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Conn is the third UC San Diego recipient of the Vannevar Bush Award. Roger Revelle, considered to be a founding father of UC ...

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A 3.3-magnitude earthquake hit Northern California Monday evening near Los Banos, about 30 miles from San Jose. No damage ...