December 2008 - GovAffairs

Science: Physicist John Holdren to be Named Science Advisor

December 18, 2008/In: Policy /by Peter Harsha

According to Science Magazine’s Eli Kintisch, physicist John Holdren, from Harvard’s Kennedy School and director of the Woods Hole Research Center, will be nominated Science Advisor to the President by president-elect Barack Obama on Saturday. Here’s some background from Science: Holdren is well known for his work on energy, climate change, and nuclear proliferation. Trained […]

Pelosi, Holt Reiterate Support for Science

December 16, 2008/In: Economic Stimulus and Recovery, Funding, FY09 Appropriations, Policy /by MelissaNorr

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ) spoke of their intent to increase federal support for science at Princeton University yesterday as part of the universitys Innovation Agenda roundtable. Both Pelosi and Holt have been vocal in their support of basic science research in the past but under the Bush Administration have struggled […]