CRASR News
Random Sample: "Tracking Contaminants in Whales- Using Their Earwax"[12/16/2011]
Graduate student Eleanor Robinson, with environmental scientist Sascha Usenko and biologist Stephen Trumble, all at Baylor University in Texas, have worked out an analytical method to quantify the compounds sequestered in whale earwax to determine levels of exposure to contaminants.
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Baylor Doctoral Students Make School History With Awards
[12/7/2011]
Bikram Subedi, a chemistry doctoral student working with Dr. Sascha Usenko, assistant professor of environmental science, won second place for a best student platform and oral presentation and Bowen Du, an ecological, earth and environmental sciences doctoral student working with Dr. Bryan Brooks, professor and graduate program director of environmental science, won third place for best student poster presentations.
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Baylor Biology Professor's Article Recognized by Top Scientists in Field
[12/6/2011]
An article by Dr. Ryan S. King, associate professor of biology at Baylor University, has been selected and evaluated by the Faculty of 1000 (F1000), a database of more than 100,000 evaluations of the top 2 percent of published articles in biology and medicine.
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Baylor professor organizes international course on air quality research
[11/30/2011]
From the office of the Vice Provost for Research -- Dr. George Cobb, chair of the Department of Environmental Science, is the president of SETAC North America and organizer of the Pan American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) program. The PASI program (sponsored in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation), funds courses that bring together graduate students, postdoctoral scientists and established investigators from North and South America to discuss important problems in science and engineering.
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BRIC named as finalist for Global Innovator's Award
[10/27/2011]
The Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC) project was selected as one of eight worldwide finalists competing for CoreNet Global's 2011 H. Bruce Russell Global Innovators Awards (GIA).
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WERF Recognizes DC Water's Biosolids Project with Award for Excellence in Innovation as One of the Greenest Projects in the World
[10/19/2011]
(ALEXANDRIA, Va.) -- The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) recognized DC Water with its Award for Excellence in Innovation Tuesday afternoon for its Biosolids Program, which will cut greenhouse gas emissions dramatically, produce more energy, and create higher quality biosolids - all combining to save millions of dollars annually when the facility begins operating in 2014.
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WERF Gives Large Award for Cutting-Edge Research
[10/19/2011]
(ALEXANDRIA, Va.) -- Yesterday, the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) awarded its largest prize for a research project that could lead to more available potable water in arid climates.
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