U.S. Funding for World Health Organization Should Not Be Interrupted During COVID-19 Pandemic, Say Presidents of the NAS, NAE, and NAM Thu, April 16, 2020 It is critical for the U.S. to continue its funding for the World Health Organization in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic given the WHO’s lead role in coordinating an international response, especially in developing countries. Read More
National Academy of Engineering Announces Engineering Call to Action on COVID-19 Tue, April 07, 2020 The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has announced a Call to Action for engineers to crowdsource and collectively brainstorm engineering solutions for coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19). Read More
Our Response to COVID-19: A Message from the Presidents Tue, March 24, 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic grips the nation and the world, policymakers and the public are counting on science, engineering, and medicine to discover how the virus infects humans, slow its spread, treat those infected, and provide solutions that lay the groundwork for recovery. At the National ... Read More
Resources for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Fri, March 20, 2020 Explore the National Academies' latest news and resources related to COVID-19, as well as consensus studies and workshop proceedings on the subject of pandemic infectious disease. Read More
NAE Awards the 2020 Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grants for Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research Mon, March 16, 2020 Two Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grants of $30,000 each have been awarded to attendees of the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 2019 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) Symposium. Kathryn Daltorio (Case Western Reserve University) and Masahiro Ono (NASA Jet Propulsion ... Read More
NAE Committee Chooses Exemplar Programs that are Increasing Diversity in Engineering at U.S. Colleges and Universities Tue, March 10, 2020 Diversifying the US engineering workforce requires action and interventions throughout the engineering education and workforce system, especially at important transition points such as university admissions. Read More
May72020 Bringing Ethics into the Conversation: Teaching engineering ethics in an international context [Webinar] The third webinar in a series, scheduled for Thursday, May 7 at noon eastern, features Dr. Brent K. Jesiek, Associate Professor, School of Engineering Education, School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University. Joining will be discussant Dr. Paul Gannon, Associate ...
May202020 NAE Regional Meeting at Amazon & University of Washington: Postponed This Meeting has been postponed to Spring 2021 (COVID-19).