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Statements from Bruce Alberts, Former President

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)

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)

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)

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