This week, Jeannette Wing, the executive vice president of research at Columbia, reached out to Senators KirstenGillibrand and Chuck Schumer and Representatives Adriano Espaillat,MondaireJones, and Jerrold Nadler toexpress the university's support of the Build Back Better bill, which provides "critical new funding to revitalize and strengthen our nations scientific research enterprise."

In the letters, she wrote that "it is particularly encouraging that the bill also identifies both urgent and emerging areas of research as funding priorities, such as climate science, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing. These areas of research demand our immediate attention to improve our collective health and prosperity, and to ensure our role as the worlds innovation leader."

Wing urged the delegates to support the followingprovisions and investments included in the House bill:

House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

House Committee on Energy and Commerce

House Committee on Agriculture

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