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On June 3, 2020, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions approved President Trump's nominee to lead the National Science Foundation. The White House nominated Dr. Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan, a computer scientist and Chief Research and Innovation officer at Arizona State University, to serve as the next NSF Director back in December 2019. Dr. Panchanathan will now need to be confirmed by the full Senate. Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, is currently serving as Acting Director for the science agency. The Ecosystems Mission Area at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has announced a new quarterly newsletter, EcoNews, highlighting science and activities coming out of USGS Ecosystems Science Centers and Cooperative Research Units across the country. Interested individuals can subscribe here. Additionally, a public webinar series, Friday's Findings, hosted by the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area will be held the first Friday of each month at 2:00 PM Eastern time. These half hour webinars will provide an overview of a science topic within the Mission Area and an opportunity to ask questions. The next webinar, entitled "How Social Science Informs the Management of North American Waterfowl Hunting and Birdwatching," will be held on July 10, 2020. Democratic lawmakers on the Senate Special Committee on the Climate Crisis are soliciting public input "on the types and scale of approaches needed...
Source: Public Policy Reports - Category: Biology Authors: Source Type: news