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News Clipping: Picking Up on the Smell of Evolution
IGERT Program in Comparative Genomics

UA researchers have discovered some of the changes in genes, physiology and behavior that enable a species to drastically change its lifestyle... See News Clipping »

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05/19/2015 Picking Up on the Smell of Evolution IGERT Program in Comparative Genomics
03/03/2015 Get Creative at Your Desk With a Little Playtime IGERT: INSPIRE: Information Security and Privacy: An... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
02/15/2015 Project aims for prosthetic that senses like real hand Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technologies... Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions
01/20/2015 Emerging technology would improve diagnosis, treatment of eye disorders Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technologies... Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions
01/20/2015 Setting the stage for fact-based fight against Ebola Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technologies... Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions
01/12/2015 Microtubes create cozy space for neurons to grow, and... IGERT: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in... Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
12/31/2014 Expanding the tool kit for detecting, treating traumatic brain... Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technologies... Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions
11/25/2014 Profiling High-School Students with Facebook IGERT: INSPIRE: Information Security and Privacy: An... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
11/21/2014 ASU's Panchanathan receives national innovation, entrepreneurship appointment Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technologies... Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions
11/21/2014 Advances in robotics promise performance boost in prosthetic hands Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technologies... Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions
11/17/2014 Taking the pulse of aging Neuroengineering: A Unified Educational Program for... Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
11/10/2014 Better Bomb-Sniffing Technology: University of Utah Engineers Develop Material... Nanobiosensors, Nanomaterials, and Microfluidics Device Development, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
11/10/2014 Emerald ash borer may have met its match LEAP: Landscape, Ecological and Anthropogenic Processes Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
11/04/2014 Superconducting circuits, simplified IGERT: Interdisciplinary Quantum Information Science and... Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
11/04/2014 Computer Science, Cyber-Archaeology and Cultural Heritage IGERT: Training, Research and Education in Engineering... Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
10/28/2014 Study Shows Excess Parking at Some Denver Sports Stadiums IGERT: Sustainable Urban Infrastructure - Integrating... Civil Infrastructure, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
10/27/2014 Flapping baby birds offer clues to origin of flight Biological and Bio-inspired Motion Systems Operating in... Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Materials Sci & Eng, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
10/21/2014 Researchers send electricity, light along same super-thin wire IGERT: Distributed Renewable Energy: From Science and... Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability
10/21/2014 Syracuse Physicists Explore Biomimetic Clocks IGERT: Soft Interfaces - Bridging the Divide in Graduate... Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
10/08/2014 Cryptagram photo privacy for social media IGERT: INSPIRE: Information Security and Privacy: An... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
10/01/2014 Privacy breaches on Ebay IGERT: INSPIRE: Information Security and Privacy: An... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
09/09/2014 Mystery Solved: “Sailing Stones” of Death Valley Seen in... Global Change, Marine Ecosystems, and Society Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
06/24/2014 Video: Grad Program Dives into Emerging Fields of Big... IGERT-CIF21: Interdisciplinary Graduate Education... Bioinformatics, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience
06/23/2014 Hines Interviewed in National Public Radio IGERT: Smart Grids - Technology, Human Behavior and Policy Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions
06/23/2014 Promoting Partnership: UMass Boston and Addis Ababa University Continue... IGERT - Coasts and Communities: Natural and Humans Systems Climate Change, Sustainability
06/18/2014 President Obama appoints IGERT PI Sethuraman Panchanathan to National... Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technologies... Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions
06/17/2014 NSF Discovery: Artificial brains learn to adapt: Neural networks... IGERT: Training Program in Wireless Intelligent Sensor... Computational Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
06/17/2014 Rensselaer Researchers Predict the Electrical Response of Metals to... Terahertz Science and Technology - A Studio-Based Approach Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Entrepreneurialism, Materials Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
06/09/2014 Denise Koessler and Sheryl Sandberg in the USA Today IGERT: Scalable Computing and Leading Edge Innovative... Bioinformatics, Computational Sci & Eng
