REU Program Receives 5th NSF Grant
Daphne LaDue, a senior research scientist with the Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, has received her fifth National Science Foundation grant to continue the Real-World Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences program. This new award reflects a step up for this over 23-year-old program, increasing the number of participants by 140% since 2015 and adding several new initiatives.
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Patrick Hyland Earns Certified Consulting Meteorologist Designation
Patrick Hyland, a research meteorologist with the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Severe Storms Laboratory, has earned the nationally recognized Certified Consulting Meteorologist designation by the American Meteorological Society. The CCM designation is issued by the Society to highly qualified meteorologists providing research and services to a wide variety of users of weather information, including agriculture, business, industry, and various sectors of government.
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The Surprising Evolutionary History of our Oral Bacteria
OU researchers contributed to a study recently published in PNAS. The research team reconstructed the oral microbiomes of Neanderthals, primates and humans, including the oldest oral microbiome ever sequenced from a 100,000-year-old Neanderthal, and discovered unexpected clues about human evolution and health.
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A VIEW FROM WASHINGTON
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Competitiveness Bills Grow and Advance with Potential Challenges Ahead
During a busy week for science policy, the House and Senate each took steps to advance their visions for the future of the National Science Foundation and other federal science initiatives. Following an all-day mark-up on May 12, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee advanced a substitute version of the Endless Frontier Act (EFA) on a bipartisan vote of 24-4. As previously reported, EFA would authorize NSF and create a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation along with many other priorities. Along the way, there were several changes made to the overall package including increased set-asides for EPSCoR states like Oklahoma, additional funding for the Department of Energy, and providing NASA $10 billion over six years, among many other provisions. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) has stated that he still views EFA as “too full of ‘special interest provisions,’” an opinion that will likely grow among members as debate continues on the Senate floor. Some education organizations have also expressed concern over some provisions related to research security issues.
Meanwhile, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee took the first step toward advancing the NSF for the Future Act (H.R. 2225), with the Subcommittee on Research and Technology unanimously approving several amendments and the overall bill. NSF for the Future bill would authorize increased funding for NSF research, support STEM education at all levels, increase opportunities for broadening participation, and create a new Directorate for Science and Engineering Solutions to address societal grand challenges. Unlike EFA, NSF for the Future has a much narrower scope. Should EFA and NSF for the Future pass, there will be a conference between the two chambers to reach a compromised bill with many differences to sort out.
An updated analysis of changes to EFA and the NSF for the Future Act can be found here.
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Noon - 2 p.m. | May 20
NSF CAREER Program Webinar
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MEET THE TEAM
John Gallagher
John Gallagher serves as an IT Analyst in the Office of Export Controls, assisting staff and researchers with technical guidance concerning research contracts and projects that contain government requirements related to the safeguarding of export-controlled technical data.
In John’s past lives, before joining the OEC team in 2016, he served in the US Navy and spent most of his time at sea aboard carriers, notably the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Nimitz. After leaving the Navy he came back to Oklahoma and obtained a BA and MS from Oklahoma State University while working in law enforcement. John began his law enforcement career as a dispatcher, graduated from the Oklahoma Policy Academy in 2004, and ended his law enforcement career as a criminal investigator focusing on computer crimes. After leaving law enforcement John worked in IT Security as a forensic investigator and served as an adjunct at OSU, teaching both undergraduates and graduate-level courses for the OSU Business College in the subjects of computer forensics and audit.
John enjoys blues music, working with animals, and spending as much time with his family and wife of 21 years as he can. He appreciates the opportunities and experiences that OU has provided him so far and is honored to be a part of OU’s research mission in this exciting time of growth.
Each week we introduce members of the OVPRP team.
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