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Recent Posts
- Census 2020 November 6, 2019
- Meet the AMS Committee on Education October 17, 2019
- What you missed over the summer: balancing openness in science with threats to security by foreign researchers September 23, 2019
- Gerrymandering and math in the era of state reform September 4, 2019
- Some fun and interesting summer reading: A brief history of the National Science Foundation August 14, 2019
Category Archives: Science Policy
Gerrymandering and math in the era of state reform
Editor’s note: Hope Johnson is a data scientist at the Princeton Gerrymandering Project, where she is on a team developing OpenPrecincts, a database of precinct and electoral data to help citizens participate fully in redistricting. Hope graduated from Macalester College … Continue reading
Posted in Redistricting, Science Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged gerrymandering, Redistricting
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Some fun and interesting summer reading: A brief history of the National Science Foundation
I blog regularly about annual appropriations for the National Science Foundation (NSF), and about NSF policies that might affect you. But, what is the NSF? When did it come to be? Why? What makes it different from all other federal … Continue reading
Meet the AMS Committee on Science Policy
The AMS has five “policy” committees, which were established in 1993 to correspond to the five major areas in which the mission of the AMS is concentrated: Education, Meetings and Conferences, the Profession, Publications, and Science Policy. Each policy committee … Continue reading
Good news! Great reports now available to all!
CRS reports are now public!! What in the world is she talking about, you ask? What is “CRS” and who cares about their reports? Please do read on….. Say you want to learn more about the role of the … Continue reading
The White House issues annual science memo
Editor’s Note: Today marks 17 years since the tremendous loss of lives on the east coast of our nation. It would be difficult to post this without remarking on the pain that the survivors and families have endured since that … Continue reading
Posted in Appropriations, Federal support for science, OSTP, Science Policy, White House
Tagged Federal science support, OSTP, White House
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White House top science advisor Kelvin Droegemeier’s confirmation hearing to be held August 23, 10:15 EDT
On August 1, President Trump made his nomination for a Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). This position requires Senate confirmation. Once the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee gives their approval, he will … Continue reading
We (probably) have a budget for 2018; what’s in it for the mathematical sciences?
It has been a (very) busy week, budget-wise! On Wednesday evening, the House introduced its (very) long 2,232-page omnibus spending bill. On Thursday, the House passed it and in the (very) early hours of this morning (Friday at roughly 12:30 … Continue reading
Posted in Appropriations, Congress, Mathematicians, NSF, Science Policy
Tagged Appropriations, NSF budget
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Science under fire in the U.S.A.
Sadly, this topic keeps begging me to write about it; you can consider this a continuation of sorts of my August 28, 2017 and December 1, 2017 posts. Brace yourself, this post is longer than usual and (I hope not … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Appropriations, Congress, Federal support for science, International science, NSF, Science Policy
Tagged Congress, NSF budget
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How does U.S. investment in science compare to that of other countries?
I know you’ve been wondering. Federal investment in science supports the research of professors and graduate students at American universities, and funds our national laboratories. About half of U.S. basic research is conducted at universities and is funded by the … Continue reading
More bad news for science in the U.S.
If you think my July 24 post about the outlook for science in the U.S. brought bad news, just wait, it gets worse. NEWS FLASH We really need to worry about the marginalization of science in the present Administration Probably … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Federal support for science, Science Policy
Tagged Congress, OSTP
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