Media Advisories - News Archive

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MEDIA ADVISORIES FOR 2007

• MA 07-041 - December 6, 2007
  "STEM Summit" Brings Together Science and Math Faculty to Further Student Success
  
  
• MA 07-040 - December 5, 2007
  Corporate Innovation Strategies in a Global Economy
  
  
• MA 07-039 - December 4, 2007
  National Science Board to Meet December 5-6, 2007, in Arlington, Va.
  
  
• MA 07-038 - November 29, 2007
  Early Internet Pioneers Meeting This Week to Celebrate NSFNET: "The Partnership that Changed the World"
  
  
• MA 07-037 - November 28, 2007
  Learn About NSF Funding Opportunities for Cross-Cutting, Innovative Research
  
  
• MA 07-036 - November 27, 2007
  Call for Waterman Award Nominations
  
  
• MA 07-035 - November 26, 2007
  Call for National Medal of Science Nominations
  
  
• MA 07-034 - November 21, 2007
  Mega-Trends at the Start of the 21st Century: How Research Can Make a Difference in the Areas That Matter
  
  
• MA 07-033 - November 1, 2007
  Scientists Discover New Member of Exoplanet Family
  
  
• MA 07-032 - October 30, 2007
  Young Scientists Receive Presidential Awards on November 1
  
  
• MA 07-031 - October 30, 2007
  Town Meeting: Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL)
  
  
• MA 07-030 - October 15, 2007
  Explore Earth's Poles at a Museum Near You With "Polar-Palooza"
  
  
• MA 07-029 - October 2, 2007
  NSF Invites Media to Apply for Antarctica Reporting Slots
  
  
• MA 07-028 - October 2, 2007
  National Science Board Approves and Takes to Congress National Action Plan for 21st Century STEM Education
  
  
• MA 07-027 - September 26, 2007
  National Science Board to Meet October 2-3, 2007, in Arlington, VA
  
  
• MA 07-026 - September 12, 2007
  Bridges on the Brink?
  
  
• MA 07-025 - August 30, 2007
  Nanowires, Digital Evolution and the Dark Side of the Universe
  
  
• MA 07-024 - August 30, 2007
  Media Panel to Explain Latest Developments in Antarctic Earth Sciences
  
  
• MA 07-023 - August 3, 2007
  National Science Board to Meet August 6-8, 2007, in Arlington, VA
  
  
• MA 07-022 - July 30, 2007
  Experts to Discuss New Approach to Cancer Detection
  
  
• MA 07-021 - July 25, 2007
  National Science Foundation to Host Reception Honoring 2005 and 2006 Medal of Science Laureates
  
  
• MA 07-020 - July 10, 2007
  National Science Foundation to Announce First CISE Distinguished Education Fellows
  
  
• MA 07-019 - July 9, 2007
  Media Briefing: The Arctic Observing Network as a Tool for Understanding Arctic Change
  
  
• MA 07-018 - June 15, 2007
  NSF Invites Media to Apply for August Visit to Arctic Field Science Sites in Greenland
  
  
• MA 07-017 - June 11, 2007
  Research Without Borders: Head of Santa Fe Institute to Address NSF
  
  
• MA 07-016 - June 8, 2007
  The Emergence of Life on Earth...and Other Planets?
  
  
• MA 07-015 - May 9, 2007
  International Polar Year Web Portal Offers E-mail Alerts for Educators
  
  
• MA 07-014 - May 7, 2007
  On the Nano Horizon: Emerging Technologies
  
  
• MA 07-013 - May 9, 2007
  National Science Board to Meet May 14-15 in Arlington, Va.
  
  
• MA 07-012 - April 25, 2007
  X-treme Life on the Web
  
  
• MA 07-011 - April 19, 2007
  Global Earth Day Broadcast to Feature South Pole
  
  
• MA 07-010 - April 3, 2007
  Urban Challenge: How to Design a Self-Driving Car
  
  
• MA 07-009 - March 28, 2007
  National Science Board to Meet March 29-30, 2007, in Arlington, Virginia
  
  
• MA 07-008 - March 1, 2007
  South Pole Telescope Completed: New NSF Video, Animation Available
  
  
• MA 07-007 - February 28, 2007
  Society and Ecological Change Is Topic of National Science Foundation Forum
  
  
• MA 07-006 - February 22, 2007
  U.S. Launches International Polar Year on Feb. 26
  
  
• MA 07-005 - February 15, 2007
  National Science Foundation Sponsors AAAS Annual Conference Workshops
  
