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June 2008

An Educational Playground

Scripps Oceanography Helps Teach Life Lessons at BizTown

It's Thursday at 11 a.m. and the head of Scripps Institution of Oceanography is hard at work. There's just so much to do: a business plan to implement, a budget to iron out, and scientists who need research projects. But the person in charge is not Scripps' real director, Tony Haymet.

Renowned Physicist and Inventor of Wetsuit Dies at 92

Hugh Bradner built a successful career by combining his passion for science and ocean exploration

Hugh Bradner, renowned physicist and professor emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, died May 5, 2008, in San Diego, Calif. after a prolonged illness. He was 92 years old. Bradner incorporated science and ocean exploration to design many notable ocean technologies. He had been affiliated with Scripps since 1961 and was professor emeritus at the Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP).

A Marriage of Science and Art

New San Diego airport exhibit celebrates CalCOFI research and local marine life

Millions of tourists pass through the San Diego International Airport each year. Few know much about the ocean they'll likely visit during their stay or about the world-class oceanic research centers that call the city home.