News Stories
Read news stories about ORAU employees and our expertise from current and past years.
2023
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Michael Holtz has remained driven through all of life’s challenges
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ORAU STEM Accelerator cohosts conference exploring refugee resettlement and STEM education
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2023 ORAU Extreme Classroom Makeover winning teacher hosts open house to showcase new tech
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‘3D-printed’ human tissue may hold answers to health impacts of diagnostic low-dose radiation exposures
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Olivia Blackmon uses “calculated risktaker” approach to life’s endeavors
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Appalachian students and teachers ‘really into research’ have many learning opportunities at summer STEM Academy
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Brandon Criswell named ORAU corporate secretary
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ORAU joins forces with Ecological Society of America to expand STEM opportunities for HBCU students, faculty
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ORAU’s Brenda Blunt as a Swiss Army knife for ORAU’s Health Policy Division
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Interns spend summer 'learning everything that there possibly is to learn' from ORAU and ORISE subject matter experts
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Four walls to no walls: How teachers are expanding their classrooms
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All work, all play: How Math & Movement promotes education with recreation
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ORAU collects nearly five tons of recyclables during the annual Earth Day event
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ORAU 2023 Pollard Scholarship recipients announced
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ORAU awards 35 research grants totaling $175,000 to junior faculty at its member universities
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Special issue of American Chemical Society journal focuses on research at HBCUs; ORAU’s Desmond Stubbs serves as a guest editor
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ORAU offers free teacher professional development courses throughout June
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ORAU employees donate more than 300 pounds of toys and household items to Holiday Bureau
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New ORAU website streamlines design, focuses on core capabilities
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Building partnerships for research success
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Students pay it forward by helping their teachers win Extreme Classroom Makeover prizes
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Ken Tarcza, Ph.D., joins ORAU as chief of staff
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ORAU welcomes new board members, two new university consortium members
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ORAU annual report shines spotlight on thriving research enterprise, contract wins, diversity initiatives and much more
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ORAU announces $30,000 Education Grants program for 2023
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ORAU awarded contract to help raise awareness of National Harm Reduction Technical Assistance Center
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Achieving health equity one step at a time
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Blackmon joins ORAU as senior research advisor
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ORAU awarded three-year, $15M Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services INSPIRE technical assistance services contract
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ORAU achieves ISO 14001:2015 recertification for commitment to protecting the environment
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ORAU Annual Giving Campaign exceeds $100,000 goal
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ORAU’s Ken Tobin selected as National Academy of Inventors Fellow
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Making sure all voices are heard: ORAU Diversity Council celebrates 30th birthday
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Extreme Classroom Makeover 2023 applications now open
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ORAU Team Dose Reconstruction Project for NIOSH donates $9,000 to combat food insecurity
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UNISOR team marks 50th anniversary of first experiment
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Building relationships with candidates is key to successful recruiting, hiring
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ORAU researchers publish study on communicating effectively to prevent infectious diseases among people experiencing homelessness
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ORAU named to Department of Health and Human Services SAMHSA contract
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NASA Postdoctoral Program fellow’s research could yield insights into early life on Mars
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Jennifer Hoff named deputy project manager of the ORAU Team Dose Reconstruction Project for NIOSH
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ORAU awards $21,000 in education grants to nine East Tennessee teachers
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ORAU wins EPEAT Purchaser Award for environmentally friendly purchasing practices
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Birds of a feather: Jeff Kelly uses weather data for biological research
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ORAU launches new Pathfinder app spotlighting hundreds of STEM internships, fellowships, and research opportunities
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ORAU 2022 Pollard Scholarship recipients announced
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ORAU awards 36 research grants totaling $180,000 to junior faculty at its member universities
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Employees collect nearly five tons of recyclables during annual Earth Day event
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NASA Postdoctoral Program seeks early career and senior scientists for prestigious fellowships at its locations across the United States
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ORAU’s 2022 annual meeting focuses on lessons learned from coronavirus pandemic
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Rick Farnsworth joins ORAU as senior research advisor
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Peer Review teams successfully manage over 700 virtual reviews
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The power of the patient voice in scientific peer review
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility: Creating a scientific workplace where everyone belongs
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ORAU names Taylor Vaughan capture manager
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ORAU awards $25,000 to Stacey Whaley at Northview Primary STEM School in annual Extreme Classroom Makeover competition
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ORAU names Brandon Criswell associate general counsel
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ORAU welcomes new board members, six new university consortium members
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Powe Award recipient explores the use of digital tools to help address autism in rural areas
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Scott Miller blends postdoctoral research and NASA leadership experience to enable the next generation
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Sara Alert™ Academic used to securely monitor and report health emergencies on university campuses
