Imperial Valley News Center
USDA-NIFA and United Kingdom-Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Partner for Animal Disease Prevention Research
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the United Kingdom's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) today announced five jointly funded research awards that total more than $2.3 million from NIFA and £2.3 million British pounds ($3,502,683 equivalent) from the BBSRC for the US-UK Collaborative Animal Health and Disease and Veterinary Immune Reagents program.
NASA, ESA Telescopes Give Shape to Furious Black Hole Winds
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Washington, DC - NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and ESA’s (European Space Agency) XMM-Newton telescope are showing that fierce winds from a supermassive black hole blow outward in all directions -- a phenomenon that had been suspected, but difficult to prove until now.
“Hanging Out” Exhibition Opens
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Riverside, California - “Hanging Out,” an exhibition and set of performances developed by UC Riverside anthropology professor Susan Ossman and graduate students in her “Art to Ethnography” seminar, opens in the Afterimage gallery in University Village on Thursday, February 26, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m.
Villagers seek refuge from renewed violence in Darfur
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Darfur, Sudan - A new wave of violence in Darfur has forced more than 50,000 people to flee their homes since the start of the year. Thousands of families are facing limited access to food, adequate water supply and shelter. Oxfam has launched an immediate response, aiming to reach more than 20,000 people with clean water, emergency latrines and hygiene supplies.
Launching the Every Kid in a Park Initiative and Designating New National Monuments
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Washington, DC - As part of President Obama’s commitment to protect our Nation’s unique outdoor spaces and ensure that every American has the opportunity to visit and enjoy them, today he will launch an “Every Kid in a Park” initiative that will provide all fourth grade students and their families with free admission to National Parks and other federal lands and waters for a full year. He will also announce the creation of three new National Monuments across the country.
U.S. State Department and USAID Supported Initiatives to Counter Violent Extremis
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Washington, DC - Countering the violent extremism that is driving today’s terrorist threats and stemming its spread is a generational challenge. Lasting victories over terrorism and the violent extremist ideologies that underpin it are not found on the battlefield, but rather in mindsets, and within communities, schools, and families.
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