06/06/2014 Koessler's "Social Fingerprinting" Research ranks cooler than Google Glass IGERT: Scalable Computing and Leading Edge Innovative... Bioinformatics, Computational Sci & Eng
06/04/2014 Koessler selected as Tennessee Torchbearer: "The Data Analyst" IGERT: Scalable Computing and Leading Edge Innovative... Bioinformatics, Computational Sci & Eng
04/07/2014 Hot Couture IGERT Fellowships in Nanoscale Science & Engineering: The... Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
04/07/2014 Stanford researchers reveal more about how our brains control... IGERT: Emergent Functions of Neural Systems Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience
04/04/2014 Characterization of distinct root and shoot responses to low-oxygen... IGERT in Chemical Genomics (ChemGen): Forging... Computational Sci & Eng, Materials Sci & Eng
03/20/2014 A Week as an Arctic Council Delegate in Arkhangelsk,... IGERT: Polar Environmental Change Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/18/2014 Climate change, bees, and parasites Biological Invasions: From Genes to Ecosystems, From..., IGERT: Climate Change, Water, and Society (CCWAS), IGERT: REsponding to RApid Environmental CHange (REACH):... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
01/17/2014 Using BioNanotechnology to Solve Medical Problems IGERT: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in... Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
12/06/2013 Ocean Scientists for Informed Policy Global Change, Marine Ecosystems, and Society, Marine Biodiversity - Understanding Threats and Providing... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
11/26/2013 Dispatches from the Field: Interdisciplinary Team Deployed Near Tip... IGERT: Training, Research and Education in Engineering... Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
10/30/2013 Helping Landowners With Waste Wood While Improving Agribusiness and... IGERT: Bioresource-based Energy for Sustainable Societies Energy, Sustainability
10/28/2013 Students As Oracles: In Delphi, UC San Diego Researchers... IGERT: Training, Research and Education in Engineering... Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
10/09/2013 Cation Intercalation and High Volumetric Capacitance of Two-Dimensional Titanium... IGERT Fellowships in Nanoscale Science & Engineering: The... Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
10/04/2013 Genetically Modified Bacteria Produce 50 Percent More Fuel Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/25/2013 Taking the Brook Trout's Temperature Global Linkages of Biology, Environment, and Society... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 Students' assignment: Help Fijians get clean drinking water Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 Environmental engineers from UCLA assess rural water conditions Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 Uni students assess rural water conditions Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 Liao wins international award for renewable energy research Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 UCLA Researchers Win International Award for Groundbreaking Water Treatment... Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 UCLA researchers double efficiency of novel solar cell Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 The Future of Demand Response Technologies Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 Science as art: beautiful world under the microscope Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 Grad students are driving force behind research Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/09/2013 JHU fellows head out on the water to battle... IGERT: Water, Climate, and Health Climate Change, Sustainability, Water
07/05/2013 Undergraduates Study Cultural Heritage During Summer Internships IGERT: Training, Research and Education in Engineering... Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
07/05/2013 Qualcomm Institute's Ashley Richter Wins Interdisciplinary Research Award IGERT: Training, Research and Education in Engineering... Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
07/05/2013 Tom Levy's High-Tech Cyber-Archaeology Roadshow IGERT: Training, Research and Education in Engineering... Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
06/18/2013 Around the Pier: A Story about Science Global Change, Marine Ecosystems, and Society Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
05/04/2013 Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research presented at International Conference IGERT in Chemical Genomics (ChemGen): Forging... Computational Sci & Eng, Materials Sci & Eng
04/22/2013 Nanotechnology for Clean Energy IGERT Elementary School Outreach Nanotechnology for Clean Energy Device Development, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
03/10/2013 Mechanisms of carbon storage in mountainous headwater rivers IGERT: WATER - Integrated Water Atmosphere and Ecosystem... Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
03/06/2013 Trainees Participate in Joint-US Materials Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Nanotechnology for Clean Energy Device Development, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
03/05/2013 IGERT Fellow Kristy Jost Wins Lindau Award Nanoscale Engineering and Science: One Campus, Two-... Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
02/19/2013 NSF grant will establish dedicated nanoBIO node to Network... IGERT: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in... Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
