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Brothers In Science – Texas A&M Today

March 20, 2023

When the Nguyen brothers opted to become Science Leadership Scholars (SLS) at Texas A&M University, they simultaneously laid claim to a unique distinction: the first-ever sibling pair in the program’s history.

Kyle Nguyen ‘24 and his younger brother Henry Nguyen ’25, who describes himself in his SLS biography as “the little brother of the guy on my right,” grew up together in Sugar Land, Texas. Nowadays, they share their Aggie status, the Texas A&M campus, a biology major, a passion for medicine and an exclusive array of opportunities afforded to them though the SLS Program.

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SLS was launched in 2016 with generous underwriting

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Scientists Identify 100 Important Questions Facing Plant Science

March 19, 2023

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An international panel of scientists has identified 100 important questions facing plant science in order to tackle global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity crises, and feeding a growing population sustainably. A new panel was formed in 2022 to re-evaluate research priorities and gathered over 600 questions about plant science from various sources. A team of 20 plant scientists from 15 nations was then assembled to identify the 100 most important questions. The findings are published in a letter in the journal New Phytologist.

An international panel of scientists has identified 100 of the most important questions facing plant science.

What are the key research priorities that will help tackle the global challenges of climate change, the biodiversity crises and feed a growing population in a sustainable way? Ten years after these priorities were first debated and summarised by a panel of scientists and published in New Phytologist,

2023 Summer Camps in Sarasota, Manatee – Science

March 18, 2023 sNawaWebs.ADV

Listings with photos are in paid partnership with Observer Media Group.

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The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature Summer Science Camps

201 10th St. W. Bradenton

Details: Kids explore science and nature topics through games, crafts, experiments, investigations and more. Each week brings a different theme.
Camp dates: Weekly sessions 9:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Elementary camps June 5-Aug. 4 (No camp July 3-7), Middle School camps June 19-23 and July 17-21
Tuition: $225 per week for members of the Discovery Society, $300 per week for others. Scholarships available.
Ages: 7-14
Contact: 941-746-4131 ext. 145; [email protected]; BishopScience.org/science-camp; Click here to register!

STEAM Kids of the Future

Braden River Middle School, Room 605, 6215 River Club Blvd., Bradenton

Details: Campers will learn about coding, 3D printing, robotics and more while working on hands-on projects. Each week will have a different

Sweeping report calls for anti-bias measures in US science

March 17, 2023 sNawaWebs.ADV

Universities and other employers in the US science sector must adopt practices that foster a safe and inclusive community, finds a report¹ from the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), which outlines how such institutions can do so. The report calls for systemic change across multiple levels to account for the lengthy history of discrimination against people of colour and members of marginalized communities in the United States.

Susan Fiske, co-chair of the committee behind the report, says that bias and discrimination in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) is structural1 in the United States. This culture, she says, results in policies that reinforce each other and attitudes that perpetuate lifelong disadvantages for certain groups. “The converging data from surveys and experiments and observations tells us that you

New Budget Prioritizes Science, Technology

March 15, 2023 sNawaWebs.ADV

New Budget Prioritizes Science, Technology

3/13/2023

By
Cari Shearer and Jacob Winn

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After a late budget request and multiple continuing resolutions, President Joe Biden signed into law a full-year omnibus appropriations act for the 2023 fiscal year — with increased funding for defense science and technology programs.

Science-and-technology programs received more than $22 billion in direct appropriations across the Defense Department — more than 18 percent above fiscal year 2022 funding, and nearly $6 billion more than what was requested for 2023.

These additions — commonly referred to as congressional earmarks — when informed by industry or university technical and defense market expertise, and aligned with transition opportunities, can represent an expedited path through the otherwise cumbersome traditional programming and budgeting process.

This can make the programs funded by this year’s increases more responsive to threats, technological opportunity or program realities. That said,