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Should Non-Standard English Be Taught in Schools?

March 15th, 2017

The 2016 presidential election brought into sharp focus the divisions among Americans about how to handle diversity. While race and country of origin came to the forefront of public and private debates, language is another issue that …

House Science Committee Chairman Signals Cuts for SBE and GEO

March 15th, 2017

It’s dĂ©jĂ  vu all over again. During the 114th Congress (2015-2016), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee led an effort to “reprioritize” research funding at the National Science Foundation. On the …

How Do Young Children Learn Language? With Statistics

March 15th, 2017

Babies are even smarter than we thought. They are natural statisticians with the ability to use their accumulating experiences with the social world to learn language. According to cognitive scientist Michael Frank, an associate professor at Stanford, …

President Launches Effort to Reorganize Federal Agencies

March 15th, 2017

In one of the latest Executive Orders to come out of the White House, the President directed the new Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to put together a “comprehensive” plan to “reorganize governmental …

Congress Pivots to Fiscal Year 2018 Issues: NIH Remains a Top Funding Priority

March 15th, 2017

While negotiating a final resolution to the Fiscal Year 2017 funding bills, Congress is forging ahead with hearings, launching the Fiscal Year 2018 appropriations process. Given the bipartisan support that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) enjoys …

Silverstein Makes “Eye-Opening” Presentation at NIH

With the assistance of FABBS, scientists from our member scientific societies are sharing cutting-edge research with key members of the behavioral and social sciences research community at NIH. On Feb. 3rd, Dr. Steven Silverstein, Professor of Psychiatry at Rutgers Robert …

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