News
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RCSA Grants Management System in Transition
RCSA is moving to a new grants management system. These instructions will be updated as work progresses.
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RCSA Names William Dichtel 2018 Cottrell FRED Winner
Dichtel’s research addresses important challenges at the interface of organic chemistry and materials science.
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2018 Cottrell Scholar Conference: Personalizing Education
The 24th-Annual Cottrell Scholar Conference drew 110 attendees, the most-ever.
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Catherine J. Murphy
Murphy was one of the first researchers to examine the interaction of nanoparticles with biological systems.
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Expanding the CURE Model: Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience
A Cottrell Scholars Collaborative report on the challenges, solutions, and opportunties associated with broader adoption of CUREs in physical science curricula.
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First Cottrell Scholar Regional Meeting Reinforces Community, Connectedness
Cottrell Scholars came together in mid-April at the University of Illiniois, Urbana-Champaign.
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E. Norval Fortson
“Make the most of it.” That’s the advice E. Norval Fortson, professor emeritus, physics, University of Washington, gives to early career…
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Thomas J. Meade
Thomas J. Meade is a highly successful inventor and entrepreneur, a founder of several tech companies worth hundreds of millions. He…
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Marshall Wilt
“Follow your interests and don’t be stymied by adversity. If you’re a person like I was at an institution that didn’t…
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2018 LEAD Award Goes to Penny Beuning of Northeastern University
Beuning will use LEAD Award in new role as director of graduate studies for Northeastern Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
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Six Team Awards Announced for Scialog: Advanced Energy Storage
Competitive Awards for Scialog: Advanced Energy Storage
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2017 Was a Good Year for Nathan Gabor
In 2017 Nathan Gabor, a condensed matter physicist at the University of California, Riverside, had the unique experience of being named…
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Cottrell Scholars Collaborate on 2-Volume ACS Symposium Book
More than Two Dozen Cottrell Scholars Share Projects
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Sara Skrabalak, FRED Award Winner 2017
Sara E. Skrabalak, chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, is the 2017 winner of RCSA’s Frontiers in Research Excellence and Discovery (FRED) Award.…
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Cottrell Scholar David Reitze’s LIGO Adventure
1996 Cottrell Scholar David Reitze recalls how he became executive director of the LIGO Observatory
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RCSA Announces 2017 FRED and SEED Awards for Cottrell Scholars
RCSA announces the 2017 FRED and SEED awards for Cottrell Scholars
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Implementing Effective Evaluation of Teaching and Learning in STEM
Building upon the work of Searching for Better Approaches: Effective Evaluation of Teaching and Learning in STEM this group proposed to…
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Northwestern Provost Daniel Linzer Named RCSA President
Daniel I.H. Linzer, formerly provost of Northwestern University, is the new president and CEO of Research Corporation for Science Advancement.
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Third Scialog: MCL Conference Yields Great Science Discussions and 13 Team Proposals
Scialong: Molecules Come to Life 2017
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German-American Fulbright Commission Names Two Cottrell-Fulbright Scholars
Hellmich and Schumann will each receive €63,000


