Mayo Clinic Announces 2008 Distinguished Alumni Awardees
ROCHESTER, Minn., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Andrew Engel, M.D., Roland Moskowitz, M.D., Peter Pairolero, M.D., and Robert Wallace, M.D., received the 2008 Mayo Clinic Distinguished Alumni Award. The awards were presented at a dinner hosted by the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association on Sep...Broward Health and ProHeart MD Kick Off NFL Alumni Health Program
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Football League Alliance Partnership recently kicked off the first national program focusing on heart health screenings for former NFL players. The program debuted at Broward Health Broward General Medical Center. Partnering with Dr....F. Duwaine Townsen Joins SpectraScience Board of Directors
.... Townsen served on the Board of Directors for the Corporate Directors Forum for several years. In 1994 he was awarded the San Diego State University alumni of the Year Award as a distinguished alumnus from the College of Business Administration, and in 1996 was a finalist in the San Diego Entrepreneur of ...New Jersey Dietetic Association Names Ketchum's Jaime Schwartz Young Dietitian of the Year
...unications practice group Co-editor of the NJDA quarterly newsletter News & Views Secretary of Penn State's Nutrition and Dietetics alumni Society Lead author of research published in professional journals about "portion distortion," nutritional labeling and portion-size measurement...Consumer Advocates Support Patent Office on Stem Cell Patent Rejection
... SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amended stem cell patent claims submitted by the Wisconsin alumni Research Foundation don't overcome the U.S. Patent Office Examiner's rejections and the claims remain unpatentable, two consumer groups said today. ...University of Houston Site of Regional Center of Excellence
...to fulfill SCOR training and certification needs, particularly in the Gulf Region of the U.S., and we look forward to a fruitful partnership." UH alumni will receive certification training at SCC member rates. COT faculty and staff will be able to obtain certification training at no cost. Abou...Stanford's Woods Institute awards new round of Environmental Venture Projects
...ation in the EVP program, the Woods Institute will host the first Environmental Venture Projects Symposium on Oct. 7 from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Arrillaga alumni Center. The event will feature faculty updates on several recent EVP projects and a panel discussion on how to recruit and work successfully in interd...WARF signs license agreement with Pfizer for human embryonic stem cells
... MADISON Pfizer Inc., a major biopharmaceutical company, and the Wisconsin alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the private, nonprofit patenting and licensing organization for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, announced May 5 that ...MBL director and CEO and cell biology pioneer Gary Borisy elected to National Academy of Sciences
...d nineteen Academy members are affiliated with the MBL, either as members of the Corporation, faculty, or alumni. Among this year's inductees are MBL alumni Lorena Beese of Duke University Medical Center and Jay Dunlap of Dartmouth Medical School and former MBL course faculty Caroline Harwood of the Univer...Whitehead member Peter Reddien named HHMI Early Career Scientist
...Other expenses, such as research space and the purchase of critical equipment, will also be funded by HHMI. In addition to Reddien, three Whitehead alumni are receiving Early Career Scientist awards: Kevin Eggan (Jaensich postdoctoral researcher), Harvard University; Konrad Hochedlinger (Jaenisch postdoc...Geoscientists discuss sea level rise, extreme storm events and more
...tersburg, Florida. Geoscientists from the University of South Florida (USF) Department of Geology are hosting the meeting along with the USF Geology alumni Society. Journalists are invited to attend sessions of interest, interview scientists, and visit the exhibit area. Complete meeting information ca...Researchers win award for best clinical paper in orthopedic physical therapy
...chael Axe, clinical professor of physical therapy at UD and an orthopedic surgeon at First State Orthopedics in Newark, Del., and Lynn Snyder-Mackler, alumni Distinguished Professor of Physical Therapy. The team received the 2009 Steven J. Rose Excellence in Research Award from APTA's Orthopaedic Section...Exercise after knee replacement critical
...inding of a University of Delaware study published in the February issue of Arthritis Care & Research . The authors include Lynn Snyder-Mackler, alumni Distinguished Professor of Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware, Stephanie Petterson, clinical faculty at Columbia University, Ryan Mizner, ...Entrepreneurs wanted for NJIT workshops about how to launch a business
... by the NJIT Enterprise Development Center and the alumni Association of NJIT. Set for Jan. 24, 2009, at th...working follows from 1:30 p.m.-2 p.m. The NJIT alumni Club will coordinate this special event. A contin...formation and/or to register contact the Office of alumni Relations (973) 596-3443 or alumni@njit.edu . ...13 UCR faculty members recognized by American Association for the Advancement of Science
...nguished contributions to the engineering of zeolite thin films and their applications to semiconductors, aerospace and space exploration." Five UCR alumni also were honored this year. Besides Johnson ('79) and Larive ('92), they are: Brandon S. Gaut 92 Ph.D., now at UC Irvine: "For distinguished cont...Pay attention to your alumni connections when job hunting
Pundits say the principal benefit of a Harvard M.B.A. isn't the learning acquired in the program but rather the blue-chip roster of fellow alums with which you can later associate. As the mythology goes, you can call on a fellow alum to help you out 20 years after graduation and your shared colle...Searle spirit lives on in Chicago as alumni celebrate at former home
Back on May 12, 2003, I wrote on an article on "The Final Death Knell of Chicago's G.D. Searle". At that juncture, the writing was on the walls of the demise of Searle due to the latest Pfizer announcement of closing down the final remaining Searle facilities in Chicago. Since then, the Searle na...Two DEMO alumni make big product splashes
Perhaps it's a post-Mother's Day birthing of new products, or simply the last rush to get products to market before summer arrives, but today was a busy day for product news. In fact, two DEMO alumni - the now-venerable Palm and the relative newcomer Streamload - are delivering significant ne...National Institutes of Health Join Nation's Leading Postgrad Bio Jobs Board
...post-graduate and clinical communities of all member schools (including the alumni of the members, which account for more than 50 percent of the candidates) i...ites or at www.BioCareerCenter.com . The service is free to students and alumni of member institutions. Contact: Ms. Jennifer Wezensky 87...Four Major Universities Join Nation's Leading Postgrad Bio Jobs Board
...post-graduate and clinical communities of all member schools (including the alumni of the members which account for over 50% of the candidates) into one place...ites or at www.BioCareerCenter.com . The service is free to students and alumni of member institutions. Contact: Ms. Jennifer Wezensky 87...Bio Career Center Becomes Top in Nation for Life Sciences Careers
... and M.D.s. Bio Career Center can be accessed via member (university) Web sites or at www.BioCareerCenter.com . The service is free to students and alumni of member institutions. Contact: Ms. Jennifer Wezensky 877-862-4656, Ext. 112 Jennifer@biocareercenter.com ...Don't Wait - Do It Now!(TM) Become an Organ and Tissue Donor
...can register the most donors. They will use a number of strategies including social networking, viral marketing, public relations, guerilla marketing, alumni outreach and minority outreach. Each school has a very specific target for the number of new registrants they are expected to sign up in their communi...Brain and Hearing Pioneer, Michael Merzenich, Ph.D. to Speak at Case Western Reserve University
...onstance Ford Distinguished Lectureship Series as part of the Ford Visiting Professorship Program was established in 2004 by Allen and Constance Ford, alumni and longtime benefactors of Case Western Reserve University. The semi-annual series provides Case Western researchers and clinical providers with acce...