Marcia McNutt Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/byline/marcia-mcnutt/ The best minds on the most important topics. Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:42:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png Marcia McNutt Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/byline/marcia-mcnutt/ 32 32 “Universities Are the Invisible Hand.” https://issues.org/interview-mcnutt-crow/ https://issues.org/interview-mcnutt-crow/#respond Mon, 07 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=45590 On March 12, 2025, the leaders of the Issues editorial board—Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences, and Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University—met on Zoom to offer… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/interview-mcnutt-crow/feed/ 0 For a More Competitive US Research Enterprise, the Work Begins Now https://issues.org/state-of-the-science-mcnutt/ https://issues.org/state-of-the-science-mcnutt/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=43558 The US scientific enterprise has for decades been a juggernaut for innovation, economic growth, and lasting national security and prosperity. However, as the head of a premier US science organization, I am… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/state-of-the-science-mcnutt/feed/ 0 Enhancing Trust in Science and Democracy in an Age of Misinformation  https://issues.org/trust-science-democracy-misinformation-mcnutt-crow/ https://issues.org/trust-science-democracy-misinformation-mcnutt-crow/#respond Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=38810 Scientists and elected leaders must join forces to inform the public’s discretion through improved communication and education.

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]]> https://issues.org/trust-science-democracy-misinformation-mcnutt-crow/feed/ 0 The Next 75 Years of US Science and Innovation Policy: An Introduction https://issues.org/the-next-75-years-of-us-science-and-innovation-policy-an-introduction/ https://issues.org/the-next-75-years-of-us-science-and-innovation-policy-an-introduction/#respond Mon, 12 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=30421 Since the end of World War II, a particular conception of the relationship between scientific research and societal benefits has dominated US science and technology policy. As laid out in Vannevar Bush’s… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/the-next-75-years-of-us-science-and-innovation-policy-an-introduction/feed/ 0 The Coronavirus Pandemic: Delivering Science in a Crisis https://issues.org/mcnutt-actionable-strategic-irreplaceable-data-delivering-science-in-a-crisis/ https://issues.org/mcnutt-actionable-strategic-irreplaceable-data-delivering-science-in-a-crisis/#respond Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=23710 The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy human toll all over the world; at this writing, roughly 400,000 people have died, and more than 7 million have been infected. Evidence suggests that… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/mcnutt-actionable-strategic-irreplaceable-data-delivering-science-in-a-crisis/feed/ 0 Remembering Frank Press, 1924–2020 https://issues.org/remembering-frank-press/ https://issues.org/remembering-frank-press/#respond Fri, 24 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=22919 Frank Press, portrait by Jon Friedman (1995)

Progress in the authoritative use of scientific evidence to guide wise government policy is a story of people, ideas, and institutions. As an example, Frank… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/remembering-frank-press/feed/ 0 Science Institutions for a Complex, Fast-Paced World https://issues.org/science-institutions/ https://issues.org/science-institutions/#respond Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=22172 STEF at 75

The story of Vannevar Bush and his 1945 report,
Science, the
Endless Frontier, has attained in a mere 75 years something of the
status—at least among those of… Read More

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