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Community | Golf Tournament Drives in a Win for the Children’s Inn
On September 23, golfers took to the Clustered Spires golf course in Frederick, Md., for a cause. The R&W Club Frederick hosted its inaugural golf tournament, with proceeds benefiting the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Children’s Inn.
Events | Kids’ Day Brings Smiles, Laughs, and Cheers Despite the Heat
On July 17, more than 200 children attended the National Cancer Institute at Frederick and Fort Detrick 17th annual Take Your Child Work Day (TYCTWD), informally coined “Kids’ Day” by campus employees.
Technology Transfer | Nineteen Patents Issued in 2012 for Inventions by Frederick Researchers
Patents provide a period of exclusivity and are a way to exclude others from making, using, or selling an inventor’s novel technology. For the National Institutes of Health (NIH), patents are an incentive for an outside party to license, develop, and commercialize NIH technologies that will benefit public health, especially those that require substantial further development by an outside party, such as therapeutics and diagnostics.
Students | Student Interns Tour Two NIH Facilities
Thirty-five Werner H. Kirsten student interns toured the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda in August to learn about the services and opportunities available.
People | Women of NCI at Frederick
Each year, the Employee Diversity Team (EDT) acknowledges a group of women for their great achievements and contributions towards the mission of the National Cancer Institute at Frederick. Details of their achievements and unique personalities were on display in Building 549 in March, and we present a brief summary of each.