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Celebrating Veterans Day
Lt. Gov. Brown, Army Veteran, Speaks at NIH |
| By Belle Waring |
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Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown speaks at NIH’s first Veterans Day Celebration, Nov. 8.
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How do you do justice to our veterans’ honor and sacrifice?
In recognition of his public service—and for his high profile within the state—you salute Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown, himself a veteran.
On Nov. 8, Brown visited campus as keynote speaker of the first NIH Veterans Day Celebration in Kirschstein Auditorium, Bldg. 45.
First came the posting of the colors by the Joint Forces Color Guard and the National Anthem by the Navy Brass Quintet. Then, introducing and welcoming Brown were NHLBI’s Lt. Col. Cathy Troutman (ret., U.S. Army) and Colleen Barros, NIH deputy director for management. Chaplain Roosevelt Brown of Walter Reed NMMC offered the invocation.
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Demaine Finds the Math Behind Pleats And Folds, Mountains and Valleys |
| By Rich McManus |
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Dr. Erik Demaine |
Although the Japanese art of origami originated centuries ago, only in recent decades have the underlying mathematics governing folding come to light. One of its most light-hearted yet deep-thinking adherents visited NIH on Nov. 2 to explain that mathematical algorithms lie behind not only the paper folds that yield a swan, but also the elegant folding techniques that allow space-based telescopes to unfurl and car airbags to deploy safely.
Dr. Erik Demaine may be the poster boy for home-schooled Canadian artist-scholar prodigies. In an enthusiastic introduction to his talk, Dr. Michael Gottesman, NIH deputy director for intramural research, noted that Demaine entered Dalhousie University at age 12, got his bachelor’s degree at 14 then earned his Ph.D. at the University of Waterloo, “Canada’s MIT.”
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