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2021 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education Awarded to MIT Educators
January 8, 2021 By GISuser
WASHINGTON The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced today that the 2021 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education will be awarded to
Linda Griffith and
Douglas Lauffenburger of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) “for the establishment of a new biology-based engineering education, producing a new generation of leaders capable of addressing world problems with innovative biological technologies.” The $500,000 annual award recognizes new methods and concepts in education aimed at developing effective engineering leaders.
Two UF professors elected to National Academy of Inventors
Two members of the UF community were named as Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.
Emeritus professor of anesthesiology Richard Melker and professor of obstetrics and gynecology Gregory Schultz were recognized for their spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.
Richard Melker, who co-founded the medical technology company Xhale® Inc. in Gainesville in 2005, was chosen for his prolific biomedical inventions. Those include his first and most successful – the Melker Emergency Cricothyrotomy Catheter Set for emergency airway access licensed in 1985 by Cook Medical, which continues to be used frequently today worldwide – and numerous devices to improve patient monitoring. He has more than 70 issued U.S
How Biden Should Investigate Trump
The misdeeds and destructive acts are legion. The new president should focus on these three. Illustration by Katie Martin; photographs by Tom Brenner / Drew Angerer / Getty
I. A Crimes Commission?
As he prepares to occupy the White House, President-elect Joe Biden faces a decision rare in American history: what to do about the man who has just left office, whose personal corruption, disdain for the Constitution, and destructive mismanagement of the federal government are without precedent.
Human beings crave reckoning, even the saintliest among us. Institutions based on rules and laws need systems of accountability. People inside and outside politics have argued forcefully that Biden should take, or at least condone, a maximalist approach to exposing and prosecuting the many transgressions by Donald Trump and his circle that Biden can’t talk about where America is going without clearly addressing where it has been. In
Looking at our recent polarized presidential elections and even the politicization of wearing masks (to combat COVID-19) it’s easy to say that the partisan divide in our country has never been greater.
This shouldn’t be surprising, given that our single-seat, winner-take-all electoral system generally divides us into two large electorally-viable camps. If you and I are in different camps, I succeed by your camp’s failure and you by mine. Anyone who doesn’t identify with this internecine co-dependence is called a ‘spoiler.’
Furthermore, since we use single-seat districts to elect our state legislatures and Congress only one ‘camp’ can win representation in each race meaning millions of voters each election receive no representation at all. Because of this, calls for structural reform have increased.
There is good news for those looking for some non-partisan scholarly research on what is wrong with our American experiment in constitutional representative government along with recommendations on how to make needed repairs. The American Academy of Arts & Sciences recently published a detailed report on democracy in America prepared by the academyâs bipartisan Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship.
For those unfamiliar with the academyâs role in shaping important topics, John Adams and other Massachusetts residents founded the academy in 1780. The original charter, never altered, was âto cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor, dignity, and happiness of a free, independent and virtuous people.â Over the years, the academy has sponsored numerous initiatives to analyze and improve American democracy. This most recent effort resulted in a âcommon purposeâ report with the lofty goal of adapting the world