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ORAU re-launches Education Grants program for 2022
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ORAU Diversity Council presents Scarboro 85 program featuring John Spratling
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Desmond Stubbs: From late bloomer to diversity pioneer
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ORAU selected for CDC SHEPheRD Program
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Monica Jimenez, former EPA NSSC contractor, featured in Science Matters
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ORAU partners with Meharry to provide leadership in health equity and researcher diversity for new NIH consortium
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ORAU listed among Top 25 Veteran-Friendly Businesses in National Security
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ORAU names Brenda Blunt as health policy director
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Jamie Stalker joins ORAU as physician and co-lead for NSSP
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ORAU selected for NIH Path to Excellence Initiative
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ORAU announces recipients of 2021 Pollard Scholarships
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ORAU-sponsored Tennessee Valley Corridor session focuses on regional collaboration to strengthen scientific workforce
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ORAU awards 35 research grants totaling $175,000 to junior faculty at its member universities
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ORAU facility move provides office supplies for area teachers’ classrooms
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Organizational culture in flux: How COVID-19 may change workplaces forever
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ORAU awarded NACCHO contract to create video series on infection control and prevention best practices
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ORAU awarded contract to build workforce capacity for rural and frontier health departments in response to COVID-19
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Taking the pulse of health communication and other topics using social listening
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ORAU members elected to National Academy of Sciences
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Research in progress: How the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified barriers to career development for women in science
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Research in progress: Developing computer simulations to improve disaster planning in rural communities
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ORAU receives new work from CDC Office of Minority Health and Health Equity to support COVID-19 communications efforts
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Research in progress: Finding the links between COVID-19 health risk disparities and air pollutant exposures
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ORAU’s Kristy Kistner appointed to ISO 9004 international group
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ORAU welcomes new board members, new consortium institutions
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Handshake recognizes ORAU Workforce Solutions for Early Talent recruiting
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ORAU named to Government Services Administration OASIS contract vehicle
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ORAU managing virtual platform for Alfred Street Baptist Church Foundation HBCU Festival in February
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ORAU to develop COVID-19 PSA for Veterans Health Administration facilities around the country
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Building momentum for ORAU’s research culture: The Research and University Partnerships Office looks to the future
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ORAU names Steven Bartell as technical specialist
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ORAU awarded National Science Foundation grant to study greenhouse gas fluxes in the Arctic
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ORAU awarded contract to develop rapid assessment framework for HHS Office of Inspector General
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VHA PIMS helps VA prepare for and respond to COVID-19 and plan for vaccine distribution
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ORAU Annual Giving Campaign exceeds $100,000 goal
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Ken Tobin: Beginning a new chapter for ORAU’s Research and University Partnerships Office
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Atomic Finds: Rare collection and curator preserve radiation history
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ORAU receives Partner of the Year Award for NSSP, improving worker health protections
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ORAU awards 35 research grants for 2020-2021 academic year to junior faculty at its member universities
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ORAU Professional Training Programs in health physics accommodate every learning style
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ORAU announced as winner of 2020 EPEAT Award
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Donna Cragle: A legacy of excellence in research, relationships
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How is a culture of ‘zero vulnerabilities’ possible? ORAU has the answer
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Is it radioactive? The questions we get
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Employee Spotlight: Ali Simpkins
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Working in danger zones: ORAU forensic DNA examiners help piece together clues that save military lives
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Filling in the gaps: ORAU develops a new theoretical model for nuclear security culture
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COVID-19 lessons learned and the future of response and recovery
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ORAU virtual professional development reaches teachers nationwide
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Arminta Mack selected for National Society of Leadership and Success
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ORAU announces recipients of 2020 Pollard Scholarships
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ORAU awards $25,000 to Union Grove Elementary School in annual Extreme Classroom Makeover competition
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ORAU names Kenneth Tobin as vice president of ORAU’s University Partnerships Office
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ORAU is part of Titan Alpha team to support modernization, transformation of Veterans Health Administration
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Julie Crumly: Leveraging evaluation skills for a first-of-its-kind public health preparedness study
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ORAU names J. Scott Miller as senior research advisor
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ORAU welcomes new board members, new consortium institutions
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Jeff Miller: Leading organizational change in safety and security culture
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Perspective: ‘Silver Wave’ rising
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Wanda Gamble: Committed to a winning culture
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Five common peer review mistakes (and how to avoid them)
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Perspective: Ending the stigma of addiction through the power of words
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Training local organizations to more effectively use social media to communicate about opioid misuse and abuse
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Thirty thousand nuclear workers surveyed on safety cultures in their workplaces