On behalf of the U.S.-DPRK Scientific Engagement Consortium, CRDF Global and Syracuse University have announced a three-year grant of $350,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation in support of an interrelated program of initiatives to promote and advance scientific cooperation and academic exchanges between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
“The Luce Grant will give the consortium the opportunity to build on the first four-year phase of its work and take the consortium to the next level in getting actual science engagements under way between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” says Cathy Campbell, president and CEO of CRDF Global. “We are incredibly grateful to the Luce Foundation for its insight and willingness to fund one of the few long term engagement initiatives between the U.S. and the DPRK.”
“Academic exchanges are an important means for advancing scientific and technical knowledge and building dialogue and mutual understanding between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” says Stuart Thorson, Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. Thorson has been working to build academic ties with the DPRK for the past 10 years.
Founded in August 2007, the consortium is currently comprised of four organizations: the American Association for the Advancement of Science, CRDF Global, SU and The Pacific Century Institute. Collectively, the consortium members have decades of extensive experience in successfully establishing and advancing international scientific collaborations.
Our universe is dominated by matter and contains hardly any antimatter, a notion which still perplexes top scientists researching at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. The Big Bang created equal amounts of matter and antimatter, but now nearly everything—solid, liquid, gas or plasma—is…
Everyone knows DNA plays a crucial role in solving crimes—but what happens when the evidence is of low quantity, degraded or comes from multiple individuals? One of the major challenges for forensic laboratories is interpreting this type of DNA data…
Eight teams of engineering students presented designs for original devices to industry experts and investors at Invent@SU Final Presentations. This six-week summer program allows students to design, prototype and pitch their inventions to judges. During the program, students learn about…
This spring, Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) held its annual Norma Slepecky Memorial Lecture and Award Ceremony. WiSE was honored to host distinguished guest speaker Joan-Emma Shea, who presented “Self-Assembly of the Tau Protein: Computational Insights Into Neurodegeneration.” Shea…
Bao-Ding “Bob” Cheng’s journey to Syracuse University in pursuit of graduate education in the 1960s was long and arduous. He didn’t have the means for air travel, so he voyaged more than 5,000 nautical miles by boat from his home…
If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.
