University in the 21st Century (Italian original version)

• Main Author: Pietro Greco
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sissa Medialab 2007-06-01
• Series: JCOM: Journal of Science Communication
• Subjects: Public communication of and discourses on science and technology; Policy-making; communication and governance of science
• Online Access: http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/06/02/Jcom0602%282007%29E/Jcom0602%282007%29E_it.pdf
• ISSN: 1824-2049

The Scientific Communications Act of 2007 (HR 1453) was introduced by the US House of Representatives on 9th March. The National Science Foundation, an independent United States Government agency that supports fundamental research and education, has thus been allowed to spend ten million dollars for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to provide communications training to improve the ability of scientists to engage in public dialogue.