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Middle School Teachers Connect Scientific Research to Student Curriculum

CLASSE and CHESS teamed up with Cornell Physics professor Peter Wittich to host a Physical Science Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers during the summer of 2008. The theme for the week-long institute was “Making Connections: What Science Research and Your Middle School Curriculum Have in Common”.

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09/13/2008

 

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CHESS Ph. D. Thesis Prize Opens for Nominations (now closed)

CHESS is now accepting nominees for the 3rd Annual CHESS Thesis Prize of $1,000. The award will go to a student receiving a PhD or Masters degree during the year March 2007 to March 2008. The thesis work must be based in part on X-ray research done using the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source.

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02/13/2008

 

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Cornell Students Win MRS Poster Prizes for X-ray Materials Studies

Two Cornell graduate students had their posters chosen for prizes at the 2007 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS) held November 26 – 30 in Boston, Massachusetts.  Fourteen posters were awarded prizes out of over 2000 presented, each eligible for prizes up to $500.  The winning posters were chosen on the basis of excellence in technical content, appearance, graphic design and presentation quality, and were displayed prominently for an audience of over 5100 scientists from the US and beyond.

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01/16/2008