WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: New civilian employees can expect to get on the job faster as a result of a new, standardized Air Force Materiel Command Civilian Acculturation Program. The program, officially launched in May 2019, encompasses the time from which an individual receives a firm offer of employment through the end of the new employee's two-year probationary period. It standardizes and streamlines the on-boarding proce  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: New civilian employees can expect to get on the job faster as a result of a new, standardized Air Force Materiel Command Civilian Acculturation Program. The program, officially launched in May 2019, encompasses the time from which an individual receives a firm offer of employment through the end of the new employee's two-year probationary period. It standardizes and streamlines the on-boarding proce  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate recently held their 67th Annual Awards Luncheon at the Hope Hotel and Richard C. Holbrooke Conference Center to honor top achievers. More than 100 finalists and awardees were honored at the event as Josh Forbes, materials engineer within the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, served as the master of ceremonies. The aw  more

DANVILLE, Pennsylvania, Jan. 23 -- Geisinger Health issued the following news release: The Resident Planning Team of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine is pleased to announce that eight of our current fourth-year medical students have successfully matched into residency programs. While most of our MD Class of 2020 will learn of the locations of their residency program at noon on Friday, March 20, several matches occur prior to the national residency event. Military Branch matches inclu  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: An unusual guest speaker recently challenged researchers and administrators at the Air Force Research Lab to think about artificial intelligence and machine learning and how they will change the home and workplace as well as institutions of higher learning. Speaker Dr. David Staley, an Ohio State University history professor, advised his audience that, as a futurist, he was not in the prediction bus  more