  
• MA 07-004 - February 12, 2007
  PBS's 'Design Squad' Debuts at Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science
  
  
• MA 07-003 - February 7, 2007
  And the Bridge Came Tumbling Down
  
  
• MA 07-002 - January 30, 2007
  National Science Foundation Presents FY 2008 Budget Proposal on February 5
  
  
• MA 07-001 - January 16, 2007
  Paleontologists to Discuss "Gap" Fossils that Link Fish and Land Animals
  
  

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MEDIA ADVISORIES FOR 2006

• MA 06-035 - December 6, 2006
  Antarctic Researchers to Discuss Difficult Recovery of Unique Juvenile Plesiosaur Fossil
  
  
• MA 06-034 - November 28, 2006
  NSF Computer Science and Engineering Chief Takes Post in Private Sector
  
  
• MA 06-033 - November 15, 2006
  Video Explains What Science Learns From Avian Stars of "Happy Feet" and "March of the Penguins"
  
  
• MA 06-032 - November 9, 2006
  When Jobs in the Nation Change, So Do the Jobs of the Scientist
  
  
• MA 06-031 - November 6, 2006
  National Science Board Holds Workshop on Improving Engineering Education
  
  
• MA 06-030 - November 1, 2006
  Mercury to Transit the Sun
  
  
• MA 06-029 - November 1, 2006
  National Medal of Science Committee Seeks Nominations for 2007 National Medal of Science
  
  
• MA 06-028 - November 1, 2006
  National Science Foundation Seeks Nominations for 2007 Alan T. Waterman Award
  
  
• MA 06-027 - October 26, 2006
  Panel Set to Present Astronomy Program Recommendations to NSF
  
  
• MA 06-026 - October 13, 2006
  2006-2007 NSF Distinguished Lectures in Mathematical and Physical Sciences
  
  
• MA 06-025 - September 26, 2006
  National Science Board Recommends Major New Investments in Hurricane Science and Engineering
  
  
• MA 06-024 - September 25, 2006
  National Science Board to Meet Sept. 27-28, 2006
  
  
• MA 06-023 - September 21, 2006
  New Approaches to Airport Security
  
  
• MA 06-022 - September 7, 2006
  Meeting America's Competitive Challenge
  
  
• MA 06-021 - August 7, 2006
  National Science Board to Meet August 9-10
  
  
• MA 06-020 - July 31, 2006
  Commission on 21st Century Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Holds First Meeting Aug. 3-4
  
  
• MA 06-019 - July 5, 2006
  NSF Invites Media to Apply for July Visit to Arctic Field Science Sites in Alaska
  
  
• MA 06-018 - June 22, 2006
  Scientists Discuss Early Results of RAINEX Hurricane Intensity Project
  
  
• MA 06-017 - June 15, 2006
  NSF Invites Media to Apply to Report From Antarctica on Andrill Paleoclimate Research
  
  
• MA 06-016 - May 4, 2006
  National Science Board to Meet May 9-10
  
  
• MA 06-015 - April 26, 2006
  Redesigning High School Science Curriculum to Meet the Demands of Global Competition
  
  
• MA 06-014 - April 18, 2006
  Lecture: "The Next Giant Sumatran Earthquake: From Science to Human Welfare"
  
  
• MA 06-013 - April 3, 2006
  NSF Invites Reporters to Apply for Berth on Bering Sea Research Cruise
  
  
• MA 06-012 - March 30, 2006
  From the Eye of the Storm: Science in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina
  
  
• MA 06-011 - March 27, 2006
  National Science Board to Meet on March 29-30, 2006, in Arlington, Va.
  
  
• MA 06-010 - March 21, 2006
  Polar Neutrino Observatory Takes a Big Step Forward
  
  
• MA 06-009 - March 21, 2006
  NSF-Funded Researchers to Discuss Report of Potential Ice Sheet Melting
  
  
• MA 06-008 - March 9, 2006
  NSF-Funded Researchers to Discuss Bering Sea Ecosystem Change
  
  
• MA 06-007 - March 2, 2006
  Charles Vest to Speak at NSF
  
  
• MA 06-006 - March 2, 2006
  Panel Reviews a Decade of Math and Science Education Reform
  
  
• MA 06-005 - March 2, 2006
  Human Impacts on Natural Systems Is Topic of National Science Foundation Forum
  
  
• MA 06-004 - February 21, 2006
  National Science Board Panel to Discuss Newly Released Science and Engineering Indicators 2006
  
  
• MA 06-003 - February 3, 2006
  National Science Board to Meet Feb. 10 in Boulder, Colo.
  
