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Listed below are Oak Ridge Associated Universities’ (ORAU) announcements for the current calendar year. You can search our news releases by choosing to sort by date, headline or topic. For news releases from previous years, please visit our News Archives.

Date Headline Topic
11/19/2009 ORAU Hosts Area Teachers for Alternative Energy Generator Demonstration and Seminar Science Education
11/19/2009 ORAU Hosts East Tennessee Government, Economic Leaders with the Goal of Strengthening Communities Corporate
11/18/2009 ORAU Gets the “Gold” for New Environmentally Friendly Building Corporate
11/18/2009 ORAU Donation Helps Bring 278th Regiment Home for the Holidays Community
11/16/2009 ORAU Establishes Mentor Protégé Relationship with National Resource Management, LLC Corporate
11/16/2009 ORAU’s Center for Science Education: First New Office Building Certified LEED Gold in Tennessee Corporate
11/06/2009 ORAU Now Accepting Applications for Volkswagen Distinguished Scholars Program Science Education
11/04/2009 ORAU Seeks Applicants for the 2010 Extreme Classroom Makeover Science Education
11/04/2009 ORAU Giving Campaign is Overwhelming Success Despite Economy Community
10/23/2009 ORISE Earns Fourth Consecutive DOE “Star of Excellence” Corporate
10/19/2009 Hackemeyer is Selected to Lead ORAU's National Security and Emergency Management Programs Corporate
10/12/2009 Kitts Promoted to ORAU Business Development Representative Corporate
10/08/2009 Abelquist Named ORAU Executive Vice President and Deputy Director of ORISE Corporate
09/14/2009 ORAU Awards $30,000 in Education Grants to Nine Area Schools Community
09/09/2009 Media Advisory: ORAU to Award $30,000 in Education Grants to Nine Area Schools Community
09/03/2009 ORAU Seeks Proposals for High-Performance Computing Grants University Partnerships
09/02/2009 ORAU’s Laboratory for Beryllium Lymphocyte Proliferation Testing Receives Accreditation from the College of American Pathologists Worker Health
08/28/2009 Timmerman Joins ORAU as Director of Procurement and Contracts Administration Corporate
08/24/2009 ORAU Begins Sign-up Process for Medical Toxicology Evaluations for Those Affected by the Fly Ash Spill Health Screening
08/19/2009 Gibson Joins ORAU as Director of NASA Postdoctoral Program Corporate
08/19/2009 Moroney Joins ORAU as Manager for Health Physics Group Corporate
08/18/2009 John Nemeth to Retire as VP of ORAU University Partnerships; Dr. Dick Toohey to Serve as Interim University Partnerships
08/18/2009 ORISE Named a 2009 Best Diversity Company by Readers of Diversity/Careers Magazine Diversity
08/11/2009 Media Advisory: Move that Bus! Science Education
08/10/2009 Students Conclude ORNL Summer Research Programs and Get Glimpse of Graduate School Opportunities at ORAU Fair University Partnerships
08/07/2009 Science Camp Seeks to Engage Middle School Students at a Critical Time Science Education
08/06/2009 New T2C2 Scholarship for High School Students University Partnerships
07/24/2009 Summer Institute Connects Appalachian Students and Teachers with National Lab Scientists Science Education
07/07/2009 ORISE’s CHRIS Program Expands to Include Eight Churches from Charlotte, N.C. Health Communication
07/07/2009 Call for Proposals Announced for New Research Opportunity Involving Coal Ash Corporate
06/30/2009 ORNL and ORAU Co-sponsor Faculty Summer Research Program University Partnerships
06/16/2009 ORAU Awards Research Grants to 30 Junior Faculty at Its Member Universities University Partnerships
06/16/2009 Some of the Nation’s Best Young Scientists to Converse About Chemistry with Nobel Laureates Science Education
06/16/2009 ORAU Sending 11 Young Scientists to Meet Nobel Laureates Science Education
