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APLU, AAU, CGS & 29 Other Higher Ed Groups Urge Congressional Leaders to Support Graduate & Professional Students in HEA Reauthorization
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), Association of American Universities (AAU), the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), and 29 other higher education, student organizations, and science societies this week called on the chairs and ranking members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and the House Committee…
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APLU Announces 2019 Malone International Leadership Award Recipient
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today announced that Dr. Brian Steffenson, Professor and Lieberman-Okinow Endowed Chair of Cereal Disease Research at the University of Minnesota, is the 2019 recipient of the Michael P. Malone International Leadership Award. Steffenson is receiving the award for his renowned international agriculture research as…
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University Associations Express Support for Bipartisan STRONGER Patents Act
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant University, Association of American Universities, Association of American Medical Colleges, Association of University Technology Managers, and Council on Governmental Relations today released the following statement regarding the introduction of the bipartisan STRONGER Patents Act in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.
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APLU Urges Members of Alaska State Legislature to Override Line-Item Veto that Would Exact Massive Cuts to Alaska’s State Universities
Washington, DC – APLU President Peter McPherson today sent the following letter to Alaska Senate President Cathy Giessel, Alaska Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon, and all the members of the 31st Alaska State Legislature urging them to override the line-item veto that would exact massive cuts to Alaska’s state universities.
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Four APLU Universities Selected as Finalists for 2019 C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award
Washington, D.C.— In recognition of their extraordinary community outreach initiatives, four member universities of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) have been selected as regional winners of the 2019 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award. As regional winners, Colorado State University, Cornell University, University of Louisville, and Purdue University will represent and…
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AAMC, AAU & APLU Statement on HHS Limits on Fetal Tissue Research
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today released the following statement in response to an announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that it would no longer fund research within the National Institutes of Health (NIH)…
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APLU Names Six Public Universities as Finalists for 2019 Innovation & Economic Prosperity Universities Awards
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named six universities as finalists for its seventh annual Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) University Awards. The winners will be announced at the association’s annual meeting, which will be held November 10-12 in San Diego, California. The finalists – California State University, Northridge;…
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APLU Urges House to Approve American Dream and Promise Act of 2019
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today sent the following letter to congressional leaders urging that the House approve the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019.
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APLU Statement on Introduction of the Securing American Science and Technology Act of 2019
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement upon the introduction of the bipartisan Securing American Science and Technology Act of 2019 in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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APLU Statement on U.S. Department of Education’s Expanded Data on College Scorecard
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) Vice President for Congressional and Governmental Affairs Craig Lindwarm today released the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s posting of expanded data to its College Scorecard.
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