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Oak Ridge city manager earns doctorate degree from UT

Posted at 2:19 pm May 15, 2019
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Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson received his doctorate degree in philosophy from the University of Tennessee on Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Photo courtesy City of Oak Ridge)

Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson received his doctorate degree in philosophy from the University of Tennessee on Thursday, May 9. In March, Watson successfully defended his dissertation titled “City Managers, Mayors and Councilmembers: Local Stability in Tennessee.”

“It has always been a belief of mine for continuous learning, and being close to the University of Tennessee allowed me to fulfill the heights of my profession while learning new technical and research skills along the way,” Watson said in a press release on Monday. “I shall continue to use those skills in serving Oak Ridge in the years ahead. It has been quite a seven-year academic journey while working full time as a city manager.”

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Filed Under: College, Education, Government, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: city manager, City of Oak Ridge, doctorate, Mark Watson, Oak Ridge, University of Tennessee

Bredesen Center graduates first class with help from ORNL, UT

Posted at 12:02 pm May 30, 2014
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Bredesen Center

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Director Thom Mason (seated, at left) and former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen sign certificates for the Bredesen Center’s first two graduates, Vincent Kandagor and Scott Curran (standing, from left) while center Director Lee Riedinger (at right) watches. (Submitted photo)

 

KNOXVILLE—Two students were the first to earn a new doctoral degree this month from the Energy Science and Engineering program founded by former Gov. Phil Bredesen in partnership with the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The General Assembly approved the program in a special session on education in January 2010. The first class enrolled in the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education in fall 2011, and it is now one of UT’s fastest-growing graduate programs.

Scott Curran and Vincent Kandagor earned their doctorates in energy science and engineering at UT’s graduate hooding on Thursday, May 8.

“We’re awfully proud of Scott and Vincent,” said Bredesen Center Director Lee Riedinger. “They both transferred into our program once we’d started and were able to really shine, to really do some positive things.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: alternative fuels, Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, doctoral degree, doctorate, EcoCAR 2, energy science, Energy Science and Engineering, engineering, General Assembly, graduate program, Jimmy G. Cheek, Lee Riedinger, National Transportation Research Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Phil Bredesen, renewable energy, Scott Curran, U.S. Department of Energy, University of Tennessee, UT, UT-ORNL, Vincent Kandagor

ORAU: Nearly 2/3 of foreign doctorates staying in U.S. 10 years after graduation

Posted at 8:57 am May 22, 2014
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Oak Ridge Associated Universities Building MC-100

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

ORISE report suggests foreign doctorate recipients routinely take regular employment in the U.S. after completing postdoctoral appointments

The number of foreign, science, and engineering doctorate students who remain in the United States after graduation has declined slightly during the past five to 10 years, but long-term stay rates indicate that nearly two-thirds of foreign doctorates are continuing to stay in the U.S. These are the latest findings in a series of biennial reports that have been produced by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education and funded by the National Science Foundation since 2000.

The latest report is titled “Stay Rates of Foreign Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities, 2011.” It documents a study in which 2011 tax records—the most recent data currently available for the study—were used to estimate the proportion of foreign doctorate recipients from U.S. universities who stayed in the U.S. after graduation for any reason. The “Survey of Earned Doctorates,” published annually by the NSF, collects information from each graduate school on people completing doctorates each year. The Social Security Administration then calculates the proportion of those graduates with annual earnings of $5,500 or more, and these tabulations are used with appropriate adjustments (e.g., death) to produce the stay rate.

The 2011 stay rate for all foreign doctorate recipients, including those on permanent visas at graduation, was 68 percent for those graduating five years earlier, and 65 percent for those graduating 10 years earlier. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Top Stories Tagged With: China, doctorate, doctorate students, employment, foreign doctorate, graduation, India, Michael Finn, National Science Foundation, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education, ORAU, ORISE, stay rate, Stay Rates of Foreign Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities 2011, Survey of Earned Doctorates, U.S., U.S. universities, United States

ORAU, USDA seek agricultural postdocs

Posted at 1:47 am March 27, 2014
By Oak Ridge Associated Universities Leave a Comment

Multiple research appointments available through Agricultural Research Service Postdoctoral Research Program

Selected candidates participate in USDA research for one to four years

Oak Ridge Associated Universities and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are currently seeking recent doctoral degree recipients for various appointments in the Agricultural Research Service Postdoctoral Research Program.

The ARS is the USDA’s chief scientific in-house research agency responsible for developing and transferring solutions to agricultural problems of high national priority. ARS research is organized into national programs comprised of more than 800 research projects carried out by ARS in approximately 90 locations across the U.S.

From research positions focused on crop production to food safety and virology to sustainable agricultural systems, this program serves as the next step in educational and professional development of scientists and engineers interested in agricultural-related research. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge Associated Universities Tagged With: agricultural postdocs, agricultural research, Agricultural Research Service Postdoctoral Research Program, ARS, crop production, doctoral degree, doctorate, food safety, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, ORAU, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA

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