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Our newest members were sworn in during our Board meeting earlier this week. Welcome: Joan Ferrini-Mundy Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Yolanda Gil, Juan E. Gilbert, PhD, Jeffrey Isaacson, Willie May, Alondra Nelson Nelson, Sarah O’Donnell, and Ryan Panchadsaram Ryan Panchadsaram


Earlier this week we co-hosted a reception with Science & Technology Action Committee on the future of the U.S. science and engineering enterprise. NSB Chair Dario Gil, Dr. Sethuraman (Panch) Panchanathan, Mary Woolley, and Sudip Parikh offered their perspectives.


“What got America to this point will not get the country to where it needs to go. A new vision is required to respond to an evolving global science and technology ecosystem.” – Dario Gil, Sudip Parikh, Marcia McNutt, in a recent editorial. tinyurl.com/fm55z24k

In a Science Magazine editorial, UTEP President U.S. National Science Foundation Board member Heather Wilson lays out the risk of ceding international leadership in S&T and what the US can do to avoid tech surprises and close the critical technologies gap. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Colleagues & the S&E community recently celebrated the impacts of House Science Committee Chairman Frank Lucas “Chairman Lucas’ leadership exemplifies the power of collaboration to advance science and innovation for the benefit of all,” - NSB VC Vic McCrary tinyurl.com/c6u626pd

Congratulations to the latest National Medal of Science recipients including our U.S. National Science Foundation Board colleague, Vanderbilt University’s Keivan Stassun and former NSB colleague Bonnie Bassler Bonnie Bassler – much deserved! tinyurl.com/22zhtsp8



