July Member Update

AAAS MEMBER UPDATE
JULY 2022

SPOTLIGHTS | NEWS & UPDATES | AWARDS & OPPORTUNITIES | EVENTS

MEMBER AND PROGRAM SPOTLIGHTS

AAAS Fellow
Wesley Harris

Wesley Harris was the first individual to earn a degree in aeronautical engineering and graduate with honors from the University of Virginia. He served as NASA's associate administrator for aeronautics and is now a distinguished professor at MIT.

AAAS Fellow
Debra Fischer

Debra Fischer has discovered hundreds of planets in the complex fabric of our cosmos. She is the Director of Astronomical Sciences at the National Science Foundation and the co-founder of Astronomers for Planet Earth.

AAAS Member
Roger Ulrich

Astrophysicist Roger Ulrich, Ph.D., has spent decades probing the inner workings of the Sun. His precise measurements of what is happening in the Sun’s interior led him to win the Kavli Prize for Astrophysics.

AAAS Member
Bryné Hadnott

Bryné Hadnott, who works for Stanford University’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Cosmology, writes about dark matter stimulations to help the public better understand the cosmos.

AAAS Fellow
Carol Polanskey

For NASA Scientist Carol Polanskey, Ph.D., the first glimpses of a never-before-seen celestial body elicit feelings of grandeur. She is a principal science systems engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Her role in planning the successful retrieval of scientific data from a mission begins years before the spacecraft lifts off the ground.

2021 Annual Report
A Year of Reckoning and Transition

The 2021 report focuses on four issues at the intersection of science and society and how AAAS is addressing them: 1) how we're tackling the evolving COVID-19 pandemic; 2) countering polarization and isolation; 3) advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice; and 4) taking action on environmental sustainability.

AAAS Announces the Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Award

The $11.4 million pledge to AAAS will support a $250,000 annual cash prize for up to three scientists whose foundational research and activities best exemplify the Science Breakthrough of the Year, published in Science each December. We are grateful to Dr. Bhaumik for this significant gift.

Italy’s Ambassador to the United States, Mariangela Zappia

The Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act

AAAS applauds Senate passage of CHIPS and Science Act. The bill, strengthens our nation’s commitment to science and technology by incentivizing investment, which includes the reauthorization of the National Science Foundation as well as creating regional technology hubs.