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Grant from National Science Foundation Boosts AAU Initiative to Improve Undergraduate STEM Education
The Association of American Universities (AAU) has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help conduct the association’s five-year initiative to improve the quality of undergraduate teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fie
AAU announced it has received a major grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to help conduct its five-year initiative to improve the quality of undergraduate teaching and learning in STEM fields at its member institutions.
Presidents and chancellors of 153 leading universities urged President Obama and bipartisan congressional leaders to prevent deep across-the-board spending cuts due to take effect in January as a result of budget sequestration.
More than 130 university presidents and chancellors sent a letter to the members of the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction urging them to reach “a big agreement – not incremental steps” while working to close the nation’s budget deficit.
Today, at Carnegie Mellon University, President Obama launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership
AAU praised the report issued by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, chaired by Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson.
Statement by Robert M. Berdahl, President of AAU, on the Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research issued today by NIH.
AAU, AAAS, and NAFSA issue press release: Scientific, academic, engineering groups praise administration visa efforts, urge further steps. A call for high-level interagency review of post-9/11 policies and procedures.
The statement is a call to action for universities to ensure the broadest possible access to the products of their work.
The Department of Defense will not restrict disclosure of DOD-funded basic and applied research results unless the research is classified for national security reasons or otherwise restricted by statute, regulation, or executive order.
