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For the week of May 30, 2025, here’s what we’re reading:
- General Atomics-ASI secures $2B Qatar aircraft deal
- Prebys Foundation launches $7M biomedical research fund
- CSUSM to offer bachelor’s degrees at Southwestern College
- San Diego Business Journal, EDC’s Mark Cafferty celebrate 60 years of economic development
- San Diego Foundation marks 50 years with $1.8B granted to nonprofits
- Illumina expands access to oncology tests with Medicare coverage
- Resmed acquires Florida-based virtual diagnostics company VirtuOx
- Gensler to lead Balboa Park’s Timken Museum expansion
- DPR Construction to expand Bora Biologics’ San Diego manufacturing facility
- County awards US Navy $2.35M Tijuana River Valley Regional Park rehabilitation grant
- San Diego Community Power finalizes 2 solar, battery storage projects
- Sorrento Valley’s ADARx, AbbVie ink $335M RNA development agreement
…and here are some events and opportunities:
- June 5—WTCSD, EDC
MetroConnect VII Grand Prize PitchFest ft. Aquacycl, Epitope Diagnostics, Sunday Golf, Surf Loch - Apply by June 30—WTCSD, EDC
Join the MetroConnect VIII export accelerator cohort
From our partners:
- June 6—San Diego State University
Employer Orientation: Maximize Your Recruitment Success - June 10—Pictor Holdings Inc.
Pictor San Diego Lab Grand Opening - June 11—The California Coalition of Employee Benefit Plan Sponsors
The CoOp Leadership Development Conference
Four San Diego companies. One grand prize. You decide.
Join WTCSD and 150+ international business leaders on June 5 to celebrate homegrown companies making global moves. We’ll kick off with an inspiring keynote from Nixon co-founders Andy Laats and Chad DiNenna, then we’ll ask you to help us award $25,000 to a growing San Diego company from among MetroConnect VII finalists Aquacycl, Epitope Diagnostics, Sunday Golf, and Surf Loch.
Plus: Join us by 4:15 p.m. to enter for the chance to win two round-trip tickets on Copa Airlines’ new direct flight to Panama!
Get Your Tickets to Vote June 5
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Mira Paranjape
Coordinator, Marketing Communications