NIEHS Spotlight

Daycare Center Dedication

First Environments Early Learning Center, the daycare center NIEHS shares with EPA, officially opened April 24 with a dedication ceremony attended by government officials and Congressional representatives.

New NIEHS Strategic Plan Unveiled

One year into his role as the director of NIEHS, David A. Schwartz, M.D., unveiled a new strategic plan aimed at challenging and energizing the scientific community to use environmental health sciences to understand the causes of disease and to improve human health.

The Strategic Plan in Action

The NIH Roadmap - Though the NIH Roadmap pre-dates the NIEHS Strategic Plan, the Roadmap supports the Plan, and Goals of the Plan support the Roadmap.

Earth Day 2006

Among the displays for Earth Day at NIEHS, NC Green Power set up a solar-powered fan as an example of a renewable energy source available in North Carolina.

Children Learn What Parents Do All Day

Events were held April 20 at NIEHS.

Gadgets Galore: Spring Vendor Show

The annual NIEHS Spring Vendor Show brought in about 30 vendors, including international vendors. Employees browsed the rows of wares in the Rodbell Auditorium, checking out the latest technology.

Awards

Allen Wilcox: UNC School of Public Health Distinguished Alumnus

Inside The Institute

Retirements: Judy Bullard and Joyce Bumann

Two more NIEHS employees bade farewell to friends and coworkers in April.

Family Day at NIEHS

The planning committee has been busily planning the return of the NIEHS Family Day. Old timers here may remember when it was a regular event.

CFC Theme Contest

Wanted: Creative Ideas

Up and Coming

 

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Science Notebook

DERT Search function

A new search capability has been added to the NIEHS Extramural Research Portfolio web pages.

Papers of the Month

 

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