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News: Activities & Achievements
2008: January, February, March, April, May, July
2007: January, February,
March, April,
May, July,
August, September,
November, December
2006: January, February,
March, May,
June, July,
August, September,
October, November,
December
2005: January, March, April, May, June, July, October
2004: September, December
July 2008
On July 28th, 2008 at 6:30 pm, Dahlia Sokolov, professional staff for the House Committee on Science and Technology and 2004-05 AIP Congressional Fellow, will speak at an AWIS Networking Dinner. She will discuss the legislative process and her experience working for the House of Representatives. The location for this event is Teaism in Penn Quarter. For more information, click here.
James Fleming, 2006-07 AAAS Revelle Fellow, is interviewed in Robert Greene’s documentary, “Owning the Weather” to discuss climate control. “Owning the Weather” will be shown at the Maine International Film Festival which occurs July 11th through the 20th. For more information, click here.
Five current AAAS Fellows, Kiki Jenkins, Anne Fischer, José Zambrana, Tiffani Bailey Lash and Janis Johnston were commended in the July 9th article “AAAS Policy Fellows Discuss Ways to Increase Diversity in S&T Workforce”, for their efforts in organizing a "Championing Diversity in Science and Engineering" workshop for their colleagues. Click here to view the article.
On July 7th, Mark Drapeau, 2006-08 NDGS Fellow at the U.S. Department of Defense, delivered the keynote talk at the 44th Annual Golf Tournament of the LA Council of the AeA, in Calabasas, CA. His speech, a Washingtonian's view on innovation and STEM education, can be seen here.
May 2008
On May 12th, David E. Blockstein, Senior Scientist and 1987-88 AIBS/ASZ Congressional Fellow, was awarded the Outstanding Service Award from the American Institute of Biological Sciences. For more information, click here.
Join Emily Monosson, 1988-89 Environmental Fellow at the EPA, at Cornell University in the Cornell Store on May 9th from 12 to 5pm for an afternoon discussion of women, motherhood and the sciences. Accompanying her will be several other contributors from her new collection of personal stories entitled Motherhood, The Elephant in the Laboratory. For more information about the upcoming event, click here.
April 2008
Emily Monosson, 1988-89 Environmental Fellow at the EPA, recently published her edited volume, Motherhood, The Elephant in the Laboratory. This book grew out of a discussion on the Former Fellow listserv about combining family with a career in science. For more information about the book, please see her blog.
March 2008
On March 19th, Kohl S. Gill, Senior Analyst and 2006-08 EEANR Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy, presented "The Right to Information Act in India: Implications for International Development Work" for Society for International Development - Washington’s Education for Development Workgroup. For more information, click here.
Alex Bradley, 2006-07 Diplomacy Fellow at the State Department and Senior Research Chemist at DuPont, delivered “Next-Generation Ambassadors: Scientists at the State Department” for the ACS Delaware Section Science Café on March 6.
February 2008
Mark Drapeau, 2006-08 NDGS Fellow at the Department of Defense, was the lead author of "So Many Zebras, So Little Time: Ecological Models and Counterinsurgency Operations" in the February 2008 edition of the National Defense University's publication, Defense Horizons. The paper describes a theoretical framework of resource competition for understanding unconventional warfare.
Kathleen A. McGinty, 1989-90 ACS Congressional Fellow
and Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, delivered The
Hans Landsberg Memorial Lecture on February 6th.
January 2008
On January 30, the nationally syndicated radio series
Isla Earth will broadcast a segment about G.S. Callendar,
the scientist who established the carbon dioxide theory
of climate change. The show will be web cast and the
script will be available at http://www.islaearth.org.
The show features the The
Callendar Effect (Boston: AMS Books, 2007),
the award-winning book by James Fleming, 2006-07 AAAS
Revelle Fellow.
December 2007
Three former Congressional Fellows were featured
in "Wanted
on the Hill: A Few Good Scientists" in the
December 10th U.S. News and World Report.
Jennifer Pohlhaus, 2006-08 AAAS Fellow at the National
Institutes of Health, has been elected to serve on the
Board of Directors of the National Postdoctoral Association
(NPA).
Matt Stremlau, 2007-08 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of State, was named the grand prize winner and the North American regional winner of the GE & Science Prize for Young Life Scientists. Click here for more information.
Mark Drapeau, 2006-08 NDGS Fellow at the National
Defense University, wrote "A
Microscopic Insurgent" in the Opinion section
of the December 4 New York Times.
Fred Meyerson's article, "Rising
carbon emissions call for a population policy,"
was featured in the population and climate roundtable
of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which
was published online on December 3rd to coincide with
the first day of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate
Change. The roundtable will continue among Meyerson
and the other experts for the next several months. Meyerson
was a 2001-03 AAAS Fellow at the National Science Foundation.
