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News & Hot Topics

Below is a small sampling of some of the hot topics and news stories about the Science Debate initiative

03/09/2009 Discover: Obama reverses stem cell policy
03/09/2009 Science Debate congratulates President Obama on Stems Cells (#8) and Scientific Integrity (#12)
03/09/2009 Al Jazeera: Obama lifts stem cell funding ban
03/07/2009 National Post: Obama to lift restrictions on stem-cell funding
02/16/2009 Tribune Newspapers: Supporters getting wary as Barack Obama delays stem cell research
02/16/2009 L.A. Times: Liberals not pleased with go-slow approach by Obama
02/12/2009 ScienceCareers: Your Handy-Dandy Science Stimulus Guide
02/12/2009 Science Debate's Analysis of Science in the Stimulus
02/12/2009 Hays Pharma: The Obama Effect
02/12/2009 Discover: Science in the Stimulus
02/11/2009 Science wins big
02/11/2009 Nature: Urgent Action on Science Stimulus Package
02/10/2009 Status of science in the stimulus bill going into conference committee
02/06/2009 Science Debate grassroots effort helps restore $3B in science investments
01/26/2009 The Colbert Report: Chris Mooney on The War on Science
01/24/2009 WorldNetDaily: Now that Obama's in, stem-cell trials begin
01/23/2009 Truth About Trade & Technology: Great Expectations
01/22/2009 Science Progress: Where to Spend Our Research Dollars
01/20/2009 BBC News: Scientists Optimistic over Obama
01/02/2009 PharmTech: A New Start for New Cells
12/24/2008 The Hill: Scientists eager for stem cell policy change
12/22/2008 Huffington Post: James Gentile: Steven Chu, Energy Chief
12/22/2008 Issues in S & T: Practical Routes to Meeting Climate Chages, Energy Goals
12/20/2008 New York Times: For Science Adviser, Dogged Work Against Global Perils
12/20/2008 SD08: Obama announces science team
12/19/2008 Washington Independent: Scientists heartened by Potential Appointees
12/18/2008 SD08: Obama hits a double for U.S. Science
12/15/2008 SD08: Why Steven Chu will make a great energy secretary
12/10/2008 Discover: Science Debate advocate Steven Chu nominated to be Energy Secretary
12/09/2008 Miller-McCune: Cautious Optimism for Obama’s Policy on Science
12/08/2008 Miller-McCune: Under Bush, Science Learned It Must Speak Up
11/30/2008 American Chronicle: GE food and the new administration: Change or more of the same?
11/26/2008 Science Progress: Attack of the Nerds from Outer Space
11/25/2008 Washington Post: Obama Names Team To Create "Innovation Agenda"
11/23/2008 Associated Press: Foes of stem cell research now face tough battle
11/20/2008 PM Magazine (Germany): The new U.S. science policy
11/18/2008 Post-election Report to Supporters
11/13/2008 California Aggie: UC Davis urges President-elect to give science adviser cabinet rank
11/12/2008 Pique: Obama on technology
11/11/2008 ABC News: Obama Win 'Sigh of Relief' for Stem Cell Research
11/11/2008 Australian: Boffin hearts aquiver over pro-science president
11/07/2008 Artvoice: Post Election Bits & Bytes
11/07/2008 Ars Technica: Political science and biology at a crossroad
11/06/2008 MSNBC: Science in the Obama Era
11/06/2008 ABC News: Science in a Post-Bush World
11/05/2008 Science Progress: Science Under Obama
11/05/2008 Discovery Channel: Deep Sea News: Obama on Ocean Policy
11/05/2008 WIRED: Obama's Biggest Science Challenges: You Tell Us
11/05/2008 New Scientist: Obama promises new era of scientific innovation
11/05/2008 ScienceGuide (EU): 'Renewed hope and optimism'
11/04/2008 Washington Independent: Science and the Next President
11/04/2008 Centre Daily Times: Climate change: Scientists say next president needs to act
11/04/2008 P2PNet: Name a White House sci-tech advisor: groups
11/03/2008 The Jewish Journal: LAST LOOK: Where do McCain and Obama stand on the issues?
11/03/2008 Red, Green and Blue: Obama Would Regulate CO2 as a Pollutant Under Clean Air Act
11/03/2008 Ethanol Producer Magazine: Carbon as a Commodity
11/03/2008 WTN News: Pharma makes a pragmatic left turn this election
11/03/2008 Kansas State Collegian: Water scarcity a threatening issue worldwide
10/31/2008 New York Times: Science Advice for the Next President
10/31/2008 NEWS RELEASE: Science Advice for the Next President
10/31/2008 BBC World Service: Science in Action: Science Debate 2008 and the candidates on science policy
10/31/2008 MIT Tech: Obama Is the Change We Need
10/29/2008 Environmental News Service: 76 U.S. Nobel Laureates in Science Endorse Obama for President
10/29/2008 Discovery: Let’s Save Science! Inside the Innovation 2008 Science Policy Conference
10/28/2008 Los Angeles Times: Lawrence Krauss: MaCain's science earmark error
10/27/2008 Science Guide (EU): Who would be the CTO of the USA?
