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No More Cuts to Research: Join a National Day of Action
People around the country are taking action to stand up for science. Voice your support for federal investments in research and science education. The biological sciences community needs to express its opposition to further cuts to the federal programs that invest in research, support education, and protect natural resources. These programs are essential to ensuring America’s global competitiveness, growing the economy, and addressing pressing social, public health, and environmental issues. Take action now! It’s easy to get involved. Send a prewritten letter to the editor of your local newspaper. Call your mem...
Source: Public Policy Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Graduate Student Leaders Sought to Shape Science Policy
Applications are now being accepted for the 2013 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award. This award recognizes graduate students in the biological sciences who have demonstrated initiative and leadership in science policy. Recipients receive first-hand experience at the interface of science and public policy. Winners receive: A trip to Washington, DC, to participate in the Biological and Ecological Sciences Coalition Congressional Visits Day, an annual event that brings scientists to the nation’s capital to advocate for federal investment in the biological sciences, with a primary focus on the National Scie...
Source: Public Policy Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

New Orleans School Board Bans Teaching of Creationism
On 18 December 2012, the Orleans Parish School Board voted to ban the teaching of intelligent design in science classes and the purchasing of textbooks that promote creationism. The policy will only apply in the six schools run by the city’s local school board; other schools in New Orleans are run independently or by the state. The policy does not appear to be prompted by any particular threat to the teaching of evolution. The vote was taken at the behest of Thomas Robichaux, the outgoing president of the board. This is the second action taken in New Orleans in opposition to creationism. In 2011, the city council app...
Source: Public Policy Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Deadline Approaching: Graduate Student Leaders Sought to Shape Science Policy
Applications are now being accepted for the 2013 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award. This award recognizes graduate students in the biological sciences who have demonstrated initiative and leadership in science policy. Recipients receive first-hand experience at the interface of science and public policy. Winners receive: A trip to Washington, DC, to participate in the Biological and Ecological Sciences Coalition Congressional Visits Day, an annual event that brings scientists to the nation’s capital to advocate for federal investment in the biological sciences, with a primary focus on the National Scie...
Source: Public Policy Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Agencies Announce New Funding Opportunities
Federal agencies have announced several new opportunities for funding for science. The National Science Foundation launched the fourth competition of the Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development (BREAD) program. Unlike past competitions for BREAD funding, the first stage of the contest will offer up to 25 prizes of $10,000 each for the best ideas for innovative, potentially transformative research foci that could be of significant benefit to smallholder farmers in developing countries. Learn more at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13035/nsf13035.jsp?WT.mcid=USNSF25&WT.mc_ev=click. The United States Geological ...
Source: Public Policy Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Final Opportunity for Public Comment on Draft K-12 Science Education Standards
The Next Generation Science Standards represent a collaborative, state-led effort to develop science curriculum standards for grades K-12 across the nation. The arrangement of the most recent draft is similar to previous iterations. The standards are written as student performance expectations, which are grouped by topic, and by grade: K-5, middle school and high school. Each topic includes disciplinary core ideas, science and engineering practices, and crosscutting, interdisciplinary concepts. Examples of biological standards include natural selection and adaptation, connections between organisms and ecosystems, growth an...
Source: Public Policy Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Chairman Smith Announces Changes to House Science Committee
The House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology not only will have a new chairman, Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX), but will also have new leadership on several of its subcommittees. In addition, the Energy and Environment Subcommittee is being split into two separate panels. Smith was selected by the Republican caucus in November to lead the full committee. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) will serve as the vice-chair. Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) previously filled that position. The Subcommittee on Research—previously the Research and Science Education panel—will be chaired by Rep. L...
Source: Public Policy Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Fiscal Cliff Deal Delays Sequestration
The agreement reached by federal lawmakers on New Year’s Day (the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012) to avert the fiscal cliff was not the grand bargain that many had hoped for. Although the legislation made permanent many expiring tax cuts, the deal did not address the need to raise the debt limit or avert budget sequestration. Instead, action on those issues has been delayed for several months. Congress allowed tax rates to increase for the first time in almost two decades by letting tax cuts expire for individuals who make more than $400,000 a year. The new tax rates will generate about $600 billion in new reve...
Source: Public Policy Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Latest Eye on Education Columns in BioScience
January 2011:[ Forging a 21st Century Model for Undergraduate Research](http://www.aibs.org/eye-on-education/eye_on_education_2011_01.html). Describes a Howard Hughes Medical Institute program for undergraduate students, who become bacteriophage “hunters” and sample their local environments for novel bacteriophage species. April 2011: [Expanding the Understanding of Evolution](http://www.aibs.org/eye-on-education/eye_on_education_2011_04.html). After a year of hard work, the Understanding Evolution team has unveiled an expanded and enhanced Web site that now includes a wide variety of undergraduate teaching ma...
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: July/August Source Type: news

