KGI Students Awarded SMART Scholarship: Peter Vandeventer and Christopher Warner have been awarded a Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), making them KGI’s first-ever SMART scholars.

Bioethics Symposium Featured in Claremont Courier: The issues of biotechnology and human rights are topics that could make for a lively discussion in and of themselves. Yet combine the two and you have the potential for an explosive exchange.

President Schuster Discusses KGI’s 10 Years of Success in Signals Magazine: In this Signals guest column, President Sheldon Schuster looks back at the institute’s founding and highlights its significant accomplishments.

KGI Praises Supreme Court Decision Upholding Stem Cell Program: KGI hailed the victory won by California’s stem cell research program when the state Supreme Court denied an appeal by opponents. The court decision cleared the way for state officials to issue $3 billion in bonds for stem cell research.

Academic

New Part-Time MBS Degree Program: KGI's new Fully Employed MBS Program is designed to help working professionals in the life sciences industry receive graduate education without giving up their jobs. Go to for more information.

KGI Joins with UC Irvine Extension to Assist New MBS Program: To expand graduate education opportunities for bioscience professionals, KGI and the University of California, Irvine Extension have come together to create a new education path for students by allowing them to apply their UCI certificate credit toward KGI’s new Fully Employed Master of Bioscience degree program.

KGI Awards Graduating Students with New Meritorious Honors: Establishing new honors for student achievement, KGI presented first-time awards for excellence in academics, leadership, institutional service and teamwork to graduating students as part of KGI’s sixth annual commencement celebration.

Faculty

KGI Awarded $84,000 Grant from Haynes Foundation: In support of research on the potential of Los Angeles becoming a leading center for biotechnology, the grant will fund a study by Professor Steven Casper entitled "The Marketplace for Ideas: Can Los Angeles Build a Successful Biotechnology Cluster?" The grant is the first ever that KGI has received from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.

Professor Gail Baura Called Upon for Medical Device Expertise as Judge: Professor Gail Baura will attend the 2007 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) ceremony as a judge for this year’s competition.

Office of Admissions

New Hybrid Recruiting Program Launched: Check out the new webpage for recruiting the top prospective students for KGI’s class of 2009.

Alumni Bay Area Networking Event: Plan to attend the annual Alumni/Corporate Event to be held at Capellini’s Restaurant on Wednesday, August 8. Do not miss this opportunity to mingle with corporate leaders from the Bay Area and reconnect with KGI Alumni.

Convocation 2007: Mark your calendars and plan to attend KGI’s annual Convocation to take place on Friday, September 7. You will be receiving an invitation in the mail.