  
• MA 06-002 - February 1, 2006
  National Science Foundation FY 2007 Budget Overview to Be Held Feb. 6
  
  
• MA 06-001 - January 17, 2006
  NSF Launches New Web Portal for International Polar Year
  
  

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MEDIA ADVISORIES FOR 2005

• MA 05-028 - December 28, 2005
  Sign Up for NSF's New E-Newsletter and Stay Current
  
  
• MA 05-027 - December 20, 2005
  NSF Announces New Awards to Study the Impact of Katrina on People and Social Systems
  
  
• MA 05-026 - December 9, 2005
  National Science Board Workshop to Look at Support of High-Risk, Revolutionary Research
  
  
• MA 05-025 - December 2, 2005
  Hearings To Be Held on Charge for National Science Board Commission on Education
  
  
• MA 05-024 - November 30, 2005
  World-class Physics at the Bottom of the World To Be Featured in Global Webcast
  
  
• MA 05-023 - November 29, 2005
  People of Persistence: A Journey Beyond Disability
  
  
• MA 05-022 - November 25, 2005
  National Science Board to Meet Nov. 30 - Dec.1
  
  
• MA 05-021 - November 22, 2005
  Robotics Researchers Return to Examine Katrina Devastation With Small Unmanned Helicopters
  
  
• MA 05-020 - September 28, 2005
  NSF Announces "Rapid Response" Awards to Learn the Lessons of Katrina
  
  
• MA 05-019 - September 22, 2005
  National Science Board to Meet Sept. 28-29
  
  
• MA 05-018 - September 20, 2005
  From Black Holes to Art History: 2005-2006 NSF Lectures Explore the Physical Sciences
  
  
• MA 05-017 - September 6, 2005
  Robots: An Exhibition of U.S. Automatons from the Leading Edge of Research
  
  
• MA 05-016 - September 1, 2005
  Labor Day: NSF's Portrait of the Workforce
  
  
• MA 05-015 - August 8, 2005
  James Collins of Arizona State U. to Become NSF Head of Biological Sciences
  
  
• MA 05-014 - August 5, 2005
  National Science Board to Meet Aug. 10-11
  
  
• MA 05-013 - June 30, 2005
  The World Year of Physics: 2005
  
  
• MA 05-012 - June 9, 2005
  Scientists Make New Discovery About Planets Outside Our Solar System
  
  
• MA 05-011 - June 7, 2005
  Documenting Endangered Languages
  
  
• MA 05-010 - May 20, 2005
  NSF Invites Media to Participate in Two Research Cruises to the Arctic Ocean
  
  
• MA 05-009 - May 20, 2005
  National Science Board to Meet (May 25-26)
  
  
• MA 05-008 - April 21, 2005
  Surgeon General to Speak at NSF on Community College Day
  
  
• MA 05-007 - March 31, 2005
  NSF Invites Media to Observe Arctic Field Experiment
  
  
• MA 05-006 - March 28, 2005
  National Science Board to Meet (Mar. 29-30)
  
  
• MA 05-005 - March 15, 2005
  New Environmental Report Released at Biocomplexity in the Environment Meeting
  
  
• MA 05-004 - March 8, 2005
  National Medals of Science Presentation Set for March 14
  
  
• MA 05-003 - February 24, 2005
  Long-Term Ecological Research in Marine Environments is Topic of Symposium
  
  
• MA 05-002 - February 1, 2005
  NSF Fiscal 2006 Budget Request Public Meeting Set for Feb. 7
  
  
• MA 05-001 - January 31, 2005
  New NSF Web Site Released
  
  

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MEDIA ADVISORIES FOR 2004

• PA/M 04-38 - December 7, 2004
  NEW NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED – FULL BOARD TO MEET (Dec. 15-16)
  
  
• PA/M 04-37 - November 29, 2004
  WEB SITE COMMEMORATES FIRST FLYER TO REACH SOUTH POLE
  Byrd's 1929 journey opened the southernmost continent to science
  
  
• PA/M 04-36 - November 26, 2004
  FLIGHT COMMEMORATES FIRST FLYER TO REACH SOUTH POLE
  Byrd's 1929 journey opened the southernmost continent to science
  
  
• PA/M 04-35 - November 9, 2004
  ANSWER TO HOW WINTER SEASONAL FORECASTS CAN BE IMPROVED MAY BE FOUND IN SIBERIA'S AUTUMN SNOWS
  
