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Cal TAC Member Shares Experience At NAE Symposium
On September 8th, the National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council held a symposium to…
Former CCST Board Member Robert Spinrad Dies at 77
Robert J. Spinrad, former CCST Board and Council member, died on September 2nd of Lou Gehrig’s disease….
AB 573 will enable California Science and Technology Policy Fellowships
AB 573 (Portantino) was introduced to enable CCST to provide up to 10 Ph.D. and equivalently trained…
Informal Science Learning Has Important Role to Play, Says Council Member
A recent report from the National Research Council says that there is abundant evidence that informal science…
Symposia Examine Solutions for STEM Education
The National Research Council Center for Education, National Academy of Engineering (NAE), CCST, and the California Teacher…
CCST Convenes First Meeting of Newly Formed Personalized Health Information Technology Task Force
On May 27, 2009, the California Council on Science and Technology convened, on behalf of the State’s…
Healthcare Information Technology Faces Financial Barriers
The worsening of the financial crisis since September 2008 has made it more difficult to finance new…
Two CCST Council Members on Panel to Assess Future of Human Space Flight Program
CCST Chair Charles Kennel, former director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, and CCST Council…
President Obama Appoints CCST Senior Fellow Maxine Savitz to PCAST
On April 27, during remarks at the National Academy of Sciences, President Barack Obama announced the President’s…
The AAAS S&T Policy Fellowship: 35 Years of Science and Policy
In 1973, a small pilot program placed seven fellows with scientific backgrounds in congressional offices, in an…
New Science and Technology Policy Fellowship Program Launches
CCST is pleased to announce the launch of a new fellowship opportunity for professional scientists and engineers…
CCST Council Member Peter Cowhey Picked as Counselor for US Trade Representative
The new administration of President Barack Obama has invited CCST Council member Peter Cowhey to serve as…
Humboldt State President Rollin Richmond Appointed to CCST Board of Directors
Rollin Richmond, president of Humboldt State University, has joined the CCST Board of Directors. The appointment follows…
CCST Updates Snapshot of State R&D Spending
CCST is completing a study, Overview of California R&D Funding from 2005-2007, which provides a snapshot of R&D spending…
National Academies, CCST Plan Elementary Science Convocation
The National Academies and CCST are working with the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation to hold a…
UC’s Newest Campus Embraces Alternative Energy
UC Merced, in the San Joaquin Valley, is only starting its fourth year of operations, but it…
Planning California’s Energy Future
California is leading the nation in reinventing the State’s energy system in response to climate change concerns….
Water Resource Planning An Uphill Battle, But a Vital One
At the CCST Council meeting on October 8, experts brought the message that California urgently needs to…
NRC Report Recommends Expansion of Professional Science Masters Programs
Professional Science Master’s (PSM) degree programs, a recently designed range of hybrid degrees intended to combine graduate…
California Board of Education Adopts Higher Math Standards
On July 9, the California State Board of Education voted 8-1 to test all eighth graders in…
Proposed Algebra Standard the Right Measure to Meet
Governor Schwarzenegger has proposed a landmark shift in California’s middle school mathematics testing, asking the State Board…
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