Sentences with phrase «also pioneering efforts»

The Tar Heel State is best known as a leader in solar energy, but Mike Muglia, a researcher from the University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute, said the state was also pioneering efforts to harness the ocean's current to produce electricity.

Credit changing tastes and a growing audience for art, but also pioneering efforts by the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition and by Mark di Suvero in Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens.

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Tesla electric car pioneer Elon Musk has also warned of the danger posed by efforts to create thinking machines.

In addition to being a leader in permeate production volumes, the U.S. dairy industry has also been a pioneer in investing significant research and development efforts revealing the sensory, functional and nutritional benefits of whey and milk permeate as cost - saving, flavor - enhancing and sodium - reducing food and beverage ingredients.

Servick's award is «wonderful recognition for a very imaginative story that was also one of our pioneering multimedia efforts,» said Science News Editor Tim Appenzeller.

Take a listen not only to the chintzy yet fun warp through the Stargate (chapter 9), but also the air raid on the people of Nagada (chapter 25); Stargate was a pioneering effort in digital sound and its DTS sound remains an aggressive treat.

Steiner — an academic with Oxford and Harvard degrees who also had pioneered new teacher training programs as head of Hunter College's School of Education — had «charged out of the gate galloping,» observes Meyer, instituting greatly tougher benchmarks for the state's 3 - 8 tests and initiating a major effort to write a statewide curriculum.

The evening also recognized Adrian Grenier, who brought home an award for his work with SHFT.com, a media outlet pioneering eco-friendly life style; Steve Elfman, Sprint President of Network Operations and Wholesale, on behalf of Sprint for their eco-friendly phone, the Samsung Replenish, which is made from 82 % recyclable materials; Arthur Rubinfeld, Starbucks President of Global Development, on behalf of Starbucks for the company's global sustainability initiatives, including achieving LEED certification for all new company - owned stores beginning in 2010; and Bill McKibben and May Boeve, co-founders of 350.org, for their «efforts to raise awareness about the most threatening issue of our time: climate change.»

Baker McKenzie also invests in communities where its people live and work and is a pioneer in teaming with its clients on corporate social responsibility efforts worldwide.