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Podcast
Geeks of the world, unite!: A conversation with Gabe Grell, Ph.D., NASA Postdoctoral Fellow
Gabe Grell, Ph.D., is a self-described geek. He is a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow focused on high-energy astrophysics, which involves observing some of the most powerful objects in the universe, including massive stars (10 to 20 times bigger than our…
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News
ORAU awards $180,000 in research grants to 36 junior faculty
ORAU has distributed $180,000 in research grants to 36 junior faculty members from its member universities through the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards program. This initiative supports early-career researchers by providing seed…
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Podcast
Studying clouds on the sun: A conversation with Veronika Jercic, Ph.D., NASA Postdoctoral Fellow
Veronika Jercic, Ph.D., is a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. She studies structures in the solar atmosphere known as prominences or filaments. Jercic calls them clouds on the sun. These clouds are important to…
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Blog Post
Pathway to Trades Summit tackles skilled trades workforce needs amid nuclear expansion
Leaders from labor organizations, industry, government, education and community support services convened at the Pathway to Trades Summit to address one of the region’s most urgent challenges: building a skilled workforce capable of meeting the…
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Podcast
A 6-year-old's dream of becoming a physicist came true: A conversation with Maurice Roots, Ph.D., NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow
Maurice Roots, Ph.D., was six years old when he watched “Star Trek” and decided to be a physicist. His dream came true and today he is an atmospheric physicist in the NASA Postdoctoral Program researching atmospheric chemistry and…
