Jack St. Clair Kilby (8 November 1923 - 20 June 2005)
An American electrical engineer, Jack St. Clair Kilby got his bachelor's from the University of Illinois, followed by his masters at the University of Wisconsin, before starting his career at Texas Instruments until his retirement in 1983. Kilby's most notable achievement comes from his work on integrated circuits, creating what was arguably the first microchip by combining capacitors, resistors, transistors, etc. Kilby is often credited alongside Robert Noyce (who worked independently) for inventing the integrated circuit, though only Kilby would win a Nobel Prize for the invention (Noyce had died by the time Kilby won the award in 2000 and Kilby's speech credits him for the same work).
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To help raise awareness of cyber threats and promote safe online practices, Oxford University Press is supporting Cybersecurity Month this October: a time to promote education about cybersecurity and share knowledge to help protect yourself online.
We have collated a variety of interdisciplinary research that highlights the importance of cybersecurity and data protection, from cryptocurrencies and GDPR, to cyberattacks and ransomware.
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Here, from a book titled *The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture*, is an image of the Farmer’s High School of Pennsylvania. This institution, which has since become Penn State, was never really a high school, but an agricultural college with the power to grant baccalaureate degrees. We’ve looked more into this fascinating piece of collegiate history on Penn State News: http://ow.ly/GWWb30h9sGN In the above article Laura Waldhier writes: ”The fledgling institution's aim was to encourage the application of science to farming. But many farmers distrusted the traditional college curriculum that emphasized the study of rhetoric, ancient languages, philosophy, and other 'classical' subjects. To allay these suspicions, the University’s founders named the college the Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania.” In 1862 the school changed its name to the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, which became the Pennsylvania State College in 1874. In 1953 until the school was elected to university status by President Eisenhower. @pennstate * * * The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1785-1955 [Philadelphia] : The Society, 1976. Call number: HD1485.P6 F4 1976 Facsimile: http://ow.ly/zJgu30h9sTo * * * #shoutoutsaturday #PennState #KislakCenter #UPenn #Pennlibraries #librariesofinstagram #agriculture #PAhistory #farmershighschool #Pennsylvania #sciencesaturday #college
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#ScienceSaturday: Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Partnerships
As an integral part of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) mission, the Division of Fish and Wildlife Conservation provides national leadership to promote restoration, enhancement, and protection of fish, wildlife, and invertebrate species and their habitats. The BLM works with many partners for the preservation of reptiles and amphibian species (termed herpetofauna) and their habitats, which are in danger across large tracts of land. To that end, BLM serves as a member of a national coalition called PARC, or Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation.
The BLM's interagency work in association with PARC has received national recognition. On March 8, PARC received the 2017 BLM/U.S. Forest Service Conservation Leadership Partner Award at the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference held in Spokane, Washington. The award is presented annually to an organization that demonstrates outstanding leadership and sustained dedication to conservation on public lands.Â
Founded in 1999, PARC addresses reptile and amphibian population declines through a coalition comprised of state and federal agencies, private sector organizations, and concerned citizens. The group works to conserve amphibians, reptiles, and their habitats as integral parts of our ecosystem and culture through proactive and coordinated public/private partnerships. The BLM helps lead PARC's Federal Agencies Steering Committee, which fosters reptile and amphibian conservation within participating agencies.
As the federal agency that manages the most habitat of reptiles and amphibians, the BLM is entrusted to protect these species across massive tracts of lands from the Mojave, Sonaran, Great Basin, Chihuahuan deserts and beyond. The BLM also manages some of the most diverse types of reptile and amphibian habitat in the United States.
To learn more about the BLM’s fish and wildlife programs, click here.
