Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
Criminologist Nancy La Vigne to Head U.S. National Institute of Justice
President Joe Biden has named criminologist Nancy La Vigne to head the National Institute of Justice, the arm of the U.S. Department […]
Purdue Science and Tech Scholar Fouché Heads NSF Social and Economic Sciences Division
and a science and technologies studies scholar whose high-profile work often looks at the connection of sport and technology, has taken the reins of the National Science Foundation’s Social and Economic Sciences Division
Institute for Advanced Study Draws from Humanities for New Director
Earlier this month, David Nirenberg — a professor of medieval history who had been dean of the Divinity School at the University of Chicago — became the the director of the Institute for Advanced Study to come from the humanities.
Engineer and Psychologist Carlotta Arthur to Head DBASSE
Engineer and psychologist Carlotta M. Arthur, currently director of the Henry Luce Foundation’s Clare Boothe Luce Program for Women in STEM, has been named the new executive director of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education at America’s National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
2021 ASA Election Results: New Leadership for 2022
The American Sociological Association is pleased to announce the results of their 2021 ASA elections. Congratulations to the 2022-2023 President Prudence Carter […]
Carnegie Names 2020 Fellows
Earlier this week the Carnegie Corporation of New York named the 2020 class of 27 Andrew Carnegie Fellows. Each fellow will receive $200,000 to go toward scholarly research over the next two years in the humanities and social sciences that addresses important and enduring issues confronting our society. The anticipated result of each award is a book or major study.
Engineer from ASU Likely New Head of NSF in 2020
Arizona State University electrical engineer Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan is the likely nominee to replace France Córdova as director of the National Science Foundation once Córdova’s six-year appointment ends next year
Duffy to Head UK Campaign as Wilsdon Leads Research on Research Institute
Bobby Duffy, director of The Policy Institute, will replace James Wilsdon as head of the Campaign for Social Science. Wilsdon, meanwhile, will head the new Research on Research Institute.
