The American Association for the Advancement of Science presented its 2003 awards at the association’s annual meeting this past February in Seattle, Washington, to recognize the achievements of scientists, engineers, and journalists.
Among the recipients was Norman Neureiter, who received the AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize for his “substantial contributions in building more effective relationships between the diplomatic and the scientific communities and in increasing both communities’ awareness of the importance of science and its value in international statecraft.” Last September, Neureiter completed a three-year term at the US State Department as the first Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary (see Physics Today, Physics Today 0031-9228 56 9 2003 32 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1620828 September 2003, page 32 ). In May of this year, he joined the AAAS’s center for Science, Technology and Security Policy as its new director.
The AAAS Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology...
