Rising Scholars News

Greetings again. Today is Independence Day in the United States. This evening there will be fireworks. But now I’ll discuss something less dramatic than fireworks: making things shorter and therefore …

Greetings again. I’m now giving a 3-week intensive course in research writing, mainly for researchers from Mexico. The researchers are here at Texas A&M University for the course. Julie Walker, …

Greetings again. This weekend I’m busy going to the airport several times. Why? I’m picking up Mexican researchers who will take a course in research writing. Next week I hope …

Greetings again. I’m glad to say that a book I recommend is now available for free online. Here’s the story. As mentioned, this summer I’m teaching a science-editing course. One …

Greetings again. I’m glad to say that a book I recommend is now available for free online. Here’s the story. As noted, this summer I’m teaching a science-editing course. One …

Greetings again from Texas, where the crape myrtle trees are blooming this time of year. Crape myrtles grow well in the area where I live. I enjoy seeing their clouds …

Greetings from Qatar, where I have a layover between flights home from Bangladesh. While in Bangladesh for the AuthorAID workshop that just ended, I received welcome news: As hoped, AuthorAID is …

Greetings from Bangladesh, where an AuthorAID workshop will begin tomorrow (Sunday). I arrived a few days early, in order to give a session at an INASP country coordinators’ meeting. As …

Greetings again. I’m now back from the Council of Science Editors (CSE) annual meeting. The meeting was in Pittsburgh, a beautiful US city with rivers and hills. The meeting …

Greetings from Pittsburgh, where I’m attending the annual meeting of the Council of Science Editors (CSE). In my next blog post, I hope to tell you about this meeting. Now, …