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Steve Nadis: A History in Sum

NASW member Steve Nadis and Harvard mathematician Shing-Tung Yau report on the development of novel mathematical concepts at Harvard, and the contribution of Harvard researchers to the shaping of their field.

Scholarships to the Kavli Prize awards

Thanks to the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, up to five science journalists will have the opportunity to attend the Kavli Prize in Olso, Norway, Sept. 8-11, 2014. Meet and exchange with the winners of the Kavli Prize awarded in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. The scholarships cover the costs of transportation from your own country and your stay in Oslo.

Teisha J. Rowland: Biology Bytes

A passion for biology prompted Teisha Rowland to write on a wide range of biology topics for her local newspaper while still in grad school. Now she’s collected and updated her columns in two books.

From ScienceWriters: Scholarly pursuits

In his final column, Rick Borchelt shares three seminal pieces of research from the decades past that he think every practitioner of science communication should know and be able to recite word for word. From the Summer 2013 ScienceWriters.

From ScienceWriters: Seven rules for equity

There’s still a gender gap in the sciences, with far fewer women than men in research jobs, and those women earning substantially less, but it doesn’t help when journalists treat every female scientist they profile as an archetype of perseverance. Such was the consensus that emerged from a discussion prompted by a March 5 post at Double X Science. From the Summer 2013 ScienceWriters.

Cat Warren: What the Dog Knows

Working with a cadaver dog gave Cat Warren new appreciation of law enforcement work, and prompted her to investigate the science of scent.

Dennis Meredith’s novel: Wormholes

Suppose wrinkles in space-time could open gateways to other universes. That’s fantasy, but fun to contemplate, says Dennis Meredith, who explores this premise in his latest novel, Wormholes. Meredith self-published the book in both adult and young adult versions, hoping to tap both markets.

2013 Science in Society Journalism Award winners

The winners of the 2013 Science in Society Journalism Awards, sponsored by the National Association of Science Writers, are: In the Book category, David Quammen; in the Science Reporting category, Douglas Fox; in the Longform category, Patricia Callahan, Sam Roe and Michael Hawthorne; in the Science Reporting for a Local or Regional Audience category, Hillary Rosner; and in the Commentary or Opinion category, Christie Aschwanden.

From ScienceWriters: Journalism and democracy in Wisconsin

When the Wisconsin legislative joint finance committee inserted a motion into the proposed state budget that would have banned the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism from maintaining its offices on campus — and would forbid any university employee from working with the center — the university and journalists pushed back, and won. Deborah Blum tells the story in the Summer 2013 ScienceWriters.

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