Houston minority graduation rises in sciences, engineering as result of UH-led alliance
... University of Houston leads the consortium of six universities and two community colleges in the H-LSAMP, consisting of UH, Texas Southern University, UH-Downtown, UH-Victoria, Rice University, Texas State University, Houston Community College System and San Jacinto College District. The group also enjoys a goo...Veterinary Memorial Fund transforms grief into promise
...pus professional school operated by the land-grant universities of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg and the University of Maryland at College Park. Its flagship facilities, based at Virginia Tech, include the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, which treats more than 40,000 animals annually. Other campuses include the Mario...Scientists to prototype cyberinfrastructure for research and education access to ocean observatories
...utions in Mexico and Canada, as well as other U.S. universities that do ocean research. Researchers at the University of Illinois will provide optical networking and visualization expertise on the project. "OptIPuter will provide real-time software as well as high-performance compute and storage capacity," said O...Safety of isoflavones in dietary supplements targeted by Illinois initiative
...gy Research in Arkansas and Wake Forest and Purdue universities will have supporting roles. Helferich will continue a focus on breast cancer. He recently found that isoflavones can block the effectiveness of tamoxifen in reducing estrogen-induced tumor growth. His lab will focus on low-level chronic expo...4 October press briefing to focus on minority recruitment to science and engineering programs
...f the event. The report is being released as "U.S. universities are being subjected to a campaign of intimidation so that a bunker mentality now prevails, despite the fact that targeted recruitment is still perfectly legal," said report co-author Shirley M. Malcom, director of Education & Human Resources at AAAS....Posters highlight water, energy and other natural resource research
...c and applied research programs between its member universities and the INEEL staff by funding several diverse multi-year research projects in the critical mission areas of the Laboratory, including Environment Management, Energy Sciences and National Security....Northeastern University receives $12.4 million NSF grant for creation of nanomanufacturing institute
...at the university, as well as industry and partner universities (UML, UNH and MSU). " Northeastern aims to be at the forefront of nanotechnology research," said Ahmed Abdelal, provost at Northeastern. "With our initial gift from alumnus George Kostas, we were able to establish a state-of-the-arts nanomanufacturi...Abstract poster contest finalists announced
...ka Fairbanks. Students from both INRA and non-INRA universities participated in the judged competition for a chanc...INRA is a coalition of eight northwestern research universities created to promote new opportunities for research and education that will benefit the region and the...Yale digital diagnostic technology is basis of new company, HistoRx Inc.
... ship its first systems to two preeminent research universities this week. According to Rimm, "AQUA is completely objective it takes the subjectivity out of pathology diagnosis." Rana Gupta, an investment partner at Navigator Technology Ventures, said HistoRx's technology is not only novel and state-of-the...K-State, other universities to study how climate affects plant evolution
... Kan. -- Kansas State University is one of several universities that will share an estimated $5 million federal grant to study how plants respond to environmental changes and how the genetic pathways underlying their responses evolve in different climates. "K-State is working with some of the premier labs in the ...Cockroach-like robot leads new research effort
...m of biologists, engineers and mathematicians from universities across the country to try to understand the mechanical and neurological basis of locomotion. The grant is one of six totaling nearly $30 million through NSF's Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research (FIBR) program, which supports integrative res...NSF announces six 'FIBR' awards to tackle some of biology's most challenging questions
...R projects integrate varied expertise from several universities and research institutes. Combined, the six projects support dozens of investigators from 15 U.S. states and also involve scientists supported by several other countries. The FIBR projects announced today include the following (see separate pro...Hardy buoys: Texas A&M project predicts oil spill movements
...nds of dollars and has served as a model for other universities that are developing similar buoys to detect pollution such as oil spills. "This is the only buoy system of its kind in the Gulf of Mexico and one of the few of its kind in the world," Guinasso says of the TABS project. "The instruments on each buoy c...Former US Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt to speak at science symposium
...INRA is a coalition of eight northwestern research universities created to promote new opportunities for research and education that will benefit the region and the nation in a variety of technical disciplines. The Symposium will highlight national and international research conducted in the areas of environmenta...As informatics grows, Indiana University helps set 'research agenda'
...nformatics degrees are offered by a number of U.S. universities and colleges, the vast majority of the world's dedicated schools of informatics are located in Great Britain, Europe, Japan and Australia. To speak with Dunn, for short bios of new School of Informatics faculty members, and for more information abou...Environmental costs of home construction lower with wise choice, reuse of building materials
...dustrial Materials, a research group started by 15 universities and research institutes, see http://www.corrim.org/ . The $1 million effort was supported by those institutions, the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, U.S. Department of Energy and major wood-product manufacturers. A 12-page ...Columbia, Stony Brook, Guidant to develop biological pacemaker based on gene & cell therapies
...stment are not being disclosed. Research at the universities suggests the possibility of developing a biologica... to convert research done by scientists at our two universities into modalities whose ultimate goal is the saving of lives," said Dr. Rosen. "Guidant's commitment t...Congress to fund Sequim-based coastal security research effort
... and Seattle. They also will partner with regional universities and industry, and engage local, tribal and state government agencies, including those on the northern Olympic Peninsula. The funding announced by Dicks is part of a PNNL effort to expand the Sequim laboratory's research base, most notably in the area...Muscles are smarter than you think
...or Lamb. Collaboration between La Trobe and Aarhus universities started in 2002 when Professor Nielsen came as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at La Trobe's Institute of Advanced Study to work for a month in the Muscle Research Laboratory. Professor Nielsen had recently demonstrated for the first time that acid......da. "In one of the sessions, teachers from various universities were reviewing all of their course offerings, looking for elective courses that could fulfill general education requirements for their institutions," John Campbell said. "It hit me that a general course in companion animals would be a popular possib...