Three Fellows attended the U.N. Framework Convention
on Climate Change in Bali, from 3-14 December: Jeremy
Richardson, 2007-08 AAAS Roger Revelle Fellow, Holmes
Hummel, 2007-08 AAAS Congressional Fellow, and Alexander
Barron, 2007-08 ACS Congressional Fellow.
November 2007
Montgomery McFate, 2003-05 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department
of Defense, was profiled in, "Leading
the Charge for Change: An Anthropologist Challenges
Conventional Thinking" in the November 30 US
News & World Report.
September 2007
Stephan Butler, 2006-07 ASCE Congressional Fellow
in the office of Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA), has had
a manuscript chosen for presentation at the First International
Symposium on Transportation and Development in Beijing,
China (April 24-26, 2008). He has been asked to attend
the event and present the manuscript to an international
audience of engineering and construction professionals,
including high level Chinese officials. The manuscript
as accepted proposes a solution to highway infrastructure
funding and describes how private intervention and market
forces will improve decision making and allocation of
limited resources.
August 2007
Jose Fernandez, 2006-07 AAAS/NTI Fellow at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, was honored
with two awards at the end of his fellowship year from
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness
and Response: the Spotlight Award, and a Certificate
of Appreciation.
Maggie Kosal, 2005-07 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department
of Defense, has been selected to receive the 2007 University
of Illinois Alumni Recent Graduate Award, which is given
to an alumnus / alumna who has demonstrated the values
derived from a liberal arts and sciences education by
outstanding achievement.
July 2007
Mark Drapeau, 2006-07 AAAS Fellow at the National Defense
University, wrote "Fishing
for Terrorist Starfish" in the Commentary section
of the July 31 Washington Times.
Tammy Bosler, 2006-07 AAAS Fellow at the National
Science Foundation was quoted in "Lucky
Seven Saturday" on News Channel 9's July 5
broadcast.
May 2007
Stephan Butler, 2006-07 ASCE Congressional Fellow
in the office of Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA), was named
Engineer of the Year by the American Society of Civil
Engineers, North Jersey Branch. His op-ed, "Engineers
must leap into leadership positions" recently
ran in the Times-Picayune.
April 2007
"Montgomery
McFate's Mission: Can one anthropologist possibly steer
the course in Iraq?" appeared in the April
29 San Francisco Chronicle. McFate was a 2003-05
AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of Defense.
Jim Fleming, 2006-07 AAAS Revelle Fellow, published,
"The
Climate Engineers" in the Spring 2007 edition
of The Wilson Quarterly. He also presented a Capitol
Hill briefing on "Historical Perspectives on Climate
Change" on April 27.
Mark Drapeau, 2006-07 AAAS Fellow at the National Defense
University, co-authored, "Climate
of Subtle Conflict," an op-ed that appeared
in the April 22 Washington Times.
"Near Term Threats of Chemical Terrorism,"
an article by Maggie Kosal, 2005-07 AAAS Fellow at the
U.S. Department of Defense, was reprinted in Weapons
of Mass Destruction and Terrorism (McGraw-Hill,
2007).
March 2007
Robert Cook-Deegan, 1982-83 OTA Congressional Fellow,
was elected as a AAAS Officer, serving in the Section
on Societal Impacts of Science and Engineering.
"Preserving
Land and Wildlife, to Restore the Afghan Identity: A
Conversation with Alex Deghan" appeared in
the March 6th New York Times. Deghan was a 2003-05 AAAS
Fellow at the U.S. Department of State.
Joannella Morales, 2003-05 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department
of State, who currently serves as a Foreign Affairs
Officer with the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and
Labor in the Office of International Religious Freedom,
was chosen as one of four distinguished alumni by her
undergraduate alma mater, the University of Puerto Rico's
College of Natural Sciences.
Nancy Jones, 2005-07 AAAS Fellow at the National Institutes
of Health, was featured in, "A
'Hippocratic Oath' for Scientists?," which
appeared in the March 2 edition of the Science Careers Newsletter.
February 2007
Vaughan C. Turekian, 2002-04 AAAS Fellow at the
U.S. Department of State, who currently serves as Chief
International Officer at AAAS, co-wrote Science
and Society: Time for a New Era of Science Diplomacy with Kristin M. Lord. The article appeared in the
February 9th issue of Science.
January 2007
Asha S. Collins, 2006-07 AAAS Fellow at the National
Institutes of Health, presented, "The Cancer Genome
Atlas (TCGA) Pilot Project: Solving the Cancer Genome,"
at the 2007 National Cancer Institute Intramural Scientific
Retreat.
Jamie K. Reaser, 1998-2000 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department
of State and 2003-2004 AAAS Revelle Fellow, has recently
been named to Newsweek's Global Environment and
Leadership Advisory Committee, as well as to the Steering
Committee of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's
new Pet Zoonoses Coalition.
