Today, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, Laurent Attal, President and CEO, L'Oréal USA, and Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences, honored the 2007 recipients of the esteemed L'Oréal USA Fellowships For Women in Science.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- On 16 November 2006, Ralph J. Cicerone, the president of the National Academy of Sciences, will deliver the 2006 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF).

L'Oreal USA says it is now accepting applications for its 2007 Fellowships for Women in Science. The cosmetics and beauty company each year awards grants of $40,000 to five researchers who are pursuing careers in science, math, engineering, and computer sciences.

By Joe Bauman Deseret Morning News James F. O'Connell, a University of Utah anthropologist interested in the diet of hunter-gatherer societies, is the latest Utahn elected to the National Academy of Sciences.