10/26/2008 Des Moines Register: Basu: U.S. needs pro-science president
10/24/2008 MinnPost: Shawn Otto: U.S. must invest in new economies through support for education, research
10/24/2008 Murray State News: Is stem cell research ethical? NO
10/23/2008 Symmetry: Seven more science questions for McCain and Obama
10/23/2008 Huffington Post: Shawn Lawrence Otto: What Ails Economy Runs Deeper Than Credit Crisis
10/23/2008 WIRED: Palin Mucks Up McCain's Stance On Stem Cells
10/23/2008 Synapse: Science and Politics in the 2008 Presidential Election
10/22/2008 The Atlantic: Palin: McCain Supports GOP Abortion, Stem Cell Platform Planks
10/22/2008 Christian News Report: Dobson Interview With Palin Raises Questions
10/22/2008 Salt Lake Tribune: Candidates and science
10/22/2008 Earth & Sky: U.S. elections: waiting for the future to start
10/22/2008 Popular Science: The Final Countdown: McCain and Obama on Healthcare Technology
10/22/2008 NBC News: Obama and McCain Take 14 Question Science Test
10/22/2008 Minnesota Public Radio: Politics and Science
10/21/2008 Popular Science: Obama and McCain's Showdown on Science Research
10/21/2008 Minnesota Daily: U conference looks for solutions to science policy issues
10/21/2008 EurekaAlert: IEEE-USA president encourages high-tech at Innovation 2008 Conference
10/21/2008 Huffington Post: Environment Slips As Key Factor In Virginia Presidential Vote
10/20/2008 MSNBC: Compare Obama and McCain's thoughts on science and technology
10/20/2008 Discovery Channel: Is McCain or Obama Better for Science? Part 2
10/20/2008 Finance and Commerce: Innovation 2008: U.S. losing race in science, R&D
10/20/2008 Scientific American: Spinal cord stem-cell trial could start soon, report says
10/20/2008 MSNBC: Science goes under the political microscope
10/20/2008 American Medical News: Elections seen as turning point for stem cell studies
10/20/2008 Popular Science: McCain and Obama talk Scientific Integrity
10/19/2008 New York Times: On Global Warming, McCain and Obama Agree: Urgent Action Is Needed
10/18/2008 Orlando Sentinel: Stem-cell debate rises again
10/18/2008 St. Paul Pioneer Press: Scientists, policymakers to talk issues
10/17/2008 The Daily News: LCC voter forum explores issues of energy, environment
10/17/2008 Popular Science: The Final Frontier : McCain and Obama Reach Toward the Stars
10/17/2008 Examiner: Obama, McCain and encouraging innovation
10/17/2008 Boston Globe: Stem cell debate resurfaces after lingering in background
10/17/2008 Virginia Engineer: The Science Debate: Obama Leads in On-line Poll
10/17/2008 New York Times: Rivals’ Visions Differ on Unleashing Innovation
10/16/2008 Philidelphia Inquirer: Science is a shoo-in
10/16/2008 Popular Science: Wet and Not So Wild: Obama and McCain's Water Resource Policy
10/16/2008 McClatchy Newspapers: Scientists: Next president needs to act on climate change
10/16/2008 Daily Northwestern: Presidential candidates' science policies debated
10/16/2008 WIRED: Science & Math Education Needs Overhaul, Say Candidates During Final Debate
10/15/2008 Popular Science: Politics of the Briny Deep: McCain and Obama Talk Ocean Health
10/15/2008 Associated Press: Scientists view both Obama, McCain as supportive
10/14/2008 MinnPost: Prominent Minnesotans push for presidential debate on science
10/14/2008 Popular Science: Obama and McCain's Stem Cell Showdown
10/14/2008 Riverwired: What Will McCain and Obama Do About Nuclear Power?
10/13/2008 Scientific American: The Big To-Do List--Scientific Challenges Facing the Next President
10/13/2008 Discovery Channel: Is McCain or Obama Better for Science? Part 1
10/13/2008 Popular Science: Curing Disease or Playing God: Obama and McCain on Genetics Research
10/12/2008 Popular Science: Preventing an Outbreak: McCain and Obama on Pandemics
10/11/2008 Popular Science: An Issue of National Security: Obama and McCain on DARPA
10/10/2008 Society of Women Engineers joins
10/10/2008 Riverwired: What Will McCain and Obama Do About Plug-In Hybrids?
10/09/2008 McClatchy Newspapers: Science platforms offer similar goals but different paths
10/09/2008 Popular Science: M cCain and Obama on Science Education
10/09/2008 Chicago Tribune: Where the Candidates Stand
10/08/2008 Wall Street Journal: Planetarium Project: Pork or Imperative?
10/08/2008 Popular Science: M cCain and Obama on Energy
10/08/2008 Cleveland Plain Dealer: Obama and McCain tackle the high-tech world
10/08/2008 UM News: U of M & Science Debate 2008 to host conference on 21st century economy
10/07/2008 Popular Science: McCain and Obama on Climate Change
10/07/2008 Education Week: Candidates' Math-Science Ideas Face Limits
10/07/2008 Tennessean: Candidates' stand on NIH funding is vitally important
10/06/2008 Popular Science: The Record Behind the Words: Unpacking ScienceDebate2008
10/06/2008 Popular Science: The Science Vote
10/06/2008 Huffington Post: Where to Look for Coverage of the Candidates' Climate Policies
10/06/2008 Washington Post: The Candidates on Climate Change Science
10/06/2008 Louisville Courier-Journal: Science and the presidency
10/02/2008 Physics Today: Science in the campaign, climate change, and the vice-presidential debate
10/02/2008 Physics Today: Special report: Science issues are prominent in this year's presidential race
10/02/2008 American Association of Physical Anthropologists joins
10/01/2008 ACC SmartBrief: McCain, Obama offer positions on science issues
09/30/2008 C&EN: Debating Science
09/30/2008 Popular Science: Nerds 4 Obama
09/30/2008 EETimes: Group plans science and tech policy event
09/29/2008 Tufts Daily: Science and the 2008 Election
09/28/2008 Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: Candidates sketch out science policies
09/27/2008 Houston Chronicle: Stem cells, ocean on candidates' agenda
09/27/2008 MaximsNews (United Nations): Obama and McCain Answer Questions on Critical Water issues
09/27/2008 Los Angeles Times: Obama and McCain offer their visions of a scientific America
09/26/2008 Science: ELECTION 2008: Scientists Strive for a Seat at the Table of Each Campaign
09/26/2008 Times (UK): Science journal in doghouse after Obama and McCain upstaged by young pups
09/26/2008 VOA News: UA Presidential Candidates Say Science Matters
09/26/2008 ScienceNews: Obama's Brain Trust
09/26/2008 PhysicsWorld: US Nobel laureates: vote Obama
09/26/2008 Discover: Obama & McCain Answer DISCOVER’s Questions on the Environment
09/26/2008 New Scientist: US elections: How would Jesus vote?