Call for Applications: 2011 BiosciEdNet (BEN) Scholars Program
The National STEM Education Distributed Learning (NSDL) Biological Sciences Pathway, BiosciEdNet (BEN), invites undergraduate biology faculty to apply to become BEN Scholars. The BEN Scholars Program is one of the grassroots outreach activities of the BEN Collaborative, which includes more than 20 life sciences professional societies. The goal of the BEN Scholars Program is to promote the use of digital library resources and student-centered teaching and learning methods in higher education, specifically in biological sciences lecture and laboratory courses, and in research training programs. BEN Scholars will receive rec...
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: July/August Source Type: news

Upcoming Conferences
*National Association of Biology Teachers’ 2011 Professional Development Conference. *October 12-15, 2011 in Anaheim, Calif. Featuring four days of renowned speakers, hands-on workshops, informative sessions and special events. [http://www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=10](http://www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=10) *National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)* third annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Mathematics and Biology. Oct. 21-22, 2011, at the University of Tennessee Conference Center in Knoxville, Tenn. Registration deadline: Oct. 7...
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: July/August Source Type: news

Call for Applications: Vision & Change Leadership Fellows
The Partnership for Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE) is a new joint effort by NSF, NIH/NIGMS and HHMI. PULSE is currently seeking individuals with leadership experience from a wide range of institutions, including 2-year colleges, to apply to serve on a team of Vision and Change Leadership Fellows. Deadline for applications is July 9th 2012. Go to [http://pulsecommunity.org](http://pulsecommunity.org) for complete details.
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: May/June Source Type: news

Report Available - Thinking Evolutionarily: Evolution Education Across the Life Sciences
On October 25-26, 2011, the Board on Life Sciences of the National Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences held a national convocation in Washington, DC, to explore the many issues associated with teaching evolution across the curriculum.* Thinking Evolutionarily: Evolution Education Across the Life Sciences: Summary of a Convocation* summarizes the goals, presentations, and discussions of the convocation: [http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13403](http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13403).
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: May/June Source Type: news

Join Us at NABT for the 9th Annual Evolution Symposium
AIBS, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), and BEACON - Center for Evolution in Action will cosponsor the ninth annual evolution symposium and workshop: “Evolutionary Transformations: The legacies of two influential scientists on evolutionary thought.” The events will take place at the 2012 National Association of Biology Teachers Professional Development Conference. Get complete details at [http://www.nescent.org/media/NABTSymposium2012.php](http://www.nescent.org/media/NABTSymposium2012.php) and to register go to the NABT conference site: [http://www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=10](...
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: May/June Source Type: news

Latest Eye on Education Columns in BioScience
October 2011: [Teaching Biology for a Sustainable Future](http://www.aibs.org/eye-on-education/eye_on_education_2011_10.html) [January 2012: Motivating Tomorrow’s Biologists](http://www.aibs.org/eye-on-education/eye_on_education_2012_01.html) [April 2012: Making Biology Relevant to Undergraduates](http://www.aibs.org/eye-on-education/eye_on_education_2012_04.html)
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: May/June Source Type: news

