Rising Scholars News

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 …

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 …