Dr. France A. Córdova, director of the National Science Foundation, said the recent mammoth discovery that proved Albert Einstein’s prophetic gravitational waves was pretty much an accident. The ...

France A. Córdova became Purdue University’s eleventh president on July 16, 2007, as well as professor of physics and astronomy. She was the first woman to lead the institution. Prior to joining ...

President Obama announced on Wednesday his nomination of France A. Córdova, a former president of Purdue University, to serve as the new director of the National Science Foundation. Ms. Córdova, an ...

WASHINGTON – Purdue University President France Cordova was installed Monday as chairwoman of the Smithsonian Institution's governing board as the museum complex expands with the coming construction ...

All this week, Here & Now is speaking with scientists about their research and looking at issues such as science funding, education and innovation. In part one, Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with ...

President of the Science Philanthropy Alliance France Córdova ’69 and Netflix co-founder and co-CEO Reed Hastings M.S. ‘88 will speak at this year’s commencement ceremonies on June 11 and June 12, ...

It is 2018, and the director of the National Science Foundation, France Cordova, is tired of learning that male scientists whose research she supports with public funds have sexually harassed their ...

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France Córdova is an astrophysicist and administrator who was the fourteenth director of the National Science Foundation. Córdova began her research career at Los Alamos National Laboratory where she ...

All this week, Here & Now is speaking with scientists about their research and looking at issues such as science funding, education and innovation. In part one, Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with ...