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In Their Push To Improve Science Education AUTHOR: JEFFREY MERVIS, pg. 1 Thousands of scientists may participate in the $75 million effort toward lasting improvements in the way kids are taught WASHINGTON--This month the National Science Foundation kicks off a $75 million program to improve the way that science and mathematics are taught in United States public schools. Thousands of scientists and engineers throughout the nation, from both academia and industry, are expected to play an imp

AUTHOR: MARCIA CLEMMITT, pg. 1, 6-7. After a decade of toiling in the business world, Nobelist Melvin Schwartz once again tries to make things happen in the lab Melvin Schwartz remembers his first physics experiment. "I was seven," he says, "and I'd read that you could make a magnet by putting [electrical] current around iron." Wrapping a light cord around a pair of scissors didn't work, he recalls, but "there was a light socket, and I thought I'd try putting the current through the scissors.

Stanford, Drexel Physicists Recognized For Contributions To Laser Science MIT Honors Nobel Winner Jerome Friedman With Special Title, `Institute Professor Obituaries ~ Mary Hewitt Loveless and Irvine H. Page Contributions To Laser Science AUTHOR: Rebecca Andrews, p.21-22 Lorenzo M. Narducci, Francis K. Davis Professor of Physics and Atmospheric Science at Philadelphia's Drexel University, and Stephen E. Harris, Kenneth and Barbara Oshman Professor of Electrical Engineering and professo

Author: RENEE TWOMBLY, p. 1, 8-9. Since 1965, entrepreneurs have struggled to find a way to capitalize on the enzyme's anti-inflammatory properties Immunologist Mark Saifer was sure, even before it had a name, that the peculiar emerald-green protein could reduce inflammation. But Saifer and the other scientists who have acted on that conviction to build up DDI Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., couldn't say why the protein, derived from bovine testicles, worked, much less how it c

Support For Biomed Postdocs The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation offers three-year fellowship support, totaling $69,000, to young, M.D.- and Ph.D.-holding scientists to begin their postdoctoral training in any area of biomedicine. Designed to broaden a young researcher's base of knowledge and experience, the award may be used at any academic institution, in the United States or abroad, at which the scientist has not already studied or pursued research. Eligible candidates must be residents of Nor

AUTHOR: JEFFREY MERVIS, pg. 3. WASHINGTON--While any conceptual link between modern scientific investigation and Christopher Columbus's landing in the New World back in 1492 is tenuous, the National Institutes of Health nevertheless plans to mark the 500th anniversary of the Italian explorer's first visit to the Western hemisphere by giving awards named after him to leaders in biomedical research. This fall NIH will bestow Christopher Columbus Discovery Awards in Biomedical Research upon a doze

p.4 Federal Workplace Study Faulted House Science Panel Has Doubts On SSC . . . . . . But Some Remain Bullish On The Project Bridgen Leaves Biotech Trade Group Climate Modelers To Get Own Supercomputer In 1988 the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) began a pilot project, affecting 3,000 scientists and engineers, to try to improve personnel practices. The goal was to remove some of the administrative barriers that prevent many federal agencies from hiring and retainin

AUTHOR: ROBIN EISNER, pg. 5,17,25. A poll of 166 biotech firms cites frustration with FDA and U.S. Patent Office as major concerns of companies The typical biotechnology company regards the Food and Drug Administration's lengthy approval process for new drugs as the greatest barrier to success, according to a recent survey of 166 United States biotech firms. And if FDA isn't enough of a thorn in the side of the companies, U.S. Patent Office delays and a lack of management expertise are two o

July 8, 1991 PG: 9 TY: NEWS On page 19 of the June 10, 1991, issue of The Scientist, an incorrect affiliation was given for Eric Lander, listed as a "scientist to watch" because of his effective appearances on television. Lander is a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and an associate professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the story on honorary degrees that appeared on page 1 of the June 24, 1991, issue of The Scientist, the name of Charles

Philadelphia's reputation for brotherly love suffers after Carlo Croce decides to remove himself and his staff from Fels Institute Cell lines have died. At least one grant deadline will be missed. Scientists speak with bitterness and resentment about their colleagues, and an entire university's commitment to science is being called into question. Things are far from business as usual at Temple University's Fels Institute in Philadelphia, where earlier this year institute director Carlo Croce an

The recessionary economy makes finding work tough for both new graduates and experienced researchers Summertime, and the sidewalks are steaming--tempers short, and the work day long. It's the time of year when people are considering whether they should start looking for a new job. If they begin the search now, they can at least look forward to a new place to work when the cool weather comes. Summer is also the season for new science graduates to make a decision as to whether they should continu

Revelations of the school's squandeing of funds have overwhelmed those who until now had managed to avert arbitrary caps WASHINGTON--The political fallout from Stanford University's questionable use of overhead charges for its federally funded research projects appears likely to achieve what a decade of pressure from the White House could not do: place a cap on how much universities can spend on the administrative portion of their indirect costs. Welcome news for scientists is that such a ca