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USA: Contest to Lead Congressional Science Panel Heats Up

USA: Contest to Lead Congressional Science Panel Heats Up | Higher Education and academic research | Scoop.it
From news.sciencemag.org - November 16, 2012 3:53 AM

The contest to become the next chair of the U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Science, Space, and Technology enters its stretch run this week. The process begins with House Republicans picking their party's leaders for the 113th Congress that convenes in January. Later this month, the House Republican Steering Committee—a group of about three dozen party leaders—will put forth its choices to lead the House's 21 permanent committees, a list that is normally rubber-stamped by the full Republican caucus.

 

Today, ScienceInsider takes a closer look at the three veteran politicians running to become chair of the science panel: Representatives Lamar Smith (R-TX), F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-WI), and Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA).

 

- Read a statement from Smith http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/11/representative-lamar-smith-i-wil.html

- Read a Q&A with Sensenbrenner http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/11/representative-f-james-sensenbre.html

- Read a Q&A with Rohrabacher http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/11/representative-dana-rohrabacher-.html

 

- ScienceInsider, by David Malakoff on 15 November 2012

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How Do Sexist Comments Affect Women in STEM?

From blog.ratemypi.com - October 22, 2012 7:53 AM

The annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience brings together neuroscientists from around the world to discuss cutting edge research relevant to their fields of study.

Unfortunately, this year’s conference will be known less for advancements in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders and more for the comments of one participant—evolutionary biologist Dr. Dario Maestripieri from the University of Chicago. On Sunday, October 14, 2012 Dr. Maestripieri posted the following message on Facebook,

“My impressions of the Conference of the Society for Neuroscience in New Orleans. There are thousands of people at the conference and an unusually high concentration of unattractive women. The super model types are completely absent. What is going on? Are unattractive women particularly attracted to neuroscience? Are beautiful women particularly uninterested in the brain? No offense to anyone..” - RateMyPI, by Kevin Hascup on October 21, 2012

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