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The R&D facility at Arizona State University “will feature cutting-edge capabilities to bridge the gap between laboratory research and full-scale semiconductor production.”
Many of the recent National Endowment for the Humanities grantees are faculty members at AAU institutions.
Students, faculty, and staff at three AAU member research universities in Los Angeles – the California Institute of Technology; the University of California, Los Angeles; and the University of Southern California – are among those who have experienced tremendous loss as a result of the fires.
California Institute of Technology | University of California, Los Angeles | University of Southern California | Leading Research Universities Report
Former MSU Interim President and Former OSU President Receive National Science and Technology Awards
On January 3, President Biden awarded the National Medal of Science to former Michigan State University Interim President and MSU Research Foundation Professor Teresa K. Woodruff and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to former Ohio State University President Kristina M. Johnson.
This year’s cohort of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Hanna Gray Fellows includes 15 scientists affiliated with AAU institutions.
AAU members are hard at work searching for answers that could help us control the spread of H5N1 and find effective treatments.
Texas A&M University | The University of Wisconsin-Madison | University of California, Davis | University of Pennsylvania | Leading Research Universities Report
On December 19, the Biden administration honored University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos and Cornell University Professor of Chemistry Héctor D. Abruña with the Enrico Fermi Presidential Award.
On December 17, the Bipartisan House Artificial Intelligence Task Force delivered a report outlining recommendations to ensure that the United States leads the world in AI innovation while protecting the American people from AI risks and harms. The report underscored the critical role universities are playing in AI research.
On December 11, President Biden signed the FAFSA Deadline Act (H.R. 8932) into law. The bill, which AAU endorsed, mandates the Department of Education to release the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on October 1 of each year instead of January 1.
America’s leading research universities are hard at work testing herds and flocks in their states for bird flu and searching for answers about how H5N1 spreads, how it can be controlled, and what can be done to treat infections in both animals and humans.
Cornell University | Michigan State University | University of Florida | University of Pennsylvania | Leading Research Universities Report