Jay Rockefeller

Why Do Peter Thiel And Sen. Jay Rockefeller Think Pop Culture Doesn’t Show STEM Enough Love?

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:45:30 GMT

Source: thinkprogress.org --- Thursday, May 09, 2013
This is what pop culture scientists—and the women they date—look like. (Image Credit: FanPop) Last week found tech titan Peter Thiel complaining about the depiction of technology in popular culture, arguing that movies with the message that “technology is going to kill you,” were slowing down interest in tech jobs, the tech industry, and the skills necessary to achieve in both. Yesterday, it was Sen. Jay Rockefeller who, during a hearing on immigration reform, suggested that what the United States needs to get back on top in the new economy is pop culture. “If, and I’m just positing, that if we lift the whole subject of sophisticated education, STEM, to a very much more visible level,” he mused. “We didn’t have TV programs called Law & Order , we had TV programs called Science and Engineering and Math and Technology, that’s a stretch, I think it really comes down to some of those human factors. What is it that holds us back?” The witness to whom Rockefeller was speaking, Jeffrey Bussgang, who has the kind of amazing title of senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School, gave an answer that both endorsed Rockefeller’s suggestion that pop culture is a powerful tool to get audiences interested in science, and that underscored how strange both Thiel and Rockefeller’s suggestions are. “Being a geek,” Bussgang said, “is more cool than it’s ever been.” As I wrote when Thiel first filed his grieva ...

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D-W.Va.) will join U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), P...

Thu, 02 May 2013 02:06:22 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D-W.Va.) will join U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), President and CEO of United Health System Tom Jones, and CEO of Thomas Health System Steve Dexter for a press conference to announce West Virginia's decision on Medicaid expansion. http://www.wtrf.com/story/22136416/tomblin-to-announce-states-decision-on-medicaid-expansion Tomblin to Announce State's Decision on Medicaid Expansion www.wtrf.com Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D-W.Va.) will hold a press conference to announce West Virginia's decision on Medicaid expansion. ...

Senator Jay Rockefeller Announces Funding to Reverse ATF Layoffs

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:14:11 GMT

Source: your4state.com --- Monday, April 29, 2013
Senator Jay Rockefeller just announced budget changes approved last week that will help put recently laid off employees back to work in West Virginia. ...

Senate Will Not Vote on Cybersecurity Bill; Senators Jay Rockefeller and Dianne Feinstein Comment

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:38:58 GMT

Source: www.executivegov.com --- Monday, April 29, 2013
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, Senate Commerce Committee chairperson, said the Senate would not approve the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act but would instead draft an alternative bill, according to a Huffington Post report . Gerry Smith writes that although the senator believes in information sharing as a critical element of a cybersecurity bill, the Senate would not take up CISPA that passed the House of Representatives early this month. “We are currently drafting a bipartisan information sharing bill and will proceed as soon as we come to an agreement,” said Senate Intelligence Committee chairperson Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). In a 288-127 vote, the House passed CISPA to authorize private businesses and the government to share information on cyber threats to boost each other’s cyber security infrastructure. The cybersecurity legislation met with opposition from privacy advocates and the White House that warned it would veto the bill. Reps. Mike Rogers and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), authors of the bill, conceded to several proposals to revise the draft bill in response to civil liberty issues. ...

Senator Jay Rockefeller is encouraging West Virginians across the state to prope...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:25:40 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Friday, April 26, 2013
Senator Jay Rockefeller is encouraging West Virginians across the state to properly dispose of unwanted or expired prescription drugs during the sixth National Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday, A... Rockefeller urges participation in Drug Take Back Day ...