Sentences with phrase «science serves a public»

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Paul serves on the FCC's Technological Advisory Council; the Board of the Public Affairs Council; the Advisory Board for Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy; and the Board of the Partnership Fund for the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, where he also Chairs the Corporate Advisory Board.

American Botanical Council Provide education using science - based and traditional information to promote responsible use of herbal medicine — serving the public, researchers, educators, healthcare professionals, industry and media.

Her advocacy for youth includes providing an educational alternative in the form of Edge Hill University, where she is a Professor of Public Understanding of Science, as well as serving as the school's first chancellor.

The new Dr. Deirdre Loughlin Fund will link two of Deirdre's highest priorities: Broad Meadow Brook, where she has served for many, many years as chair of the advisory board; and Worcester Public Schools, where — as a teacher, and later, as a top administrator — she inspired generations of students to be curious and confident about science.

The British Election Study has served the social science community since 1964, and will continue to provide a public resource for understanding the political upheaval our country is experiencing.

Joined by New York State Senator Timothy Kennedy Wednesday at the Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, leaders of several science and nature education centers warned that their ability to fully serve the public - and remain important contributors to the local economy - may be in jeopardy if they lose state funding as a part of Albany's multi-billion dollar budget crisis.

AAAS developed the questionnaire because serving society is part of the mandate for many professional societies and funding programs, and its importance is often cited in public statements and international conventions — but few agree on what those social responsibilities are or ought to be, said Mark Frankel, director of the AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law program, which conducted the study along with the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition.

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.

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Tiffany Lohwater, with the AAAS Center for Public Engagement with Science, served as a co-principal investigator on the NSF - funded Multi-Site Public Engagement with Science project.

He served as chairman of the advisory committee to the National Science Foundation's Division of Science Resources Studies from 1987 through 1990 and is currently a member of the Advisory Boards of the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech, the School of Management and Technology of the University of Maryland's University College, and the Loka Institute, as well as the Policy Council of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management.

Prybylski outlined some of the factors that facilitated the rapid spread of Ebola, and which also served to illustrate how science, public health, cultural practices, and diplomacy are all intertwined.

In accordance with public policy being concerned about the well - being of its citizens, science policy's goal is to consider how science and technology can best serve the public.

The current academic funding system, which allocates public money to researchers based on the submission and peer review of countless research proposals, has served science well — but some people believe that the time has come to find more efficient ways to distribute the money.

Rather than encouraging researchers to take on problems that serve the public interest — a basic function of science and the fundamental reason that citizens support funding for science — Edwards believes those «perverse incentives» make researchers cautious and only concerned with their own interests.

«The nation's incoming president will need to move quickly to appoint a respected scientist or engineer to serve as the next science adviser, to ensure immediate input related to science and technology,» Holt added, reinforcing the recommendations laid out in a September 2016 report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.

STEM - focused high schools are important because they constitute the first U.S. science and mathematics reform that requires whole - school transformation rather than tinkering with peripheral components of an outmoded educational system or serving just a small, select segment of the public school population.

Popcorn served in cinemas in the US is a health hazard, claims the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Sarah still serves in the education and public affairs office of the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) where she combines her background in biological sciences with her experience and skills in science communication, career guidance, and personality profiling.

«Using multiple tools for measuring reading ease, we found that IPCC reports are designed for grownups, but they are not harder to read than other science documents, including those written for the public by professional writers,» said co-author Chris Field, who served as the co-chair of the second IPCC Working Group.

The nation's incoming president needs to move quickly to appoint a respected scientist or engineer to serve as the next science adviser to ensure immediate input on issues related to science, according to recommendations laid out in a report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy...

Michael Sandel, a Harvard professor of political science who served for four years on President Bush's bioethics panel, said the committee's prolonged discussion of alternative methods of isolating embryonic stem cells could be viewed as an effort to diminish public support for the research.

The expanded community of practice that emerged as a result of the [L'Aquila] risk communication failure, which now includes communication social science experts, can serve as a model for other scientific communities that also may need to translate their knowledge effectively to disparate non-scientific publics.»

But Frayling hopes that film can serve science better, eliminating «mad, bad» images, educating the public in the reality of what science does, and showing scientists as ordinary people.

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The EPA ethics rules that bar scientists with grants from serving on these committees also prohibit panel members from industry from working on issues affecting their companies, says the current chair of the BOSC, Deborah Swackhamer, a University of Minnesota professor of science, technology and public policy.

The objectives of the Caribbean Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science are to further the work of scientists, to facilitate cooperation among them, to foster scientific freedom and responsibility, to improve the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare, to increase public understanding and appreciation of the importance and promise of the methods of science in human progress, and to serve as a vehicle for communication and cooperation among scientific societies within the territory of the DiScience are to further the work of scientists, to facilitate cooperation among them, to foster scientific freedom and responsibility, to improve the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare, to increase public understanding and appreciation of the importance and promise of the methods of science in human progress, and to serve as a vehicle for communication and cooperation among scientific societies within the territory of the Discience in the promotion of human welfare, to increase public understanding and appreciation of the importance and promise of the methods of science in human progress, and to serve as a vehicle for communication and cooperation among scientific societies within the territory of the Discience in human progress, and to serve as a vehicle for communication and cooperation among scientific societies within the territory of the Division.

