Sentences with phrase «major efforts aimed»

Program, a major effort aimed at learning more about how the heart develops and why children are born with heart problems.

The two projects are facets of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Bench to Bassinet Program, a major effort aimed at learning more about how the heart develops and why children are born with heart problems.

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It's also clear from their various retail efforts that Amazon is aiming to be a major player in brick and mortar retail.

ALBANY — A state university president who has been a linchpin in the Cuomo administration's efforts to stimulate economic growth has resigned from the boards of two nonprofits that manage major real estate developments aimed at building tech hubs in faded upstate cities.

One of Rep. Chris Collins» first major legislative efforts took a big step forward, as the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology approved his bill establishing a grant program that aims to fund innovations being created at the nation's universities, research institutes and laboratories.

Hubble's findings mark the next step in a major research effort aimed at understanding some of the strangest stuff in the cosmos.

The school runs a mentoring effort aimed at reducing the traditionally high attrition rate among undergraduate engineering students, and Sebald views the 22 % women and 13 % underrepresented minorities among the school's 2600 majors as evidence of progress that the CSEM program can build upon.

Boxer and the Senate's other senior Democrats — who control the body — have largely deemphasized the issue since 2010, when they abandoned a major effort to pass legislation aimed at curbing U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

Despite a lack of noble intentions, at least Disney put some effort into it by tossing in a few side jokes aimed toward adults, and spiffed up the effects to theater - worthy levels we would expect for a major summer release.

Since 1877, the historic American Humane Association has been at the forefront of virtually every major policy movement, legislative effort, and shift in cultural attitudes aimed at improving the lives of children, and protecting pets and farm animals from abuse and neglect.

The survey finds both support and skepticism for major efforts to reduce climate change on the first day of a Paris summit, with international leaders aiming to forge consensus on measures aimed at slowing the rise of global temperatures.