Mike Nelson

In March, the Council attended the release of the National Science Board's 2024 Science & Engineering Indicators — essential U.S. global competitiveness benchmarks. Key trends include declining student math performance and China's growing innovation edge. Additionally, the newsletter previews the Council's debut "Competitiveness Conversation Across America," which will be held in Nashville on April 25 & 26. Competitiveness Conversations are also planned for August (Boise, ID) and September (West Lafayette, IN). And also, Council CEO Deborah Wince-Smith shared her latest Forbes.com article, which highlights women's pivotal role in science and tech. The full newsletter is shared below.

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Mike is the General Manager of The Streamable and has been running recommendation websites since 2009. He cut the cord in 2014 and is a Utes football fan despite living in SEC territory.

As part of the Biden Administration’s big Earth Week celebration, the president announced on Monday that $7 billion of Inflation Reduction Act money will be distributed through the new Solar For All program, enough to put solar panels on 900,000 low-income rooftops and trim 5 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions from the country’s ledger every year. Good!

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