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Erin Burr brings her own postdoctoral experience to ORISE
In her current role on the ORISE Assessment and Evaluation team, Burr acts as a principal investigator on evaluations of STEM workforce development programs managed by ORISE. Administrators and sponsors use the evaluations from Burr and her team to assess their programs and see how they can be improved.
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ORISE is accepting applications for Environmental Management Graduate Fellowship Program from students at Minority Serving Institutions
ORISE is currently accepting applications for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) 2023 Environmental Management Graduate Fellowship Program. The program is designed to provide science and engineering students and graduates from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) an opportunity for training and mentorship in targeted technical areas of interest and needs of the DOE-EM workforce.
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ORISE names Chad Becker director of new Office of Safety and Facilities
The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education is pleased to announce that Chad Becker will serve as the director of the newly established Office of Safety and Facilities. Becker previously served as director of Facilities and Transportation, a role he has held for more than seven years.
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Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education announces winners of inaugural Future of Science Awards to celebrate its 30th anniversary
To honor the 30th anniversary of the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, the organization announced the winners of its inaugural Future of Science Awards. These prestigious awards recognize excellence performed by ORISE participants in the areas of scientific achievement, professional growth, project contributions and leadership in three categories: undergraduate and post-baccalaureate, graduate student and post-master’s, and postdoctoral. Each winner will receive $1,000 cash and recognition from ORISE.
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Stubbs presents at White House National HBCU Week Conference
Desmond Stubbs, Ph.D., director of STEM diversity initiatives for ORISE, was an invited presenter at last month’s National HBCU Week Conference, sponsored by the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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First all-ORISE Ignite Off Competition names ORNL intern as its winner
Amish Mishra, an ORISE participant in the National Science Foundation's Mathematical Sciences Graduate Internship (NSF-MSGI) Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), won the 2022 Ignite Off! competition.
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