Rising Scholars News

Greetings again. I hope the Year of the Ox is starting well for you. Now seems a good time to share some materials from the China Medical Board (CMB) Program …

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[Note: This posting is by Julie Walker, who is responsible for coordinating the AuthorAID project at INASP. Thank you, Julie, for all you do!] Chinese New Year is celebrated across …

Hello again. This week I’m preparing my blog posting early because I’ll be away from the computer most of the weekend. My weekend plans include attending a presentation by Lawrence …

Greetings again. I hope you had a good week. As you may recall, last week’s posting discussed using images from elsewhere. The main points were to (1) obtain permission (unless …

Greetings again. I hope that 2009 has started well for you. Maybe you noticed the photo that accompanied last week’s posting. It had the caption “Sunset at Joshua Tree National …

Greetings from California, where my husband and I are visiting his sister and her family. We are here for a few days during winter break. Yesterday we went to Joshua …

Greetings from Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. Outside, snow is falling. The snow is beautiful, especially on the trees. Why I am traveling during this season, when the weather …

This week I received some happy e-mail. “Your sandwich technique really works for letters,” wrote Alejandro, an international researcher who had recently taken a course from me. “I just published …

Here at Texas A&M University, fall semester will end soon. Therefore, for the next few days I’ll be busy grading articles by graduate students and presentations by medical students. I’ve …