Eight members of the University of Chicago faculty have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. They include Profs. Zeresenay Alemseged, Benson Farb, Jeffrey Hubbe
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TAMPA, Fla. (April 29, 2021) - Seven Florida Inventors whose discoveries are saving lives, transforming the environment, and creating new technologies will be inducted as the 2021 Class of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Among them are Dean Kamen, often referred to as the modern Thomas Edison due to the breadth and scope of his trailblazing inventions, including the Segway®; and Mark Dean, who holds three patents for the original IBM PC and is co-inventor of the ISA bus which revolutionized modern computing.
The 2021 class also includes Norma Alcantar, whose plant-based technologies have played a critical role in the global food-water-energy nexus and are breaking ground with new biomedical applications; Roberta Goode, whose valve designs for vascular catheters have saved countless lives; Susann Keohane, whose advances in Artificial Intelligence are transforming technology for people with disabilities and the aging population; David Kotic
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2 UT Austin Faculty Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Jonathan Sessler and Anthony Di Fiore have been elected members of the National Academy of Sciences.
AUSTIN, Texas Chemist Jonathan L. Sessler and anthropologist Anthony Di Fiore of The University of Texas at Austin have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. The academy is the country’s most prestigious scientific organization, and election to it is one of the highest honors for American researchers.
The two are among 120 new national inductees announced this week in recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements in original scientific research.
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If ever there was a time to celebrate the power of innovation, it is in the wake of the wave of innovation unleashed by the SARS CoV-2 pandemic.
At the University of Pittsburgh, taking on the world’s biggest challenges is in our DNA, and our faculty, students and staff rose to the occasion to develop innovative solutions to directly confront Covid-19. They also persevered to keep progressing on the commercial translation of their pre-pandemic discoveries.
The University of Pittsburgh Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship presented its Celebration of Innovation on April 22, 2021, on YouTube.
The Celebration of Innovation recognizes the accomplishments of Pitt innovators who have achieved important milestones for the commercialization of their work to make an impact on the world and on people’s lives. These include being issued a patent, or having their technology or creation licensed or copyrighted, including the formation of
Longtime University of New Mexico Professor C. Jeffrey Brinker has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, announced this week. He was among 120 members elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
A distinguished professor emeritus in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Brinker joined Sandia National Laboratories as a member of the technical staff in 1979 and was appointed distinguished member of the technical staff and National Laboratory Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry at UNM in 1991. From 1999 to 2019, he was jointly employed by UNM and Sandia.
“We are extremely proud to now have a National Academy of Sciences member among our ranks in the School of Engineering,” said Christos Christodoulou, Jim and Ellen King Dean of Engineering and Computing. “Jeff has made an amazing impact in his field, and this recognition is well-deserved.”