Nov. 20, 2009
Experiments at the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, reported in a recent British Journal of Cancer, confirm that chemical engineer Neil Forbes’ delivery and trigger system has for the first time successfully placed a cancer-fighting protein directly into solid tumors and on cue, turned it on.
Nov. 20, 2009
The Food Science Department has been awarded a $234,000 Graduate Training Fellowship Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop scientists with cutting-edge multidisciplinary training in food science, nutrition and public policy.
Nov. 19, 2009
A proposal to create a public law school at the Dartmouth campus was approved Nov. 18 by the Board of Trustees Committee on Academic and Student Affairs.
Nov. 19, 2009
Mari Castañeda, associate professor of Communication, is one of five University system faculty members awarded a President’s Public Service Award on Nov. 19.
Nov. 18, 2009
Hungary’s Ministry of Culture and Education last month honored Catherine Portuges, professor of Comparative Literature in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, for her contributions on behalf of the country’s cinema and for enriching cultural relations between Hungary and other nations.
Nov. 18, 2009
Professor Guy Lanza, director of the Environmental Science Program in the Department of Natural Resources Conservation, has been invited to serve as a Fulbright senior specialist in Russia next fall.
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