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Blog Post
Large numbers of ORAU staff members have left the company on good terms only to return home to ORAU for a second stint
Like a boomerang, many ORAU employees have left for other job opportunities, only to return to ORAU. Discover some of the personal stories of a few of these individuals who have found their way back home to ORAU.
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Podcast
Exploring the benefits of incorporating plants into daily life: An ORAU Innovation Partnership Grant story
Lakshya Sharma is student coordination manager for the Resource Center of Excellence Greater Atlanta, one of dozens of such centers around the world working to advance the United Nations' sustainable development goals. An ORAU Innovation Partnership…
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Blog Post
New exhibit invites museum visitors to “Meet Alvin Weinberg,” a world-renowned nuclear physicist and former ORAU employee
The Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge has opened an exhibit introducing the life and legacy of Alvin Weinberg, visionary nuclear physicist, who was once director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and was the founder of the Institute for Energy Analysis…
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ORAU $25,000 Extreme Classroom Makeover winner reveals upgrades as new state standards emphasize computer science
After winning ORAU’s $25,000 Extreme Classroom Makeover in the spring, Sevier County Junior High School computer science teacher Shelby Woods finally got to reveal her upgraded room. ORAU’s Extreme Classroom Makeover is a competition that started in…
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Podcast
There is always something to be excited about in science: NASA NPP Fellow Sunil Pulletikurti, Ph.D.
Sunil Pulletikurti, Ph.D., is a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow conducting research on the chemical origins of life. Essentially, he's investigating how small molecules become parts of larger molecules—for example, how an amino acid…