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Public Release: 25-Jul-2013
High-school course on smoking behavior research wins Science magazine prize
By engaging students in the real practice of science, Munn and her colleagues at the University of Washington have been selected to win the Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction. Their prize-winning course module, Exploring Databases, allows students to compare genetic and environmental influences determining why people smoke.

Contact: Natasha Pinol
npinol@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Public Release: 24-Jul-2013
C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., receives Wallace H. Coulter Lectureship Award
The American Association for Clinical Chemistry will present C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., of Newton, MA, with the Wallace H. Coulter Lectureship Award at its 2013 Annual Meeting and Clinical Exposition in Houston, Texas on July 28.

Contact: Jeffrey Bright
jeffrey.bright@joslin.harvard.edu
Joslin Diabetes Center

Public Release: 24-Jul-2013
David Foster awarded Freedman Prize Honorable Mention for Exceptional Basic Research
David Foster, Ph.D., an assistant professor of neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will be awarded the 2013 Freedman Prize Honorable Mention for Exceptional Basic Research at an awards ceremony in New York City on July 26.
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Contact: Catherine Kolf
ckolf@jhmi.edu
443-287-2251
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Public Release: 19-Jul-2013
International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing
Best paper award for MIT Portugal Ph.D. student at international conference
Michael developed a tool that helps identifying the causes of nonconformities in environments similar to mass production. FAIM is the leading international forum on the most recent and relevant research, theories and practices. This year's edition focused on The Challenge of Sustaining Global Competitive Manufacturing Systems.
Ciência e Tecnologia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Portugal Program

Contact: Sílvia Castro
silvia.castro@mitportugal.org
351-210-407-036
MIT Portugal Program

Public Release: 18-Jul-2013
2013 Engineering Requirements Conference
New approach to designing visual notations
A research paper by a University of Luxembourg scientist proposing a novel approach to designing visual notations has won the "Best Research Paper award" at the world's top conference in requirements engineering.

Contact: Patrice Caire
patrice.caire@uni.lu
352-466-644-5413
University of Luxembourg

Public Release: 18-Jul-2013
Markey earns prestigious National Cancer Institute designation
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center was joined by national, state and local leaders last Friday to celebrate its designation as a National Cancer Institute cancer center. The UK Markey Cancer Center is the 68th medical center in the country to receive this prestigious designation, and is the only NCI-designated cancer center in the state of Kentucky.

Contact: Allison Perry
allison.perry@uky.edu
859-323-2399
University of Kentucky

Public Release: 18-Jul-2013
NWSC named 'green' data center of the year
The NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center has been named the 2013 "'Green' Data Center of the Year" at the inaugural Datacenter Dynamics North American Awards.
National Science Foundation

Contact: Rachael Drummond
rachaeld@ucar.edu
303-497-8604
National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Public Release: 18-Jul-2013
Best papers in applied technology from Springer journals chosen
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), a scientific organization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has provided awards for the best paper from five technical journals it publishes in collaboration with Springer. The articles chosen reflect not only excellent science, but also the potential impact of the discoveries. The winning authors receive the KACST Medal and $5,000 each.

Contact: Joan Robinson
joan.robinson@springer.com
49-622-148-78130
Springer

Public Release: 18-Jul-2013
Carnegie's Richard Carlson receives Arthur L. Day Medal
Carnegie geochemist Richard Carlson has been awarded the prestigious Arthur L. Day Medal from the Geological Society of America for "outstanding distinction in contributing to geologic knowledge through the application of physics and chemistry to the solution of geologic problems."

Contact: Tina McDowell
tmcdowell@carnegiescience.edu
202-939-1120
Carnegie Institution

Public Release: 17-Jul-2013
Bert L. & N. Kuggie Vallee Foundation announces first recipients of its Young Investigator Awards
The Vallee Foundation announces the first recipients of its Young Investigator Awards. The award includes $250,000. 2013 recipients are: Kirsty Spalding, David Tobin, and Feng Zhang.

Contact: Brian R. Bernert
foundation@thevalleefoundation.org
617-998-6812
Bert L. and N. Kuggie Vallee Foundation

Public Release: 16-Jul-2013
2013 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition
2013 medals and awards of the Geological Society of America
The Geological Society of America will recognize outstanding scientific achievements and distinguished service to the profession at its 2013 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Denver, Colo., USA. GSA's highest honors, the Penrose Medal, the Arthur L. Day Medal, and the Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal) will be received by Steven M. Stanley of the University of Hawaii, Richard W. Carlson of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and Naomi E. Levin of Johns Hopkins University, respectively.

Contact: Christa Stratton
cstratton@geosociety.org
Geological Society of America

Public Release: 16-Jul-2013
Dartmouth's Jason Moore selected as a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences
Professor Jason H. Moore of Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine has been selected as a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences for 2013. Moore presented his work, "Exploiting interestingness in a computational evolution system for the genome-wide genetic analysis of Alzheimer's disease" at the Third Indonesian-American Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium in Bali, Indonesia in June 2013.
Kavli Foundation

Contact: Kenneth D. Hertel
Kenneth.d.hertel@dartmouth.edu
603-650-1211
Dartmouth College

Public Release: 16-Jul-2013
Geological Society of America's 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Exposition
Dr. Steven M. Stanley wins Penrose Medal, top honor for pure geology
Dr. Steven M. Stanley, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Department of Geology & Geophysics, is the recipient of the 2013 Geological Society of America Penrose Medal, the society's highest honor. This medal, which is awarded for eminent research in pure geology, will be presented at the GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colo., at an awards ceremony on Oct. 28, 2013.