  
• PA/M 04-34 - November 4, 2004
  STANDING UP TO EARTHQUAKES
  Network of laboratories will rock the next-generation of earthquake-resistant structures
  
  
• PA/M 04-33 - October 12, 2004
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD TO MEET (Oct. 13-14)
  
  
• PA/M 04-32 - October 8, 2004
  NIH-NSF TO CONVENE INTERAGENCY CONFERENCE ON BRIDGING THE LIFE AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
  
  
• PA/M 04-31 - October 7, 2004
  SENATOR BOND AND NSF DIRECTOR ANNOUNCE MULTI-AGENCY PLANT GENOME RESEARCH PROGRAM IN ST. LOUIS
  
  
• PA/M 04-30 - September 23, 2004
  BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND EXHIBITS EXPLORE THE NEW TECHNOLOGY OF SENSORS
  
  
• PA/M 04-29 - September 16, 2004
  NSF INVITES MEDIA TO REPORT ON U.S.-SPONSORED ANTARCTIC RESEARCH (2004-2005 Season)
  
  
• PA/M 04-28 - September 10, 2004
  LECTURE ON ECOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
  Plague and prairie dogs: Conflicts between wildlife conservation and protection of public health
  
  
• PA/M 04-27 - September 9, 2004
  FROM QUANTUM TO COSMOS: 2004-5 NSF LECTURES EXPLORE THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES
  
  
• PA/M 04-26 - August 18, 2004
  SCIENTISTS TO PROBE EARTH'S DEEP-TIME CLIMATE AT UPCOMING "GEOSYSTEMS" WORKSHOP
  
  
• PA/M 04-25 - August 9, 2004
  GEOLOGISTS HOST TOUR OF SAN ANDREAS FAULT ON SEPT. 2^nd
  EarthScope Project Scientists Lead Modern-Day 'Journey to the Center of the Earth'
  
  
• PA/M 04-23 - July 29, 2004
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD TO MEET (Aug. 4-5)
  
  
• PA/M 04-22 - August 4, 2004
  NEW DEEPER-DIVING, HUMAN-OCCUPIED SUBMERSIBLE TO REPLACE CURRENT ALVIN; SUBJECT OF BRIEFING BY NSF, WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION SCIENTISTS
  
  
• PA/M 04-21 - June 17, 2004
  NSF'S NORTH POLE RESEARCHERS STUDY CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE ARCTIC
  
  
• PA/M 04-19 - June 4, 2004
  BRIEFING, DISSCUSSION AND EXHIBITS EXPLORE THE NEW TECHNOLOGY OF SENSORS
  
  
• PA/M 04-18 - May 21, 2004
  NSF INVITES MEDIA TO JOIN AN ARCTIC RESEARCH CRUISE INVESTIGATING CARBON'S ROLE IN CLIMATE CHANGE
  
  
• PA/M 04-17 - April 30, 2004
  MEDIA AVAILABILITY: NSB MEMBERS TO DISCUSS S&E INDICATORS 2004
  
  
• PA/M 04-16 - April 29, 2004
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD TO MEET (May 3-4)
  
  
• PA/M 04-15 - April 30, 2004
  THE CICADAS ARE COMING, THE CICADAS ARE COMING: RESEARCH ON "BROOD X" CICADAS FOCUS OF BRIEFING
  
  
• PA/M 04-14 - April 14, 2004
  THIRD ANNUAL EARTH DAY DISTINGUISHED LECTURE
  Large "Artificial" Diamonds Made from Gas Are Hardest Yet
  
  
• PA/M 04-13 - April 13, 2004
  INSPIRING INVENTION
  New report urges effort to foster invention in education, business and government
  
  
• PA/M 04-12 - March 22, 2004
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD TO MEET (Mar. 24-25)
  
  
• PA/M 04-11 - March 18, 2004
  CONFERENCE EXPLORES NANOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS COMMERCIALIZATION
  
  
• PA/M 04-10 - March 19, 2004
  NSF INVITES MEDIA TO APPLY TO REPORT FROM NORTH POLE ON CLIMATE RESEARCH
  
  
• PA/M 04-09 - March 12, 2004
  CLASSROOMS OF THE FUTURE:
  Expo to Highlight Innovative Teaching and Curriculums
  
  
• PA/M 04-08 - March 9, 2004
  UNDERSTANDING GROUND ZERO
  Beyond September 11th researcher presentations now available on the web
  
