The National Science Board has elected Victor McCrary as its new chair, the board announced July 24. McCary, who is currently the vice president for research and professor of chemistry at the University of the District of Columbia, will replace former Chair Darío Gil, who left the role to become under secretary for science at the US Department of Energy. “The nation’s science and technology (S&T) enterprise is in the midst of a profound transformation,” Chair McCrary said in a press release. “A transformation that began years ago and is