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Jul 22, 2013
Fulbright Scholar Program Needs Reviewers
Reviewers currently are being recruitted for the Fulbright Discipline Peer Review selection process. Professionals with expertise in any of the 127 disciplines are needed to review applications during a two-week review window beginning mid-August. For further information on what it means to be a Fulbright Discipline Peer Review committee member and a full list of available disciplines, please... Read more
Jul 22, 2013
NSF is Finalizing its FY 2013 Spending
On March 1, 2013, as required by law, President Obama issued the sequestration order, under which NSF budgetary resources were reduced by $356 million. NSF has since received its full-year FY 2013 appropriations and we are now finalizing our detailed FY 2013 spending plans. NSF affirms our commitment to honor the following guiding principles that were identified in Important Notice 133: Read more
Jul 01, 2013
NH Sea Grant and UNH Cooperative Extension Lead Citizen Scientists' Work to Document Climate Change
Alyson Eberhardt, coastal ecosystems specialist with NH Sea Grant/UNH Cooperative Extension (NHSG/UNHCE), works with citizen scientists in southeastern N.H. to document small-scale impacts of climate change in their backyards and neighborhoods. The data the volunteers will meticulously record, such as the date the tree buds open up, when chipmunks begin scurrying through the yard, and when... Read more
Jun 25, 2013
Soybeans and DNA: Two Important Supreme Court Decisions
The U.S. Supreme Court recently delivered two unanimous decisions, Bowman v. Monsanto (Bowman) and Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics (Myriad). One affirmed industry legal analysis, and the other upended it. In Bowman, the Court held that growing a patented plant and harvesting its seed is equivalent to making the patented seed. Read more- Next Posts
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Aug 19, 2013
Stacia Sower: From Lampreys to Legend, A New Chapter in Neuroscience
Stacia Sower, Director of the Center for Molecular and Comparative Endocrinology at UNH and professor of biochemistry, has had a career characterized by groundbreaking scientific discovery and achievement. Recently, Sower and co-authors published the first paper describing the sequence of the sea lamprey genome, providing insights into vertebrate evolution. Read morePosted in: Agriculture & Biosciences, Research Development & Communications, Research Spotlight
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