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Norris will serve as interim head, Office for Sponsored Programs
11-20-2006 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Julie T. Norris, who served for 10 years as director of MIT's Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), has agreed to serve as OSP's interim director.
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10-29-2007 · EurekAlert!
The research and development component of the US Department of Energy's Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, a program that aims to reprocess spent nuclear fuel which could then be shared with partner countries, should not go forward at its current pace, says a new report from the National Research Council.
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- MIT launches IT program for Accenture workers
05-10-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Accenture and the MIT office of Professional Education Programs (PEP) are working together to develop the Accenture Solutions Delivery Academy, in an effort to help meet the global demand for a highly skilled IT workforce.
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- Diverse Projects from Seven Schools are Top Winners at Brookhaven Lab's 2007 Elementary School Science Fair
05-14-2007 · Brookhaven National Laboratory
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- Health of nation’s water supply may be found at the head of the river
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- Changes needed in how federal government evaluates efficiency of research at EPA, other agencies
01-31-2008 · EurekAlert!
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- Brookhaven Lab Celebrates First Year of Open Space Stewardship Program
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- World AIDS Day: Seeking leadership from the Bush Administration
11-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
This World AIDS Day, the HIV Medicine Association is celebrating the good news from the United Nations Joint Program on HIV/AIDS that the global case count is lower than previous estimates. However, in the United States, this good news is tempered by President Bush's veto of the annual funding bill that provides resources to fight the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic -- programs that have faced stagnant funding throughout the Bush administration despite the continued growth of the epidemic.
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