Paul Fisette, Department Head of Environmental Conservation has been asked to serve on a National Research Council (NRC) panel to evaluate energy efficiency and sustainability standards used by the Department of Defense for its portfolio of 500,000 buildings and facilities. Press Release
Rodney Rountree, Environmental Conservation, was interviewed on the local PBS television program “Connecting Point” on May 8 about his study of the sounds fish make and his efforts to record them. WGBY's Connecting Point
Danny Schnell, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, leads a research team that includes Jennifer Normanly, a molecular biologist, microbiologist Jeff Blanchard and plant physiologists Michele Dacosta and Om Parkashis in a $2M project to develop Camelina, a non-food oil seed crop related to canola, to dramatically increase seed oil generation for processing into sustainable liquid transportation fuels. Camelina is attractive because it is drought-tolerant species that can grow in poor soil, has a short growing season, and requires little fertilizer. Physorg.com, North American Clean Energy, Press Release
Lori Goldner, Physics, has been awarded one of two Armstrong Fund for Science Awards, which grant $30,000 over two years to two research teams to encourage transformative research. Goldner's award will help her to observe individual protein molecules as they undergo nucleation. Press Release
A recent study by Lisa Scott, Psychology, and colleagues, confirms that although infants are born with equal abilities to tell apart people within multiple races, by age 9 months they are better at recognizing faces and emotional expressions of people within groups they interact with most. Scott’s paper was singled out for special mention as the “Editor’s Choice” article in the May issue of Developmental Science. U.S. News & World Report, Sify.com, Science Daily, Medical Daily, MedicalXPress.com, Press Release