Contact: Christa Stratton
cstratton@geosocioety.org
Geological Society of America

Public Release: 16-Jul-2013
NYU chemists among R&D Magazine award winners for creation of optical evaluation instrument
New York University chemists have been recognized by R&D Magazine for their creation of an instrument that evaluates the viability of optical displays in consumer and industrial products.
National Science Foundation

Contact: James Devitt
james.devitt@nyu.edu
212-998-6808
New York University

Public Release: 16-Jul-2013
Ecological Society of America 2013 Annual Meeting
Minnesota Energy & Environment Senior Advisor Ellen Anderson to receive ESA Regional Policy Award
On Sunday, August 4, 2013, the Ecological Society of America will present its sixth annual Regional Policy Award to Ellen Anderson, Energy and Environment Senior Advisor to Minnesota's Governor Dayton, during the Society's conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The ESA award recognizes an elected or appointed local policymaker who has an outstanding record of informing policy decisions with ecological science.

Contact: Nadine Lymn
nadine@esa.org
202-833-8773 x205
Ecological Society of America

Public Release: 16-Jul-2013
Alzheimer's Association International Conference
Pioneers in Alzheimer's research: Research couple honored for its lifetime achievement
The US Alzheimer's Association honors Dr. Eva-Maria Mandelkow and Professor Dr. Eckhard Mandelkow from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the caesar research center.

Contact: Dirk Förger
presse@dzne.de
49-228-433-02260
Helmholtz Association

Public Release: 15-Jul-2013
Astrophysicist Mercedes Richards is Woman Physicist of the Month for July 2013
Astrophysicist Mercedes Richards of Penn State is being honored by the American Physical Society as its Woman Physicist of the Month for July 2013.
NASA

Contact: Barbara K. Kennedy
science@psu.edu
814-863-4682
Penn State

Public Release: 15-Jul-2013
2013 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Annual Scientific Meeting
Dr. Valentin Fuster receives 2013 SCCT Arthur S. Agatston Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Award
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has honored Valentin Fuster, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Mount Sinai Heart at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, with the 2013 SCCT Arthur S. Agatston Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Award at its SCCT Annual Scientific Meeting in Montréal, Canada, on July 12.

Contact: Lauren Woods
lauren.woods@mountsinai.org
212-241-2836
The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Public Release: 11-Jul-2013
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation to honor 7 young mental health researchers
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation will honor seven young mental health researchers for their exceptional research on Fri. July 26, 2013 at the Annual Klerman and Freedman Awards, and present an online briefing for media about the honorees' latest cutting-edge research on July 23, 2013.

Contact: Sally Corbett
scorbett@bbrfoundation.org
516-829-0091 x242
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Public Release: 11-Jul-2013
Mukhanov and Starobinsky to receive $500,000 Gruber Cosmology Prize
The 2013 Gruber Cosmology Prize recognises Viatcheslav Mukhanov and Alexei Starobinsky for their formative contributions to inflationary theory, an essential component for understanding the evolution and structure of the Universe.

Contact: Lars Lindberg Christensen
lars@eso.org
49-893-200-6761
International Astronomical Union

Public Release: 11-Jul-2013
CASBS Summit
Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman selected as the winner of the 2013 SAGE-CASBS Award
SAGE and the Center for the Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University (CASBS) are delighted to announce that Dr. Daniel Kahneman is the inaugural recipient of the SAGE-CASBS award. Established this year, this award recognizes outstanding achievement in advancing the understanding of the behavioral sciences as they are applied to pressing social issues.

Contact: Camille Gamboa
camille.gamboa@sagepub.com
SAGE Publications

Public Release: 10-Jul-2013
American Society of Echocardiography's (ASE) 2013 24th Annual Scientific Sessions
First-ever presentation using holograms conducted by Dr. Sengupta at the ASE's 2013 24th Annual Scientific Sessions
Partho P. Sengupta, MBBS, MD, DM, FASE, Director of Cardiac Ultrasound Research and Associate Professor of Medicine in Cardiology at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, conducted the first-ever presentation using hologram technology at The American Society of Echocardiography's 2013 24th Annual Scientific Sessions on July 1 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Contact: Lauren Woods
lauren.woods@mountsinai.org
212-241-2836
The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Public Release: 10-Jul-2013
19th International C. elegans Meeting
7 receive Genetics Society of America poster awards at worm meeting
Six graduate students and one undergraduate were named as recipients of Genetics Society of America poster awards at the 19th International C. elegans Meeting, held June 26 on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles.
Genetics Society of America

Contact: Elizabeth Ruedi
eruedi@genetics-gsa.org
301-634-7371
Genetics Society of America

Public Release: 9-Jul-2013
Titus Schleyer first to hold chair established to honor informatics giant Clem McDonald
Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute are establishing an endowed chair to honor Clement McDonald, M.D., a pioneer and innovator in the use of health information technology to improve patient care and outcomes. Titus Schleyer, D.M.D., Ph.D., MBA, will be the first Clem McDonald Professor of Biomedical Informatics.

Contact: Cindy Fox Aisen
caisen@iupui.edu
317-843-2276
Indiana University

Public Release: 9-Jul-2013
2013 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting
AOSSM presents prestigious research awards at annual meeting
In order to recognize and encourage cutting-edge research in key areas of orthopaedic sports medicine, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine will present ten research awards and seven grants during its Annual Meeting, July 11-14 in Chicago, IL. As a leader in orthopaedic sports medicine, AOSSM annually provides more than $350,000 to research initiatives and projects around the country.

Contact: Lisa Weisenberger
lisa@aossm.org
847-655-8647
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine

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