Rising Scholars News

[Note: As mentioned last week, the AuthorAID workshop in Rwanda included a lecture by journalist Pius Sawa. Below is a guest post from Pius. It includes a link to advice …

Greetings from Rwanda, where an AuthorAID workshop on research writing just ended. The workshop was held at the National University of Rwanda on 23-26 February. This workshop addressed three main …

[Note: Greetings from Rwanda, where I’ve arrived for an AuthorAID workshop. This post is by Stuart Church, who oversees the design of the AuthorAID website. Stuart and a development …

Greetings from Chicago, where I’m attending the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Many people attend this meeting. This year about 5000 scientists …

A few days ago, the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced the 2009 recipient of the NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing. This award recognizes “authors whose reviews have synthesized …

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 …