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ORAU welcomes four new institutions to university consortium

Posted at 9:05 am March 23, 2017
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ORAU recently welcomed Arizona State University and Yale University as its newest sponsoring institutions during the 72nd annual meeting of its Council of Sponsoring Institutions. Oakland University and Villanova University were named new associate members.

“We are honored to have these four institutions joining our growing university consortium,” said Andy Page, ORAU president and chief executive officer. “Membership in ORAU’s consortium broadens the already diverse opportunities these universities provide for students and faculty researchers in many critical areas of science and technology.”

ORAU includes 120 sponsoring institutions across the nation and in England. Now in its 70th year, ORAU originally was formed under the auspices of the Oak Ridge Institute for Nuclear Studies and consisted of 14 southern academic institutions.

An ORAU sponsoring institution is a nonprofit institution of higher learning granting doctoral degrees in multiple science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, fields. Associate members are institutions of higher learning offering bachelor’s, master’s, or a limited number of doctoral degrees in the STEM fields. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Front Page News, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Andy Page, Arizona State University, ASU, Council of Sponsoring Institutions, Oak Ridge Institute for Nuclear Studies, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oakland University, ORAU, ORISE, U.S. Department of Energy, university consortium, Villanova University, Yale University

ORAU: Science-societal relationship critical to success of big data analysis

Posted at 12:41 pm March 22, 2015
By Oak Ridge Associated Universities Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge Associated Universities Building MC-100

The Oak Ridge Associated Universities Building MC-100 is pictured above.

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Leading experts present challenges during ORAU annual meeting

Today’s scientists working with big data to identify the next breakthrough in medical care, environmental solutions, or other critical areas need to be skillful in data analytics but also adept at communications. That was one of the key insights attendees heard recently at ORAU’s 70th annual meeting of its Council of Sponsoring Institutions, titled “Big Data Analytics: Challenges and Opportunities.”

“For science to prosper, the science-society relationship must be positive and strong,” said keynote speaker Alan Leshner, chief executive officer emeritus for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS. Leshner, who holds a doctorate in physiological psychology from Rutgers University, told the audience that many scientists are not prepared to talk about their work and its implications with the public. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: AAAS, Alan Leshner, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Andy Page, annual meeting, big data, Big Data Analytics: Challenges and Opportunities, Budhendra Bhaduri, Council of Sponsoring Institutions, data, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORAU, scientists, Urban Dynamics Institute

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