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Dr. Segenet Kelemu is the director general & CEO of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) in Nairobi, Kenya. She was born in Finote Selam, Ethiopia, and became the first woman from her region to attend university. After graduating with a BSc in plant sciences from Kansas State University, she moved to the United States to continue her education.
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1 year ago Read more at Technology Networks

NASA partners with commercial companies to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation of cargo and crew members to and from the International Space Station. Human Transportation NASA’s Commercial Crew Program provides systems capable of carrying astronauts to low Earth orbit and the space station through industry partners who design, build, test, and operate these systems. Crew members provide hands-on operation of scientific research is one of the unique advantages of the orbiting laboratory. The spacecraft launches on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force
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1 year ago Read more at NASA

Scientists are on the front lines of tackling some of the world's biggest challenges, from climate change and biodiversity loss to pandemics and social inequalities. At the same time, concerns have risen about people’s trust in scientists, as not everyone has enough faith in scientists to use their ideas to solve the pressing issues.
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1 year ago Read more at Lab Manager Magazine

Copy Link Mathew Chandy ’24 (CLAS) will be the first student to graduate as a statistical data science major in May. I was originally just a statistics major, and I chose that because I’ve always been a math-oriented person. My favorite class was Introduction to Data Science, which was also with Jun Yan.
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1 year ago Read more at University of Connecticut

The world is currently experiencing a global bleaching event only eight years removed from the last one. Scientists around the world are preparing for the worst-case scenario. In San Diego, the city’s world-famous zoo has more than 10,000 cell cultures from 1,000 taxa cryopreserved in its Frozen Zoo.
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1 year ago Read more at Popular Mechanics

Kyungsun Lee, assistant professor of geography and coordinator of the geography minor at UA Little Rock, has been named to the second cohort of the SciComm Identities Projects Fellowship. Lee will receive a $5,000 grant, participate in several science communication trainings, and produce a podcast related to her research.
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1 year ago Read more at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

This week, Funding Insight asks whether ‘synergies’ can be more than a buzzword for those searching research funding. We revisit a profile of a particularly valuable funder in plant science. This article on Research Professional News only available to Research Professional or Pivot-RP users.
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1 year ago Read more at Research Professional News

In July 1957, 22 prominent scientists gathered quietly at a private lodge in Pugwash, Nova Scotia province. They invited scientists to shape guardrails that would contain the danger of nuclear weapons. This next stage of A.I. is expected to surpass human intelligence and efficiency by a substantial margin.
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1 year ago Read more at Fortune

Bids for a scaled-back plan are a new attempt by the school district to see the lab and classrooms built. In the latest proposal, a steel fabricated building would be erected in what is now a field on the high school campus. Enrollment across the district has been in the 9,000-plus to 10,000 range over the years.
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1 year ago Read more at Elko Daily Free Press

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIO.B) is a leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing a broad range of products for the life science research and clinical diagnostics markets. James J. Barry is currently Senior Vice President of Global Manufacturing. He succeeds Dr. Simon May, who has announced his decision to leave the company to pursue another professional opportunity.
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1 year ago Read more at Yahoo Finance