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July 13, 1999
Young Scientist Collects Multiple Awards for NIH Project
Organ, Tissue Transplant Research Center Opens at CC
OSE's Summer Film Festival Returns
Book Bridge Project Concludes with Author's Visit
Panel Endorses Non-Animal Test of Chemicals
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Nobel Laureate Gives Cultural Lecture Sen's 'Relational Reach' Links Health, Economy By Rich McManus
Dr. Amartya Sen, the 1998 winner of the Nobel prize in economics
and a master at Trinity College, Cambridge, U.K., proved as
charming and self-effacing as advertised in introductory remarks by
NIH director Dr. Harold Varmus, who invited Sen to give the annual
director's cultural lecture June 2. Speaking before a packed Masur
Auditorium, Sen, as predicted by Varmus, also challenged received
wisdom by observing that robust economies don't necessarily
foment higher life expectancies, and that "to rely on a doctor's view
of health might be a great mistake."
Scientists, Start Your Engines By Carla Garnett
NIH recently opened a new on-ramp to the next generation Internet
(NGI) via a high-speed (155 Mbps, or millions of bits per second)
connection to the very high performance Backbone Network
Service (vBNS). Launched in 1995, the vBNS is a nationwide
network supporting high-performance, high-bandwidth research
applications and is the product of a 5-year cooperative agreement
between MCI and the National Science Foundation.
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