"The moratorium will allow two years for a science-based investigative task force to look at current and ongoing studies on fracking," the Coaliton's press release in support of SB 1418 reads.
A second task force, led by science historian Evelynn Hammonds, examined challenges facing all women faculty.
Once the governor's task force adopted this science-based habitat management policy for the state, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar embraced it, too.
Two top scientists, Cynthia M. Friend, the former head of the chemistry department, and Barbara J. Grosz, who led a task force on women in science after Dr. Summers's speech, declined to be interviewed.
Two top female scientists — Cynthia Friend, the former head of the chemistry department, and Barbara Grosz, who led a task force on women in science after the speech — declined to be interviewed.
The British task force, created last week by science minister David Sainsbury in response to requests from members of the House of Commons, will give the issue further political visibility, says Atkinson.
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Lupia is a professor of political science at the University of Michigan, a former director of the American National Election Survey, and the lead author of "Improving Public Perceptions of Political Science's Value," a 2014 report prepared by a task force established by the American Political Science Association.
Science recently spoke with Moyer about her role, her task force's recent fame, and its future.
The task force found that Princeton had made some progress in the sciences and engineering.
A task force that included experts on virology, public health, mathematics, science writing and informatics had been set up earlier that year to give the project a solid basis.
