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President-elect Obama named Harvard physicist John P. Holdren as his chief science adviser, marking the latest in a string of Harvard faculty appointments to Obama's transition team or top advisory positions...
President-elect Obama named Harvard physicist John P. Holdren as his chief science adviser, the Kennedy School announced Friday, marking the latest in a string of Harvard faculty appointments to Obama's transition team or top advisory positions...
Although the panel did not hammer out specific policy details, New Jersey Congressman Rush Holt (who is also a plasma physicist) says Democrats are keen to push ahead on earlier proposals to improve teacher training in math, science and engineering, and to expand broadband Internet access nationwide...
This, of course, refers to Obama's choice of Steven Chu, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and head of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, as the new Secretary of Energy. Obama formally introduced Chu at a press conference on Monday in Chicago; in addition to Chu, Obama named Lisa Jackson, a respected state environmental official from New Jersey, as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Obama also created a new position for Carol Browner, who was head of the EPA under former President Bill Clinton. She'll be responsible for coordinating the Administration's work on climate change across...
...Iraq war and is a staunch advocate for wounded vets. His pick for Housing and Urban Development Secretary, Shawn Donovan, has presided over a huge expansion of affordable housing in New York City. And his nominee for Energy Secretary, Stephen Chu (announced Monday), is a Nobel-winning physicist who preaches the gospel of efficiency. It's hard to imagine a starker contrast with their counterparts in the Bush Administration...