Feature Channels: Government and Law

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Each year, the DOE Office of Science write profiles on past NSB competitors. These features include their memories of their high school adventures and information on their education and career accomplishments. This feature profiles Shireen Haque, an anesthesiologist and 1994 NSB champion.

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President Trump’s missile strikes against the Assad regime in Syria on Friday were “appropriate and measured,” says Former Amb. to Syria Ryan Crocker, but the emotion Trump showed when discussing the chemical attack on civilians should give him pause to reconsider his policy on Syrian refugees.

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The National Communication Association (NCA) will be partnering with the March for Science, an international, nonpartisan movement organized to promote and support scientific research and its applications to society.

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We are creating robotic systems that are small, mobile, connected, and enduring, making them a perfect match for the remote Arctic to give the USCG the ability to understand an incident while there is still time to react.

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In an article published today in Significance, Arizona State University professors Sherry Towers and Michael D. White examine violence in Chicago and test whether the trends are consistent with the “Ferguson effect.”

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After launching a public policy institute last month at the University of Delaware, former vice president Joe Biden returns to his alma matter for a public celebration on Friday, April 7, at noon. The event will include remarks from Biden, UD President Dennis Assanis and student leaders.


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Christopher Drahozal, a KU law professor, is helping lead an effort to improve international arbitration cases, which hold billions of dollars and government regulations in the balance. He's doing so by making more information available on people who arbitrate the cases, and helping boost diversity in the field.

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Young scientists from colleges and universities across the United States will arrive on Capitol Hill on Thursday to talk with senators and representatives about the value of biomedical research.

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Thomas Scully, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), will be the keynote speaker during the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists’ (AANA) Mid-Year Assembly.

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The Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act (S. 808) has been reintroduced in the U.S. Senate by Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN).

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Users can look up any pending bill on PredictGov or find predictions through its partner, legislation tracker GovTrack, which now includes a “prognosis” line in its overview of each bill.

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San Jose State University Professor, James Brent has taught judicial politics and other law-related classes for 22 years. His research centers on judicial politics. Professor Brent can discuss, 1) concerns raised about the courts and presidential power in the era of Trump, 2) the vacuous nature of these hearings due to the refusal of nominees to answer any substantive questions and the history of that, 3) the likelihood of a filibuster and the possible responses to that, or 4) the competing partisan narratives that have emerged.

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The researchers found that individuals were more likely to be arrested and convicted when they adopted the code of the street or lived in areas where this belief system was more entrenched in the community.

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The following Tulane University experts are available to discuss the Russian subway explosion in Saint Petersburg, the Senate vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, the Trump administration’s plan for tax reform as well as ongoing changes related to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.

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Nick Sargen, an economist and Darden lecturer, discusses the U.S. investing landscape post-presidential election and four key issues investors will be watching.

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Virginia Tech researchers have recently discovered that the same apps we use on our phones to organize lunch dates, make online purchases, and communicate the most intimate details of our existence have secretly been colluding to mine our information.

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The American Pain Society (APS), www.americanpainsociety.org, today condemned the Trump Administration’s proposed 19 percent cut in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and warned that such a draconian budget reduction would devastate biomedical research in the United States unless Congress acted to prevent it.

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The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), a professional nonprofit organization supporting medical physicists, has released a statement calling on Congress to reverse President Trump’s proposed cuts to FY 2018 funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The “extraordinarily" steep cut of 18.3 percent, approximately $5.8 billion, would bring NIH’s budget back below 2003-level funding and would threaten the United States’ preeminence in the medical research arena, resulting in the loss of life-saving discoveries that otherwise would benefit Americans, according to the statement.

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Deadline for 2017 Public-Private Partnership Award is extended

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The American College of Rheumatology today announced its 2017 health policy priorities, providing detailed policy recommendations to improve access to rheumatology care and address the national rheumatology workforce shortage. The policy prescriptions come in the wake of a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report showing arthritis prevalence is at an all-time high.

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Protests that bring many people to the streets who agree among themselves and have a single message are most likely to influence elected officials, suggests a new study.

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President Trump signed an executive order seeking to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, which regulates carbon emissions from fossil-fuel burning power plants, primarily those that fire coal.As the EPA takes next steps to replace the plan, an engineer at Washington University in St. Louis who studies fossil fuel combustion says this week’s move will make it difficult for power providers to plan ahead.

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Dave Hendrick has captured insights shared at the Miller Center’s forum “From Unions to Uber — the Future of Work in America” by UVA Darden Professor and Dean Emeritus Bob Bruner and Chris Lu, senior fellow at the Miller Center and former deputy secretary of labor in President Obama’s administration.

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Willett Kempton, a Professor of Marine Science and Policy at the University of Delaware, can comment on President Trump's new executive order rolling back climate change policy. He developed revolutionary technology that allows electric vehicles to recycle energy and researchers offshore wind power.

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The Endocrine Society is proudly partnering with the March for Science, which will bring together more than 100 scientific organizations on Saturday, April 22 to celebrate science and rally public support for publicly funded research.

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Capitol Hill’s alumni networks attract influence, PAC money

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Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH) at the George Washington University (GW) will hold a public forum on April 4 that will focus on the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including the recent failed move to repeal it