06/11/2009 ORAU Workshop Connects High School Physics Teachers with ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source Science Education
06/04/2009 ORAU Awards 2009 Pollard Scholarships to Outstanding Students Corporate
06/02/2009 Medical Testing for Beryllium Sensitivity or Exposures to other Hazardous Substances Available Free to Former DOE Pinellas Plant Workers Worker Health
05/26/2009 Harry Anderson Page Named President and CEO of ORAU Corporate
05/21/2009 ORISE Report Shows Graduation Rates on the Rise in Nuclear Engineering in 2008 Workforce Needs
05/21/2009 ORISE Report Shows Number of Health Physics Degrees Granted Continues to Rise Workforce Needs
05/15/2009 Longtime ORAU Partner Names New Director, Continues Air Quality and Climate Research Collaborations Personnel
05/07/2009 Wamp Visits ORAU Center for Science Education Science Education
05/06/2009 ORAU Wins NIOSH Dose Reconstruction Contract Worker Health
05/06/2009 Oak Ridge Resident and Former ORAU Director Honored for 50 Years of Contributions Corporate
05/06/2009 State’s Largest Middle School Math Contest Continues Tradition of Combining Math, Fun, Food and Prizes Science Education
05/04/2009 ORAU Awards Gresham Middle With $25,000 Extreme Classroom Makeover Community
04/26/2009 Energy independence…materials make the difference Partnerships
04/20/2009 Testing for Beryllium or Other Hazardous Substances Exposures Available Free to Former Hanford Site Production Workers Worker Health
04/14/2009 Seven New Members Join ORAU Board of Directors Corporate
04/14/2009 Astafan Joins ORAU Board of Directors Corporate
04/14/2009 Maziar Joins ORAU Board of Directors Corporate
04/14/2009 Dooley Joins ORAU Board of Directors Corporate
04/14/2009 Bernstein Joins ORAU Board of Directors Corporate
04/14/2009 Lomax Joins ORAU Board of Directors Corporate
04/14/2009 Herdman Joins ORAU Board of Directors Corporate
04/14/2009 Turner Joins ORAU Board of Directors Corporate
03/31/2009 Hamilton Joins ORAU as Controller Personnel
03/18/2009 ORAU, U.S. Army Sign Agreement to Help Transition Honorably Discharged Soldiers into the Workforce Partnerships
03/16/2009 Report Focuses on Research Aimed at Using Technology to Make America’s Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Populations More Resilient to Disasters University Partnerships
03/16/2009 ORAU Announces Loudon County Winners of Center for Science Education Prizes Science Education
03/16/2009 ORAU Announces South Clinton Elementary as Winner of Center for Science Education Prize Science Education
03/16/2009 ORAU Announces Four Anderson County Schools as Winners of Center for Science Education Prizes Science Education
03/16/2009 ORAU Announces Roane County Winners of Center for Science Education Prizes Science Education
03/16/2009 ORAU Announces Knox County Winners of Center for Science Education Prizes Science Education
03/09/2009 Oak Ridge Resident Recognized for 50 Years with ORAU Corporate
03/03/2009 ORAU Member Institutions Explore Possibilities of Partnering with ORNL’s World-Class Facilities, Staff University Partnerships
02/26/2009 Thanks to Grant, Faculty and Students from ORAU Member Schools Will Perform Research Using ORNL's “Jaguar” and Other Supercomputers University Partnerships
02/26/2009 ORAU Welcomes its 100th Sponsoring Institution University Partnerships
02/26/2009 Third Graders from Linden Elementary Demonstrate the Technology at the Center for Science Education Science Education
02/12/2009 ORAU Seeks Applicants for its Extreme Classroom Makeover Science Education
01/29/2009 ORAU Celebrates the Grand Opening of Center for Science Education Science Education
01/08/2009 U.S. Students and Host Institutions Needed for Prestigious India Exchange Programs Science Education