Rising Scholars News

Greetings again from Colombia. The workshop given jointly by the International Foundation for Science (IFS) and AuthorAID ended yesterday. Today I return to the United States. I’ll miss the beauty …

Greetings from Cali, Colombia. I arrived here a couple of hours ago. I’m here to give AuthorAID sessions at a workshop organized largely by an AuthorAID partner, the International Foundation for …

Greetings again. Perhaps you remember Thomas Annesley, who wrote a guest post this summer. This week he visited Texas A&M University (where I teach) and gave a presentation. Let me …

Greetings again. I just returned from the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) annual conference, held October 22 through 24. Different years, AMWA holds its annual conference is in different parts …

Greetings again. This week AuthorAID reached a milestone: The number of members reached 1000. We look forward to having the AuthorAID community continue to grow. Please join if you haven’t …

Greetings again. I’ve now been back in Texas for a week. I’ve had lots to catch up on. And summer school begins this Monday. A busy time! I’m glad that people …

Greetings again. Last week I mentioned the saying “The shoemaker’s children go barefoot.” And I indicated that young researchers at my own university often lack training in scientific writing. I …

Greetings again. Do you know the saying “The shoemaker’s children go barefoot”? Young researchers at my university might be like the shoemaker’s children. Although I give research-writing workshops in various …

Greetings. This week I attended some talks on a special way of communicating science: by using animation. The talks were by David Bolinsky, from the company XVIVO. As a child, …

My workshop in Mexico last week included a session on giving presentations. During the question-and-answer period, someone asked, “Is it good to begin a presentation with a joke?” My answer: …