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UChicago chemist helps craft message for world leaders
Dmitri Talapin , associate professor in chemistry, was one of 10 young scientists from around the world who delivered a message that “Scientific Research is a Global Necessity” to political, scientific and business leaders participating in the 2011 Science and Technology in Society forum last October in Kyoto, Japan. The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the New York Academy of Sciences selected Talapin to represent the young scientists of North America at the STS Forum, which meets at the same venue were the Kyoto Protocol to alleviate global warming was signed in 1997.
FBI Offers Condolences on Death of Rob Ingram
The FBI wishes to express its condolences to the family, friends and co-workers of Rob Ingram. Mr.
Don’t Suffer in Silence with Toe Pain
Toe deformities should be treated early, paper shows, and improper footwear can be to blame ROSEMONT, Ill. , Aug.
MIT’s Nancy Hopkins to deliver inaugural Women in Science colloquium May 12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology biologist Nancy Hopkins , who launched a national re-examination of equity for women scientists in 1999, will present the University of Chicago’s inaugural Colloquium on How to Advance Women in Science and Engineering at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 12 in room 120 of Kent Chemical Laboratory , 1020 E.
Harris School to host May 5 symposium, ‘The War on Terror After Bin Laden’
The implications of Osama bin Laden’s death for military and policy responses to terrorism will be the subject of a discussion on Thursday, May 5, co-hosted by the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Studies. The session will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
The winners of mass extinction: With predators gone, prey thrive
In present-day ecology, the removal or addition of a predator in an ecosystem can produce dramatic changes in the population of prey species. For the first time, scientists have observed the same dynamics in the fossil record, thanks to a mass extinction that decimated ocean life 360 million years ago.
UIC Educational Psychologist Elected to National Academy of Education
University of Illinois at Chicago learning sciences researcher Susan R. Goldman has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Education.
LG Electronics Teams With Tribeca Flashpoint Academy to Make 3D Technology More Accessible to Budding Filmmakers, Consumers
CHICAGO and NEW YORK , April 6, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — Joining forces with Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, the nation’s fastest-growing media arts college, LG Electronics USA is bringing the next-generation 3D TV technology to budding filmmakers for the first time. Under this unique initiative, LG is providing students and faculty with resources to produce 3D content, as well as financial support to help drive the emerging 3D genre forward.
Tanning salons may soon ban teenagers
By Mary J. Cristobal, Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers are creating a line in the tan – those 18 and younger dare not cross.
American Academy of Dermatology Launches Redesigned Website
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. , March 24, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — The American Academy of Dermatology (Academy) recently launched its redesigned website, www.aad.org .
