CCR-FYI Colloquium Is an Unparalleled Opportunity; Registration Closes Soon

The CCR-FYI Colloquium, planned and coordinated almost entirely by fellows, is a two-day scientific meeting devoted to giving early-career scientists a chance to share their work and learn new skills. This year’s theme is The NIH Advantage: Where High Risk Meets High Reward. Registration and abstract submissions to present a poster at the 26th Center for Cancer Research Fellows and Young Investigators Colloquium, NCI’s headline conference for early-career scientists, close April 1. Registration to attend closes May 1. Presenters and attendees can register on the event website.
Samuel Lopez
 03.23.2026

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College Graduate with NCI Internship Gains Experience, Carries Chemistry into Medicine

For Jennifer Marshall, the skills learned through an internship at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at Frederick have prepared her for the next step of her life—medical school. Marshall, who will be attending the West Virginia University School of Medicine in the fall, spent three summers in NCI at Frederick’s Summer Internship Program expanding her love and passion for science and the medical field.
By Samuel Lopez, Staff Writer; photo by Joseph Meyer, Staff Photographer; portrait courtesy of Jennifer Marshall 07.25.2017
People Community Students July 2017

A Day as a Scientist: Take Your Child to Work Day

Do you ever dream you could fight a fire, conduct fascinating experiments, and eat ice cream all in one day? A record number of kids—285 in all—got to do just that during the NCI at Frederick’s annual Take Your Child to Work Day.
By Madison Reeley, WHK Student Intern; images by Sam Lopez, Associate Editor, and Chris Worthington, Editorial Supervisor 07.24.2017
Events Community July 2017

2017’s Take Your Child to Work Day Poster Puzzler Winner

The annual Take Your Child to Work Day event had many exciting activities, including the Poster Puzzler challenge.
By Nathalie Walker, Student Intern; images by Rich Folkers, Communications Manager, and Randall Johnson, Ph.D. 07.18.2017
Features Poster Puzzler Community Events July 2017

Ten NCI Researchers Among Spring Research Festival Award Winners

In a ceremony at the Fort Detrick Community Activities Center earlier this week, Maj. Gen. Barbara R. Holcomb, the commanding officer of the Fort Detrick garrison, distributed the awards for outstanding presentations and posters at the 2017 Spring Research Festival.
By Marie Haughey and Samuel Lopez, Staff Writers; group photo by Joseph Meyer, Staff Photographer; individual awardee photos by Samuel Lopez 06.22.2017
Awards Community Events Spring Research Festival June 2017

Improvements in Store for NCI at Frederick and FNLCR Eateries

Changes are coming to the Discovery Café on the National Cancer Institute at Frederick campus and to the Grab n’ Go at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR), improvements that will increase the variety and quantity of food available—and make those enhanced options more accessible.
By Samuel Lopez, Staff Writer; photos by Richard Frederickson, Staff Photographer 06.21.2017
Community People Café June 2017