| 2013 Award | | | | | |
| Is American Science in Decline? | | | |
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 | | Dr. Yu Xie Otis Dudley Duncan Professor, Sociology and Statistics Research Professor, Institute for Social Research University of Michigan ► Watch the lecture
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2012 Award | | | |
Improving Defense Acquisition with State-of-the-Art Statistics and Systems Engineering | | | |
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 | | Dr. Vijay Nair (bio) Donald A. Darling professor, Department of Statistics and Professor, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering University of Michigan ► Watch the lecture |
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| 2011 Award | | |
| Should the Science of Adolescent Brain Development Inform Public Policy? |
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 | | Dr. Lawrence Steinberg (bio) Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology Temple University ► Watch the lecture ► Read the article in Issues in Science and Technology |
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| 2010 Award | | |
| Rules versus Technologies as the Escape from Great Distress |
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 | | Dr. Paul Romer (bio) Senior Fellow, SCID (Stanford Center for International Development) and SIEPR (Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research) Stanford University ► Watch the lecture ► Read the article in Issues in Science and Technology |
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| 2009 Award | | |
| The Affordability Problem: How Colleges and Government Can Work Together |
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 | | Dr. Bridget Long (bio) Professor of Education and Economics Harvard Graduate School of Education Read the article in Issues in Science and Technology |
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| 2008 Award | | |
| The Role of Technology Transfer in Economic Development: Asian Successes vs. Middle Eastern Failures |
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 | | Dr. Howard Pack (bio) Professor of Business and Public Policy and Professor of Management Wharton School University of Pennsylvania Listen to the Lecture (mp3) Powerpoint Presentation Read the article in Issues in Science and Technology |
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| 2006 Award | | |
| Growing Old or Living Long: Take Your Pick |
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 | | Dr. Laura Carstensen (bio) Director of the Stanford Center on Longevity and Professor of Psychology Stanford University Powerpoint Presentation Read the article in Issues in Science and Technology |
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| 2004 Award | | |
| Economics, Computer Science, and Policy |
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 | | Dr. Michael Kearns (bio) Professor and National Center Chair Department of Computer and Information Science University of Pennsylvania Read the article in Issues in Science and Technology |
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| 2002 Award | | |
| Memory Faults and Fixes |
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 | | Dr. Elizabeth F. Loftus (bio) Distinguished Professor of Social Ecology, and Professor of Law, and Cognitive Science University of California, Irvine Read the article in Issues in Science and Technology |
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