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Insider tips for your $25K Extreme Classroom Makeover application!
After 17 years of offering ORAU’s Extreme Classroom Makeover, we’ve learned a thing or two about what keeps teachers from going for it. Whether you’re dreaming of cutting-edge tools or a complete technological transformation, follow these tips to…
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Podcast
For the health of former energy workers: A deep dive into the National Supplemental Screening Program
ORAU coordinates the evaluation of DOE former workers through the National Supplemental Screening Program. Through the NSSP, the U.S. Department of Energy offers free customized medical screenings to their former workers who may have been exposed to…
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ORNL historic posters at ORAU museum explain radiation protection
The advancement of nuclear technology introduced hazardous challenges, especially to an uneducated workforce. To address the need to promote safe practices ORNL created a series of health physics posters in 1947 that would help instruct and promote…
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Podcast
Keep pursuing your ideas: A conversation with Aakash Chhabra, Ph.D., NASA Postdoctoral Fellow
Aakash Chhabra, Ph.D., is a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow at the Earth Science Division at NASA Ames. Chhabra's background is studying fires and forest ecology using satellite data or remote sensing data. He did his Ph.D. research in Australia on…
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ORAU historical spotlight: Jack Beck “reeled in” a legacy of important cancer research and radiation protection
Learn about the career of Jack Beck, which included overseeing the early years of the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center and Training Site.