IU’s Michael McRobbie (third from left) was among senior research officers from the Council on Institutional Cooperation member schools who met with the House Select Committee on Homeland Security and the House Science March 16. The CIC provided expertise on academic perspectives regarding the agendas of the new U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies in the areas of science and technology. From far left are Eva Pell, Penn State University; Brad Moore, Northwestern University; Fawwaz Ulaby, University of Michigan, who chairs the CIC Senior Research Officers; McRobbie; Eric Gislason, University of Illinois at Chicago; William Decker, University of Iowa; and David Hamilton, University of Minnesota.