Photo: Jerry Macala/National Science Foundation.

September 11, 2002--Patriot Day
The U.S. flag at half-staff at Amundsen-Scott, the U.S. research station at the South Pole, following the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon one year ago.

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Photo: Peter West/National Science Foundation.

A 9/11 Message to the NSF Family
"On this one-year anniversary of September 11, we all know that the events of that day have changed America and Americans forever. They have opened the box of the unimaginable and released the unthinkable. For the nation, its institutions, and its citizens, there is a loss of innocence about the security of our land and of our lives. In its place, we find a new vigilance for the unexpected," noted agency Director Rita Colwell and Deputy Director Joseph Bordogna in a message to NSF staff.

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Hilo participants of Gemini Internet Inauguration event with television monitors showing Florida International University (left), La Serena (right) and the National Science Foundation (projected on the wall). Credit: "Kirk Pu'uohau-Pummill/Gemini Observatory"

Internet Link Moves Gemini Closer to Becoming "Cyber Observatory"
Astronomers and officials in the United States and Chile on Aug. 13 inaugurated a high-speed Internet connection for Gemini Observatory's telescopes in Hawaii and Chile, putting Gemini well on the way to becoming an international "cyber observatory." The connection, developed with NSF funding and support, will allow real-time remote observations and sharing of scientific data generated by Gemini's twin 8-meter telescopes located on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, and on Cerro Pachón in the Chilean Andes. The link's capabilities were demonstrated at a four-way videoconference at NSF in Arlington, Va., Florida International University in Miami, Fla., and the telescope's headquarters in Hilo, Hi., and La Serena, Chile.
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NSF's Contributions to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)

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Madhu Sudan, left, winner of the 2002 Rolf Nevanlinna Prize and Vladimir Voevodsky, 2002 Fields Medal winner.

NSF Director Congratulates Recipients of the Fields Medal and Rolf Nevanlinna Prize in Mathematics
NSF Director Rita Colwell congratulated Vladimir Voevodsky and Madhu Sudan, recipients of the most distinguished prizes in the mathematical sciences, in a statement issued today. "Their accomplishments reflect the recognition that mathematics underlies all fields of science and engineering…. We are proud that NSF has supported the groundbreaking work of these honorees," noted Colwell. Voevodsky, currently at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., shares the 2002 Fields Medal with Laurent Lafforgue, a colleague in France. The Fields Medal is the world's highest honor for mathematical research. Sudan, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is receiving the 2002 Rolf Nevanlinna Prize, which recognizes outstanding work in the mathematical aspects of computer science.
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President George W. Bush signs supplementary budget bill. Credit: White House photo/Tina Hager

Scholarship for Service Awards Expanded After President Signs Supplemental Budget Bill
President Bush has signed legislation adding $19.3 million to NSF's budget to expand a program designed to help reduce critical shortages of computer security and information assurance professionals in the public and private sectors through education scholarships. NSF had just completed a second round of grants worth more than $11.5 million to expand both scholarship and capacity building efforts within the Scholarship for Service (SFS) program when the fiscal 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 107-206)was signed into law.
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