Rising Scholars News

On Friday, EQUATOR reached its 3-month birthday. No, I don’t mean the Earth’s equator. I mean the EQUATOR Network, an initiative to improve scientific publications. Officially launched on 26 June …

When I last wrote to you, a storm—Hurricane Ike—was approaching. We were lucky. Although we had many hours of wind and rain, we did not lose electricity, and our community …

Hello again. I’m writing to you early because a storm is expected soon and we might lose electricity. Today, because of the possible storm, the university where I teach was …

Greetings again. I hope September has started well for you. Our school year has begun, the AuthorAID site continues to be refined, and I look forward to writing to you more …

Recently I received an announcement that might interest some of you. It came from the Council of Science Editors (CSE), an organization in which I am active. Even if this …

Looking at this blog, you might think that I am having a quiet summer. After all, no new post has appeared in more than a month. Perhaps you think that …

Greetings from Mexico! This time, I am away to learn, not to teach. For many years, I have wanted to study Spanish. This language has become increasingly important in the …

Greetings again. I’m back from Nairobi, Kenya, where I helped give a workshop through AuthorAID. This workshop, which was for water resources researchers, focused on two topics: revising research proposals …

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I shouldn’t have said it. Late last month, I told a colleague that I expected my schedule to be quiet for the next few weeks. Well, my schedule hasn’t been …