09/26/2008 P.M. Magazine (Germany): Talk with the US Elections!
09/26/2008 Student Life (Washington U): Election may mean difference in research for University students
09/25/2008 Education Week: Science on the Stump
09/25/2008 Boston Globe: 61 Nobel laureates line up behind Obama's science policy
09/25/2008 New York Times: Obama's Science Quiz
09/24/2008 Telegraph (UK): US elections: Barack Obama and John McCain on climate change, energy and science
09/24/2008 New Scientist: Why John McCain won't reveal his science policy
09/24/2008 Nature: US Election 2008
09/24/2008 Harrisonburg Daily News Record: Judge Candidates' Environmental Stances
09/24/2008 Wisconsin Public Radio: Science Debate 2008
09/23/2008 PR Web: McCain and Obama on Bio-threat Detection and Pandemic Response: QualSec Weighs in
09/23/2008 Canada.com: Researchers hope for change on stem cell politics
09/22/2008 Straits Times (Singapore): Stem cell politics to change?
09/22/2008 Reuters Worlwide: Researchers hope for change on stem cell politics
09/22/2008 Discover: McCain and Obama's science advisors
09/22/2008 National Journal: Congress Daily: Innovation Agenda
09/22/2008 Physics Today: Science questions, advisers, and climate change
09/22/2008 Discover: McCain's Science Policy
09/22/2008 Daily Free Press: Presidential candidates experiment with science
09/21/2008 St Louis Post-Dispatch: Where do Obama and McCain stand on science?
09/21/2008 Arizona Republic: McCain, Obama look at innovation, climate, stem cells
09/21/2008 Chicago Tribune: Stem cell backers question where McCain stands
09/21/2008 Washington Independent: Obama and McCain Take Part in Science Debate 2008
09/21/2008 Arizona Republic: Candidates address world of technology
09/21/2008 Ann Arbor News: Presidential prognostication ... and science advice
09/21/2008 Kansas City Star: McCain, Obama reply to questions posed by Science Debate 2008
09/20/2008 Daily Stoke: Should Surfers Vote for Barack Obama?
09/20/2008 Los Angeles Times: Presenting science questions to John McCain and Barack Obama
09/19/2008 San Jose Mercury News: McCain, Obama comment on their science policies
09/19/2008 WIRED: McCain Equates Embryos and Fetuses in Stem Cell Statement
09/19/2008 GenomeWeb: McCain, Obama Advisors Claim Candidates' Support for Greater Science Funding
09/19/2008 LifeSiteNews: McCain, Obama Defend Embryonic Stem Cell Research
09/19/2008 Huffington Post: McCain and Obama on Science and the Environment
09/19/2008 The Guardian (UK): McCain and Obama take science test
09/19/2008 ScienceGuide (Netherlands): Obama sets his Sci/Tech agenda
09/19/2008 ScienceGuide (Nethertlands): McCain elaborates his knowledge policies
09/19/2008 Cleveland Plain Dealer: Presidential candidates answer science policy re
09/19/2008 Bioresearch: Obama's Stance On Biomedical Research A Win-Win For Life Science And IT Sector
09/18/2008 The Hill: Science lobby creates NIH info ‘clearinghouse’
09/18/2008 US Innovation: McCain & Obama Answer 14-Point Science & Technology Questionnaire
09/18/2008 P hysicsWorld: McCain chips in on science
09/18/2008 Catholic News Agency: U.S. presidential candidates weigh in on embryonic stem cell research
09/18/2008 Scienceline: Change! Hope! Experience! Science?
09/17/2008 U.S. Dept of State: Presidential Hopeful John McCain Answers Science Policy Queries
09/17/2008 LifeNews: New McCain Statement on Stem Cell Research Shows More Pro-Life Movement
09/17/2008 Pharmaceutical Business Review: Obama's stance on STEM: a big win for life science research & IT
09/17/2008 WIRED: Obama Campaign reveals Science Advisors
09/17/2008 E/The Environmental Magazine: Presidential Science Lessons
09/17/2008 PC Magazine: Obama Versus McCain, On Science
09/17/2008 RedOrbit: Barack Obama's Stance on STEM
09/17/2008 Sustainable Business News: Candidates Answer 14 Questions on Science
09/17/2008 National Academies: Advice to Presidential Candidates on S&T Appointments
09/17/2008 ScienceNews: The Presidential Candidates on Science
09/17/2008 Washington Post: McCain BlackBerry Easily Connects With Gore Internet
09/17/2008 Medical News Today: Papers Examine Comparisons Of McCain, Obama Positions On Science
09/16/2008 Vnunet: McCain responsible for Blackberry claims aide
09/16/2008 Science Progress: Science Evaded
09/16/2008 Politico: McCain has claimed credit for development of PDAs in past
09/16/2008 CNET: John McCain helped to create the BlackBerry? Really?