Call for Proposals: Life Discovery - Doing Science Education Conference
All researchers and educators interested in K - 16 organismal and environmental biology education are invited to submit a proposal for this event, which will highlight the leading science, curriculum design and implementation and data exploration in a research-rich biology education for grades K-16. [http://www.esa.org/ldc/](http://www.esa.org/ldc/)
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: May/June Source Type: news

What's New at Understanding Evolution
The Understanding Evolution project team has added many new stories that can help you connect current news stories to evolution. Check these out and more at: [http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/whatsnew.php](http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/whatsnew.php)
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: May/June Source Type: news

Upcoming Biology Education Conferences
[Association for Biology Laboratory Education:](http://www.ableweb.org/conf/able2012/) ABLE. June 19-22, 2012, Chapel Hill, NC. [Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research:](http://saber-biologyeducationresearch.wikispaces.com/National+meeting+2012) SABER. July 12-15, 2012, Minneapolis, MN. [ACUBE: Association of College Undergraduate Biology Educators](http://www.acube.org/meetings/). October 19th-20th, 2012 at Lakeland College in Sheboygan, WI [National Association of Biology Teachers](http://www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=10). October 30-November 3, 2012, Dallas, TX.
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: May/June Source Type: news

Read "Next Steps for Vision and Change: Moving from Setting the Vision to Change"
Erin L. Dolan, Editor-In-Chief of CBE Life Sciences Education describes the initiatives currently underway to move the community forward after the 2009 Vision and Change report. Read the full article at http://www.lifescied.org/content/11/3/201.full. Related StoriesUpcoming Biology Education ConferencesASM/NSF Biology Scholars Program Announces 2013 ScheduleLearn About Community Colleges' Response to the PCAST Report
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: September/October Source Type: news

ASM/NSF Biology Scholars Program Announces 2013 Schedule
Residency programs for faculty at all stages in their scholarly journey, including: Assessment Residency: Measuring Student Learning Participants examine the role of learning objectives in course design and explore a wide range of techniques and tools that effectively assess student learning. Institute: June 12-15, 2013 | Washington, DC Research Residency: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Participants trained in effective teaching strategies develop the skills to create, design, and implement studies to inquire about learning science. Institute: July 17-20, 2013 | Washington, DC Transitions Residency: Fro...
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: September/October Source Type: news

Learn About Community Colleges' Response to the PCAST Report
Over the coming decade, our country will need one million more science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals than was originally projected. That is the conclusion of a February 2012 report, *Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics *([www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-engage-to-excel-final_2-25-12.pdf](http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-engage-to-excel-final_2-25-12.pdf)), presented to President Obama by the President’s Council of Advisors on...
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: September/October Source Type: news

Vision and Change Leadership Fellows Selected
Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education (PULSE) has selected 40 Vision and Change Leadership Fellows. PULSE is a joint initiative of the National Science Foundation (NSF), Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), and the National Institutes of Health/NIGMS (NIH/NIGMS). Over the next year, these selected Leadership Fellows will produce an implementation framework describing strategies for change within academic departments. To learn more about the initiative, interact with the Leadership Fellows team, and engage with the growing online PULSE community, go to [www.pulsecommunity.org](http://www.pulsecommunity.or...
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: September/October Source Type: news

Take the Undergraduate Biology Department Leaders Survey
AIBS is exploring the feasibility of developing an initiative that would support biology/life sciences department leaders. Inform AIBS by taking the 10-question online Undergraduate Biology Department Leadership Survey found at [http://www.aibs.org/education/education_leadership_survey.html.](http://www.aibs.org/education/education_leadership_survey.html) Your responses will allow us to determine what would be most effective to meet the needs and challenges facing those leading change efforts. The deadline for all responses is October 26th, 2012. Related StoriesUpcoming Biology Education ConferencesRead "Next Ste...
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: September/October Source Type: news

