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26 Jun 2016, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
Law, perhaps more so than literature or even the natural sciences, provided the surest path to both national stability and international acclaim. [read post]
23 Dec 2020, 8:08 am by Immigration Prof
Today's immigration article of the day is The Value of Citizenship and Service to the Nation, The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, November 2020, 6 (3) 96-116, by Professor Cara Wong and Jonathan Bonaguro. [read post]
12 Jul 2012, 4:00 pm
Designed to address problems outlined by a 2009 National Academy of Sciences report, the bill would require the development and implementation of higher forensic standards and would promote research through the National Science Foundation. [read post]
27 Jan 2015, 4:35 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
In the United States, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is the primary funder of the basic research which underlies advances in our understanding of the ocean. [read post]
1 Jul 2008, 8:44 am
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the National Science Foundation has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Dept. of Defense to work together supporting social science research of interest to the Pentagon. [read post]
10 May 2022, 4:55 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
These reviews fill a need identified in a landmark 2009 study by the National Academy of Sciences, which found that many forensic disciplines lack a solid foundation in scientific research. [read post]
23 Jan 2019, 11:44 am by Emma Zack
Stephen Fienberg, at the National Commission on Forensic Science, but was not passed before the Department of Justice declined to renew its charter. [read post]
21 May 2012, 1:00 pm by Pace Law School Library
EPA's Pretense of Science: Regulating Phantom Risks -- In this report (May 2012) theTexas Public Policy Foundation found that [from the press release] "For the last three years, the EPA has justified a series of strict and incredibly expensive new air quality regulations on the assumption that even trace levels of particulate matter can accelerate death...But the science behind the EPA's new approach to assessing health risks is deeply flawed and… [read post]
11 Feb 2013, 11:01 am by U.S.P.T.O.
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, today launched an 11-part “Science of Innovation” series to coincide with the 165th birthday of American inventor Thomas Edison. [read post]
13 Dec 2010, 12:06 pm by Michael Heise
(Please note the 1.27.2011 application deadline.) *** TITLE: Program Director, Law & Social Sciences, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA DESCRIPTION: The Law and Social Sciences (LSS) Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) has an opening for the Program Director position. [read post]
12 Sep 2016, 1:44 pm by Daily Record Staff
The National Science Foundation has awarded Morgan State University a two-year, $140,598 grant through its Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) program to improve access to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and career paths at the national scale. [read post]
29 Sep 2014, 6:30 am by Karen Tani
Attention graduate students: From the Law & Society Association and the American Bar Foundation, we have a call for applications for the Law and Social Science Dissertation Fellowship & Mentoring Program:PurposeThe Law and Society Association, in collaboration with the American Bar Foundation and the National Science Foundation, seeks applications for the Law and Social Science Dissertation Fellowship and Mentoring Program… [read post]
21 Nov 2007, 6:51 am
November 20, 2007 Boosting Student Achievement in Math and Science In an effort to reverse the declining number of U.S. workers in the science, technology, engineering and math and engineering (STEM) fields, the National Science Foundation has launched several initiatives... [read post]
2 Nov 2017, 2:04 pm by John Timmer
For the past five years, he has been chair of the House Science Committee, where he has intruded on peer review at the National Science Foundation and gotten into fights with NOAA because he refuses to accept the evidence for climate change. [read post]
6 Oct 2010, 2:59 am
Co-founder and executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), Michael F. [read post]
2 Dec 2008, 1:02 am
<p><p><p><p><p>LSS Fellowship Application Deadline Extended</p></p></p></p></p> The December 21 deadline for this unique fellowship opportunity is fast approaching:   The Law and Society Association, in collaboration with the American Bar Foundation and the National Science Foundation, seeks applications for the… [read post]
29 Jan 2010, 8:48 pm by Kenneth Anderson
But from the time I read the Foundation books, I was lost to physical sciences - I wanted the vision of a science of mass behavior. [read post]
15 Jul 2010, 9:23 pm by Jacob Katz Cogan
The book shows how this approach is reflected in accepted paradigm cases of international law, such as the United Nations Charter. [read post]
22 Sep 2020, 7:39 am by Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced on August 24, 2020, that it will invest a total of $84 million over five years in a renewal of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI). [read post]
24 Feb 2009, 11:33 am by Stephen Gustitis
However, a recent report from the National Academy of Sciences says much of what passes for forensic "science" does not meet minimal scientific standards. [read post]