Accolades for York's commitment to women in science
... Adviser Professor Sir David King will present the awards to the University at the Royal Society on 13 March 2007. The Athena Swan Charter is a scheme that recognises excellence in science, engineering and technology employment in higher education. The University is working to attract women into science, ...AIUM honors ultrasound pioneers at the 2007 AIUM Annual Convention
...uminaries in the field of ultrasound, will present awards to several individuals who have significantly contributed to the field of medical diagnostic ultrasound at the 2007 AIUM Annual Convention in New York City, New York, on March 16, 2007. The 2007 William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award recipient is W...Offspring whose parents have long lives appear to have lower heart risks in middle age
...: This work was supported by contracts, grants and awards from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health. Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, aut...Dr. John A. Martignetti receives 2006 Prostate Cancer Foundation Award
...d death for men with advanced prostate cancer. The awards are granted to projects in a variety of areas, including biomarkers, genetics and genomics, nutrition, cancer immunotherapy, new drug discovery and survivorship. Martignetti's research, conducted with Analisa DiFeo, a graduate student, and in col...SNMTS provides $50,000 in 2007 Paul Cole, Mickey Williams Minority Student Technologist Scholarships
...es to enter this dynamic career," she noted. The awards include four Mickey Williams Minority Student scholarships, each providing $5,000 to a minority student entering or enrolled in a molecular imaging/nuclear medicine technologist program. Funded by the Professional Development and Education Fund, this...Sustainability forum speakers include ex-governor
...Tech. He has authored numerous papers and received awards for his teaching and conservation efforts. The forum is a collaborative effort of the College of Business, College of Science, and Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Event sponsors include: Environmental Defense Fund, FP&L, Waste Manag...David H. Baker to be honored for work in animal and nutritional science
...e sectors." This is the latest in a long list of awards and honors Baker has received in his 40-year career at Illinois. He has received six major awards from the American Society of Animal Science and five from the Poultry Science Association. He has be...PNAS announces 2006 Cozzarelli Prize recipients
...award is renamed the Cozzarelli Prize. This year's awards will be presented at the PNAS Editorial Board Meeting on April 29, 2007, in Washington, D.C. Papers receiving the Cozzarelli Prize were chosen from the 3,300 research articles published in PNAS in 2006 and represent the six broadly defined classes ...Nottingham scientist fights climate change
...nstrating the feasibility of this approach." The awards were made at a gala dinner at the Royal Societys h...lising an aspect of their scientific research. The awards were established by a generous bequest from the late Brian Mercer OBE FRS. The accumulation in the...Merck and AAAS announce 2007 winners of Outstanding Undergraduate Research Programs
...ersities across the nation are winners of the 2007 awards for the Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research ...the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Up to 15 awards are made annually. Launched in 2000 as a national competition, the 10-year, $9 million initiative is...Winners of the 2006 AAAS Science Journalism Awards
...d journalists whom the AAAS has honored with these awards over the years." Canine said he hopes his story br...executive publisher of the journal Science . "The awards this year honor some superb work that is both informative and engaging." "A scientifically informe...Wiley wins 2 2006 PSP Awards and 3 honorable mentions
... proud to announce that it is the recipient of two awards and three honorable mentions in the 2006 Professio... scholarly, and reference publishing by presenting awards in more than 40 categories. This year, Wileys Scientific, Technical and Medical Division excelled in...UK-India success for University of Nottingham
...ell. The UKIERI scheme made a total of six major awards of 500,000, allocated over four years. A further 23 standard awards were also made, worth up to 150,000 each. In all, the UKIERI awarded 5m to institutions in the UK an...Researchers earn $200,000 prize for filtering arsenic from water wells
...gineering (NAE) and The Grainger Foundation. The awards were announced today (Feb. 1) by NAE and will be presented at the 2007 NAE Awards Dinner on Tuesday, Feb. 20, in Washington, D.C. The 2007 Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability sought innovative solutions for removing arsenic from drinking wa...Wiley Foundation announces recipients of 6th annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences
...n folding," said Dr. Gnter Blobel, Chairman of the awards jury for the Wiley Prize. A John D. Rockefeller, J...r Physiology or Medicine in 1999. The Wiley Prize awards jury also includes Dr. Qais Al-Awqati, a physiologist at Columbia University's College of Physicians...Rutgers College of Nursing dean authors a book on genetics and how it affects nursing and health
...st two editions of which received Book of the Year awards from the American Journal of Nursing (AJN). Her other books have also received AJN Book of the Year awards, including "The Person with AIDS: Nursing Perspectives," "Women Children and HIV/AIDS," and "Emerging Infectious Diseases: Trends and Issues."...Academy honors 18 for major contributions to science
...y of Sciences (NAS) will honor 18 individuals with awards recognizing extraordinary scientific achievements ...an visual system learns to recognize objects. The awards and recipients for 2007 are: ALEXANDER AGASSIZ MEDAL a medal and a prize of $15,000 awarded eve...New antibacterials being developed to tackle MRSA superbug
...ived one of three inaugural Seeding Drug Discovery awards for its new antibacterial compounds aimed at tackling life-threatening, drug-resistant infections caused by staphylococci, including MRSA. The bacterium Staphylococcus aureus can infect wounds, including those resulting from medical procedures condu...Natural gut hormone offers hope for new obesity drug
...new drug to tackle obesity, one of three inaugural awards under the Wellcome Trust's Seeding Drug Discovery initiative. The drug is being developed by one of the world's leading obesity experts, Professor Steve Bloom at Imperial College London's Hammersmith Hospital campus. "Over 30,000 deaths a year are ......for Tomorrow (SMART), at the organization's annual awards banquet held in Wilmington, Jan. 5, 2007. "This award recognizes Dr. Sebastian's leadership supporting SMART since its inception, including his chairmanship of the tech trends conference sessions in materials and composites, formation and support ...