ScienceDebate2008: Nothing to See Here, Just a Bunch of New Names

We're proud to note the following additions to the cause:

Kurt Gottfried, Chair & cofounder, Union of Concerned Scientists; Professor Emeritus of Physics, Cornell University

Amy Gutmann, President, University Of Pennsylvania

Albert Karnig, President, California State University, San Bernardino

Maria Klawe, President, Harvey Mudd College

Eve Marder, President, Society For Neuroscience

Marcia McNutt, President and CEO, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Jim Plummer, Dean, Stanford University School Of Engineering

Michael Seiden, President and CEO, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Stephen Weber, President, San Diego State University

All in a week's work...

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I can't believe the names that have rolled in over the holidays, including a very large number of university presidents: Warren Baker, President, California Polytechnic State University
David Boaz of the The Cato Institute observes that Barack Obama is Not Just the First African-American President:
I'm not sure this has happened before, and most people are unaware, so I thought a quick note was in order. If you were previously following the President of the United States on Twitter, when it was Barack Obama, you followed @POTUS.
It's always gratifying to see a scientific organization step up and use their collective expertise to make a clear statement on a political and economic issue.

An idea to break through to a wider audience of support. Get Charlie Rose to advocate the Science Debate as part of his "Science Series". Next show: January 28, identified as being about the Imperative and Promise of Science. Surely part of the Promise is to inform policy.

I did send a suggestion to the show.