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  The Optical Society and the Optical Society of Korea Name New Award in Honor of South Korea’s Optics Trailblazer

  27 November 2012
  The Optical Society (OSA) and The Optical Society of Korea (OSK) announced today the establishment of a new award in honor of Sang Soo Lee for his pioneering role as the “Father of Optics” in South Korea.
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  Student Organizes 5K Run to Benefit Paul Bonenfant Scholarship Campaign

  26 November 2012
  Thanks to the efforts of a 15-year-old high school student, the OSA Foundation’s Paul A. Bonenfant Memorial Scholarship fundraising campaign is even closer to its goal of $190,000 with just less than $10,000 left to fully endow the scholarship.
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  Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Student Receives Travel Grant to OSA Renewable Energy and the Environment Congress

  20 November 2012
  The OSA Foundation (OSAF) is pleased to announce Dmitry S. Bodunov of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in Russia was this year’s recipient of a travel grant to the Optical Society’s (OSA) Renewable Energy and the Environment Congress that took place Nov. 11-14 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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  A 3-D Light Switch for the Brain

  19 November 2012
  A new tool for neuroscientists delivers a thousand pinpricks of light to a chunk of gray matter smaller than a sugar cube. The new fiber-optic device, created by biologists and engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, is the first tool that can deliver precise points of light to a 3-D section of living brain tissue.
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  Human Eye Gives Researchers Visionary Design for New, More Natural Lens Technology

  13 November 2012
  Drawing heavily upon nature for inspiration, a team of researchers has created a new artificial lens that is nearly identical to the natural lens of the human eye.
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  Anne Matsuura Joins the Optical Society as Senior Science Advisor

  05 November 2012
  The Optical Society (OSA) announced today that Anne Matsuura will join their staff as a senior science advisor. In this role, Matsuura will assist with scientific and technical aspects of OSA’s programs and services, strategic development of global relationships, plus serve as an international and national government policy advisor for OSA.
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  Outstanding Student Researchers Honored at Frontiers in Optics 2012

  02 November 2012
  The OSA Foundation (OSAF) is pleased to announce the most recent student grant and scholarship recipients, recognized during the Optical Society’s (OSA) 96th Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2012 in Rochester, N.Y.
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  Donald B. Keck Named Honorary Member of the Optical Society

  01 November 2012
  The Board of Directors of the Optical Society (OSA) announced today that Donald B. Keck has been elected as the society’s newest Honorary Member. Keck was chosen for his “breakthrough contributions to the field of optical communications, including the invention of the first low-loss optical fiber, and for a history of service to OSA.”
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  First-ever 3-D Stress Map of Developing Embryonic Heart Sheds Light on Why Defects Form

  31 October 2012
  As a human fetus develops, its heart has to keep pace with the new body’s ever-growing demands. Much of this is controlled by following genetic blueprints, but the embryonic heart also matures in response to the intense stresses of pumping blood. For the first time, researchers have been able to visualize in 3-D the stresses induced by flowing blood in an embryonic heart.
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  OSA Lauds UNESCO for Adopting Proposal to Name 2015 the International Year of Light

  25 October 2012
  The Optical Society (OSA) today praised the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) decision to adopt a resolution declaring 2015 the International Year of Light.

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