UO's Espy to participate in AAU media roundtable

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Kimberly Andrews Espy, the University of Oregon's vice president for research and innovation, will be participating in the Association of American Universities' fourth annual Media Roundtable in Washington, D.C., on July 9-10.

The event, co-sponsored by the Science Coalition, presents an opportunity for senior research officers to meet with journalists from higher ed, science policy and specialty publications, as well as correspondents from major daily newspapers.

The on-the-record roundtable discussion will focus on university research and related public policy issues. Organizers are targeting Washington-based reporters covering higher-ed, science/research, and related public policy issues (e.g., sequestration, budget), as well as a few officials from think tanks (Center for American Progress and the Information Technology Innovation Foundation).

Specific topics that will be covered this year include sequestration and its impact on the university research enterprise and the importance of social and behavioral research. 

Other participants include:

  • Teresa A. Sullivan, president of the University of Virginia
  • Stephen E. Cross, executive vice president for research, Georgia Tech
  • Barbara Entwisle, vice chancellor for research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Pat O’Shea, vice president and chief research officer, University of Maryland
  • Hank Foley, vice president for research, Penn State University
  • James Siedow, vice provost for research, Duke University
  • Maria Zuber, vice president for research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Additionally, there will be a series of meetings to discuss key legislation, STEM education, federal science programs, budgets of the major agencies (NIH, NSF, DOD, DOE, NASA), regulations affecting research universities, public access to research results and data, and other subjects.

Espy will be participating in a meeting on the importance of federal investments in scientific research, led by Celinda Marsh of the White House Office of Management and Budget.

- by Lewis Taylor, UO Office of Research, Innovation and Graduate Education