Donald Scavia is the Graham Family Professor of Sustainability, Professor of Natural Resources and Environment, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of the Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute, and Special Counsel to the U-M President for Sustainability.
Archive for September, 2010
Climate Change’s Donald Scavia’s Biography
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010A Shot to the Heart: Nanoneedle Delivers Quantum Dots to Cell Nucleus, by Liz Ahlberg
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010“This technique allows us to physically access the internal environment inside a cell,” Yu said. “It’s almost like a surgical tool that allows us to ‘operate’ inside the cell.”
UM, MSU to Create Center to Study Climate of Great Lakes, by Dustin Walsh
Monday, September 27th, 2010Funded by a five-year, $4.2 million grant from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the universities will create the Great Lakes Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments Center.
University of Chicago Harkins Lecture: Professor Michel Orrit: Leiden Univerisity, “Single-Molecule Optics: A Window on Structure and Dynamics”
Nov 15, 2010“Single-Molecule Optics: A Window on Structure and Dynamics”
Eighth Annual CBC Symposium “Protein Folding and Misfolding in Health and Disease”
Oct 29, 2010Friday, October 29, 2010 9:00 a.m. – 5:45 p.m. Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago Campus 1212 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 The mission of the Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC) is to stimulate collaboration among scientists at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Chicago that will transform research [...]
UIUC – ISTC Sustainability Seminar: “Sustainable Local Landscapes”
Oct 13, 2010Wednesday, October 13, 2010 12:00 pm Illinois Sustainable Technology Center 1 Hazelwood Drive Champaign, IL
University of Chicago Bloch Lecture: Professor Robert S. Langer
Oct 11, 2010“Chemistry in Medicine: From the Discovery of Angiogenesis Inhibitors to the Development of Controlled Drug Delivery Systems and the Foundation of Tissue Engineering”
Small Sciences Could Benefit From Better Data-Sharing Practices, by Phil Ciciora
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010The study, published in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, highlights the need for data curation services tailored for the “small sciences” – typically described as hypothesis-driven research led by a single investigator or small research group that generates and analyzes their own data.
Future Fuels’ Christopher Marshall Biography
Monday, September 20th, 2010Chris Marshall is a research chemist with expertise in catalyst formulation and characterization, reactor testing of both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, catalysis fundamentals, and molecular modeling.
The Trailblazer Campaign Starts October 1!
Friday, September 17th, 2010With strong Annual Fund support, C2ST can advance its mission and become a national voice for Science and Technology. To succeed, we must call upon the loyalty and generosity of our members, Sponsors, partners, and friends.
