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April 29, 2008

Brown professor joins National Academy of Science

A 145-year-old scientific organization that politicians and scientists look to for guidance has inducted 72 new members.

And Rhode Island has made a contribution.

Johanna Schmitt, the Stephen T. Olney Professor of Natural History and Environmental Studies at Brown University, joins more than 2,000 members in the United States of the National Academy of Science.

The group for was signed into being by Abraham Lincoln to be called upon by government to act as investigators an advisers on issues of science and technology.

The newest inductees, who are chosen each April from a list of nominees, were announced today.

The operating arm of the National Academy is the National Research Council. These two organizations, along with the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine are known as the National Academies.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 2:10 PM | Permalink

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