In the News, August 2009

In an energy-related article this week, ‘smart grids’ or energy networks’ ability to increase the power capacity of the United States were highlighted. The increase could help offset future capacity needs predicted by the current demand for energy.

The article highlights other countries energy strategies along with new technologies. Read full article

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As an extension of the prestigious Woodrow Wilson National Foundation, a 2009 first-time program is looking for its next group of Fellows.
The Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowships offers recent college graduates and career changers in STEM fields a $30,000 stipend during a master’s degree program at one of four Indiana universities. In exchange, the Fellows commit to teach math, science or technology for three years in an Indiana public school.

There are two submission deadlines for the next Fellowship class (11/12/09 & 01/12/10). Contact Dana DiLullo, Program Associate, at WWWTeachingFellowships@woodrow.org for more information.

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An article from The Chronicle of Higher Education profiles the new dean of engineering at Alfred University and her desire for engineering students to ‘understand the big picture.’

Doreen Edwards is the first female dean of the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred. She is one of only 24 other female deans of engineering across the country.

The article profiles her career as she explains the need for improving the collaboration between engineering and other disciplines that will help students develop crossdisciplinary skills.

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