Campus
NEWS continued from page 3 The center has been
Department and the direc-
cations are areas of interest
gram will be funded
tor of the center.
as well.
through a gift from the
operating for several years
The National
Werth Family Foundation,
Looking forward, a
as a Southern-based facility,
Science Foundation esti-
fellowship program affiliat-
which recently contributed
offering hands-on training
mates that two million
ed with the new center will
$3 million to advance
in a field that draws upon
workers will be needed to
award annual stipends to
Southern’s science pro-
several scientific disciplines,
support nanotechnology
several students who par-
grams. The center itself is
including chemistry, biolo-
industries worldwide with-
ticipate in nanotech
being funded through a
gy, physics, and engineer-
in the next 15 years. The
research. The students will
variety of sources, includ-
ing. Students work with
new center will support
also learn the business
ing grants from the U.S.
specialized equipment,
research in cutting-edge
side of science, such as
Department of Energy
including a state-of-the-art
areas. These include the
marketing products.
and the National Science
microscope that uses elec-
nano-medicine field, with
trons to image materials on
faculty collaborating on
the atomic scale.
topics such as how drugs
“It’s a very exciting
are delivered to the body,
time for us, especially as
and research and develop-
The fellowship pro-
Foundation.
Applause! Applause! Congratulations to several members of the
Southern community who were recently recognized for outstanding achievement.
Nanotechnology is science, engineering, and technology conducted at the nanoscale, generally about 1 to 100 nanometers. Just how tiny is a “nano?” The prefix “nano” is translated as one-billionth or 10(-9). Simply put, one nanometer is one-billionth of a meter . . . so small that it’s extremely difficult to imagine. To help illustrate, here are a few examples, courtesy of the National Nanotechnology Initiative, a multi-departmental program run by the U.S. government.
There are 25,400,000 A strand of human DNA has a diameter nanometers in a of 2.5 nanometers. single inch.
we await the opening of a
ment for new medical
new science building [pro-
devices and implants.
jected to be completed in 2015], which will enable
Sandra Bulmer, professor of public health
Ellen Durnin, dean of the School of Business
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A sheet of paper is about 100,000 nanometers thick.
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one inch The center will also focus on environmental
Sandra Bulmer, pro-
Ellen Durnin, dean
fessor of public health, was
of the School of Business,
elected to serve a three-
was honored as the
year term as president of
Business Advocate of the
the Society for Public
Year by the Hamden
Health Education. Founded
Chamber of Commerce.
in 1950, the nonprofit
Durnin was also appointed
organization provides glob-
to the legislative Results
us to do more things with
applications of nanotech-
al leadership for the pro-
First Policy Oversight
a state-of-the-art facility
nology, such as testing
fession and is dedicated to
Committee as a represen-
and equipment,” says
devices that can sense
the promotion of the
tative of Connecticut’s
Christine Broadbridge,
microscopic pollutant parti-
health of society.
business community.
chairwoman of the Physics
cles. Manufacturing appli-
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