Education

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will be receiving $199,673 from the National Science Foundation to underwrite research by Mechanical Engineering Professor Ranganathan Gopalakrishnan on "dusty plasmas." Dusty plasmas are low temperature plasmas with charged microparticles suspended in them.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will be receiving $395,791 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for research identifying the neurophysiological basis of "risky decision-making."

Congressman Cohen also announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will be receiving $388,611 from the National Institute of Mental Health to study genes, neural circuits and behavior.

WASHINGTON – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Danny Davis (IL-07) today introduced the Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools Study Act. The measure would begin the process to establish a national historic park to honor the life and legacy of Julius Rosenwald, a successful entrepreneur and renowned philanthropist who made lasting contributions to the advancement of African American education during the twentieth century. Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois introduced the companion measure in the Senate.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN-09) U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced bicameral legislation that would help put an end to the for-profit college industry's aggressive recruiting of veterans, service members, and their families.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that the National Science Foundation will be awarding Rhodes College $133,718 to study judicial decision making.

Congressman Cohen also announced that the National Cancer Institute will be making a grant of $165,300 to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center for cancer cause and prevention research. So far this year, the Memphis-based medical school has received $7,077,094 in federal grants.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will be receiving a $228,000 research grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to examine infection from leptospira bacteria.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"I'm pleased to announce this important research grant which will keep Tennessee's medical school in the vanguard of scientific research."

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, questioned witnesses at a hearing today looking at achieving the promise of a diverse workforce by encouraging minority students to consider studying the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines. Congressman Cohen asked the witnesses about the role of scholarships in promoting diversity in those disciplines. See his exchange with the hearing witnesses here.

The witnesses at the hearing were:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced University of Memphis President M. David Rudd to the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment. Congressman Cohen noted that Rudd, also a Professor of Psychology, is in his fifth year as president and that his wife, Loretta, teaches child development at the university. See his introduction here.