USF's Ryan elected to CUR Executive Board / June 14, 2018

Jeffrey Ryan, professor of geology in the School of Geosciences at University of South Florida (Tampa), has been elected to the CUR Executive Board.

Havholm elected as CUR treasurer / May 30, 2018

Carlos Escoto—psychology professor, chair of the Department of Psychological Science, and coordinator for undergraduate research and creative activities at Eastern Connecticut State University—has been elected to the CUR Executive Board.

Karen Havholm—asst vice chancellor for research and sponsored programs, and director of the Ctr of Excellence for Faculty and Undergraduate Student Research Collaboration at UW–Eau Claire—has been elected CUR treasurer.

DeCosmo elected as 2019-2020 CUR president / May 17, 2018

The FY2019 funding proposal--expected to be debated by the full Appropriations Committee in the House on May 17--is a mixed bag, but there is some good news to report. The funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF) would grow again. The plan also proposes NASA funding at $21.5 billion, which is $810 million above the FY 2018 level.

Janice DeCosmo—assoc vice provost for undergraduate research, assoc dean of undergraduate academic affairs, and affiliate faculty member in the Dept of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington—has been elected as 2019-2020 CUR president. DeCosmo will become president-elect on July 1, 2018,

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