Sentences with phrase «diversity in the sciences by»

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A voice for science and scientists everywhere, AAAS fulfills its mission to «advance science and serve society» by communicating the value of science to the public, helping governments formulate science policy, promoting advancements in science education and diversity, and helping scientists develop their careers.

The news story, first reported by The Washington Post on the evening of Dec. 15, set off a firestorm that the directive, which included barring the use of «fetus,» «transgender,» «diversity,» «entitlement,» «vulnerable,» «science - based» and «evidence - based» in budget documents, risks diminishing the value of scientific advice in public policymaking, said the letter.

The principles of the scientific method may be constant, but much diversity can be found worldwide in how scientists are perceived — by themselves as well as by the general public — and how science is practiced as a craft.

Throughout my undergraduate studies in Canada I was encouraged to follow a career in science by several of my biology professors, partly because of the profound lack of diversity in the sciences.

Funded by the National Department of Science & Technology (DST), the focus of the Southern African Human Genome Programme (SAHGP) was to capture a full spectrum of diversity in under - represented populations.

Global figures on diversity in the science and engineering workforce are hard to come by, but what we know is not flattering

Center for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators and Human Sciences Research Council, March 2014 (South Africa workforce); Women in Science, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (gender); Leading the Way: Increasing the Diversity of the Science Workforce: Project Two: Exploring the Impact of Socio - Economic Background on Careers in Science, by TBR.

Five graduate students from underrepresented groups or disadvantaged backgrounds have been named Gilliam fellows by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, joining a group of 30 fellows with a passion for science and a commitment to increasing diversity in the sciences.

Previous studies suggest that the Late Cretaceous skies were only occupied by much larger pterosaur species and birds, but this new finding, which is reported in the Royal Society journal Open Science, provides crucial information about the diversity and success of Late Cretaceous pterosaurs.

Even though tarantulas as a group are generally well known and easily recognized by the public from their appearances in popular culture, far less was known to science about their distribution, diversity and how they lived in the wild, according to the study's lead author, Chris Hamilton.

Then they applied the two approaches to data from long - term studies of forest diversity in Asia, Africa and Latin America, conducted by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Center for Tropical Forest Science in Panama.

On June 30, following on work published in the scientific journal Nature by STRI post-doctoral fellow, Scott Mangan, a group of 50 researchers from 12 countries published a paper in Science (lead author, Joe LaManna, Washington University in St. Louis) showing that close plant relatives make bad neighbors and that the negative interactions between relatives are stronger in the tropics, which may explain why tropical forests are so rich in species diversity: Because plants do not do well next to their relatives, there is more space for non-relatives to fill.

But Randi Spivak, director of public lands for the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity in Tuscon, Arizona, said that by circumscribing the highest level of protection only to certain areas, the administration is displaying «more political science than biological science.»

In two papers in this week's issue of Science, a team led by Luo and paleontologist Qing - Jin Meng of the Beijing Museum of Natural History reports the discovery of two new, shrew - sized docodonts that boost this picture of early mammalian diversitIn two papers in this week's issue of Science, a team led by Luo and paleontologist Qing - Jin Meng of the Beijing Museum of Natural History reports the discovery of two new, shrew - sized docodonts that boost this picture of early mammalian diversitin this week's issue of Science, a team led by Luo and paleontologist Qing - Jin Meng of the Beijing Museum of Natural History reports the discovery of two new, shrew - sized docodonts that boost this picture of early mammalian diversity.

«Without the existence of these proteins that could help phytoplankton cope in these stressful environments, the phytoplankton diversity in many regions of the ocean would be much lower, in particular by reducing large phytoplankton such as diatoms that are known to take up a lot of carbon dioxide, thus possibly accelerating the pace of a warming planet,» said Marchetti, assistant professor of marine science at UNC - Chapel Hill.

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund launched the Diversity in Science program in 2012 to advance the careers of underrepresented minority postdoctoral fellows by enhancing the postdoctoral training and experience of underrepresented minority junior scientists.

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to enhance the diversity of the mental health research workforce by providing dissertation awards in all research areas within the strategic priorities of the NIMH to individuals from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences research.

CIUDAD OBREGÓN, Mexico (CIMMYT)-- As more than 200 wheat science and food specialists from 34 countries gathered in northwestern Mexico to address threats to global nutrition and food security, 9 outstanding young women wheat scientists among them showed that this effort will be strengthened by diversity.

Coordinated by the Office of Professional Staff Affairs and the Office of Diversity at Cleveland Clinic, the goal of this year's program was to disseminate knowledge about recent advances in basic science and clinical research, as well as innovations in the care of the surgical patient.

In addition, the meeting comprised several informal events such as the International Get - Together hosted by Mexico at the Dornier Museum, Friedrichshafen, cultural diversity at the Bavarian Evening and a boat trip along with a Science Picnic to the flower island Mainau.

The Arthur B.C. Walker II Award recognizes outstanding achievement by an African American in astronomy and for actively promoting diversity in science.

The Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering is committed to increasing diversity and broadening participation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) by people and groups that are underrepresented in these fields.

enter for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering is committed to increasing diversity and broadening participation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) by

Funded by a Biochemical Society Diversity in Science Grant, the initiative brings early career and established researchers into informal conversations.

A healthy microbiome means there is a great deal of diversity in the organisms and plenty of the ones considered by science to be beneficial to a healthy gut.