  
• PA/M 04-07 - February 23, 2004
  A LOST WORLD: TWO PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN DINOSAURS DISCOVERED IN ANTARCTICA
  
  
• PA/M 04-06 - February 20, 2004
  SHERRY FARWELL NAMED TO HEAD NSF EPSCoR PROGRAM
  
  
• PA/M 04-05 - February 19, 2004
  WORKSHOP RELATES LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH TO ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT
  
  
• PA/M 04-04 - February 17, 2004
  CRITICAL LESSONS FROM SEPTEMBER 11TH
  Insight into research at Ground Zero, presented by the researchers who were there
  
  
• PA/M 04-03 - February 9, 2004
  MAGNET LAB CHOOSES NEW DIRECTOR
  
  
• PA/M 04-02 - February 4, 2004
  NSF SPEAKERS TACKLE BIOCOMPLEXITY AND SCIENCE WORKFORCE AT AAAS ANNUAL MEETING
  
  
• PA/M 04-01 - January 30, 2004
  NSF TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING ON ITS FISCAL YEAR 2005 BUDGET REQUEST
  
  

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MEDIA ADVISORIES FOR 2003

• PA/M 03-54 - December 31, 2003
  CLEAN WATER, SAFE CARS AND POWERFUL ELECTRONICS
  Researchers, business leaders celebrate 30th anniversary of NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program
  
  
• PA/M 03-53 - December 17, 2003
  PSYCHOLOGIST, EDUCATOR THOMAS WINDHAM TO LEAD NSF EFFORT TO BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
  
  
• PA/M 03-52 - December 12, 2003
  NSF CONFERENCE EXPLORES THE LATEST ADVANCES IN NANOTECHNOLOGY
  
  
• PA/M 03-51 - November 17, 2003
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD TO RELEASE REPORT ON NATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING WORKFORCE ISSUES AT THE PRESS CLUB
  Members say new data heighten the need for government to act on several fronts
  
  
• PA/M 03-50 - November 13, 2003
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD TO MEET (Nov 19-20)
  
  
• PA/M 03-49 November 5, 2003
  PRESIDENT BUSH WILL HONOR U.S. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LEADERS WITH NATIONAL MEDALS IN A WHITE HOUSE CEREMONY NOV. 6
  
  
• PA/M 03-48 - November 5, 2003
  COMMITTEE ON DISABILITIES RESEARCH ANNOUNCES PROGRESS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  Latest report sent to the President and Congress
  
  
• PA/M 03-47 - October 30, 2003
  WORKSHOP TAKES 'SYSTEMS' VIEW OF INFORMATION PROCESSING IN ORGANISMS
  NSF-supported 'Digital Biology' session Nov. 4-5 includes cell-to-cell communication
  
  
• PA/M 03-46 October 24, 2003
  ARCTIC RESEARCHERS TO DISCUSS NSF-LED, INTERAGENCY INITIATIVE TO QUANTIFY ARCTIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
  
  
• PA/M 03-45 - October 14, 2003
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD TO MEET (Oct 15-16)
  
  
• PA/M 03-44 October 8, 2003
  ROBOTS IN LAS VEGAS: DEMOS AND INTERNATIONAL AGENCY PANEL HIGHLIGHT NSF ROBOTICS WORKSHOP
  
  
• PA/M 03-43 October 6, 2003
  NATIONAL SCIENCE DIGITIAL LIBRARY HIGHLIGHTS GROWING COLLECTIONS AT ANNUAL MEETING
  
  
• PA/M 03-42 - September 29, 2003
  NSF INVITES SCIENCE JOURNALISTS TO PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM ON ASTRONOMY
  
  
• PA/M 03-41 - September 22, 2003
  LIBERTY BELL WEB PORTAL UNITES HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY
  NSF website showcases all aspects of the Liberty Bell’s move to its new home October 9
  
  
• PA/M 03-40 September 22, 2003
  SCIENCE JOURNALISTS INVITED TO "CALIBRATION OF GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE" WORKSHOP
  
  
• PA/M 03-39 September 4, 2003
  FROM QUANTUM TO COSMOS: NSF LECTURES EXPLORE THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES
  
  
• PA/M 03-38 August 26, 2003
  NSF INVITES SCIENCE JOURNALISTS TO CONFERENCE EXPLORING RESULTS OF RESEARCH ON BIOCOMPLEXITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
  
