AAAS member Tee L. Guidotti receives Knudsen Award Thursday, May 16, 2013 On April 28, 2013, longtime AAAS member Tee L. Guidotti received the William S. Knudsen Award for Lifetime Career Achievement in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. NIH announces sequestration policies A look at the NIH sequestration policies Capitol Connection May 20, 2013 On May 8th, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced how sequestration will impact the agency’s fiscal policies. The NIH is now operating under a $29.15 billion dollar budget, which is roughly five percent less than last fiscal year. While this cut was anticipated, it puts further stress on already financially starved labs and scientists. Winners of 2013 AAAS Student Poster Competition Tuesday, April 30, 2013 The 2013 Student Poster Competition took place at the AAAS Annual Meeting In Boston February 14-18. The student winners' work displayed originality and understanding that set them apart from their peers. The AAAS Poster Sessions provide individuals with an opportunity to present their research, offering an excellent venue for extended informal discussion with meeting attendees. All posters are peer-reviewed, and accepted posters are listed in the AAAS Annual Meeting Poster Book. Abstracts appear on the Annual Meeting Abstract CD, within the Program Book. Science literacy and homeopathy Science literacy and homeopathy AAAS Serves May 6, 2013 When you're teaching to the public as a substitute or volunteer, you often have to dance around controversial topics, and other topics are just so taboo you don't mention them if at all possible. Evolution and sexual education are two very taboo topics that you are supposed to skim to meet regulations, but to go into detail often gets the community of “helicopter” parents up in arms. Sir Alexander Fleming Scientific breakthroughs that were 'accidents' Scientia April 22, 2013 “There are no mistakes, only opportunities.” Although this is one of Tina Fey’s rules for improvisation, it can also apply to science. There are many inventions that we take for granted today that were born from “mistakes” or, to use a more positive phrase, “happy accidents.” Cato Laurencin A brief discussion with AAAS mentor award recipient Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Member Spotlight April 17, 2013 At this year’s AAAS annual meeting, Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D., was the recipient of the 2012 AAAS Mentor Award “for his transformative impact and scientific contributions toward mentoring students in the field of biomedical engineering.” Dr. Laurencin has also been awarded with a number of other honors  including the Presidential Faculty Fellow Award from former U.S. President Bill Clinton, the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring from President Barack Obama. Among many other appointments, Dr. Laurencin is currently a Professor at the department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UConn Health Center. OSTP seeks nominations for presidential mentoring award OSTP seeks nominations for presidential mentoring award Capitol Connection April 8, 2013 The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) are now accepting nominations for PAESMEM, the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. OSTP/NSF seeks individuals and organizations that have demonstrated at least five years of excellence in mentoring students, trainees, and/or early career scientists and engineers from groups that are underrepresented in STEM. Marcia McNutt appointed new Editor-in-Chief of Science Marcia McNutt appointed new Editor-in-Chief of Science Tuesday, April 2, 2013 Marcia McNutt, most recently Director of the US Geological Survey, has been appointed the new, full-time Editor-in-Chief of Science. She will begin her tenure at Science on June 1. McNutt will take over the position from Bruce Alberts who decided to step down at the end of his five-year term. military robot Will robots be as transformative as the Internet? Capitol Connection April 1, 2013 In March, experts from academia and industry released A Roadmap for U.S. Robotics From Internet to Robotics, a report highlighting recent advancements in robotic technology and forecasting future goals for the field. Presented at a meeting of the Congressional Robotics Caucus, the report is the first robotics roadmap released since President Obama started the National Robotics Initiative (NRI) in 2011. DNA double helix Using DNA as a medium for information storage Qualia March 11, 2013 DNA, or Deoxyribonucleic Acid, is the most fundamental component of all of us. We begin our lives from an egg from our mothers that have been fertilized by the sperm of our fathers. These eggs and sperm collectively contain the DNA of our parents and provide the ‘blueprint’ for our construction. Indeed, it is quite extraordinary that the information contained in DNA, harbored in the form of paired chemical structures, can led to the development of a human being.
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