Page 128 - Scholars Program News Today

The Week That Will Be Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at 9:30 a.m.: The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host an online event on the future of the U.S.-China relationship. CSIS expert Jude Blanchette will join Ryan Hass, senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, to discuss his new book, “Stronger: Adapting America’s China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence.” You can submit questions ...

Morehouse College, Verily Announces $575k Endowed Life Sciences Scholarship to Support STEM Careers – Today, Verily announced a partnership with Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, to establish an endowed award of $575,000 to fund a new Verily Scholars Program.  – The program will provide an annual scholarship to an exceptional Morehouse student majoring in STEM (Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Engineering) careers and will also fund up to three annual all-expenses paid summer intern...

SUMMARY Vaccination elicits immune responses capable of potently neutralizing SARS-CoV-2. However, ongoing surveillance has revealed the emergence of variants harboring mutations in spike, the main target of neutralizing antibodies. To understand the impact of these variants, we evaluated the neutralization potency of 99 individuals that received one or two doses of either BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 vaccines against pseudoviruses representing 10 globally circulating strains of SARS-CoV-2. Five of th...

This photograph was taken before the coronavirus pandemic necessitated health measures such as wearing masks and social distancing. Babatunde Ogunnaike, the William L. Friend Chaired Professor of Chemical Engineering and former Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Delaware, is the newly appointed director of the Grand Challenges Scholars Program. ‘Lets go change the world together’ Article by Jordan Howell Photo by Kathy F. Atki...

Seven Darien High School seniors presidential scholar candidates Staff FacebookTwitterEmail Seven Darien High School seniors have been selected as candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. These students have been identified based on broad academic achievement, and having scored exceptionally well on the SAT, or ACT standardized college admissions tests. Top row left to right are: Nicholas Liu, Eleanor Chase, Alexander DelVecchio, and Christina Pizzani. Bottom row left to right are...

Project Description The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. The program makes grants to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding individuals who are in their first few years of their appointment at the assistant professor level. Amount per Award: $300,000 ($75,000 per year) Duration of Award: 4 Years Number of Awards: 22 Awar...

The Week That Will Be Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at 9:30 a.m.: The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on U.S. Southern and Northern Commands. The committee will hear testimony from Adm. Craig Faller, commander of Southern Command, and Gen. Glen VanHerck, commander of Northern Command.  Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at 11:00 a.m.: The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations will hold a hearing o...

Community news: Webinar to address cannabis trends among youth and more March 11, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 Check: Brendan Miles, Alan Mathis and LifeBridge president and CEO Molly MilesContributed photoShow MoreShow Less 2of8 3of8 4of8 Urban Scholars: Lissan Hinton, Laron Barden, JJ Joyner and Jazell Ingram, Brendan Miles, Alan Mathis and Molly MilesContributed photoShow MoreShow Less 5of8 Matthew Podolsky, a resident of Fairfield, Conn. submitted this weather photo to Hearst Connecticut ...

March 9, 2021 | by Kardelen Koldas 15 Naoki Kihata ’22, Jordyn Kim ’22, and Keerthi Martyn ’22 have been awarded prestigious Davis Projects for Peace grants for projects in South Korea and Haiti. This summer, the $10,000 awards will take Kihata and Kim to South Korea, where they’ll initiate a CCAK-like mentorship program aiming to address mental health burdens created by the pressures of the education system. Martyn will travel to Haiti, where he’ll work to strengthen the curriculum ...

UMB News Support UMBs Increasing Efforts to Deal with the COVID-19 Pandemic During this important period, please consider supporting UMBs critical vaccine research and development, advancing its work in human virology, and donating to critical emergency funds especially designed for specific students in need.  We truly appreciate your gifts in this time of great need.  March 8, 2021 Tyler McKenzie joined the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) CURE Scholars Program in 2015...