Statements from Bruce Alberts, Former President

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• Academies' Presidents Comment on U.S. Commerce Dept. Proposal (429 KB file, requires free Adobe Acrobat) (June 24, 2005)
• Recommendations for Enhancing the U.S. Visa System to Advance America's Scientific and Economic Competitiveness and National Security Interests (May 18, 2005)
• Summing Up: Creating a Scientific Temper for the World (429 KB file, requires free Adobe Acrobat) (May 2, 2005)
• Statement by NAS President Bruce Alberts on U.N. Declaration Regarding Cloning Research (March 10, 2005)
• Statement by NAS President Bruce Alberts on Evolution Controversy in Our Schools (March 04, 2005)
• U.S. Extension of Certain Visas Welcomed (Feb. 22, 2005)

• NAS Council Statement on Enhanced Public Access to NIH Research Information (Sept. 16, 2004)
• Academies' Presidents Comment on U.S. Visa Policies (May 13, 2004)
• A World That Banks on Science (177 KB file, requires free Adobe Acrobat) (April 19, 2004)
• Academies' Presidents' Comment on OMB Peer Review Guidelines (April 15, 2004)

• Statement on Renewed U.N. Debate on a Proposed Global Ban on Cloning Research (Dec. 8, 2003)
• Statement on the Selection of Robert Dynes as President, University of California System (June 12, 2003)
• Harnessing Science for a More Rational World (213 KB file, requires free Adobe Acrobat) (April 28, 2003)
• Statement on Affirmative Action (April 1, 2003)
• Statement on Joining MIT's Supreme Court Amicus Brief on Behalf of the University of Michigan (Feb. 14, 2003)
• Statement to Accompany Release of Holdren-Laverov Letter Report (Feb. 5, 2003)

• Current Visa Restrictions Interfere with U.S. Science and Engineering Contributions to Important National Needs (Dec. 13, 2002)
• Science and Security in an Age of Terrorism (Oct. 18, 2002)
• A Request to Help Counter the Cobb County, Ga., School Board's Actions on the Teaching of Evolution in Public Schools (Sept. 18, 2002)
• Statement on the National Academies' Continuing Response to the September 11 Terrorist Attack (Sept. 9, 2002)
• Letter to Egyptian President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak Concerning Sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim (Aug. 1, 2002)
• Engaging in a Worldwide Transformation: Our Responsibility as Scientists for the Provision of Global Public Goods (145 KB file, requires free Adobe Acrobat) (April 29, 2002)
• Agreement on Cooperation in Science, Engineering, and Health Between the U.S. National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences (Feb. 5, 2002)
• Preventing the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Materials (Feb. 5, 2002)
• The Development of Knowledge-Based Economies (Feb. 5, 2002)

• Presidents' Statement on Bioterrorism (Oct. 29, 2001)
• Letter to U.S. President George W. Bush About Preventing Terrorist Threats (Sept. 25, 2001)
• Science for African Development (July 17, 2001)
• Letter to Egyptian President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak Concerning Sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim (May 31, 2001)
• Expanding the Institutions of Science (104 KB file, requires free Adobe Acrobat) (April 30, 2001)
• A Statement of Support for the Kansas Board of Education's Decision To Adopt New Science Standards for K-12 Students (Feb. 14, 2001)

• Statement on a Meeting with Scientific Leaders in Iran (Sept. 29, 2000)
• Open Letter to the U.S. Attorney General regarding the case of Dr. Wen Ho Lee (Aug. 31, 2000)
• Science and Human Needs (88 KB file, requires free Adobe Acrobat) (May 1, 2000)

• Presidents' Statement to OSTP: Responsible Conduct of Research (Dec. 10, 1999)
• Presidents' Letter to Sybil Francis of OSTP: Proposed Research Misconduct Policy (Nov. 29, 1999)
• Presidents' Statement on Balancing Openness and Secrecy at U.S. Weapons Laboratories (Nov. 19, 1999)
• Resignation of Harold Varmus as Director of the National Institutes of Health (9.05 KB file, requires free Adobe Acrobat) (Oct. 7, 1999)
• Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Biotechnology Issues (Oct. 7, 1999)
• Kansas Science Education Standards (Sept. 23, 1999)
• Presidents' Statement: Federal Funding of Scientific and Engineering Research and Development (Sept. 22, 1999)
• Proposed Revision to OMB Circular A-110 (Sept. 10, 1999)
• A Meeting With Leading Iranian Scientists (Sept. 9, 1999)
• Kansas State Science Curriculum (Aug. 20, 1999)
• The Passing of Congressman George Brown (8.65 KB file, requires free Adobe Acrobat) (July 19, 1999)
• Presidents' Statement: Scientific Openness and National Security (May 21, 1999)
• Science and the World's Future (90 KB file, requires free Adobe Acrobat) (April 26, 1999)
• Statement on Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences (April 23, 1999)
• Letter to James Charney of OMB on OMB Circular A-110 (April 5, 1999)

• Presidents' Statement to Vernon Ehlers, U.S. House Committee on Science, on Unlocking our Future: Toward a New National Science Policy (Oct. 9, 1998)
• Presidents' Statement: Actions Are Needed To Promote Research Sharing (Sept. 8, 1998)
• Moving from Analysis to Action (246 KB file, requires free Adobe Acrobat) (April 27, 1998)
• International Science: What's in it for the United States (March 25, 1998)
• Statement on 12th Grade Findings from TIMSS (Feb. 24, 1998)
• Remarks at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting (Feb. 16, 1998)

• Signing of the Bill to Exempt the National Academy of Sciences from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Dec. 17, 1997)
• Passage of Bill to Exempt the National Academy of Sciences from FACA (Nov. 13, 1997)
• Presidents' Statement on Preparing for the 21st Century: Science and Technology Policy in a New Era (Oct. 23, 1997)
• Testimony Before House Committee on Science: Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education in America. (Sept. 24, 1997)
• Statement on Mentoring (July 23, 1997)
• Statement on Jacques Yves Cousteau (June 25, 1997)
• Measuring What Counts in Science (272 KB file, requires free Adobe Acrobat) (April 28, 1997)
• Remarks on Fourth-Grade Findings from TIMSS (June 10, 1997)

• Remarks at the Release of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) (Nov. 20, 1996)
• Looking Inward, Looking Outward: The Academy after 133 Years (168 KB file, requires free Adobe Acrobat) (April 29, 1996)

• The Role of the Academy in the Future of Science (87 KB file, requires free Adobe Acrobat) (April 24, 1995)

• The Responsibilities of Scientists in a Changing World (49 KB file, requires free Adobe Acrobat) (April 25, 1994)