Announcing the 2022 NASW Excellence in Institutional Writing Award winners
The National Association of Science Writers and its Awards Committee are pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards.
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Madeline Ostrander—At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth
How do we manage when familiar seasonal changes fade, creeks and lakes dry up, farms and front yards fall arid, ocean temperature rises, and weather becomes hotter, stormier, and more unpredictable? In At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth, Madeline Ostrander recounts efforts by individuals and groups to rout toxic effects of climate change on the places they call home.
Rachel Rabkin Peachman—When Children Feel Pain: From Everyday Aches to Chronic Conditions
Needlesticks, though a necessary part of pediatric care, still hurt. Children’s pain, often trivialized or ignored, is not rare and may be chronic, NASW member Rachel Rabkin Peachman and psychologist Anna Wilson report. In When Children Feel Pain: From Everyday Aches to Chronic Conditions, they call for wider use of state-of-the-art pain management and treatment strategies for children.
NASW board election instructions, Sept. 15
NASW Members: We invite you to a special Member Meeting on Thursday, September 15 at 2 PM ET on Zoom. This virtual gathering will be a chance for everyone to meet our board candidates and toast our retiring board members — as well as an opportunity for networking and catching up with one another. We hope to see you there!
Jane Park—Hidden Animal Colors
Beavers have orange teeth, an indicator of the iron content that gives them the strength to cut down trees. An Australian lizard flashes its tongue to deter potential predators: the aptly named blue-tongued skink. Some animals dazzle with bright colors while others that seemingly blend into their environment at times may surprise. Jane Park unmasks the latter in her children’s picture book, Hidden Animal Colors.