December 2006
Montgomery McFate, 2003-05 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department
of Defense, is featured in "Knowing
the Enemy" in the December 18 issue of The
New Yorker.
Current and former AAAS Fellows at the U.S. Department
of State featured in "Science Speaks, Diplomatically"
in the December 14 Washington Times.
November 2006
Anish
Goel, 2002-03 AAAS Congressional Fellow and 2003-05
AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of State, selected
as one of 14 Powell Fellows.
Betsy Von Holle, 2005-07
AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
travels to India for the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology
Forum.
James Fleming, 2006-07 AAAS Revelle Fellow, was quoted
in a November 18 Boston Globe article, "Talk
of manipulating Earth's climate: Old debate is renewed
amid warming fears."
October 2006
Sharon Hrynkow, 1992-94 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department
of State, currently with the National Institutes of
Health, received the 2006 Presidential
Rank Award for Meritorious Senior Executive. Each
year, the president recognizes and celebrates a small
group of career senior executives for their exceptional
long-term accomplishments. Award winners are nominated
by their agency heads, evaluated by boards of private
citizens, and approved by the president.
Yisroel Brumer, 2004-05 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security, was the focus of "Let's
Not Crowd Me, I'm Only a Scientist" in the
October 23 edition of Newsweek.
Kirsten Jaglo, 2005-06 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department
of State, is the University of Minnesota, Morris 2006
Latterell Visiting Alumna. Her visit was featured in
the UMM Science
& Math Alumni Newsletter.
Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12), 1982-83 APS Congressional Fellow,
was the focus of a Q&A in the October 19 issue of Nature on the topics of science, education and
security.
September 2006
Marsha Goldberg, 2004-06 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department
of State, and Fernando Echavarria, 1997-99 AAAS Fellow
at the U.S. Department of State, were featured in "S&T
Fellows Brave War to Stage GIS Conference"
in the September 29 issue of Science's AAAS News
and Notes.
James Fleming,
2006-07 AAAS Revelle Fellow, is publishing The Callendar
Effect: The Life and Work of Guy Stewart Callendar (1898-1964),
the previously untold story of the remarkable scientist
who established the carbon dioxide theory of climate
change (2007, American Meteorological Society).
August 2006
Barry
Rosen, 1990-91 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, chosen to lead U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) in Florida.
Sandra J. Bishop-Josef, 1996-97 APA Congressional
Fellow, and Deborah Phillips, 1981-82 SRCD Congressional
Fellow, co-edited Child
Development and Social Policy: Knowledge for Action,
which was published August 2006 by the American
Psychological Association (other co-editors include
J. Lawrence Aber, Stephanie M. Jones, and Kathryn Taaffe
McLearn).
July 2006
Karl White, 1984-85 AAAS Congressional Fellow, received
the Volta Award from the Alexander Graham Bell Association
for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Read more about Karl
and his work.
Paul Higgins, 2005-06 Congressional Fellow, was quoted
in "Bikers, They Ain't No Good" in Salon.com
on July 18 in regard to an article he published in Environmental
Conservation, "Exercise-based Transportation
Reduces Oil Dependence, Carbon Emissions and Obesity."
June 2006
On June 26, Rear Admiral William Landay presented the
Distinguished Public Service Award to Montgomery McFate,
2003-05 AAAS Fellow. McFate, an anthropologist with
DoD's Office of Naval Research, introduced applied cultural
anthropology into the defense policy arena and operationalized
cultural knowledge for military applications.
Joe Roman, 2005-06 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, was the subject of a feature on Washington,
D.C.'s News Channel 9's broadcast on June 9. The story
focuses on Joe's unique approch to controlling invasive
species- just eat them! His recipes are even included
on Channel
9's Web site. Joe also recently published a study
on green crab invasions in the Canadian Maritimes in
the online edition of Proceedings of the Royal Society
B: Biological Sciences - the study received coverage
in Canadian media, including The Chronicle Herald
(Nova Scotia), CBC Radio One's program Maritime Noon
and Prince Edward Island CBC.
Joe Roman also released his new book, Whale
(Published by Reaktion Books, distributed by the University
of Chicago Press; $19.95).
"Shining Knight: Health Diplomacy for the 21st
Century" in the June 2006 issue of State
Magazine, by the U.S. Department of State, features
AAAS Fellows.
May 2006
Assistant Secretary Claudia McMurray of the U.S. Department
of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental
Affairs credits the AAAS fellowships with finding new
talent for the office in an interview published in State
Magazine (page 39).
AAAS Fellows speak at May 3 launch of the Iraqi Virtual
Science Library. Read more in AAAS
News and Notes.
March 2006
ACS Congressional Fellows featured in "Bridging
the Lab and the Legislature" in the March 27 issue
of Chemical & Engineering News.
