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This week: Congress Passes Weeklong FY17 Continuing Resolution; Associations Urge OMB Director to Set Up Research Policy Board; Leaders of AAU Universities Call for Renewal of Government-University Research Partnership; and AAU Publishes “Campus Activities Report: Combating Sexual Assault and Misconduct”

New AAU Website, STEM Network Mini-Grant Projects Launch, Room Reservation Details for AAU STEM Network Conference

This edition of the Weekly Wrap-Up covers U.S. House and Senate negotiators' work on an FY17 funding deal, and concern over the suspension of the Federal Data Retrieval Tool.

This edition of the Weekly Wrap-up covers members of the House and Senate submitting the FY18 funding letters to congressional appropriators.

This week: Coalitions ask lawmakers to finish appropriations & support research and higher education; the House NSF Dear Colleague letter is submitted with 164 Member signatures; and Senators reintroduce Campus Accountability and Safety Act.

This week: Appropriators and Administration proposals for FY17 funding; HONEST Act concerns; teacher education regulation overturned; associations express concerns about new Department of Education audit requirement; UMR releases state-by-state report on the economic impact of NIH.

This week: NASA reauthorization bill signed; the higher education community writes to the President about “Dreamers;” USCIS urged to reconsider suspension of H-1B premium processing.

Opportunity to assist with National Academies Study on Humanities and STEM Courses, STEM DBER Alliance, Summer Institutes on Science Teaching, ASCN Leadership Institute

This week: Coverage of the President’s FY18 budget outline and a letter to appropriators urging them to restore year-round Pell grants.

This edition of the Weekly Wrap-up features House approval of an FY17 defense funding bill, an AAU letter requesting priority for research and higher education in FY17 and FY18 budgets, and more.