09/16/2008 WIRED: McCain Makes Sharp Right Turn on Stem Cells
09/16/2008 BBC News: The president's guide to science
09/16/2008 Plenty: Presidential science lessons
09/16/2008 Environmental News Service: Obama and McCain Take 14 Question Science Test
09/16/2008 Gizmodo: McCain Vs Obama on Science
09/16/2008 Outside: Candidates Tackle the War on Climate Change
09/16/2008 International Herald Tribune: Presidential Candidates' Positions of Science Issues
09/15/2008 ScienceNews: McCain is Bullish on R & D
09/15/2008 Cleveland Plain Dealer: Presidential candidates answer science policy questionnaire
09/15/2008 New York Times: McCain-Obama on Science
09/15/2008 WIRED: McCain Bucks Party Platform, Affirms Support For Embryonic Stem Cell Research
09/15/2008 New York Times: Presidential Candidates' Positions of Science Issues
09/15/2008 New York Times: Obama and McCain: No Climate Doubt
09/15/2008 Discover: Don’t Know Much About Technology: McCain Tackles ScienceDebate Questions
09/15/2008 MSNBC: Candidates speak out on science
09/15/2008 Scientific American: John MaCain talks science; says he's Wi-Fi's main man
09/15/2008 Nature: Where John McCain stands on science
09/15/2008 The Scientist: McCain changes stem cell tune
09/15/2008 EETimes: McCain, Obama weigh in on science issues
09/15/2008 Reason: McCain Answers ScienceDebate 2008's 14 Questions on SciTech Policy
09/15/2008 Washington Post: No Debate, but Candidates Respond to Science Questions
09/15/2008 NEWS RELEASE: McCain, Obama Weigh in on Science
09/11/2008 Times Higher Education: Obama would free up work on stem cells
09/10/2008 New Scientist: Why are the US elections so quiet on science?
09/10/2008 New Scientist: McCain vs Obama: Who will end the war on science?
09/10/2008 Huffington Post: Left Behind
09/09/2008 UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorpe joins
09/08/2008 Boston Scientific co-founder John Abele signs on
09/08/2008 Discover: Obama's science policy
09/07/2008 BioOptics World: P review: Science and technology, the candidates, and you
09/06/2008 Physics Today: Obama answers science questions
09/05/2008 Mongabay: Obama talks science
09/04/2008 Chronicle of Higher Education: Obama Outlines Changes for Science Policy
09/04/2008 Scientific American: Obama and McCain on science: Where do they stand?
09/03/2008 American Geophysical Union joins
09/03/2008 New Scientist: Obama answers scientists' questions
09/03/2008 ABC News: Obama Answers Your Science Questions
09/02/2008 New York Times: Obama on Science
09/02/2008 U.S. Dept of State: Obama Answers Science Questions Posed to Presidential Candidates
09/02/2008 Reason: Obama Answers ScienceDebate 2008's 14 Scitech Policy Questions
09/02/2008 E/The Environmental Magazine: Presidential Science Lessons
09/02/2008 The Scientist: Obama: Yes to stem cells, funding
09/02/2008 Examiner: Senator Obama answers questions from Science Debate 2008
09/02/2008 WIRED: Obama Answers Your Science Questions
09/01/2008 New Scientist: Obama Talks Science
09/01/2008 Nature: Obama speaks on science
09/01/2008 PhysicsWorld: Obama takes a stand on science
08/31/2008 New York Times: Another Voice Warns of an Innovation Slowdown
08/30/2008 ScienceNews: Obama Likes Research
08/30/2008 NEWS RELEASE: Barack Obama answers top 14 science questions facing America
08/22/2008 L.A. Times: A presidential science test for Obama and McCain
08/22/2008 Lawrence Krauss at City Club (audio)
08/19/2008 Great Lakes Science Center joins
08/19/2008 ScientificBlogging.com joins
08/16/2008 St. Paul Pioneer Press: Eric Jolly: Scientific literacy - it's not just for scientists
08/14/2008 Franklin & Marshall president John Fry signs on
08/12/2008 NPR: Candidates Vow To Keep Politics Out Of Science
08/11/2008 Cleveland Plain Dealer: Lawrence Krauss to discuss presidential science debate at City Club
08/10/2008 Cleveland Plain Dealer: Putting science on debate agenda
08/07/2008 Science Cheerleader Video: The debate (spoof)
08/06/2008 San Jose Mercury News: O'Brien: Tech, science not on agenda for candidates
08/04/2008 iReport: Science Cheerleader wants candidates to RSVP
07/03/2008 Oberlin College signs on
07/30/2008 Technology Review (Germany): Only Kennedy 2.0
07/28/2008 McCain campaign responds to Research!America's Your Candidates - Your Health 2008 survey
07/26/2008 Naples Daily News: Ben Bova: Science sould be part of the national debate
07/17/2008 Center for American Progress: What the Public Really Wants on Science
07/16/2008 MentorNet joins
07/11/2008 Christian Science Monitor: 14 Science Questions the Next President Should Answer
07/04/2008 Western Michigan University joins
07/03/2008 MSNBC: 14 Questions for a President
07/03/2008 WMU Pres. John Dunn joins
07/02/2008 Ars Technica: Poll: US taxpayers want more funding for scientific research
07/02/2008 Wired: 14 Science Questions the Next President Should Answer
07/02/2008 Innovation 2008: 14 Questions the candidates for President should answer about Science
07/02/2008 Poll: Americans much more likely to vote for a candidate that will tackle science issues
06/26/2008 Science Progress: Plight of the Postdoc
06/22/2008 San Jose Mercury News: Obrien: Obama, McCain should debate in Silicon Valley
06/20/2008 The Alliance for Science & Technology Research in America signs on
06/19/2008 SD08 and 14 other orgs: Innovation 2008: 7 questions every Congressman should answer
06/11/2008 Hugo & Nebula award-winning writer David Brin joins
06/05/2008 Former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich signs on
06/03/2008 Johns Hopkins University joins
05/28/2008 Washington Post: U.S. Experts Bemoan Nation's Loss of Stature in the World of Science
05/27/2008 Johns Hopkins University President William Brody signs on
05/23/2008 Bridges: The Role of the US in Promoting Global Science
05/22/2008 PBS WIRED Science: With Honors. Without Options?