Upcoming Biology Education Conferences
The Life Discovery-Doing Science Conference is being organized by the Ecological Society of America, Botanical Society of America, Society for the Study of Evolution, and the Society for Economic Botany. March 15-16, 2013. St. Paul, MN. Develop new classroom materials with innovative biology educators at the BioQUEST Summer Workshop. June 10 - 16, 2013 Emory University Atlanta, GA Participate in hands-on workshops at the 2013 Annual Association for Biology Laboratory Educators (ABLE) Conference. June 25-28. Alberta, CA. Share your research and gain new knowledge at the Society for the Advancement of...
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: January/February Source Type: news

Get Involved
Share the efforts in your community that are advancing the Vision and Change recommendations and participate in the Change conference by submitting an abstract to AAAS by January 31st. Contribute your expertise to the Partnership in Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE) community. Learn about the working groups and join the conversation! Submit a proposal to the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) by March 20th to bring together researchers and educators focused on Interdisciplinary Integration within undergraduate education. Provide feedback on the second and final public ...
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: January/February Source Type: news

New Publications and Reports
Learn about Disciplinary-Based Education Research (DBER) and the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) in this month’s Eye on Education column in BioScience. Explore and use the new “Core Concepts and Learning Objectives in Plant Biology for Undergraduates” developed by the Botanical Society of America and the American Society for Plant Biology. Leadership for Interdisciplinary Learning: A Practical Guide to Mobilizing, Implementing, and Sustaining Campus Efforts, by Susan Elrod and Mary J. S. Roth, was published this fall by Project Kaleidoscope. Learn a...
Source: Education Reports - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: January/February Source Type: news

My Sensitive Daughter Gets Her Feelings Hurt Easily
Highly sensitive children find it harder to handle life's ups and downs. Be gentle with your daughter while helping her learn cognitive tools that she can use when she jumps to conclusions about life events or social interactions that leave her feeling victimized or overwhelmed.read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Stiffelman Tags: Child Development Parenting Personality animal population children commotion dangerous situations elaine aron essential nature group fall hair color mother nature nbsp reckless behavior resilient child rigidity Sensitive Source Type: news

Light Exercise Can Reduce Postprandial TriglyceridesLight Exercise Can Reduce Postprandial Triglycerides
When compared with the elevated levels that occur following a meal, triglyceride levels decreased 72% after a combined exercise program of walking and light resistance training, report investigators. Heartwire
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

In the News
Food Fraud? Watchdog Group Raises Concerns “High school students supervised by New York’s Rockefeller University found alarming results in testing done over the last three years. Sixteen percent of the grocery store food they DNA tested, from expensive sheep’s … More »
Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire - January 22, 2013 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: pubaff Tags: In the News Source Type: news

HERO Alliance - Home-ownership Resources, Education, and Assistance in Colorado
The HERO Alliance, "Home-ownership Education and Resource Opportunities," is a nonprofit organization that provides people with disabilities who are seeking home-ownership in the State of Colorado with resources, education, and assistance. HERO has been helping low-income people with disabilities by empowering them with assistance and information they need to achieve home-ownership since the year 1992. Since that time, the organization has helped more than 1,800 people and families to become successful homeowners.
Source: Disabled World - January 22, 2013 Category: Disability Tags: Housing and Homes Source Type: news