  
• PA/M 03-37 August 22, 2003
  NSF DONATES COMPUTERS TO MORGAN COUNTY OBSERVATORY
  NSF deputy director to make official presentation on Aug. 28
  
  
• PA/M 03-36 August 8, 2003
  DIVERSITY WORKSHOP OPENS NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD MEETING (Aug. 12-14)
  
  
• PA/M 03-35 June 19, 2003
  NSF TO HOLD TOWN HALL MEETING ON MANAGEMENT FOR CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
  
  
• PA/M 03-34 - June 13, 2003
  AGENTS OF CHANGE
  NSF Workshop Promotes Diverse Engineering Workforce
  
  
• PA/M 03-33 - June 10, 2003
  WHAT'S NEXT AS BIOLOGY, MATH COMBINE FORCES, RECIPROCATE IN DISCOVERY
  NSF '21st Century Biology’ lecture series presents populations professor Joel Cohen on Thursday
  
  
• PA/M 03- May 30, 2003
  NSF RELEASES UNDERGROUND LAB SITE REPORT TO APPLICANTS
  
  
• PA/M 03-32 - May 27, 2003
  NSF SPEAKERS TO KEYNOTE SYMPOSIUM ON INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY INFORMATICS
  
  
• PA/M 03-31 - May 28, 2003
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD APPROVES SEVERAL LARGE AWARDS AND PROJECTS
  
  
• PA/M 03-30 - May 20, 2003
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD TO MEET (May 21-22)
  
  
• PA/M 03-29 - May 16, 2003
  VIDEO AND STILL IMAGES AVAILABLE: SCIENTISTS STUDY CLIMATE CHANGE AT NORTH POLE ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATORY
  
  
• PA/M 03-27 - May 12, 2003
  DESCENT INTO "DEEP-TIME": NSF WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS EARTH'S ANCIENT PALEOCLIMATE
  Rock record preserves results of large-scale changes in Earth's environment
  
  
• PA/M 03-26 - May 8, 2003
  NSF INVITES MEDIA TO REPORT ON U.S.-SPONSORED ANTARCTIC RESEARCH (2003-2004 SEASON)
  
  
• PA/M 03-25 - May 8, 2003
  NSF INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION AT SOUTH POLE, ANTARCTICA
  
  
• PA/M 03-24 - May 7, 2003
  TOMORROW'S TECHNOLOGIES FOR DIGITAL GOVERNMENT TO BE DEMONSTRATED AT DG.O 2003
  
  
• PA/M 03-23 - May 1, 2003
  NSF DIRECTOR TO PRESENT 2003 DIRECTOR'S AWARDS
  
  
• PA/M 03-22 - May 1, 2003
  WORKSHOP ON NANOTECHNOLOGY GRAND CHALLENGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT TO BE HELD AT NSF
  
  
• PA/M 03-21 - April 23, 2003
  GAME THEORIST TODD SANDLER TO SPEAK AT NSF ON NEW TRENDS IN TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM
  
  
• PA/M 03-20 - April 1, 2003
  NSF HOSTS TALK BY GEORGE AKERLOF, 2001 NOBEL LAUREATE, ON "ECONOMICS AND IDENTITY"
  Distinguished economist to discuss applying the sociological concept of "identity" to economics
  
  
• PA/M 03-19 - March 27, 2003
  USING COMPUTATIONAL POWER TOOLS TO BOLSTER SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
  NSF workshop links modern mathematics to studies of cells, organs, plants, animals
  
  
• PA/M 03-18 - March 27, 2003
  NANOTECHNOLOGY LEADERS TO DISCUSS NATIONAL RESEARCH PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES AT NNI 2003
  NNI conference to feature progress and plans from government agencies and nanotechnology research centers
  
  
• PA/M 03-17 - March 21, 2003
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO DISCOVER TINY MIRACLES
  NSF's Art Ellis is bringing nanotechnology to the students of D.C.'s Banneker High School
  
  
• PA/M 03-16 - March 14, 2003
  SYMPOSIUM FEATURES NATION’S TOP MATH, SCIENCE, ENGINEERING MENTORS
  
  
• PA/M 03-15 - March 6, 2003
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD TO MEET (Mar. 12-13)
  
  
• NSF PA/M 03-10 - February 19, 2003
  MEDIA AVAILABILITY: ANTARCTIC RESEARCH AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SOUTH POLE STATION
  Media event is part of a daylong seminar at the Maryland Science Center
  
