Wilma Subra, a diminutive grandmother, has long challenged the corporate polluters in one of the nation's most toxic regions. The police asked the right question. "Can you think of anyone who would ...

“I don’t actually live here,” says Wilma Subra, moving through the living room to the kitchen of a small house that serves as the offices of her environmental consulting business near the Bayou Teche ...

There is no knowing the impact a word of encouragement can have on a flagging spirit. Artist G Subramanian recalls how his son asked him to work on a collage on a day when he was feeling blue. “I told ...

The long table at the back of Wilma Subra's office in rural Louisiana is covered with stacks of paper, several of which look in danger of sliding into a heap on the floor. There are legal briefs, ...

New Iberia, Louisiana (CNN)-- Chemist Wilma Subra was working at her desk by a picture window one cool June evening in 2006 when the passenger in a passing car fired a single shot in her direction.

The contrast couldn’t be more stark: Only a chain-link fence, camouflaged by thick bushes and mighty oak trees, separates residents from a Shell chemical plant and the Motiva oil refinery. On one side ...

Washington, Feb 7: Subra Suresh, President Barack Obama's top Indian-American science official, has resigned as director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to become the president of Carnegie ...

President Joe Biden honoured Two Indian-American scientists – Dr Ashok Gadgil and Dr Subra Suresh – with the National Medals in the fields of science and technology. While Gadgil was conferred the ...

Top Indian-American scientist Dr. Subra Suresh on Tuesday received the prestigious National Medal of Science from US President Joe Biden for pioneering research across engineering, physical sciences, ...