Florida Tech International Sustainability Forum attracts renowned keynote speakers
...rum, which is coordinated by Dr. Gordon L. Nelson, dean of the Florida Tech College of Science. There is no cost to attend. For more information, contact Gordon Nelson at 321-674-7260. ...Ingestion of afterbirth appears to promote maternal behavior in mammals
...n non-human mammals." Kristal is the former dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at UB. In addition to his basic research into opioid and hormonal mechanisms, he studies the psychobiology of motivated behaviors. His research regularly is published in such journals as Brain Research; Pharm...Charles Yanofsky named National Medal of Science winner
...ry supportive and very caring,'' said Sharon Long, dean of Stanford's School of Humanities and Sciences and a professor of biological sciences. ''That sort of generosity of spirit is something that has pervaded the research, the community and also the teaching. Thank you, Charley.'' At a symposium celebra......eologist Frank Brown, a co-author of the study and dean of the University of Utah's College of Mines and Earth Sciences. The journal Nature is publishing the study in its Thursday Feb. 17, 2005, issue. Brown conducted the research with geologist and geochronologist Ian McDougall of Australian National...Advocate for gender equity in the sciences honored by the Association for Women in Science
...or women in science for more than 30 years and, as dean of the UC Irvine School of Biological Sciences, co...in promoting diversity in science. Bryant became dean of the School of Biological Sciences in January 2000 -- a year when less than 15 percent of the tenu...2005's highest engineering honors awarded
...mieson is the current director of EPICS, associate dean of engineering for undergraduate education, and Ransburg Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. She has had principal responsibility for the institutionalization of EPICS at Purdue, including the creation of new acade...Virginia Tech patents advance microprocessors, vaccines, vision, vibration control, more
...animals and humans, developed by Gerhardt Schurig, dean of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Lynette Corbeil of the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), Virginia Tech Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology Nammalwar Sriranganathan; former Virginia Tech Post...UCLA scientists store materials in cells' natural vaults
...essor of biological chemistry and senior associate dean of research; Bruce Dunn, professor of material science and engineering; Jeffrey Zink, professor of chemistry and biochemistry and Valerie Kickhoefer, first author and associate research biochemist. JOURNAL: The Proceedings of the National Academy ...Oceans more vulnerable to agricultural runoff than previously thought, study finds
...erability to nitrogen," said Pamela A. Matson, the dean of the School of Earth Sciences and co-author of the Nature study. "A map has been developed showing special regions in the world where nitrogen is low relative to other nutrients that phytoplankton need to grow, and the Gulf of California is one of ...Understanding biological foundation of human behavior critical to improving laws
... and behavioral biology," Chris Guthrie, associate dean for academic affairs at Vanderbilt Law School, said. "We are fortunate to have the country's leading law and behavioral biology scholar here at Vanderbilt." Law and behavioral biology is a small but growing field, sometimes known as "evolutionary an...UCLA launches $20 million stem cell institute to investigate HIV, cancer and neurological disorders
...S. Levey, vice chancellor for medical sciences and dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine. "As dean, ...health sciences," said Patricia O'Brien, executive dean of the UCLA College. "As biomedicine grows increasingly complex, new academic partnerships hold the ...Tufts University's Andrew Camilli named Howard Hughes Medical Investigator
... of infectious diseases," said Michael Rosenblatt, dean of the Tufts University School of Medicine. "Dr. Camilli, and his colleagues in the department of molecular biology and microbiology at the Sackler School of Graduate Medical Sciences at the School of Medicine at Tufts have distinguished themselves i...Monsanto fund awards $3.7 million to Washington University for school science van program
... said Edward S. Macias, executive vice chancellor, dean of Arts & Sciences, and Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences. He added, "As part of our mission to be a community resource, we are committed to helping local schools better prepare their students in science. An enrichme...Aldo Leopold leadership program moves to Stanford University and awards new fellowships for 2005
...orida State University-Tallahassee David Conover, dean and director, Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University David Hart, director of the Patrick Center for Environmental Research at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and adjunct professor of biology, University of Pennsylvani...New study documents the detrimental impact of teen beverage choices
...achel Johnson, PhD, RD, professor of nutrition and dean of agriculture and life sciences at the University of Vermont. "It's important that we intervene to reverse this troubling trend," said Johnson, who has conducted previous research showing that flavored milk helped children and teens meet calcium rec...Biomarkers isolated from saliva successfully predict oral and breast cancer
...tion," said David T. Wong, professor and associate dean of research at the UCLA School of Dentistry and the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, the study's senior investigator. "This is a proof-of-principal study, but our results will need to be validated in a larger sample size in a blinded manner," he ...UW-Madison gains two new stem cell programs
...ne," says Paul DeLuca, UW Medical School associate dean for research. "We're very enthusiastic about the possibilities and we are convinced this will have a substantive impact on the health and well being of the citizens of Wisconsin." The program, DeLuca notes, will be among the first of its kind in the...Why are coyotes getting more aggressive?
...nell Agricultural Experiment Station and associate dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell, and Tom Brown, leader of the Human Dimensions Research Unit in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell, will work with Curtis to survey public attitudes and behaviors relating to coyo...National Academies news: 72 new members chosen by academy
...ity of Oxford (United Kingdom) CHEN, DING-SHINN ; dean and professor of medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei (Taiwan) COEY, J. MICHAEL D. ; professor of physics, department of physics, Trinity College, Dublin (Ireland) JEFFREYS, ALEC JOHN ; Royal Society Wolfson Research P...Columbia dedicates new 300,000 sq. ft. Irving Cancer Research Center
...e President Gerald D. Fischbach, M.D., who is also dean of the faculty of medicine at Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons. Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and a cancer survivor, gave the keynote address. "This combination of the greatest scientific m...