Lapsed U science lobbyist, now res policy, STEMed and DEI; NSFINCLUDES Aspire Alliance, SEMINAL-calc ed; EVP APLU; wine guy, love chocolate, thoughts=me-you2?
The challenges of our time require an interdisciplinary, collaborative response. One year ago leaders met to explore how we can reconfigure the modern research architecture. #EndlessFrontier
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Scheduled to open in November, "Futures" exhibit at @smithsonian "will help visitors imagine the future they want, not the one they fear.. The thrust of the exhibition is curiosity, not education.. an exhibition that listens as much as it speaks." https://t.co/frdswAV3Gv
Bears a reminder— the nation broadly depends on an educated workforce: Pentagon Says STEM Education Deficit is Weakening America | The National Interest https://t.co/QmwYpOmfzp
We are very pleased that President Biden is taking swift action today through a series of executive orders to address some of the most pressing issues facing the nation. https://t.co/Xvx4M5nk24
Not surprising that first female and Black VP would acknowledge national investment in higher education for the common folk. @VP#HigherEducation#publicuniversities
On Lincoln Memorial steps, @VP, “In the middle of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln saw a better future and built it with land-grant colleges and the transcontinental railroad.”
As we rightly exult in the appointment of many Biden taps with great #scicomm skills, important to remember that #scicomm is not #sciengage - engagement requires additional skills and commitment to meet others where they are, not where we want them.
Social scientist @alondra — Biden’s deputy science policy chief — says COVID-19 has “held up a mirror" to society: “Never before in living memory have the connections between our scientific world and our social world been quite so stark as they are today” https://t.co/Be6jNLkMh5
This team will help our administration confront some of the biggest crises and challenges of our time, from climate change and the impact of technology on society to pandemics, racial inequity, and the current historic economic downturn.
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@Keiindc as OSTP COS is a brilliant touch and will result in an incredibly rapid and smooth start for this A Team of science policy. Koizumi has already spent 8 years in OSTP and kinda knows how it’s done. He even worked w/@KumarAGarg there!
@KumarAGarg@MichaelaRikard And the choice of @Keiindc as COS is brilliant. He knows OSTP, OMB, all the S&T agencies, the Hill, and the entire S&T landscape as well as anyone.
APLU applauds the strong group of scientists @PresElectBiden named to senior administration roles today. Eric Lander, Alondra Nelson, and Kei Koizumi will play a critical role in addressing the pandemic and advancing science-driven policy. https://t.co/gbgiBztN4b
Get ready for the series 'The Science of Mentorship'. Listen along here: https://t.co/TxyOf9mMJO Mentorship is essential and is a set of skills that can be learned, practiced and optimized.