Three science writers are recipients of the $2,500 Laura van Dam Travel Fellowships, which are being awarded this year as a tribute to the late NASW president.
The NASW Education Committee is again sponsoring the annual "Mentoring at AAAS" program in February in San Francisco, and we need volunteers to act as the mentors. Details.
Election results are in for the National Association of Science Writers executive board. The new officers and board members at large will serve from January 2007 through the end of December 2009. The current board members at large were all re-elected, and the board welcomes a new officer and additional board member.
The National Association of Science Writers invites all interested members to apply for a Laura Van Dam Travel Fellowship to this spring's meeting of the World Federation of Science Journalists in Melbourne, Australia.
Would you like to volunteer your time as a member of the Listserv Policies Subcommittee? The subcommittee will report back to the NASW president in one month with recommendations.
NASW members can read the statements of candidates running for office or a seat on the board of directors of the National Association of Science Writers. Officers and board members serve a term of two years, starting January 2007. Members should have received ballots in the mail; they are due Nov. 30.
See the statements of candidates running for office or a seat on the board of directors of the National Association of Science Writers; statements also appeared in the summer issue of ScienceWriters. Officers and board members serve a term of two years, starting January 2007. Members should have received the ballots in the mail. Ballots are due to Diane McGurgan, executive director, by Nov. 30.
Thanks to a generous grant from the William T. Golden Endowment Fund at AAAS, the NASW Mentoring Program can now offer as many as 10 undergraduate students interested in science journalism up to $1000 in travel expenses to attend the AAAS 2007 meeting in San Francisco from February 15-19, 2007. Details and application.
The annual Science in Society meeting of the National Association of Science Writers drew more than 400 science writers to Baltimore, Md., Oct. 27-28, 2006. Reports on many of the sessions have been filed here by NASW conference travel fellows.
