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August 11, 2020 | Steve Koppes Adi Ashkenazi Postdoctoral scientist Adi Ashkenazi of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has earned the Universities Research Association 2020 Tollestrup Award... Read More
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Jacob Todd of the University of Cincinnati is the recipient of this year’s URA Graduate Thesis Award for his work on the Fermilab MINOS and MINOS+ neutrino experiments. The Universities Research... Read More
For her significant and varied impact on accelerator-based neutrino physics, Laura Fields has been given the URA Early Career Award. This new award recognizes outstanding work conducted by an... Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS AT URA Washington, DC, January 7, 2019 – Universities Research Association (URA) is pleased to announce the appointment of two... Read More
From The New York Times: Leon Lederman, 96, Explorer (and Explainer) of the Subatomic World, Dies A Nobel laureate who deepened science’s understanding of the building blocks of matter, he was... Read More
Washington, DC, June 20, 2018 – Universities Research Association (URA) announces the establishment of a new award, the URA Early Career Award, recognizing outstanding work conducted by an... Read More
To the recipients of Universities Research Association’s Visiting Scholars Program (VSP) awards:
In response to the disruptions and closures resulting from the coronavirus outbreak, the Universities Research Association’s (URA) Visiting Scholars Program (VSP) assures all VSP recipients with an active award that URA will implement all reasonable extensions and make the flexible arrangements necessary to help all VSP awardees.
We ask that all VSP recipients with an active award follow their home institution’s guidance and that they confer with their Fermilab sponsor regarding the current and future status of their research projects, access to the Laboratory, and their ability to carry out their VSP work as planned so that URA can provide reasonable and flexible no-cost extensions.
URA expects to issue additional guidance in coming days as we learn more about possible impacts on awardees. Please check our website for those updates.
Please contact the VSP program with any questions or issues concerning your award at: VSP@ura-hq.org