Big Hospitals to Be Biggest Losers of Federal $$ (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Large, teaching, and safety-net hospitals are those most likely to be penalized for failing to reduce hospital readmissions, researchers found.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 22, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Poor U.S. hospitals likeliest to pay readmission fine
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Large teaching hospitals and hospitals that primarily provide care to poor and uninsured patients are most likely to lose federal money under the U.S. government's plan to improve quality by tying payments to readmissions, according to new research.
Source: Reuters: Health - January 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Creating an 'Oasis' for Syrian Refugees in a Jordanian Camp - 11 December 2012
ZA'ATARI CAMP, Jordan— Syrian refugees in this encampment have much to deal with: displacement, a fraying social fabric, insecurity, uncertainty and the tension that goes along with it all. But now they have a little oasis of calm. This week, a UNFPA-supported 'oasis' was launched at the camp, a safe space where women and girls can come together to talk about issues affecting them, and where activities such as art, craft making, skills training and awareness-raising discussions are organized.
Source: UNFPA News - January 22, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Through a Death a Nation Awakens - 31 December 2012
We do not know her real name. But she was known to some as Nirbhaya, the 'fearless one' who valiantly fought her rapists, or Damini, the 'lightning' that struck the conscience of India—and the entire world. I share India’s angst at the death of the 23-year-old student savagely violated in New Delhi on 16 December. This incident lays bare an ugly truth that is relevant not only in India but in every country, every day: the rights and potential of every young girl are at risk from gender-based violence.
Source: UNFPA News - January 22, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Bhutanese Midwife Learns from Thailand’s Experience - 21 January 2013
LOEI, Thailand — After four days of trekking from his village by foot, a two-day bus ride across Bhutan, an international flight to Bangkok and a long van ride, Sonam finally arrived at this mountainous province in northeastern Thailand. The midwife from Gelephu, a small village in eastern Bhutan, was one of more than 20 Bhutanese health professionals selected to participate in a technical training on reproductive health care services.
Source: UNFPA News - January 22, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Choking 101
This is a guest post from one of our subject matter experts, Dr. Richard N. Bradley Every year, millions of people learn how to prevent and respond to emergencies-especially choking emergencies- by taking American Red Cross training courses. This week an article appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer outlining some differences in opinion about how people should respond to choking emergencies. There are a few things you should know about our stance on how to treat choking emergencies. First, it’s important to know that all Red Cross training and related products are designed based on the most up-to-date science available o...
Source: Red Cross Chat - January 22, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Kristiana Almeida Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Summer Programs Prepare Students for Medical/Dental Careers
High school seniors and college students interested in pursuing careers as physicians or dentists are eligible to participate in summer programs at the University of Kentucky offered through its Professional Education Preparation Program. The UK PEPP Scholars Summer Program, designed for students from medically underserved areas, is open to high school seniors. The PEPP II Medical and Dental School Preparation Program is open to students who have completed at least two years of college.
Source: UK College of Medicine News - January 22, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 students Pepp Source Type: news

New Funding Opportunities from the NN/LM SCR
The NN/LM SCR is pleased to announce the latest round of funding opportunities: Disaster Preparedness Award ($10,000): The purpose of the Disaster Preparedness Award is to help libraries prepare for disasters so that they can assist their communities with health information and other recovery needs after an emergency. Approaches can include, but are not limited to, activities that will integrate the library into their community’s emergency preparedness, response and recovery plan; equipment that will allow the library to have more flexibility in responding to the Internet needs of the community; and partnerships with cit...
Source: Network News - January 22, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Michelle Malizia Tags: Advocacy Consumer Health General (all entries) Grants and Funding Outreach Public Health Technology Source Type: news

Medal for Maggie as her achievements are recognised by the Queen
A long-serving member of staff at the University of Bristol has been presented with a British Empire Medal - a special accolade bestowed on her by the Queen – in recognition of her work to preserve the history and heritage of Clifton.
Source: University of Bristol news - January 22, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: news_text Tags: Press releases Source Type: news

UCLA study first to image concussion-related abnormal brain proteins in retired NFL players
(For more video clips, visit http://bit.ly/XUGLFI.) Sports-related concussions and mild traumatic brain injuries have grabbed headlines in recent months, as the long-term damage they can cause becomes increasingly evident among both current and former athletes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that millions of these injuries occur each year. Despite the devastating consequences of traumatic brain injury and the large number of athletes playing contact sports who are at risk, no method has been developed for early detection or tracking of the brain pathology associated with these injuri...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - January 22, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

