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Photo: Jerry Macala/National
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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.
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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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full message
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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"
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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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August 23, 2002)
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NSF's Contributions
to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
(posted August 23, 2002)
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Madhu Sudan, left, winner of the 2002
Rolf Nevanlinna Prize and Vladimir Voevodsky, 2002 Fields Medal
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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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August 23, 2002)
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President George W.
Bush signs supplementary budget bill.
Credit: White House photo/Tina Hager
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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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August 23, 2002)
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