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Ethiopian scientist Gebisa Ejeta receives National Medal of Science from US
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https://news.yahoo.com/ethiopian-scientist-gebisa-ejeta-receives-134428773.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall&guccounter=1
Gebisa Ejeta won the World Food Prize in 2009 for developing an advanced hybrid of the sorghum cereal
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The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine selected and announced the 2023-2024 Jefferson Science Fellows.
Professor Assefa Melesse will be a Fellow and Climate change advisor at the State Department working with Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC) and others working on climate security and climate diplomacy.
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https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/jefferson-science-fellowships/fellows
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A leader in sustainable forestry (Posted on by schoppyi )
Temesgen Hailemariam has accomplished a lot in his 20 years at OSU’s College of Forestry – and he’s not done yet. In 2022, Temesgen was named the Giustina Professor of Forest Management and appointed as the director of the Center for Intensive Planted-forest Silviculture (CIPS), two prestigious roles that reflect his wealth of experience and expertise.
His new leadership position with CIPS will position him to play a key part in shaping the silviculture activities and research at OSU – and beyond. Their core mission is to improve the economic and environmental performance of the Pacific Northwest forests and to enhance the regional and global competitiveness of the Pacific Northwest producers in the forest products industry.
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