05/16/2008 MSNBC: Science Debate Moves On
05/14/2008 American Society for Cell Biology joins
05/12/2008 New Poll: 85% of Americans want a Presidential Debate on Science
05/11/2008 Philadelphia Inquirer: A debate that wasn't says much about science in U.S.
05/08/2008 Cleveland Plain Dealer: Science Debate 2008 Web site urges candidates to talk about issues
05/07/2008 New Scientist: Commentary: The US should dismantle its nuclear weapons
05/06/2008 Chronicle of Higher Education: Scientists on the Sidelines
05/04/2008 Moravian College President Christopher Thomforde joins
05/03/2008 Naples Daily News: Ben Bova: Candidates remain quiet about science
04/30/2008 La Salle's Michael McGinniss becomes 100th college or university president to sign on
04/30/2008 SCIENCE: Has U.S. Science Lost is Competitive Edge?
04/28/2008 University of Massachusetts joins
04/25/2008 Nobelist Craig Mello signs on
04/25/2008 SCIENCE: Science Policy
04/24/2008 Whitman Pioneer: Presidential Debates' 'lip service'
04/24/2008 Montana State University joins
04/24/2008 MSNBC: Political Science Test
04/24/2008 Daily Pennsylvanian: Saving America's Science
04/23/2008 SEforA: Hundreds of EPA scientists experienced political interference
04/22/2008 Nobelist Ahmed Zewail joins
04/21/2008 Yale Daily News: Fluff dominates media; endangers democracy
04/21/2008 Chemical & Engineering News: Debate Science ... Please
04/20/2008 MSU President Geoff Gamble joins
04/19/2008 Barrett, Roberts, Nobel Laureates urge campaigns
04/18/2008 New York Times: Who Lost The Debate? Moderators, Many Say
04/17/2008 The New Republic: Blinding Them With Science
04/17/2008 Wall Street Journal: We Need a Science White House
04/17/2008 TIME: The Debate That Didn't Happen
04/16/2008 EarthTimes: Bush Refuses to Lead: WWF Looks to Presidential Candidates for Leadership
04/16/2008 BusinessWire: WWF Looks to Presidential Candidates for Leadership on Climate Change
04/15/2008 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology joins
04/15/2008 EarthSky: Shawn Otto on science in an election year
04/14/2008 AP: Pioneering Physicist John Wheeler Dies at 96
04/14/2008 Kansas City Star: Science Debate 2008
04/12/2008 EarthSky: Will U.S. presidential candidates debate science policy?
04/11/2008 Colorado State: CSU joins call for Science Debate 2008
04/11/2008 Scientific American: A Presidential Science Debate
04/11/2008 SCIENCE: Science and the Candidates
04/11/2008 Philadelphia Inquirer: Science education, research need a boost from the U.S.
04/10/2008 ABC News: Clinton and Obama Talk Religion, Not Science
04/10/2008 Huffington Post: Science Debate 2008, Take Two
04/09/2008 BioScience: Let's Talk
04/09/2008 Research!America: What Are They Afraid Of?
04/09/2008 Ars Technica: Science Debate 2008 switches focus to Oregon
04/08/2008 Science Progress: Science and Faith Sould Not Collide in Pennsylvania
04/08/2008 New York Times: No Democratic Science Debate, Yet
04/08/2008 Seattle Post Intelligencer: Prez hopefuls to debate faith -- but not science
04/08/2008 Wired: Clinton and Obama Talk Religion, Not Science
04/08/2008 The New Republic: Why the Silence on Science?
04/07/2008 EarthSky: Leading science broadcasters discuss 'Science in the U.S. election year'
04/07/2008 PBS: Charlie Rose Show: The promise and imperative of science
04/07/2008 The Endocrine Society joins
04/04/2008 P.M. Magazine (Germany): Will Obama debate on science?
04/03/2008 MSNBC: Plan B for Science Debate
04/02/2008 Association of American Medical Colleges joins
04/01/2008 Science Museum of Minnesota joins
03/29/2008 Presidents of The Wistar Institute, Saint Joseph's University, and 1st Source Bank join
03/28/2008 Museum of Science Boston joins
03/27/2008 Wesleyan University signs on
03/26/2008 Presidential Climate Action Project joins
03/26/2008 St Petersburg Times: TampaBay.com: The Gradebook: Science, non-science, nonsense
03/25/2008 Wesleyan President Michael Roth & Arts Patron Martha McGeary Snider join
03/25/2008 MinnPost: Stem Cell Stalemate
03/25/2008 The Daily Pennsylvanian: Presidential debate on science proposed
03/24/2008 Congressman Bill Foster joins
03/19/2008 St Francis & Tri-State Universities & Renewable Natural Resources Foundation join
03/19/2008 National Association Of Graduate-Professional Students joins
03/19/2008 American Society of Civil Engineers & American Society of Landscape Architects join
03/18/2008 The Inoculated Mind: Sheril Kirshenbaum on the debate (mp3)
03/18/2008 Presidents of Penn State, Widener, & University of St Francis join
03/18/2008 Lehigh University Brown & White: School to joint sponsor presidential debate
03/17/2008 EnergyBiz Magazine: Let Them Debate
03/17/2008 WIRED: Why Doesn't Cable News Cover Science?
