling an interest in science in today’s students.

The San Diego Legal Secretaries Association has awarded its annual Virginia Caperton Memorial Scholarship to Sage College students Alexander Reif (court reporting student) and Jessica Hudson (paralegal student), and to Allison Gonzalez, who plans to attend San Diego State University.

A few years ago when those of us in various fields of communications began seeing the enormous range of possibilities for social media, we noticed that one thing was sorely lacking. There was not a lot of research going into social media beyond what to do and how to do it, increase it, or have some semblance of control using it.

Bridgepoint Education Inc., the for-profit college company that owns Ashford University, lost a third of its value in New York trading after Ashford’s accreditation application was denied by a regional accreditor.

Thomas Jefferson School of Law named Lilys D. McCoy director of the school’s new solo practice concentration and Lawyer Incubator Program, and named Rebecca Nieman as the school’s new law clinic attorney.