News and Notes
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Vertebrate Paleontology and the Evolutionary Synthesis, 1894-1944
February 11, 2009
Miranda Paton, Cornell University
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Fellowship Applications for 2009-2010
January 8, 2009
The Center invites applications for one- or two-month Dissertation Research Fellowships and nine-month Dissertation Writing Fellowships. The application deadline is 11 February 2009.
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Scientists and the Ethics of U.S. Weapons Research, 1957-1991
January 6, 2009
Sarah Bridger Columbia University My dissertation covers the political arguments among scientists about Cold War weapons, scientists’ advice to politicians and military planners, and the per
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William Smith, John Ewing, and the Teaching of Science in Early Philadelphia, 1754–1800
November 25, 2008
Nicholas Spicher Johns Hopkins University There was only one functioning college in British North America at the turn of the 18th century.
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The Post-Heroic Generation: American Independent Inventors, 1900-1950
November 12, 2008
Eric S. Hintz
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John Archibald Wheeler: A Study of Mentoring in Theoretical Physics
November 3, 2008
Terry M. Christensen Oregon State University John Archibald Wheeler (1911–2008) was among the giants of 20th-century physics.
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Mapping Destiny: Cartography and Nineteenth-Century Art of the Frontier
August 27, 2008
Mary Peterson Zundo Ph.D.
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Medical practice in the Chesapeake and Mid-Atlantic regions, 1769-1820
July 1, 2008
Melissa J.
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Arctic Exploration In Motion on WHYY
May 27, 2008
Susan Kaplan, co-organizer of the North By Degree conference describes the film festival, Arctic Exploration in Motion, that will follow the conference.
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2008-2009 Fellowships
May 27, 2008
The Center has awarded six fellowships for dissertation research in area archives and libraries as well as two dissertation writing fellowships.