03/17/2008 Philadelphia Inquirer: Among science-debate questions put to candidates
03/14/2008 Boston Globe: Unitary Executive Theory in action
03/14/2008 Presidents of Allegheny, Dickinson, Haverford, Muhlenberg and Swarthmore Colleges sign on
03/14/2008 Reuters: China overtakes U.S. as top Web market
03/14/2008 Presidents of University of the Sciences in Philadelphia & University City Science Center join
03/14/2008 Philadelphia Business Journal: 'Science Debate' proposed for Franklin Institute
03/14/2008 Denver Post: Idea for science debate being debated
03/14/2008 Rochester Post Bulletin: Coalition hopes to create a presidential debate about science
03/13/2008 Campus Technology: Universities pressure presidential candidates for science debate
03/13/2008 Philadelphia Inquirer: Proposed: a presidential debate about science
03/13/2008 Nobel laureate Andrew Fire signs on, as does Smith College & Assn for Women in Mathematicsi
03/12/2008 T.H.E. Journal: Institutions Pressure Presidential Candidates for Science Debate
03/12/2008 Virginia Engineer: ASME Supports Science Debate 2008
03/12/2008 Bill Gates to Congress: "This country stands at a crossroads"
03/11/2008 UTNE Reader: Science to Government: We Need to Talk
03/10/2008 BusinessWire: Franklin Institute to host hi-tech presidential debate
03/10/2008 Drexel University & its President Constantine Papadakis join
03/08/2008 New York Times: Mixed Economic Picture in Next Big State to Vote
03/08/2008 University of Cincinnati & its President Nancy Zimpher sign on
03/08/2008 Harrisonburg Daily News Record: A Science Debate?
03/07/2008 NOW on PBS joins the call
03/07/2008 Tufts University signs on
03/06/2008 President of Energistics and VP of Jackson & Tull Aerospace join
03/06/2008 Presidents of Rutgers & Northeastern Universities join
03/05/2008 MSNBC: State of the Science Debate
03/05/2008 National Emergency Preparedness Coordinating Council joins
03/05/2008 Chemical Heritage Foundation and Brain Trauma Foundation join
03/04/2008 Dan Combs, Dir of Nat'l Emergency Prep Coord Council joins, as does the Technology Student Assn
03/03/2008 Science Progress: Science Progress Supports Science Debate 2008
03/02/2008 Kenyon College and its President join, as do Presidents of Dartmouth and SUNY-Oswego
03/01/2008 Analytical Chemistry: Science and technology: an online push to get the politicians talking (pdf)
02/29/2008 NEWS RELEASE: NPA Joins Call for Presidential Science Debate (pdf)
02/27/2008 Orange County Register: O.C. Researchers join push for presidential debate on science
02/27/2008 Aspen Times: Aspen event ignites national science debate
02/26/2008 Radio New Zealand: Science Debate in US Presidential Race (download audio 12 min)
02/25/2008 The Current: Will finding cuts cause U.S. to lose its science edge?
02/25/2008 Associated Content: Group to Presidential Candidates: Say Yes to Science Debate
02/25/2008 NOVA TV series signs on
02/25/2008 NEWS RELEASE: Natural Science Collections, Museums Join Call for a Presidential Debate on Science
02/24/2008 New School President and former U.S. senator and presidential candidate Bob Kerrey joins
02/24/2008 Presidents of Barnard & Univ. of New Hampshire, Salisbury, American & Maryland Eastern Shore join
02/22/2008 NewsDay: Candidates urged to debate scientific issues
02/22/2008 Cornell Daily Sun: Skorton Signs Petition to Debate on Science in America
02/21/2008 Nature Immunology: Politicizing science no more
02/21/2008 Panorama Mondo: (Italy) Excuse me, Mr President, what about scientific research?
