UC Irvine Psychologist Appointed to National Homeland Security Senior Advisory Committee; Roxane Cohen Silver Will Be Sworn In by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge.

(From AScribe)

IRVINE, Calif. -- University of California, Irvine psychologist Roxane Cohen Silver has been appointed to a new nine-member national advisory panel on homeland security, the Academe and Policy Research Senior Advisory Committee (APRSAC).

APRSAC will provide expert advice to the Homeland Security Advisory Council, which in turn advises Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge. The committee includes leaders in the fields of academia, technology and policy development and will be chaired by Jared Cohon, president of Carnegie Mellon University.

Secretary Ridge will swear in members of the new committee when it convenes for the first time …