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Student receives prestigious NASA award Benjamin J. Scaralia of West Rutland, a senior at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a 2006 graduate of Mount Saint Joseph Academy, has been Scaralia awarded the John Mather Nobel Scholarship by the Henry Foundation, Inc. for his summer internship work at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Baltimore, Md. Mr. Scaralia is only one of seventeen international students to have won the award, and the first student in the state of Vermont. Currently in his second year as a NASA summer intern, Scaralia has been working as a Quantum Chemist with Dr. Igor Eberstein and Dr. William Ward on a project formally titled “Quantum Mechanical Investigation of Planetary DOH/HOH”, which is aimed at studying atmospheric changes on the planet Venus. During his tenure, he has also developed a college-level physics program on Thermodynamics for NASA to be used on the Digital Learning Network. Eligibility criteria for the award included: a rising senior undergraduate with intent for graduate school through third year graduate level; a minimum 3.5 GPA during Fall 2008 and /or Spring 2009 semesters; demonstrated interest in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM); and research experience. The funding for the scholarship originated in a generous contribution from the John and Jane Mather Foundation for Science and the Arts, which in turn was funded from the award of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics to Dr. John Mather for his work on the “Big Bang” theory. Scaralia is majoring in applied physics at RPI in Troy, N.Y., with an interest in Astrobiology through Quantum Chemistry. His internship in NASA’s prestigious Summer Aerospace Workforce Development Research Internship Program (SAWDRIP) is being funded through the Vermont Space Grant Consortium. The award was presented at a special honorary luncheon at the Johns Hopkins Club in Baltimore, MD, which was followed by a visit to the Space Telescope Science Institute, the science operations center for the Hubble Space Telescope, where Mr. Scaralia received the designation “John Mather Nobel Scholar.”
42 local organizations receive money
TEAMWORK—Firefighters from around Vermont are preparing for the 2009 Vermont State Firefighters' Association Annual Meeting and Conference, Aug. 14-16, in Bennington. Pictured are firefighters practicing at last year’s convention in Rutland. Every professional and volunteer fire department in the region will be represented at this year’s convention. For details, call VSFA at 483-2251 Photo by Shawn Pemrick
Gov. Jim Douglas announced last week that 42 Vermont arts organizations have received a total of $606,000 through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). These taxpayer-funded grants are billed as preserving jobs in Vermont’s nonprofit arts sector. “The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is designed to jumpstart the economy, create and protect jobs, and invest in key priorities,” said Douglas. “Like other jobs, arts jobs help individuals and families pay household expenses, put children through college and achieve financial stability.” Through ARRA, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) received $50 million to help restore and preserve jobs in the nonprofit
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Free heating oil promo sparks local interest Program helps Rutland-area families By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com If someone offered you $1,000 worth of free home heating oil would you take it? Well, it looks like hundreds of Rutland-area residents are answering with a resounding “yes.” A unique newspaper effort that offers $1,000 worth of fuel—free—to the winner, is being sponsored by Patten Oil Co, Inc. of Rutland. The promotion, which helps benefit cancer research and local families with the disease, has created a buzz among local shoppers. Patten, the first fuel company in Rutland County to provide 24/7 online service and a “Smart Cap” fuel pricing program, has also committed to contribute to cancer research and Rutland-area individuals fighting cancer. For every galloon of fuel the company delivers in the pink truck, according to Dan Dukeshire, senior vice president of Patten, a portion of the price is donated to the Coleman Foundation which supports breast-cancer research—also, a portion of those local fuel-oil sales go directly to Rutland-area families fighting cancer.
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PATTEN PINK—Patten Oil Company’s pink tanker truck is “Fueling a Cure.” Patten and participating Rutland businesses will give away $1,000 in heating fuel to a lucky winner.
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