02/21/2008 American Museum of Natural History joins, as does Odyssey Investment Partners Chair Stephen Berger
02/20/2008 NEWS RELEASE: Research!America Backs Call for Presidential Debate on Science
02/20/2008 M.I.T. President Susan Hockfield and American Museum Of Natural History President Ellen Futter join
02/20/2008 Presidents of the Universities of Iowa, Oklahoma, Coppin State, and Lehigh join
02/19/2008 MSNBC: The Surrogate Science Debate
02/19/2008 Slate: Trail Head: Science Wars
02/19/2008 Philadelphia Inquirer: Dennis Wint: Debate to address issues of science
02/19/2008 Nature: Scientists urged to plan for next U.S. president
02/19/2008 Texas Instruments President & CEO Richard Templeton signs on
02/19/2008 American Dental Assn & IEEE-USA join
02/18/2008 Rocky Mountain News: Colorado scientists call for presidential debate
02/18/2008 Former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta joins
02/18/2008 Former Assoc Dir, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Rosina Bierbaum joins
02/17/2008 Discover: Live from the biggest Science Conference in the World: Hillary and Barack Debate Science
02/17/2008 AFP: Clinton, Obama science advisors showcase their candidates
02/17/2008 Press TV, Iran: Clinton, Obama science advisors debate
02/17/2008 Science: Presidential campaigns call for big boosts to research funding
02/16/2008 MSNBC: Engineering's greatest challenge: our survival
02/16/2008 TIME: Science Debate 2008: A Good Idea
02/15/2008 Former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair & RPI President Shirley Ann Jackson calls for debate
02/15/2008 Chronicle of Higher Education: Scientists Should Leap Into Politics, Speakers Say
02/15/2008 Presidents of Marian College & Temple University sign on
02/14/2008 National Wildlife Federation joins, as do Presidents of UIPUI, George Mason & Frostburg Universities
02/13/2008 C-SPAN: American Enterprise Institute: Lawrence Krauss on Scientific Illiteracy (video)
02/13/2008 WCPN Radio: Got Issues? The Candidates on Science (audio)
02/12/2008 Plenty Magazine: The great science debate
02/12/2008 Nobel laureates Jerome Friedman & Robert Richardson sign on, as does U.S. Rep. Jerry McNerney
02/12/2008 Southeastern Universities Research Association joins
02/12/2008 Presidents of Brown, University of Texas-Dallas, Carleton, and Illinois Institutue of Technology join
02/12/2008 Huffington Post: Matthew Chapman: Science Debate 2008: Candidates Invited
02/11/2008 Cornell, U.C. Riverside & American Physical Society sign on
02/11/2008 MSNBC: Invites go out for Science Debate
02/11/2008 New York Times: Science Debate Is Set; Now, Will Candidates Come?
02/11/2008 Chemical & Engineering News: A Debate On Science
02/11/2008 NEWS RELEASE: Candidates invited to debate science & economy
02/11/2008 Earth & Sky Radio: Shawn Lawrence Otto: Science Debate 2008 Garners Flood of Support (audio)
02/10/2008 Intel Chairman Craig Barrett signs on
02/10/2008 New York Times: Universities Rush to Set Up Outposts Abroad
02/09/2008 Illinois Science Council joins, also Michael Lach, head of high school academics, Chicago Public Schools
02/09/2008 Business Week: Making Science a Presidential Priority
02/08/2008 Ecological Society of America, Ames Lab Director Alexander King join
02/08/2008 Stanford University, and former HHS Secretary and University of Miami President Donna Shalala sign on
02/08/2008 Medill Reports Chicago: Scientists band together to get 2008 election debate
02/08/2008 Fmr Rep. Jim Leach, R-IA, Georgia Tech, its President Wayne Clough, and Cal State, Monterey Bay join
02/07/2008 University of Notre Dame and its President, Rev. John Jenkins, sign on
02/07/2008 Partners HealthCare System, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, and Humboldt University join
02/07/2008 The Harvard Crimson: Harvard Profs call for Science Debate
02/06/2008 Harvard President Drew Faust and Rensselaer Polytechnic President Shirley Ann Jackson join
02/06/2008 Universities of Arizona, Maryland, Buffalo, Illinois U-C, Lawrence, and CWRU sign on
02/05/2008 Presidents of the Universities of Arizona, Arkansas, and Illinois Urbana-Champaign sign on
02/05/2008 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Research!America and FASEB join
02/05/2008 Greenwire: Science academies support presidential debate push (subscription)
02/04/2008 Duke, Syracuse, and Manhattan College sign on
02/04/2008 Michigan Tech News: Tech Joins Science Debate 2008
02/04/2008 The National Academies: Presidential Candidates to Be Invited to Science Debate
02/03/2008 EETimes: Poll: It's the economy again, stupid
02/02/2008 Columbia University and American Institute of Biological Sciences sign on
02/01/2008 PBS Online NewsHour: Scientists, Journalists Push for Science-based Election Debate
02/01/2008 University of California, Berkeley, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, and Friends of the Earth sign on
02/01/2008 Science: The Real Debate
01/31/2008 NEWS RELEASE: The "Science 57": Fifty-seven universities and other organizations call for debate
01/31/2008 Nobelists Holland & Watson, Columbia Pres. Bollinger, Rep. Baird, & Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab. Dir. Mason join
01/30/2008 Universities of Arizona and Maryland presidents sign on, as does former NIST director William Jeffrey
01/30/2008 Nieman Watchdog: How about a candidate debate on science?
01/29/2008 George Scalise, President, SIA and Former Chair, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, signs on
01/29/2008 MSNBC: STATE OF THE SCIENCE
01/29/2008 NEWS RELEASE: Council on Competitiveness Supports Presidential Debate on Science & Economy
01/29/2008 Richard Meserve, President of Carnegie Institution of Washington, signs on
01/28/2008 Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, endorses us and President James Porter signs on
01/27/2008 Editors of Popular Science, Science Illustrated, R&D, and Chemical & Engineering News sign on
01/25/2008 Council on Competitiveness President Deborah Wince-Smith joins our steering committee
01/24/2008 AAAS: AAAS Joins Call for Presidential Debate on Science and Innovation Issues
01/23/2008 Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Space becomes primary frontier as candidates court voters in Fla.
