FABBS reports on items of interest to many communities – scientists, policymakers, and the public. In our news, you will see updates on science funding and policy, articles that translate research for policy, and descriptions of the research contributions of scientists at all stages of their research careers.
FABBS Comments on Proposed NIH-wide Strategic Plan
April 15, 2020
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is working on a proposed framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025. The Request for Information includes three objectives:
Objective 1: Advancing Biomedical and Behavioral SciencesObjective 2: Developing, Maintaining, and Renewing Scientific Research CapacityObjective 3: Exemplifying and Promoting the Highest Level of Scientific Integrity, Public Accountability, and Social Responsibility in the Conduct of
read moreThe Added Value of Latinx and Black Teachers
April 15, 2020
As Congress debates the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, a new paper in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences urges lawmakers to focus on provisions aimed at increasing the numbers of Black and Latinx teachers.
Reviewing decades of
literature, authors Travis J. Bristol and Javier Martin-Fernandez report that Black
and Latinx students benefit socially, emotionally and academically from having
teachers who are the same race as they
Q&A with Mark Schneider, IES Director
April 15, 2020
Before joining IES, Mark Schneider was a vice president and an Institute Fellow at American Institutes for Research (AIR) and President of College Measures. Prior to joining AIR, Dr. Schneider served as Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics from 2005–2008. In 2013, the Chronicle of Higher Education selected him as one of the 10 people who had the most impact on higher education policy that year.
For those who aren’t familiar, what is the
read moreComics: A Valuable Interplay of Visual Art and Words
March 26, 2020
As
a boy Neil Cohn loved comics, and he turned that love into an original and respected
scientific domain influenced by linguistics and integrating drawing and
language into a common understanding.
“I study people’s minds and brains and how they understand visual information,” Cohn says from his home in the Netherlands. He studies how people process visual information, especially drawings used in comics and emoji, and he compares drawings and graphics with the
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