Take Your Child to Work Day Is on the Cusp of a Comeback

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Take Your Child to Work Day, a beloved pre-pandemic event, is poised to return to NCI Frederick this summer. Past years saw the campus host as many as 300 children for a day of hands-on activities meant to illuminate scientific principles and inspire curiosity. Tori Seal, the event’s lead coordinator this year, hopes to capture some of that excitement again.

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It’s Time to Register for the CCDI Annual Symposium

A graphic announcing the date of the symposium as March 24

Monday, March 13, 2023

The Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) Annual Symposium returns on March 24. Scheduled to occur both on-site in Bethesda and virtually, the event will play host to scientists, clinicians, and stakeholders from NCI and the larger cancer research community. Staff from Frederick are eligible to attend.

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All-Women Panel Speaks Up, Shares Wisdom

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Monday, February 27, 2023

Ashley Waters, DPA, executive director of Woman to Woman Mentoring, Inc., spoke from a lectern at Hood College. People with mentors, she said, have better prospects in life. Mentoring was one of the reasons Waters and several dozen others—both in person and virtually—had come to the small Frederick campus. They were gathered for Women in Science Speak, a celebration of women and girls in science and a mentoring discussion about overcoming the substantial disparities and gender bias in the field.

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Biotech Connector Returns to Highlight Research Advances in Vaccine Formulation and Delivery

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

The Biotech Connector, a quarterly networking and speaker series, is returning to Frederick, Md, on March 1. The event, which is jointly hosted by the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research and Frederick County Chamber of Commerce, brings together entrepreneurs, industry members, and scientists of all kinds for an inside look at local advances in research to improve human health.

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FNL Celebrates Year One of Historically Black Colleges & Universities Initiative

Photo of FNL Director Dr. Ethan Dmitrovsky and Dr. James Lillard, Morehouse School of Medicine

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Frederick National Laboratory’s Academic Summer Trainees Program provides graduate and undergraduate students with the chance to work with and learn from some of the nation’s leading scientists. The program now includes students from several Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and offers them increased access to advanced research and training, along with experience in biomedical programs, cancer research, and state-of-the-art technologies at FNL.

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