By: Dr. Eric LanderThe President’s Science Advisor and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy One of America’s most amazing and enviable superpowers is that we are the leading magnet for talented scientists and engineers from around the world. They come to study, to found startups, to lend their energies to U.S. scientific…
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Statement by President Biden on Today’s Economic News
Today, we received two pieces of economic news which underscore that our recovery is continuing to progress, but that we also have more work to do before our economy is back to normal. First, on employment, we learned that we have had six consecutive weeks of decline in new unemployment claims. The number of workers…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:52 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome back from your Thanksgiving holiday. Hope everyone had a restful and wonderful holiday. Okay, I’m going to be really quick at the top. As you see, we have a guest — as you know, we have a guest from National…
President Biden Announces Members of President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Thirty Distinguished Leaders Represent Most Diverse PCAST in U.S. History, Will Develop Science and Technology Recommendations to Address Nation’s Most Pressing Challenges WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announced 30 of America’s most distinguished leaders in science and technology as members of his President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). A direct descendant of…
President Biden Announces Members of President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Thirty Distinguished Leaders Represent Most Diverse PCAST in U.S. History, Will Develop Science and Technology Recommendations to Address Nation’s Most Pressing Challenges WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announced 30 of America’s most distinguished leaders in science and technology as members of his President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). A direct descendant of…
Biden Announces Members of PCAST
Thirty Distinguished Leaders Represent Most Diverse PCAST in U.S. History, Will Develop Science and Technology Recommendations to Address Nation’s Most Pressing Challenges President Biden Announces Members of President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Thirty Distinguished Leaders Represent Most Diverse PCAST in U.S. History, Will Develop Science and Technology Recommendations to Address Nation’s Most…
Terence Tao, PhD
Terence Tao, PhD, is a mathematician originally from Australia. He is known as one of the great mathematicians of our time, sometimes called the “Mozart of math” for his extraordinary breadth of achievement. Research covers both pure and applied mathematics, including important contributions to compressive sensing (used in signal processing and cryptography) and number theory.…
Jonathan Levin, PhD
Jonathan Levin, PhD, is an economist and academic leader widely recognized for his research in industrial organization, technological change, health insurance, allocation of radio spectrum, and the economics of internet markets. Awarded the 2011 John Bates Clark Medal which is given to the American economist under age 40 who is judged to have made the…
Inez Fung, ScD
Inez Fung, ScD, is an atmospheric scientist who came to the U.S. from Hong Kong. She is one of the world’s leading experts on climate and the carbon cycle – how carbon dioxide moves throughout the land, oceans, and the atmosphere – and how its movement both depends on and alters our planet’s climate. Founding…
Frances Arnold, PhD
Frances Arnold, PhD, is a biochemical engineer who pioneered how to harness evolution to create proteins, for which she received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2018), becoming the first American woman to do so. First woman to win the Millennium Technology Prize (2016) and the Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering (2011). National Medal of…