  
• NSF PA/M 03-13 - February 12, 2003
  NANOTECH PIONEER GEORGE WHITESIDES TO SPEAK AT NSF FOR ENGINEERS WEEK
  Harvard Chemistry Professor to highlight the future of science and technology at the molecular scale
  
  
• NSF PA/M 03-11 - February 11, 2003
  NSF DIRECTOR AND SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS SCIENCE EDUCATION, GRAVITY WAVES AND VOCAL LEARNING AT AAAS MEETING
  
  
• NSF PA/M 03-09 - February 6, 2003
  OPEN HOUSE INTRODUCES NSF ENGINEERING EXPERTS
  An informal event to foster ongoing communications with the media and to make engineering research accessible
  
  
• NSF PA/M 03-08 - February 4, 2003
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD TO MEET (Feb. 5-7)
  
  
• NSF PA/M 03-07 - January 30, 2003
  NSF TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING ON ITS FISCAL 2004 BUDGET REQUEST
  
  
• NSF PA/M 03-06 - January 29, 2003
  WEBCAST OF NSF DIRECTOR RITA COLWELL'S CHAFEE MEMORIAL LECTURE
  
  
• NSF PA/M 03-05 - January 24, 2003
  CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
  CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES
  Experts from industry, academia and government showcase methods for integrating knowledge to improve human performance
  
  
• NSF PA/M 03-04 - January 21, 2003
  COMMERCE SECRETARY, PRESIDENT'S SCIENCE ADVISOR TO KEYNOTE CONFERENCE ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  
  
• NSF PA/M 03-03 - January 13, 2003
  NSF WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS FUTURE OF ORGANIC ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS
  Field of research that yielded LEDs now shows promise for wearable computers and artificial nerves
  
  
• NSF PA/M 03-02 - January 3, 2003
  GET THE COLD FACTS: NSF INVITES YOU TO TAKE PART IN FIRST LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE FROM SOUTH POLE
  
  
• NSF PA/M 03-01 - January 2, 2003
  NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TO RELEASE NEW REPORT
  Ten-Year Outlook for Agency's Environmental Research and Education Programs
  
  

