More about Year of Science 2009

International Celebrations of Science occurring in 2009:

While COPUS is, at this time, localized to the US, we are excited to hear about and share what others in the world are doing to celebrate and promote the public understanding of science.

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  • The Royal Ontario Museum is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Burgess Shale by the paleontologist Charles D. Walcott.

  • The HMS Beagle Project will be celebrating the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth by launching a sailing replica of HMS Beagle. An icon of scientific progress, she will circumnavigate the globe in Darwin's wake, crewed by aspiring scientists and researchers.

In addition, visit the Web sites of our international colleagues listed below to learn more about their activities to promote the public understanding of science.

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Found 5 international organizations.

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Faculty of Science, Cairo university
Organization Contact: Prof. Dr. Ahmad Gala, Dr. Tarek Kapiel, ()
Cairo University, previously Egyptian University and later University) is an institute of higher education located in Giza, Egypt. The university was founded on December 21, 1908, as the result of an effort to establish a national center for educational thought. Several constituent colleges preceded the establishment of the university including the College of Engineering in 1816, which was shut down by Muhammad Said Pasha in 1854. Cairo University was founded as a European-inspired civil university, in contrast to the religious university of al-Azhar, and became the prime indigenous model for other state universities in the region. Cairo University includes a School of Law and a School of Medicine. The Medical School, also known as Kasr Alaini was one of the first medical schools in Africa and the Middle East. Its first building was donated by Alaini Pasha. Since then it has undergone extensive expansion.
 
Fuji Xerox Australia
Organization Contact: Angelo DeSilva, ()
Fuji Xerox helps organisations take control of their documents, manage costs and improve productivity. With more than 12 billion pages produced on Xerox technology in Australia annually, whether you?re in an office, print room, commercial printer or publishing environment, we have the experience and knowledge to design and implement a document solution for you.
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Fundacion Vaino Auer
Organization Contact: Alejandro Patino Alonso , ()
Fundacion Vaino Auer in popularization of scientific knowledge about Patagonia and Antartida via scholarship, its own library, public science meeting and scientific art . We also help scientific projects who take place in our area.
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Fundacionjunto Paleontolo de Teruel-Dinis
Organization Contact: Luis Alcal, ()
The Fundacionjunto Paleontolo de Teruel-Dinis (Palaeontological Network Foundation of Teruel-Dinis) (Aragovernment) was founded in 1998 with the objectives of the management, in terms of cultural leisure, of the palaeontological resources of the Teruel area (Spain). Also, important established goals are the promotion of palaeontological research and the preservation and public diffusion of the Turolian fossiliferous heritage. The Fundacionjunto Paleontol󧩣o de Teruel Museum is an associate member of the Spanish Society of Paleontology (SEP), the Spanish Association forEarth Sciences Teaching (AEPECT) and the European Network of Science Centres ans Museums (ECSITE).
 
Future of Life Research Centre
Organization Contact: David Tow, ()
A research organisation dedicated to explorig the future prognosis of life basd on a Unified Theory of Evolution

 

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National Science Foundation The cognizant fiduciary body for the COPUS and Year of Science 2009 projects is the American Institute of Biological Sciences Inc., a nonprofit 501(c)(3) scientific association founded in 1947 as a part of the National Academy of Sciences, and an independent, member-governed organization since the 1950s. Support for COPUS workshops by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. EAR-0606600, EAR-0628790, and EAR-0814048. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.