Highlights from NASEM Understanding Brain–Body Interactions to Advance Brain Health Workshop
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) convened a two-day virtual workshop, “Understanding Brain-Body Interactions to Advance Brain Health,” on October 22–23. Hosted by the Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, in collaboration with the Board on …
Societies Consortium Holds Seventh Annual Convening
FABBS attended the seventh annual convening of the Societies Consortium to End Harassment in STEMM, where the theme of the day was “meeting the moment and navigating challenges with integrity.” The event brought together a wide range of scientific societies …
FABBS Responds to IES RFI on Agency Redesign
FABBS submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education (USED) in response to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Request for Information (RFI) on “Redesigning the Institute of Education Sciences.” IES is the statistics, research, and evaluation arm of the …
Understanding the High Costs of the Government Shutdown
The waste and inefficiency started even before the shutdown began. As the federal government approached the end of the 2025 fiscal year, good agency stewardship required offices to start developing a plan for managing a shutdown.
On September 2, the …
University Compact for Academic Excellence: What’s at Stake for Science and Higher Education
The Trump Administration sent the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” offering preferential treatment to nine universities, providing that they were willing to adopt a specific set of policies. The proposal would require institutions to make sweeping commitments, including …
No End in Sight for Shutdown as Trump Administration Tries to Fire Furloughed Federal Workers
Since the last FABBS update, there has been little, if any, progress towards ending the government shutdown that began on October 1. House Republicans—with support from just one Democrat—passed their version of a continuing resolution (CR) on September 19, which …
