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Loud and Clear: ONR Program Officer Honored for Hearing Work with Sailors

ONR’s Kurt Yankaskas won the 2019 Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Award for his work addressing hearing loss among warfighters.
February 14, 2019

Game On: Virtual Trainer Takes Serious Approach to Electronic Warfare

Missiles are launched at a Navy ship, and Sailors must decide in a matter of seconds how to keep from getting hit. A new
January 01, 2015

Navy Hosts Top High School Researchers in National Competition

See winners from the ONR-cosponsored 52nd National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium, April 23-27, 2014.
January 01, 2014

Mighty Mentorship: Navy Civilian Employee Wins DoD STEM Advocacy Award

Juan Lafuente, head of the Nuclear Command Control and Communications Messaging and Interior Communications Branch at Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, recently won the Department of Defense (DoD) STEM Advocate of the Quarter award for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023.
December 20, 2023

Science and Technology Conference Highlights Opportunities for Partnerships

Making science and technology a major priority, the White House is looking for ways the naval research community can partner on efforts, such as advanced training for sailors, a top administration official said Nov. 9 at the 2010 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Partnership Conference.
November 09, 2010

ONR Celebrates 65 Years of Pioneering Science and Technology

The Office of Naval Research marked its 65th anniversary with a commemorative timeline storyboard Aug. 1, 2011.
January 01, 2011

Navy Win-Win: Energy Research Expands, Student Veterans Advance

The Energy System Technology Evaluation Program, or ESTEP, a program sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is offering a double-win for the nation: Navy and Marine Corps veterans are being connected to advanced internships in energy fields, with the ultimate goal of long-term energy sustainability for the future fleet and force.
February 23, 2017

Fast Fluency: Can We Identify Quick Language Learners?

New ONR-sponsored findings by scientists at the University of Washington demonstrate that a five-minute measurement of resting-state brain activity predicted how quickly adults picked up a second language.
June 30, 2016

Unraveling 'Knotty' Problems: ONR Helps Launch New Academic Center for National Security Innovation

Recognizing the modern need for bold answers to complex naval challenges, ONR has sponsored the creation of Stanford University’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation (GKC)—a new academic center dedicated to helping the U.S. government re-envision its approach to national security issues.
December 03, 2021

ONR’s RoboBoat Competition Makes a Splash in Sarasota, Florida

A unique maritime competition, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), recently took place in Sarasota, Florida. The 16th annual RoboBoat competition brought together teams of students from across the globe to assemble and navigate autonomous unmanned surface vehicles (USV) through a series of real-world challenges, including coastal surveillance, port security and oceanographic exploration, at Sarasota’s Nathan Benderson Park.
April 06, 2023