Incorporation Day for NEON
The birth of the National Ecological Observatory Network is now official. On Thursday, 15 December 2005, NEON, Inc., was legally established as a not-for-profit corporation. It will serve as the primary coordinating body for NEON implementation and build-out. The NEON Project Office and staff will remain a division of the American Institute of Biological Sciences during the remainder of the project's design phase. Once subsumed by NEON, Inc., the Project Office will be responsible for the coordination and management of NEON construction, and for establishing partnerships, contracts, and subawards. The articles of incorporation and corporate bylaws for NEON, Inc., are available at www.neoninc.org (documents section).
AIBS Cosponsors Dover Teleconference
In December, AIBS and The Interfaith Alliance cosponsored a teleconference that brought together scientific and religious leaders to respond to the pro-evolution decision in the high-profile Kitzmiller v. Dover case. Reporters from a variety of media outlets attended, including the Associated Press, Reuters, Science magazine, National Public Radio, New Scientist magazine, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and the York Daily Record. The consensus seemed to be that the Dover verdict was a huge victory for science, but would not completely stave off threats to science education. Representing AIBS was 2004 president Joel Cracraft, who served as an advisor to the American Civil Liberties Union at the Arkansas creation trial in 1981.
Recent Articles Online at www.actionbioscience.org
Spanish translations of previously posted articles
“Uso de Casos Estudio para la Enseñanza de la Ciencia” [Using Case Studies to Teach Science], by Clyde Freeman Herreid, State University of New York at Buffalo
“La Pérdida de los Humedales: ¿Cómo se Ven Afectadas las Comunidades de Aves?” [Loss of Wet-lands: How Are Bird Communities Affected?], by Robert Fletcher, University of Montana
Recent Public Policy Reports Online at www.aibs.org
Public Policy Report for 3 January 2006
A victory for science in Dover
AIBS cosponsors post-Dover press conference
Congress reauthorizes NASA
Congress wrapped up legislative business in time for holidays
Graduate student opportunity: Apply for the 2006 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leader Award
New in BioScience: “Congress Likes Innovation, but Will Biology Get Its Due?”
From the Federal Register
Public Policy Report for 19 December 2005
NSF requests comments on strategic plan for biology
House adjourns while Senate faces tough debate over ANWR
Legislators introduce bills to foster US innovation and competitiveness
National Summit on Competitiveness convenes in Washington, DC
Evolution on trial: Updates from Cobb County and California
National Science Board tests idea of a STEM education commission
Report grades state science education standards
2005 AIBS Public Policy Office annual report now online
Graduate student opportunity: Apply for the 2006 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leader Award
New in BioScience: “Will Stem Cell Research Evolve?”
From the Federal Register