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MEDIA ADVISORIES FOR 2002

• NSF PA/M 02-45 - December 6, 2002
  NSF TO HOST CONFERENCE ON LATEST DISCOVERIES IN NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-44 (NSB 02-186) - November 15, 2002
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD TO MEET NOVEMBER 21
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-43 - October 23, 2002
  SCIENTIST-ARTIST FELICE FRANKEL SHOWCASES HER WORK AT NSF
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-42 (NSB 02-160) - October 7, 2002
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD TO MEET (Oct. 10)
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-41 - September 19, 2002
  NSF INVITES SCIENCE JOURNALISTS TO WORKSHOP EXPLORING MICROBIAL LIFE ON EARTH
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-38 - September 11, 2002
  WORKSHOP ON NEUTRINOS AND SUBTERRANEAN SCIENCE TO DETERMINE ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-40 - September 18, 2002
  DEVICE DEMONSTRATION: BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY TEACHES MATHEMATICS IN BRAILLE
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-39 - September 16, 2002
  NEUTRINOS, PHOTONICS, AND LIFE IN SPACE: NSF SPEAKERS BRING PHYSICAL SCIENCES TO LIFE
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-37 - August 15, 2002
  NSF DIRECTOR TO ADDRESS INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE AND WOMEN'S ISSUES AT NATIONAL CHEMISTRY MEETING
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-36 - August 8, 2002
  GEMINI DATA LINK CELEBRATED IN FOUR-WAY EVENT
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-35 (NSB 02-136) - August 8, 2002
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD TO MEET (August 15)
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-34 - June 19, 2002
  DISPATCHES AND IMAGES AVAILABLE: HUMAN IMPACT ON GIANT PANDA HABITAT
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-33 - June 6, 2002
  NSF AND DISCOVER PANEL: BRINGING MATH TO LIFE
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-32 - May 29, 2002
  NSF INVITES MEDIA TO REPORT ON U.S.-SPONSORED ANTARCTIC RESEARCH (2002-2003 SEASON)
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-31 - May 28, 2002
  NSF GRANTS TO BOOST HOMELAND SECURITY RESEARCH
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-30 - May 23, 2002
  WEBCAST: PRESS CONFERENCE TO HIGHLIGHT RESEARCH AT ANTARCTICA'S LAKE VOSTOK
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-29 - May 21, 2002
  LECTURE: FUTURE OF VEHICLE SIMULATORS
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-28 - May 21, 2002
  IMAGES AVAILABLE: RARELY SEEN "SOUTHERN LIGHTS" OVER AMUNDSEN-SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-27 - May 16, 2002
  ASTRONOMERS TO PRESENT NEW FINDINGS ON EARLY UNIVERSE AT NSF PRESS CONFERENCE
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-26 - May 15, 2002
  PUBLIC, PRESS INVITED TO VISIT UNIQUE, SKI-EQUIPPED NSF AIRCRAFT AT AIR SHOW MAY 18^th
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-24 (NSB 02-87) - May 8, 2002
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD TO MEET (May 9)
  Adding information about a media availability
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-23 (NSB 02-87) - May 7, 2002
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD TO MEET (May 9)
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-22 - April 26, 2002
  SCIENCE LEADERS TO OPEN GLOBAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY WEEK WITH WEBCAST
  Top scientists talk with students at NSF's "Meet a Scientist or Engineer"
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-21 (NSB 02-54) - April 24, 2002
  MEDIA BRIEFING TO HIGHLIGHT NEW REPORT ON HEALTH OF U.S. R&D
  S&E Indicators 2002 shows surge in U.S. industry/high tech R&D
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-19 - April 22, 2002
  STANFORD BIOLOGIST PAUL EHRLICH TO SPEAK AT NSF ON POPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-18 - March 13, 2002
  NANOTECHNOLOGY SYMPOSUM TO BE WEBCAST: SHOWCASE FOR TOOLS, RESEARCH, AND VAST POTENTIAL OF "SMALL WONDERS"
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-17 - March 11, 2002
  VIDEO, STILLS AVAILABLE: UNPRECEDENTED ANTARCTIC ICE CALLS FOR TWICE THE NORMAL ICEBREAKING MUSCLE
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-16 - March 11, 2002
  NSF INVITES MEDIA TO REPORT ON ARCTIC RESEARCH CRUISE TO STUDY EARLY INDICATORS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-15 (NSB 02-44) - March 7, 2002
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD TO MEET (MARCH 14)
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-14 - March 4, 2002
  NANOTECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM TO SHOWCASE VAST POTENTIAL OF "SMALL WONDERS"
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-13 - February 27, 2002
  SCIENTISTS, OFFICIALS TO EXAMINE COPENHAGEN ISSUES
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-12 - February 13, 2002
  NSF CELEBRATES ENGINEERS WEEK - WORLD TRADE CENTER RESEARCH, ROBOTICS FEATURED
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-11 - February 12, 2002
  NSF SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS TRUST, COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE, AND LEARNING AT AAAS MEETING
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-10 - February 8, 2002
  BAYER/NSF COMPETITION WINNERS TO BE FEATURED ON OPRAH WINFREY SHOW FEB. 11
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-09 - February 6, 2002
  NSF DIRECTOR TO HOST MEDIA BREAKFAST AT AAAS ANNUAL MEETING
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-08 - February 1, 2002
  NSF TO BRIEF MEDIA ON FISCAL 2003 BUDGET REQUEST (New times)
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-05 - January 31, 2002
  ELECTRONIC RESOURCES FOR JOURNALISTS USEFUL WEBSITES AND STATISTICAL RESOURCES
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-07 - January 29, 2002
  NSF TO BRIEF MEDIA ON FISCAL 2003 BUDGET REQUEST
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-03 - January 28, 2002
  CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS TO SPEAK AT NSF ON TERRORISM AND THE ECONOMY (New date and time)
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-04 (NSB 02-12) - January 18, 2002
  NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO MEET (JAN 24)
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-03 - January 28, 2002
  CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS TO SPEAK AT NSF ON TERRORISM AND THE ECONOMY
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-02 - January 3, 2002
  GEMINI TO BE HIGHLIGHTED AT D.C. ASTRONOMY MEETING
  
  
• NSF PA/M 02-01 - January 3, 2002
  MATH MEETING TO FEATURE INTERNET, HELICITY, ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY

MEDIA ADVISORIES FOR 2001

• NSF PA/M 01-36 - September 28, 2001
  AT WTC SITE, NEW FEDERAL GRANTS TO STUDY STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND HAZARD RESPONSE
  
  
• NSF PA/M 01-38 - October 5, 2001
  POST-ATTACK GRANTS TO STUDY HUMAN, SOCIAL RESPONSES TO SEPTEMBER 11 CRISIS

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