Humanities Indicators Report Released
BU IN DC
Graduate students Rebecca Sanders-DeMott of the College of Arts & Sciencesand Caitlin Bogdan of the College of Engineering participated in the Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering workshop sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science on April 12 through 15.
Alan B. Cohen and Jed Horwitt of the Questrom School of Business took part in an Aspen Institute event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid on April 14 and 15.
Amy Hook and Thomas Testa of BU Marketing & Communications attended the Public Relations Society of America’s Counselors to Higher Education Senior Summit on April 15 through 17.
HUMANITIES INDICATORS REPORT RELEASED
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences released its annual State of the Humanities report on Monday, outlining the challenges and issues facing the discipline. This year’s report found an upward trend in funding for humanities research, although it continues to lag significantly behind other disciplines. It also notes that while overall undergraduate enrollment in humanities subjects as a primary major is down, interest in the discipline as a secondary major, as well as at community colleges and among high school students, appears to be high. Read the report
BUZZ BITS…
- The Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology released a draft America COMPETES Act to renew programs at the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. The draft would sharply reduce social science and environmental science funding, and is expected to garner some opposition. The Committee plans to consider the bill next week.
- Jack Whitescarver is stepping down as the director of the National Office of AIDS Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a position he has held since 2000.
- Charles Bolden, administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), testified before committees in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate on the agency’s funding priorities in fiscal year 2016.
ENERGY DEPARTMENT SEEKS AWARD NOMINEES
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science is accepting nominations for the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, intended for mid-career scientists and engineers in recognition of exceptional scientific, technical, or engineering achievements related to DOE missions. DOE is also accepting nominations for the Enrico Fermi Award, which is presented by the President to an individual who has made outstanding contributions in science and has demonstrated scientific, technical, management or policy leadership in basic or applied research, science, and technology supported by DOE. The deadline for nominations for both awards is June 15. Find out more