In my recent involvement with the six - nation * European Union - funded study of Science Education and Diversity, headed by Rupert Wegerif at the University of Exeter, I worked with the Dutch team (leader, Michiel van Eijck) using questionnaires, interviews and focus groups with 10 - 14 year olds in the six nationIn my recent involvement with the six - nation * European Union - funded study of Science Education and Diversity, headed by Rupert Wegerif at the University of Exeter, I worked with the Dutch team (leader, Michiel van Eijck) using questionnaires, interviews and focus groups with 10 - 14 year olds in the six nationin the six nations.

Nor do they challenge the educational benefits of diversity in college, a fact consistently established by evidence gained through social science research (see, for example, the 2002 article I coauthored with Patricia Gurin, Eric Dey, and Gerald Gurin in 2002, «Diversity and Higher Education: Theory and Impact on Educational Outcomes,» published in the Harvard Educationaldiversity in college, a fact consistently established by evidence gained through social science research (see, for example, the 2002 article I coauthored with Patricia Gurin, Eric Dey, and Gerald Gurin in 2002, «Diversity and Higher Education: Theory and Impact on Educational Outcomes,» published in the Harvard EducationalDiversity and Higher Education: Theory and Impact on Educational Outcomes,» published in the Harvard Educational Review).

In October 2015, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) established an Interagency Policy Group to identify policies and practices to increase diversity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce both in the Federal Government and in federally - funded institutions of higher education, by reducing the impact of implicit and explicit bias in their respective recruitment, hiring, development and training processeIn October 2015, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) established an Interagency Policy Group to identify policies and practices to increase diversity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce both in the Federal Government and in federally - funded institutions of higher education, by reducing the impact of implicit and explicit bias in their respective recruitment, hiring, development and training proScience and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) established an Interagency Policy Group to identify policies and practices to increase diversity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce both in the Federal Government and in federally - funded institutions of higher education, by reducing the impact of implicit and explicit bias in their respective recruitment, hiring, development and training processein the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce both in the Federal Government and in federally - funded institutions of higher education, by reducing the impact of implicit and explicit bias in their respective recruitment, hiring, development and training proscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce both in the Federal Government and in federally - funded institutions of higher education, by reducing the impact of implicit and explicit bias in their respective recruitment, hiring, development and training processein the Federal Government and in federally - funded institutions of higher education, by reducing the impact of implicit and explicit bias in their respective recruitment, hiring, development and training processein federally - funded institutions of higher education, by reducing the impact of implicit and explicit bias in their respective recruitment, hiring, development and training processein their respective recruitment, hiring, development and training processes.

Last year's Nintendo bundle supported the charity Code.org, a nonprofit organization that seeks to increase diversity in the field of computer science by bringing in women and people of color.

But what they don't see is the diversity of ordinary sensible people who are in fact evincing confidence in that science by * using * it.

Shaye Wolf, climate science director for the Center for Biological Diversity, the conservation group that launched legal action to get Pacific walruses listed in 2008, told Earther that the agency's claim that walruses will adapt to climate change «is baseless, and simply doesn't match the science showing that walruses are being harmed by the devastating loss of their sea ice habitat.»

By: Gunnar Gunnarsson, International Arctic Science Executive Officer and Allen Pope, International Arctic Science Committee Executive Secretary The Arctic is a huge natural laboratory offering a surprising diversity of research possibilities in every branch of sScience Executive Officer and Allen Pope, International Arctic Science Committee Executive Secretary The Arctic is a huge natural laboratory offering a surprising diversity of research possibilities in every branch of sScience Committee Executive Secretary The Arctic is a huge natural laboratory offering a surprising diversity of research possibilities in every branch of sciencescience.

Lamont's office of Academic Affairs & Diversity also supports women in science by offering family leave policies for Lamont research professors and paid maternity leave for full - time postdocs at Lamont; promoting a more diverse applicant pool for job openings; enhancing the visibility of women through special events; and increasing awareness by regularly distributing information on social science research to the Lamont staff.

In particular but in no particular order, informed conservation of biological diversity, development of public taste for a thriving ecosystem, responsiveness of governments to the will of individual human beings not of corporate fictions, levelling the playing field by privatizing the carbon cycle, enlightened application of the principles (by which I mean from Newton's Principia) of Science to questions of climate science, and payment for harms by those who cause theIn particular but in no particular order, informed conservation of biological diversity, development of public taste for a thriving ecosystem, responsiveness of governments to the will of individual human beings not of corporate fictions, levelling the playing field by privatizing the carbon cycle, enlightened application of the principles (by which I mean from Newton's Principia) of Science to questions of climate science, and payment for harms by those who cause thein no particular order, informed conservation of biological diversity, development of public taste for a thriving ecosystem, responsiveness of governments to the will of individual human beings not of corporate fictions, levelling the playing field by privatizing the carbon cycle, enlightened application of the principles (by which I mean from Newton's Principia) of Science to questions of climate science, and payment for harms by those who causScience to questions of climate science, and payment for harms by those who causscience, and payment for harms by those who cause them.

by Tom Tanton, E&E Legal Director of Science and Technology Assessment As Appearing in The Sacramento Bee The Center of Biological Diversity's relentless campaign against domestic energy production in California has reached new lows for distortions and fear - mongering.

According to their website, Diversity Lab «creates and experiments with innovative ways to close the gender gap and boost diversity in law firms, legal departments, and banks by leveraging data, behavioral science, and design thinkinDiversity Lab «creates and experiments with innovative ways to close the gender gap and boost diversity in law firms, legal departments, and banks by leveraging data, behavioral science, and design thinkindiversity in law firms, legal departments, and banks by leveraging data, behavioral science, and design thinking.»