02/12/2013 Dawn Bonnell Elected to National Academy of Engineering IGERT Fellowships in Nanoscale Science & Engineering: The... Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
02/12/2013 COSI@CU Newsletter and YouTube Channel IGERT: Interdisciplinary Graduate Education in... Computational Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
01/04/2013 Carnegie Mellon IGERT Trainee Wins at 2012 Society of... IGERT: Educating and the Interface: Nanomaterial... Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
12/19/2012 IGERT video re-imagines women in science, receives media coverage IGERT: Polar Environmental Change Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
12/14/2012 Drexel IGERT wins big at Materials Research Society meeting IGERT Fellowships in Nanoscale Science & Engineering: The... Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
12/13/2012 New bioenergy and sustainable technology online graduate certificate From Crops to Commuting: Integrating the Social,... Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability
10/12/2012 California butterflies on your phone Biological Invasions: From Genes to Ecosystems, From..., IGERT: Climate Change, Water, and Society (CCWAS), IGERT: REsponding to RApid Environmental CHange (REACH):... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
10/09/2012 Restoring the California Delta Biological Invasions: From Genes to Ecosystems, From..., IGERT: Climate Change, Water, and Society (CCWAS), IGERT: REsponding to RApid Environmental CHange (REACH):... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
10/01/2012 Newly demonstrated capabilities of low-powered nanotweezers may benefit cellular-level... IGERT: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in... Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
09/27/2012 Michael Sheetz Shares the Prestigious Albert Lasker Basic Medical... IGERT: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in... Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
09/21/2012 The face of nanotechnology at Illinois, CNST promotes interdisciplinary... IGERT: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in... Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
09/17/2012 CGI Trainee Rita Blaik to hold photography exhibition Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/17/2012 Employees at 'green' companies are significantly more productive, study... Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/17/2012 CA energy expert weighs in on India power outage Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/17/2012 UCLA researchers create highly transparent solar cells for windows... Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/17/2012 Razmig Kandilian awarded the Chateaubriand Fellowship Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/11/2012 NSF Interdisciplinary Program Takes on Critical National Research Priorities NSF Program Officers
09/03/2012 Congratulations to Rashid Bashir, a 2012 EMBS Award Recipient IGERT: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in... Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
09/03/2012 Study: Metabolism in the brain fluctuates with circadian rhythm IGERT: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in... Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
09/03/2012 Training the Next Generation Workforce: Biosensing-Bioactuation-Bionanotechnology Summer Institute 2012... IGERT: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in... Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
07/29/2012 IGERT Trainee Named Technology Fellow, UCLA Office of Intellectual... Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
07/24/2012 IGERT Students Experience "Big Science" in Greenland IGERT: Polar Environmental Change Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
05/10/2012 Asking An Expert About Biofuels: A Discussion with UCLA... Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
05/05/2012 Lights go out on the Hill during energy competition Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
05/05/2012 Teaching teachers to make sense of sensors Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
05/05/2012 More than 1,000 drop by to explore universe with... Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
05/05/2012 UCLA Chemist receives American Chemical Society Award Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
05/05/2012 Researchers develop graphene supercapacitor holding promise for portable electronics Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
05/05/2012 Scientists use silver nanowires to make LCD screen electrodes Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
05/05/2012 Sustainable Business Council & UCLA Host Smart Grid Panel Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
05/04/2012 How Big a Solar System? How Big a Battery... Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
05/04/2012 India needs to partner with early innovators across the... Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
05/04/2012 Fossil Free: Microbe Helps Convert Solar Power to Liquid... Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
05/04/2012 White House honors UCLA Professor James Liao as a... Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
04/05/2012 Bottling sunlight Doctoral student's novel solar reactor may enable... IGERT: Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen Energy, Sustainability
03/15/2012 Professor Bruce Dunn elected as Fellow of the Materials... Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
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