Congress

Two weeks after the federal government announced that America was officially in a recession, then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi joined University President Shirley Tilghman on campus to discuss a potential solution: investment in science.

When the Air Force wanted to learn more about the interactions between electrodes and plasma in jet propulsion systems, it turned to mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Edgar Choueiri GS ’91.

Ricky Gill ’09 launched an exploratory committee on March 1 to examine his potential run for Congress as a Republican representative for California’s 11th district in San Joaquin County.

President Barack Obama’s recent tax deal with Republicans includes tax breaks that have supported higher education not just on the institutional level, but for tuition-paying families as well.

Twenty-five years after writing an award-winning senior thesis on black women in politics, Terri Sewell ’86 will be sworn in this January as the first African-American congresswoman from Alabama.