01/23/2008 NEWS RELEASE: AAAS calls for presidential debate on science & economy
01/22/2008 EETimes: Call for presidential candidates to tackle tech issues
01/21/2008 Scientific American: Presidential Science, by John Rennie
01/20/2008 San Francisco Chronicle: Flagging economy needs sceince investments, by Intel Chair Craig Barrett
01/19/2008 New Scientist: The end of frontier science?, by Lawrence Krauss
01/18/2008 AAAS CEO Alan Leshner joins our steering committee; Leshner is also Executive Publisher of Science
01/18/2008 Bob Bruininks joins; University of Minnesota President and Chair, Nat'l Assn of State Universities
01/18/2008 Wichita Eagle: Presidential race needs science debate
01/17/2008 John Sexton signs on; President of New York University and Chair, New York Academy of Sciences
01/17/2008 Chancellor of NCSU, Presidents of Sweet Briar and Macalester college, Publisher of Science News join
01/16/2008 Nobelist Robert Horvitz, Crafoord winner Edwin Salpeter, and Yale Physics Chair Meg Urry sign on
01/16/2008 U.S. House Of Representatives: Science & Technology Chair Bart Gordon Adds His Voice to Call
01/16/2008 New York Times: U.S. Dominance in Science and Technology at Risk, Report Says
01/15/2008 Wired: Science Debate 2008: An Idea Gaining Momentum
01/15/2008 Greenwire: Calls grow for a presidential 'science debate' (subscription)
01/15/2008 Columbia Journalism Review: Pushing for a Science Debate
01/14/2008 Univ of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann and Stanford Dean of Engineering Jim Plummer sign on
01/13/2008 Chair and cofounder of the Union of Concerned Scientists Kurt Gottfried signs on
01/11/2008 Cleveland Plain Dealer: Case President Barbara Snyder urges candidates to embrace research
01/11/2008 NPR Talk of the Nation: Science Friday (Listen): Voters Petition for a Presidential Science Debate
01/11/2008 Science Friday: The Call for a Science Debate
01/10/2008 Presidents of San Diego State, Michigan Tech, Harvey Mudd, Monterey Bay, Fox Chase Cancer Ctr join
01/09/2008 Congressman Jay Inslee, Human Genome mapper J. Craig Venter, and UCS Pres. Kevin Knobloch join
01/07/2008 Reagan science council member George Cowan and Apple marketing director Elizabeth Kerr sign on
01/06/2008 Cleveland Plain Dealer: Science and politics do mix -- finally
01/04/2008 CalTech President Jean-Lou Chameau and Case Western Reserve President Barbara Snyder sign on
01/03/2008 The Scientist: Science vs. science
01/03/2008 MSNBC: The Candidates on Science
01/03/2008 Henry Kelly signs on; President, Federation of American Scientists
01/03/2008 Nature: Election fireworks
01/02/2008 Science Friday Executive Producer & Host Ira Flatow signs on
12/30/2007 Nobel laureate Richard Schrock, Chemistry 2005, and Keith Devlin "The Math Guy" sign on
12/28/2007 Eric Lander, first author of Human Genome Project, & 1985 Nobel Peace Prize winner Eric Chivian join
12/27/2007 Editors of Nature, The New Republic, and Issues in Science and Technology (Nat'l Academies) sign on
12/26/2007 Le Monde: Scientists call for a televised debate on science
12/26/2007 NEWS RELEASE: Congressmen Vern Ehlers, R-MI and Rush Holt, D-NJ, to co-chair ScienceDebate2008
12/26/2007 2004 Crafoord Medalist Eugene Butcher signs on, as do former Undersecretaries of Labor and Defense
12/26/2007 Stanford President John Hennessy and Carnegie Mellon President Jared Cohon sign on
12/25/2007 New York Times: A New Topic for Debate
12/25/2007 Maxine Singer signs on; President Emerita of Carnegie Institution of Washington
12/24/2007 New York Times: A Presidential Science Debate?
12/24/2007 University Presidents Harrison, Karnig, Kassing & Richmond; and dean Pizzo join. See Who We Are
12/22/2007 Rita Colwell signs on, former Director of the NSF; 2006 National Medal of Science winner
12/22/2007 Robert Grubbs, 2006 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, signs on
12/21/2007 Calvin DeWitt, President, Academy of Evangelical Scientists and Ethicists, joins our steering committee
12/20/2007 Congressman Verh Ehlers R-MI signs on. See who we are
12/19/2007 American Scientist: Can a grassroots movement convene a presidential science debate?
12/19/2007 University of Washington President Mark Emmert, Nobel Laureate Sheldon Glashow join. See who we are
12/18/2007 Stem cell pioneer James Thomson and former Governor Arne Carlson R-MN sign on. See who we are
12/17/2007 Duke University President Richard Brodhead signs on. See who we are
12/16/2007 David Politzer signs on, 2004 Nobel laureate in Physics. See who we are
12/14/2007 New Scientist: A science-literate president, please, by Lawrence Krauss
12/13/2007 Wired: Scientists push presidential candidates for positions on science
12/13/2007 MinnPost.com: How about a presidential debate on science?, by Shawn Lawrence Otto
12/13/2007 Salon.com: Let's have a presidential debate on science, by Shawn Lawrence Otto
12/12/2007 Chronicle of Higher Education: Academics Urge Debate on Science Issues
12/12/2007 Huffington: A call for a Presidential Debate on Science, by Matthew Chapman & Sheril Kirshenbaum
12/12/2007 Los Angeles Times: Make Science Part of the Debate, by Lawrence Krauss and Chris Mooney
12/11/2007 NEWS RELEASE: Top Scientists join in call for Presidential Debate
12/10/2007 40+ science bloggers join our coalition in first 24 hours
12/06/2007 Congressman Jim Ramstad R-MN signs on. See who we are
12/06/2007 The Wall Street Journal: Science and the Candidates, by Lawrence Krauss (reprint)

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