Maggie Walker Senior Honored with Davidson Fellowship

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A Maggie Walker senior has been named winner of a Davidson Fellowship. The award, given by the Davidson Institute, is rated one of the seven most prestigious undergraduate scholarships by US News and World Report.

Davidson Fellowhip winner Saumil Bandyopadhyaya

NASA Reaches Out to Girls for Careers In Aerospace

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is seeking to close the gender gap in aerospace with a new and agressive program aimed at middle school girls.  And the head of that program will be at a technical conference Friday in Richmond to talk about it.  Charles Fishburne reports.

Dr. Mamta Patel Nagaraja

Virginia Tech Students’ Experiments on Board Rocket Launch Thursday

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A team from Virginia Tech is at Wallops Island for the launch of a suborbital rocket, carrying with it their experiments and their hopes for a future in space exploration. WCVE Public Radio’s Charles Fishburne has more in this Science Matters report.

Photo: Virginia Tech SatRock-X Team: Stephen Noel, Ryan Hatton, Robbie Robertson, Mark Godine

Virginia Tech SatRock-X Team: Shown: Stephen Noel, Ryan Hatton, Robbie Roberts
Wallops Island Launch Facility

Whimbrel Fly South Over Deep Water

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Scientists at the College of William and Mary/ VCU Center for Conservation Biology have gathered some remarkable data tracking three whimbrel from arctic Canada to the east coast and then to South America.

This map indicates the flight path of each Whimbrel.

Virginia Scientist Describes "Curiosity's" Work on Mars

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Early Monday morning, William and Mary Science Professor Joel Levine was at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the Mars Science Laboratory made its perfect landing. He said he's looking forward to so much more than breathtaking pictures.

Discover more on this topic in this Science Matters Special Report.

Dr. Joel Levine standing in front of a model of Curiosity.

NASA Langley Instruments Now Helping To Probe Mars

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Yesterday, we reported the contributions that NASA Langley researchers in landing  the Mars Explorer Curiosity. Today, in this WCVE Science Matters reports...Charles Fishburne tell us there is still a lot of Langley expertise on the surface of Mars.

William and Mary Professor Watches Mars Landing

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A William and Mary scientist was there at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California when NASA's Mars Science Laboratory made its perfect landing on the red planet early yesterday morning.

Dr. Joel Levine

Science Pub on Energy

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Tonight at The Camel, the second Science Pub RVA will feature a physics professor from VCU talking about "Energy: The Crisis we face and the prospect of solar cells."

Read more in this Science Matters article here.

NASA Langley Plays Key Role In Curiosity Mission

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The successful landing of the Mars Scientific Laboratory “Curiosity” Rover, is due in part to research at Virginia’s NASA Langley Research Center that goes back decades. Charles Fishburne has more in this WCVE Science Matters report.

Ash Borer Quarantine Extended Statewide

The Va. Dept. of Agriculture has extended the Emerald Ash Borer quarantine to include the entire state.