by Madeleine Jacobs | Dec 21, 2016 | Leadership Lessons
It’s a great pleasure to report to you that the Council of Scientific Society Presidents was busy on your behalf during 2016. First, I want to thank you for being here and encouraging your colleagues to attend. We have 48 people registered for this meeting, which is...
by Madeleine Jacobs | May 24, 2016 | Leadership Lessons
Meeting Summary—Big Data: Challenges and Opportunities The Council of Scientific Society Presidents met May 9-11, 2016, in the magnificent facilities at the Carnegie Institution for Science, as part of a new collaboration with this long-standing science and education...
by Madeleine Jacobs | Feb 3, 2016 | Leadership Lessons
In July 2015, I wrote a column about the incredible hoops that federal scientists have to jump through in order to get permission to attend scientific conferences. Just to remind everyone, ever since a group of GSA employees misbehaved at a meeting (decidedly not...
by Madeleine Jacobs | Feb 2, 2016 | Leadership Lessons
The National Science Board (NSB) has just released the biennial Science and Engineering Indicators (SEI) report to the President and to the Congress. The report is prepared by the NSF National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics under the guidance of the...
by Madeleine Jacobs | Oct 13, 2015 | Leadership Lessons
The debates among candidates vying for President in 2016 are well under way, but if the past debates are any indication, no one will be asked a question involving the candidates’ understanding of science and technology. That is really a shame, since almost everything...
