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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for July 11, 2022

By Lisa McDonald / July 11, 2022

Turkey discovers massive reserve of rare earth elements, Alicia Durán and Daniel Neuville receive Otto Schott Research Award, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for July 11, 2022.

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United Nations approves 2022 as the International Year of Glass

By Lisa McDonald / May 20, 2021

The United Nations General Assembly approved the formal resolution to declare 2022 as the International Year of Glass! Read the statement from Alicia Durán, president of the International Commission on Glass and chair of IYOG2022.

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Video: Toward an International Year of Glass

By Lisa McDonald / October 14, 2020

Since 1959, the General Assembly of the United Nations has designated specific years as United Nations International Years to acknowledged important fields of international endeavor and their contributions to society. Learn about a recent initiative spearheaded by the International Commission on Glass to have 2022 declared the International Year of Glass.

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Boston becomes Glass City as it welcomes 900 glass scientists, engineers, and manufacturers

By Eileen De Guire / June 18, 2019

More than 900 people from 45 countries attended the International Congress on Glass and the Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society Glass and Optical Materials Division in Boston, Mass., June 9–14, 2019.

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FunGLASS research center in Slovakia established with €25M, including €15M from EU’s Horizon 2020

By Eileen De Guire / March 29, 2017

The global glass community received terrific news of a €25 million investment to establish the new Centre for Functional and Surface-Functionalized Glasses (FunGLASS) in Trenčín, Slovakia.

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Global glass experts converge on Miami, Fla., for GOMD conference and AACS workshop

By Eileen De Guire / May 19, 2015

The 2015 GOMD-DGG brings together glass experts working on all areas of theory, experimentation, and manufacturing. ACerS AACS Division, also in Miami, held a workshop on ancient glass research activities.

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