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Penn State researcher to give Lindsay Lecture Wednesday

October 22, 2009

Costas D. Maranas, professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University, will discuss his research Wednesday (Oct. 28) as part of the 2009 J.D. Lindsay Lecture Series at Texas A&M University.


International conference focuses on challenges faced by women in rural areas every day

September 10, 2009

Like other similar academic gatherings, the Triennial Rural Women's Studies Conference on Sept. 24-27 at Indiana University Bloomington will feature scholars and policymakers who will present papers and participate in panel discussions.


IU Jacobs School of Music welcomes 2009-10 Jacobs Scholars and Jacobs Fellows

September 1, 2009

Eight new Jacobs Scholars and eight new Jacobs Fellows begin their studies this fall at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Selected from a large pool of incoming students, they are the recipients of the most prestigious and substantial scholarship awards in the school.


MIT 4th overall among U.S. universities

August 19, 2009

MIT retained its fourth-place position among national universities while the Institute's undergraduate engineering program continued its decades-long reign in U.S.


It's not the economy, stupid — it's what you do with it

August 14, 2009

Barack Obama's 2008 victory may have surprised the world, but not UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck.
 
In a new book that makes the astounding claim that there are only two sure routes to winning the U.S.


Paul Weiss named new director of UCLA California NanoSystems Institute

August 12, 2009

Leading nanoscientist Paul S.


IU's first-ever themed semester to focus on evolution, diversity and change

August 6, 2009

Indiana University Bloomington will commence its first-ever themed semester this fall with "Themester 2009: Evolution, Diversity and Change." More than 40 related courses will tie in with the themes of diversity and evolution to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's On the Orig


Mechanical engineering’s Grunlan receives Dow Young Faculty Award

July 30, 2009

Texas A&M Engineering’s Dr. Jaime C. Grunlan has received the 2009 Young Faculty Award from the Dow Chemical Co.

Dow's Dr. Andrea Greyson (left) and Dr. Jaime Grunlan


NNSA Educates Next Generation of Nuclear Security Specialists

June 29, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration is pleased to announce that 24 graduate and undergraduate students have completed its inaugural course in nuclear nonproliferation at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York.


Research explores interactions between nanomaterials, biological systems

June 19, 2009

The recent explosion in the development of nanomaterials with enhanced performance characteristics for use in commercial and medical applications has increased the likelihood of people coming into direct contact with these materials.


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