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The Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings invites NASW members to apply for travel funding to attend the 58th Meeting of Nobel Laureates scheduled for June 29-July 4, 2008 in Lindau, Germany. These meetings bring together Nobel Laureate scientists with hundreds of young researchers, and NASW members are invited to join in the conversations.
NASW members Terry Devitt, Nigel S. Hey, and S. Holly Stocking have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. All are members of Section Y (General Interest in Science and Engineering). They will receive formal recognition of this honor at a ceremony during the 2008 AAAS annual meeting, in Boston.
The NASW Internship Fair and Mentoring Program both took place at the recent AAAS meeting in Boston, and provided student members and members new to the science writing business with excellent opportunities to find internships and navigate the shoals of the craft.
EurekAlert!, the global science news service operated by AAAS, in cooperation with the National Association of Science Writers in the United States and the Arab Science Journalists Association, is happy to announce the recipients of the 2008 AAAS Fellowships for Reporters in Developing Regions, sponsored by Elsevier.
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NASW is looking for volunteers to help steer the direction of our annual meeting, scheduled to begin October 24 in Palo Alto, California. Each year the quality of the annual meeting is determined by the efforts of enthusiastic NASW members. Whether you've been to 10 meetings or none, you have a perspective that we want! You can get involved by volunteering to be part of the annual meeting committee or by submitting a session proposal. Deadline for committee interest is Friday, Feb. 15. Deadline for proposal submission is Wednesday, March 5. Learn more about each option.