Recent News
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Sara Alert™ Academic available for universities to use to help monitor individuals with COVID-19 as cases escalate
Secure software tool automates monitoring and reporting to streamline process and reduce burden on resources
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ORAU receives Partner of the Year Award for NSSP, improving worker health protections
ORAU received the first-ever Partner of the Year Award from the Center for Health, Work and Environment at the Colorado School of Public…
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ORAU awards 35 research grants for 2020-2021 academic year to junior faculty at its member universities
ORAU has awarded competitive research grants totaling $175,000 to 35 junior faculty from its member institutions. The annual grants are…
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ORAU Professional Training Programs in health physics accommodate every learning style
Looking for health physics online courses that allow you to learn at your own pace? Or, are you looking for an in-person classroom…
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ORAU announced as winner of 2020 EPEAT Award
ORAU has earned the 2020 Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) Sustainable Purchaser Award continuing a string of…
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ORAU in the News
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East Tennessee scientists use a drone called the "Coyote" to study hurricanes
WBIR-TV
Drones could hold the key to learning more about storms like Hurricane Laura.
"It is kind of exciting because there's an area in a hurricane that if you go there, you don't live to tell about it. It's underneath the eyewall, low altitude over the ocean. These aircraft are designed to go there," said Ron Dobosy, a retiree of ORAU and an atmospheric scientist.
Dobosy and SUAS Pilot Ed Dumas were part of a team that calibrated and improved instruments for a drone called the "Coyote."
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Amparo Atencio, Come on Down!
Oak Ridger
Local resident Amparo Atencio recently won a new car on “The Price Is Right” television game show.
Atencio, who works at Oak Ridge Associated Universities as a technical training project manager, was asked about her win and experiences on the game show by The Oak Ridger and ORAU’s newsletter.
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