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ORAU awarded Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services contract to provide technical assistance services in support of INSPIRE (Initiative to Support Promising Research) program. Read more: bit.ly/4sFnISl #FurtherTogether

REMINDER: Browse & Bloom Parking Lot Sale is Sat 4/18 in MC-212 parking lot on ORAU's main campus. Buy new & gently used wares, enjoy shaved ice, support Helping Paws Animal Network while eating lunch & have fun! Hours: 8 am-2 pm. Sponsored by ORAU's Employees' Club.

ORAU announces the election of new members to its board of directors and the joint nominating committee for its board and the Council of Sponsoring Institutions. More here: bit.ly/41lNyzQ #FurtherTogether

💖 Help us save lives on Wed 4/15 during the MEDIC Regional Blood Center blood drive at ORAU. Blood drive is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Pollard Center, 210 Badger Ave in Oak Ridge. Donate with MEDIC and get an admission ticket to Soaky Mountain Water Park! See graphic for more info.

Ricardo Branco, Ph.D., is a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory researching detectors of infrared or thermal radiation from very cold bodies throughout the solar system – think Uranus or the moon. Listen: bit.ly/4snvQa0 #FurtherTogether

As the nuclear industry in Tennessee rapidly expands, we need to ensure our workforce pipeline can meet the demand. Pathway to Trades is your opportunity to craft solutions and drive meaningful change. Register today: bit.ly/4vhJYUT #FurtherTogether

NASA’s Artemis II lunar 🌚 fly-by is big news this week. Luke Fountain, Ph.D., NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, is on a team focused on growing crops in space to feed future manned space teams. Read more: bit.ly/4qJRAMy #FurtherTogether

From all of us at ORAU, Happy Easter!

ORAU is proud to support the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge, a unique and educational resource providing children of East Tennessee with the opportunity to learn while playing-to create, discover, solve, and experience. Learn more: bit.ly/3PBPEcj #FurtherTogether

At ORAU, we elevate science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) because students who love STEM grow up to be the next generation of scientists and engineers. Click the link below to learn all about our K-12 STEM education programs: bit.ly/3yVDeTZ #FurtherTogether

Kirtan Dixit, Ph.D., is a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow in the second year of his fellowship at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. He is part of the high-energy astrophysics, high-energy optics group. Listen: bit.ly/4v6vXJL #FurtherTogether

Kris Emery has been named ORAU director Financial Operations. He brings 30-plus years of accounting & finance experience across public accounting, healthcare & government sectors. Emery served as ORAU controller for more than 7 yrs. More: bit.ly/3Q8HKHl #FurtherTogether

🖥️ Ashley Stowe, chief research and university partnerships officer, Keri Cagle, senior vice president and ORISE director, and Jim Sears, senior vice president for ORAU Government Services, are in Nashville this week for the inaugural AI Tennessee Summit. #FurtherTogether

The Leadership Anderson County class of 2025-26 paid a visit to ORAU Tuesday, March 24. The group heard presentations about what ORAU does and toured the Museum of Radiation and Radioactivity in Pollard Center. #FurtherTogether

🎉 ORAU welcomed 13 new institutions to its 172-member university consortium during our annual meeting last week. Several member institutions were presented with awards for their level of engagement in consortium activities. Read more: bit.ly/4sy8dwx #FurtherTogether

Do you know about the Nuclear Energy Academic Roadmap, a collaborative effort aimed at strengthening the future of nuclear education and workforce capacity building in the United States led by the ORAU STEM Accelerator, Read the NEAR: bit.ly/4npK3B9 #FurtherTogether

ORAU workforce solutions specializes in scientific and technical staffing support, bringing highly qualified and diverse professionals to fulfill mission critical project and business requirements for our government clients. Click below to learn more 👇 bit.ly/3VxjCyM

“ORAU: From the Beginning” is the story of the founding of ORAU told by William G. Pollard, Ph.D., and others. The book tells the story of ORAU’s early years, from the end of the Manhattan Project to 1979. Read the book online by clicking the link below: bit.ly/4k01FC6

Day Two of the ORAU Annual Meeting of the Council of Sponsoring Institutions kicked off by welcoming 13 new members. Ashley Stowe, chief research and university partnerships officer, shared collaboration opportunities available to members. orau.org/partnerships/i… #FurtherTogether

At ORAU, we believe in empowering individuals at every stage of their career journey. Discover how we foster innovation, advance STEM education and safeguard worker and community health in our latest blog: bit.ly/4cQ3tNO #FurtherTogether