From nuclear waste to strategic minerals for renewable energy, Rod Ewing wants to inject more science into long-term solutions. The recipient of a PhD in geology from Stanford in 1974, Ewing returns to The Farm with joint appointments in the School of Earth Sciences and the Center for International Security and Cooperation.

NSF-funded California Alliance includes Stanford, UC Berkeley, Caltech and UCLA

President Obama will nominate Prof. Orr to oversee energy and science research programs.

Discoveries abound in hands-on summer program