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News Briefs: Ingalls to host christening event for DDG 123
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Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
The christening of the guided missile destroyer
Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) is set for the evening of April 24 at the Pascagoula shipyard. Among those scheduled to speak are newly-appointed Program Vice President George Nungesser, Prospective Commanding Officer Douglas Brayton, and Pickett Wilson, the ship’s sponsor.
DDG 123 is named in honor of Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee, one of the original “Sacred Twenty” the term used to describe the first 20 woman who formed the new Navy Nurse Corps in 1908. Higbee would serve as the Superintendent of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps during World War I and her service during the war led to her becoming in 1920 the first woman to receive the Navy Cross.
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Advocate for Social Change and Justice Published Apr 6, 2021
Cambridge, Mass. (April 6, 2021) The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) announced today that Johanna Chao Kreilick, an executive officer at the Open Society Foundations, will be its next president. Founded in 1969 at MIT, UCS has grown to be a $46 million science-based advocacy organization that combines technical analysis and advocacy to create innovative, practical solutions for a healthy, safe and sustainable future.
“For three decades, Johanna Chao Kreilick has been a passionate driver of social change,” said Dr. Anne Kapuscinski, UCS board chair and the director of the Coastal Science and Policy Program and a professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. “We were particularly impressed with her track record of integrating racial justice into the work and culture of complex organizations, her understanding of the role of science in effective decision making, and her
Source: University of Waikato
World-leading Tauranga marine scientist, Professor Chris Battershill, will be speaking about the importance of ocean biodiversity and the sustainable management of this important natural resource in a Tauranga Public Lecture Series on April 12.
The free event, held at the University of Waikato Tauranga campus, will reveal how derivatives from sea sponges can fight a variety of cancers and how red seaweed has been used to create drugs for HIV/Aids and potential for treatment of the Covid-19 virus.
The hour-long talk, Drugs from the Sea: Biomedicines, Biodiversity and Biopirates, is billed as a must-attend for those interested in this ground-breaking area of medical and marine science, and for anyone interested in the sustainable management of our ocean resources.