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Cargill's $580,000 gift to the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology will fund laboratories and curriculum development, scholarships, field trips and other professional development opportunities. Rapid City, SD (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 Cargill, Inc., has pledged $580,000 to the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology for laboratories, scholarships and curriculum development in several departments. The majority of the funding will support SDSM&T’s Department of Chemical...
ASU and Scottsdale Public Library system open first collaboration space as plans to expand the network are announced, adding at least five more spaces this year. Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 The Alexandria Co-working Network will officially launch in Scottsdale, Arizona, today with the opening of its first collaboration space at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library. Earlier this year, ASU Venture Catalyst, the startup unit of Arizona State University, along with the Scottsdale...
Applied Materials, Inc. and The Center for Science Teaching and Learning have announced the San Francisco Bay Area Grand-Prize winning team and finalist teams. Rockville Centre, NY (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 Applied Materials, Inc. and The Center for Science Teaching and Learning (CSTL) today announced the San Francisco Bay Area grand-prize winning team and nine finalist teams in the 2013 Clean Tech Competition. The teams are: 1st Place: -Liqua Men – The Struo Monta Vista High School Team...
Group partnership to accelerate lab-to-market development of breakthrough medical devices ELYRIA, Ohio, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lorain County Community College (LCCC) and the Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron (ABIA) are leveraging their complementary strengths to build a partnership to accelerate the commercialization of novel medical technologies that can advance economic growth, stimulate job creation, foster talent development, enrich patient care and improve...
CLEVELAND, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MIT and University of Maryland will convene a national conversation on May 8 about how an innovative business model can help anchor institutions in urban cities to drive economic development and build sustainable community wealth. A panel of presenters will release a new MIT-University of Maryland Case Study which highlights Cleveland's University Hospitals Vision 2010 Program, a $1.2 billion strategic growth plan. The panel discussion...
NASA Engineer & COM Alumnus Adam Steltzner Is Keynote Speaker KENTFIELD, Calif., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The public is invited to celebrate the grand opening and dedication of the state-of-the-art Science, Math, Nursing building with noted lecturer and alumnus Adam Steltzner from the NASA Mars Rover "Curiosity" expedition. Steltzner's lecture, titled "The Right Kind of Crazy--An Improbable Journey to Mars," will be followed by a ribbon cutting and interactive tours throughout...
ORLANDO, Fla., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Don't wait to enter Florida Realtors® annual Environmental Award program, or you may be green with ENVY when the winner is chosen. Popularly known as the "ENVY" award, the honor goes to a development that best preserves Florida's natural quality of life. The award may be given in two categories: one for residential development and one for commercial development. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110314/DC64568LOGO) Oakland...
As part of the company’s Earth Week activities, Intelesense Technologies profiles its relationship with one of Hawaii’s most well known environmental research organizations -- the Center for Conservation Research and Training with the Pacific Biosciences Research Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Honolulu, HI (PRWEB) April 26, 2013 As part of the company’s Earth Week activities, Intelesense Technologies, a visionary manufacturer of sensors and sensor management devices,...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Some of the world's most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Among those elected this year is Glenn H. Hutchins, Co-Founder of Silver Lake. The list of the new members is located at https://www.amacad.org/members.aspx. One of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies, the Academy is also a leading...
MedAptus' Patented Solution Eases the Complex Split-Billing Process for High Volume Hospital BOSTON, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MedAptus® today announced that UMass Memorial Health Care is rolling-out the company's Technical Charge Capture (Tech) software. Tech, currently live in the departments of rheumatology and oncology at UMass Memorial Medical Center, helps to standardize the outpatient facility billing process by automating charge creation and operational...
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Martin Joseph Fettman was selected as a Payload Specialist candidate by NASA in December of 1991 because of his life’s dedication to pathology. He continues today with his dedication by bringing awareness to science in space to many public forums. Fettman was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 31, 1965. He attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York and graduated in 1973. He went on to further his academics at Cornell University. His focus was animal nutrition and in 1976, he...
