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Scientists at America’s leading research universities are working to fully understand both the short- and long-term effects of wildfires and to help communities become more resilient to these fast-moving disasters
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New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center show that first-year enrollment of undergraduate students at the nation’s universities went up 5.5% in fall 2024 compared to the previous year.
Since assuming office, President Trump has issued more than two dozen executive orders. His administration has also issued a range of other directives to Executive Branch staff that could affect higher education and the scientific research enterprise in the United States.
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.
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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.