HHMI awards $86.4 million for undergraduate science education
...as genetic engineering, evolution and cloning. The university expects the course to provide up to 1,000 students... working scientists also are vital components of a university education that prepares undergraduates for graduate school and careers in science. The universities ......nce faculty earned top honors from another Florida university for her unique contributions to public health in 2006. The University of South Florida College of Public Health has named Dr. Lora E. Fleming, professor and co-director to the school's unique NSF NIEHS Center for Oceans and Human Health as the Florid...What lies beneath: LSU researchers explore Gulf floor
...LSU as a student in the 1960s, and has been at the university ever since. Carney, professor of coastal ecology, has been at LSU since the 1980s. Both have been doing research on the Gulf's oil and gas seeps and the animals that live in those areas since the 80s. "This project has been a lot of fun and sci...Creating new insight into HIV-AIDS virus wins Canada's top student biotech prize
...ondering why it happens. My teacher loaned me some university textbooks and it all just developed from there." Now in Grade 11 at All Saints High School, Kanata, and mentored by Dr. Angela Crawley and Jonathan Angel of the Ottawa Health Research Institute, James focused his research on T-cells, important compon...UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine receives gift from Dolbys
... human embryos in federally funded buildings. Most university labs are supported in part by federal funds. One lab has been carrying out its research 30 miles away from the Parnassus Campus, at Geron Corp., which funds part of its research. Another lab has been conducting the research in rented space in a forme...Doctorate in medicine at KI celebrates 100 years
...first conferment ceremony at Sweden's only medical university took place in the former teaching staff session room, but has long since been held, along with the following banquet, in the more festive surroundings of the Blue Hall. The ceremony includes the presentation of diplomas, rings and caps as symbols of ...New bridges for the next generation
...lanck among them to find ways of bringing Chinese university graduates to Europe for further education. At the same time, China itself is showing great interest in linking its scientists to European research institutions, as a strategic balance to the United States. In light of these circumstances, Prof. Lu Yo...Award supports Virginia Tech research to reduce vehicle emissions, create biofuel
...we awards provides $5,000 from ORAU matched by the university to faculty members in their first two years of the...mits only two applications from each of ORAU's 115 university members. "This is the second year in a row that both our faculty members have been selected," said J...APS research awards go to undergrads at Colorado State, Michigan State, Oberlin, Williams
... Ph.D. program in biomedical sciences and become a university researcher and teacher. Gillian Louise Sowden - Williams College, Williamstown, MA. "Peripheral oxyntomodulin increases heart rate in mice, independent of insulin and catecholamines," by Gillian Louise Sowden, and Steven John Swoap, Williams College...From climate dynamics to educational research...
...d Long Range Research Aircraft' (HALO)" to support university cooperation in the field of atmospheric research. Many processes in atmospheric research, such as cloud formation and photochemical processes, are still not thoroughly understood. This is primarily because the relevant mechanisms take place on scales...FRSQ and its partners invest over $1.2 million in Quebec consortium for research on C. difficile
...titut national de sant publique du Qubec, and four university teaching hospitals: the Centre hospitalier de l'Un...(CHUS). The research will be conducted at the four university teaching hospitals that are partners in the project, as well as at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, th...HHMI's experiment in changing scientific culture
...s were at an "early career stage," and moved on to university positions after 5-10 years. There is no limit to the length of time group leaders can remain at Janelia Farm, but they must successfully pass a rigorous scientific review every five years. Originality, creativity and collegiality were valued and ...RIT receives grant to develop PhD program in sustainability
..." RIT will augment the Luce Foundation grant with university funding and will convene the design team to begin ... and other important areas of sustainability. The university is already one of the leading universities in the nation in applied research in these areas....Altering genetic blueprint of receptors in brain could help stroke victims avoid brain damage
...rsity of Central Florida 1 1/2 years ago, when the university began hiring more faculty members in the Burnett College of Biomedical Sciences to develop a foundation for a new medical college at UCF....People prefer belonging to groups in which members can punish freeloaders
...e. The researchers asked 84 students from a German university to either join a virtual group that does not financially punish freeloaders or a group that is nearly identical but allows members to punish freeloaders. The differences in cooperation between the two groups can be likened to neighboring towns with d...Yale's Strobel named 'million-dollar professor' for science teaching innovation
... can be transported to laboratories throughout the university for continuation of the work. In this way, it will enhance the experience of science for the students and faculty. "To be manageable, the course will be limited to 10 to 12 students, all of whom must have some basic background in science. But, we are...Conference to give students a chance to shine
...ecause UQ is an acknowledged global pace-setter in university teaching. " UQ is Australia's leading university when it comes to teaching and learning. It has won more Australian Awards for University Teaching th...Biggest physics meeting of the year
... population dynamics (Z28), and issues relating to university physics departments including the status of women, curricula trends, foreign students, and ethics(H5). WEBSITE AND PRESSROOM The March Meeting website is http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR06/Content/346 ;click on "epitome" to view the session ...Miniature synchrotron produces first light
...-of-the-art protein structure determination to the university or industrial laboratory--but it has also promised..., the Compact Light Source will fit into a typical university x-ray lab. The reduction in scale and cost is a factor of 200--made possible by using a laser beam i...A comparative institutional analysis of intellectual property
...o ingenious solutions worked out by individuals in university labs, new technologies are poised to enter the marketplace. The question is, are patents helping or hurting this process? "Patents are essential to bringing biotechnology innovations from everyone -- not just well-funded corporations -- to the people...