The objectives of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science are to further the work of scientists, to facilitate cooperation among them, to foster scientific freedom and responsibility, to improve the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare, to increase public understanding and appreciation of the importance and promise of the methods of science in human progress, to foster science education, and to serve as a unifying and coordinating agency for scientific societies within the territory of the DiScience are to further the work of scientists, to facilitate cooperation among them, to foster scientific freedom and responsibility, to improve the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare, to increase public understanding and appreciation of the importance and promise of the methods of science in human progress, to foster science education, and to serve as a unifying and coordinating agency for scientific societies within the territory of the Discience in the promotion of human welfare, to increase public understanding and appreciation of the importance and promise of the methods of science in human progress, to foster science education, and to serve as a unifying and coordinating agency for scientific societies within the territory of the Discience in human progress, to foster science education, and to serve as a unifying and coordinating agency for scientific societies within the territory of the Discience education, and to serve as a unifying and coordinating agency for scientific societies within the territory of the Division.

On March 9, Republicans on the House of Representatives» Science, Space and Technology Committee approved bills that would bar scientists with current EPA grants from serving on agency advisory committees and require that all scientific data used to justify new regulations be made public.

Ric Weibl, director of the AAAS Center for Careers in Science and Technology, said that the career and professional development activities at the AAAS annual meeting are central to the AAAS mission, as they serve the association's broad goals to enhance communication among scientists and the public and to strengthen and diversify the scientific and technological workforce.

She received her PhD from The Ohio State University in May 1997, subsequently serving in a number of different positions from a postdoctoral researcher at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics from 1997 - 2000, to a position at the National Academy of Sciences as a program officer with the Office on Public Understanding of Science from 2001 - 2003 to a Program Planning Specialist position at NASA Headquarters, culminating in a position at Goddard Spaceflight Center as the Education and Public Outreach Lead for the Astrophysics Science Division.

«Few things are more un-American than censorship, especially when it would keep the public in the dark on vital public health and safety information, such as climate change and sea level rise,» said Nelson, who serves as the top Democrat on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, in a statement.

He has also served as a board member for numerous other private and public life science companies, including Achillion, Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Barrier Therapeutics, Biovitrum AB, CoTherix, InterMune, Pearl Therapeutics, Quatrx Pharmaceuticals, Rigel, and Sangstat.

We, at the Office for Science and Technology, hope that this will in turn bolster even higher levels of French - American scientific collaboration, greater mobility for students and researchers between our two nations, and serve to promote the sciences to the general public.

It is because of Sue Ann's efforts and vision that we now have the Green Bank Science Center, its buses and bunkhouse as well as our public tour programs that have served over 600,000 since opening the doors 14 years ago.

He is a member of the Statewide Leadership Council for the Public Policy Institute of California and of the Bay Area Science and Innovation Consortium and serves on the boards of the Kokoro Assisted Living Facility, the National Japanese American Historical Society, and the Tri-Valley Bank.

The nonprofit AAAS (www.aaas.org) is open to all and fulfills its mission to «advance science and serve society» through initiatives in science policy, international programs, science education, public engagement, and more.

Previously serving in the General Counsel role for both public and private life sciences companies as well as the Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary for a public company, Christina has broad strategic «in - house» experience, including extensive experience with intellectual property and partnership transactions, financings, patent portfolio development, compliance and other legal matters.

As the world's most prestigious forensic science organization, the AAFS represents its membership to the public and serves as the focal point for public information concerning the forensic science profession.

To advance and promote the theory and practice of engineering sciences and technology to make medicine and biology, serving as a forum for information exchange between healthcare professionals, scientists, and the general public.

The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) expedites the discovery, development and deployment of nanoscale science and technology to serve the public good.

It will again serve as a large, open, public platform for debating the science and society interface.

Throughout his career, Partridge has an impressive record of service to the astronomy education and public education communities serving on the National Science Foundation's Teacher Scholar advisory committee and as American Astronomical Society (AAS) Education Officer.

Among her other professional services, she served on AAAS's Committee on Public Understanding of Science and Technology and DOE's Secretary of Energy's Laboratory Operations Advisory Board.

I am proud to stand up my professional relationships to such scrutiny as serving the best interests of my academic science and role as a public - sector educator.

She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Society for Science & the Public, a nonprofit organization dedicated to public engagement in scientific research and educPublic, a nonprofit organization dedicated to public engagement in scientific research and educpublic engagement in scientific research and education.

The fellowship offers public and private elementary and secondary teachers of math, technology, and science an opportunity to serve in the national public policy arena.

For much of the past few years, reflecting general concerns about the quality of public schooling, discussions of magnet schools have centered on their potential for providing intensive instruction in such subjects as science and mathematics, serving as models of effectiveness, and increasing family choice within the public system.

This task of translating the science of early childhood development begins by determining what needs translating, then identifies obstacles to public understanding, and concludes by developing and verifying the impact of simplifying models or metaphors that improve public thinking (e.g. «brain architecture,» «serve and return,» and «toxic stress»).

We demonstrate in a forthcoming Social Science Quarterly article that in advertisements for teaching positions, KIPP schools consistently emphasize public service incentives, serving kids, while nearby traditional public schools emphasize private incentives, namely salary and benefits.