Joe Regenstein, 1996-97 IFT Congressional Fellow, featured
in "Jewish Foods Square Off" in The Cornell
Daily Sun on March 9.
February 2006
State Department Honors
AAAS Diplomacy Fellows. For more information, click here.
January 2006
Jo
Anne Schneider, 2003-05 NIH Fellow, publishes Social
Capital and Welfare Reform: Organizations, Congregations,
and
Communities.
October 2005
Christophe
McCray, 2005-06 Defense Policy Fellow, focuses on battlefield
forensics research in the Office of Naval Research at
the Department of Defense. For more infomation, click here.
On October 20, 2005, the U.S. Department of State Bureau
of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific
Affairs honored four AAAS Diplomacy Fellows for their
exceptional efforts in promoting U.S. environmental,
scientific, and health policies internationally: Anish
Goel, Margaret McCauley, Ana Villegas, and Winston Yu.
July 2005
Peter
deFur, 1989-90 Environmental Fellow, recently announced
his candidacy for the Virginia House of Delegates.
Alex Dehgan, 2003-05 Diplomacy Fellow, was awarded
a Superior Honor Award for his outstanding work in Iraq,
Near East Affairs, and for his work on the Iraqi Virtual
Library. It is the third highest award in the U.S. Department
of State.
David
Goldblatt's, 2003-04 Risk Policy Fellow, recently published
his book, Sustainable Energy Consumption and Society.
Jill Engel-Cox, 1998-99 Environmental Fellow, recently
published "Science-policy data compact: use of
environmental monitoring data for air quality policy,"
Engel-Cox, J. and R. Hoff, in Environmental Science
and Policy, Volume 8, Issue 2, pp. 115-131, April 2005.
Benn Tannenbaum, 2002-03 APS Congressional Fellow, testified
at a hearing entitled "Detecting Nuclear Weapons
and Radiological Materials: How Effective is Available
Technology?" held jointly by the Subcommittee on
Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack and the
Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and
Technology of the Committee on Homeland Security on
June 21.
Winston Yu, 2003-05 Diplomacy Fellow, has been accepted
into the World Bank's prestigious Young Professionals
Program beginning in September.
June 2005
Jeff Albert, 2004-05 Environmental Fellow, has been
awarded an EPA Bronze Medal for his work as part of
the Tsunami Relief Effort Team.
Virginia Vitzthum, 1998-99 Diplomacy Fellow and 2001-02
NSF Fellow, recently published "Hormonal Contraception
and Physiology: A Research-based Theory of Discontinuation
Due to Side Effects" with Karin Ringheim in Studies
in Family Planning 2005; 36[1]: 13–32).
May
2005
Bruce
Alberts, NAS President, highlights the AAAS Fellowship
Programs in his farewell address.
Craig
Cobane, 2004-05 AAAS Defense Policy Fellow, has been
selected as a Distinguished Alumnus by the University
of Wisconsin-Green Bay. For more informartion click here.
Roberta Downing, 2004-05 APA Congressional Fellow,
had her manuscript, "The Perceived Influence of
Developmental Relationships on Undergraduate Women’s
Pursuit of Science," accepted for publication in
Psychology of Women Quarterly.
April 2005
Joe
Helble, 2004-05 AAAS Revelle Fellow, has been named
Dean of Engineering at Dartmouth.
Mary T. Tyszkiewicz, 1993-94 ACS Congressional Fellow,
has been named Senior Researcher and the Homeland Security
Institute (HSI).
Norman Schneidewind, 2004-05 IEEE Congressional Fellow,
has recently published the following papers:
Norman F. Schneidewind, "Predicting Risk as
a Function of Risk Factors", The R &
M Engineering Journal, American Society for
Quality, March 1 2005, Volume 25, Issue No.1.
Norman F. Schneidewind, "Predicting risk as
a function of risk factors", Innovations
in Systems and Software Engineering, Springer-Verlag
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March 2005
Jana Davis, 2004-05 AGU Congressional Fellow, has recently
published the following papers:
JLD Davis, M Eckert-Mills, AC Young-Williams, AH
Hines, Y Zohar. 2005. Morphological conditioning
of a hatchery-raised invertebrate to improve field
survivorship in stock enhancement programs. Aquaculture
243: 147-158
JLD Davis. 2005. Getting closer to Congress: A
scientist's arrival on Capitol Hill. Eos
86: 103
January 2005
Susan
Polan, 1994-95 AAAS Congressional Fellow, named Associate
Executive Director for Public Affairs and Advocacy for
the American Public Health Association (APHA).
2004-05
AAAS Fellows Play Key Roles in Tsunami Relief Campaign.
December 2004
Montgomery
McFate organized the Office of Naval Research Conference
on Cultural Knowledge and National Security. For more information, click here.
September 2004
Alexander
Dehgan, current AAAS Diplomacy Fellow, discusses his
work in Iraq. For more information, click here.
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