LONMARK International Announces "Best of the Year" Winners HGI, Distech Controls, LOYTEC and Victor Canete Demonstrate Innovation, Vision and Leadership in 2012
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 22, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LONMARK® International, a non-profit international association recognized for the certification, education and promotion of interoperability standards for control networking, today announced the winners of its "Best of the Year" awards for 2012. Each year, LONMARK International honors products, companies, projects and individuals that have demonstrated superior levels of expertise with open control networking technology based upon the ISO/IEC 14908 suite of standards.
Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE) - January 22, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Light exercise can reduce postprandial triglycerides
When compared with the elevated levels that occur following a meal, triglyceride levels decreased 72% after a combined exercise program of walking and light resistance training, report investigators.
Source: theHeart.org - January 22, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

The Research Lifecycle: Partnering for Success forum
What do information and data specialists need to know about research and tools for data management? What can researchers gain from working with librarians? What can we all gain from a better understanding of tools and technologies for data-intensive research? To explore these questions, the NN/LM PNR is pleased to co-sponsor a live, interactive forum, The Research Lifecycle: Partnering for Success, on Friday, March 15, 2013 from 8:30am – 1:30pm Pacific Time. This forum will be conducted jointly via videoconference to link presenters and participants located in Seattle, Portland, and Salt Lake City. Please visit our f...
Source: Dragonfly - January 22, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nikki Dettmar Tags: Funding News From the RML Training & Education Source Type: news

Study Shows Correlation Between Performance on the RITE and Performance on the ABPN Certification Examination
Study analyzes the relationship between performance on the American Academy of Neurology Residency In-Service Training Examination (RITE) and subsequent performance on the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) Certification Examination.
Source: American Academy of Neurology - January 22, 2013 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Asking for and giving help: we should do it more.
The other day, a colleague sent me an idea for a blog post. A friend of hers is newly pregnant and feeling yucky, and often wishes that someone would give up a seat for her on the T—but since she doesn’t have a visible belly yet they don’t, and she doesn’t feel comfortable asking. She’d heard that in London they have buttons that pregnant women can wear identifying them as pregnant even before they show—maybe I could write about that idea? Here’s what I’d rather write about: I think she should ask for a seat. I’ve been pregnant a bunch of times, and have ridden the T plenty during those pregnancies. Sure,...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - January 22, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Claire McCarthy Tags: Claire McCarthy, MD Societal Issues daycare early education Source Type: news

Professional Development Awards available for three events…
Professional Development Awards available for three events… 1. A Librarian’s Guide to NCBI Instructors will be NCBI staff and Diane Rein, Ph.D., MLS. Applications will be accepted from librarians currently providing bioinformatics services as well as from those desiring to implement services. The application deadline for the class is January 25, 2013. There are two parts to the course, the first part is online and the second part is in-person, five days in Bethesda, MD. Applicants must take both parts. For more information on the class and to apply see: http://ow.ly/gSk8s To apply for a Professional...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - January 22, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Awkward Workplace Friendships
How can we get over the barriers to male-female friendship in the workplace?read more
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Heidi Reeder Ph.D. Tags: Work blinds boise state university clothes coworkers different story female friendships graduate student invitation jared lawsuits man and woman marketing department men and women nerve sexual harassment southern california Source Type: news

EDUCATION: Spotlight! on NLM Resources – LiverTox -Wed, Jan. 23, 2012, 1:00 MT/2:00 CT
Spotlight! on NLM Resources -Wed, Jan. 23 at 1:00 MT/ 2:00 CT. LIVERTOX is a freely available website that provides up-to-date, comprehensive and unbiased information about drug induced liver injury caused by prescription and nonprescription drugs, herbals and dietary supplements. Drug induced liver injury is an important and challenging form of liver disease which is growing because of the increasing number of drugs used in medical care, and the increased numbers of people being treated with them. Join Barb Jones for a tour of this new NLM resource. Taking the one-hour class and completing the exercises and class ...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - January 22, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Community-Based Organizations Health Sciences Libraries Public Health Source Type: news