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‘Fracking,’ the environment to be discussed Monday

Posted at 10:41 pm January 24, 2015
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Joanna McFarlane

A manager in the Fossil Energy Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will discuss the environment and hydraulic fracturing, often referred to as “fracking,” during a Monday meeting.

Joanna McFarlane, who has a doctorate, is a manager for the RPSEA (Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America) and Environmentally Friendly Drilling in the Fossil Energy Program at ORNL.

She will give a presentation on “Hydraulic Fracturing and the Environment” during a meeting at 11:30 a.m. Monday, January 26. It’s a luncheon meeting of the AAUW Oak Ridge Branch. The group will meet in the Activities Building of First Presbyterian Church at the corner of Oak Ridge Turnpike and Lafayette Drive. [Read more…]

Two ORHS students win UT scholarships in statewide math contest

Posted at 9:27 pm November 25, 2014
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KNOXVILLE—Two Oak Ridge High School students were among 10 from across the state who received $6,000 annual scholarships to the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in this year’s UT-Pro2Serve Math Contest. More than 700 students from 51 schools all across Tennessee competed in the competition, held November 6 at UT.

The scholarship winners were:

Joseph Andress, Oak Ridge High, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Christopher Dean, Cookeville High, Cookeville, Tennessee
Jason Fu, Farragut High, Knoxville, Tennessee
Gene Li, Ravenwood High, Brentwood, Tennessee
Remilia Li, Pope John Paul II High, Hendersonville, Tennessee
Ohm J. Patel, White Station High, Memphis, Tennessee
Daniel Tancredi, Memphis University School, Memphis, Tennessee
Barbara Xiong, University School of Nashville, Nashville, Tennessee
Albert Xue, Oak Ridge High, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Chang Yu, Memphis University School, Memphis, Tennessee

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Abolitionist, women’s rights leader to be portrayed at AAUW meeting

Posted at 10:09 am September 16, 2014
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an abolitionist and women’s rights leader, will be remembered in a historical portrayal during a Monday, September 22, meeting of the Oak Ridge Branch of the AAUW.

The presentation is titled “In Her Own Voice: Elizabeth Cady Stanton Remembers.”

The AAUW will meet at 11:30 a.m. in Room 102 of the Activities Building of First United Presbyterian Church. A catered luncheon will be served at 11:30 a.m., with the program beginning at noon.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, along with Susan B. Anthony, headed a group, which was also interested in women’s rights, that gathered 400,000 signatures on a petition to bring about the immediate passage of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to end slavery in the United States, a press release said. [Read more…]

‘Fracking,’ the environment to be discussed Monday

Two ORHS students win UT scholarships in statewide math contest

Abolitionist, women’s rights leader to be portrayed at AAUW meeting

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