August 8, 2008

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Announcements

• 07/08 Videos Online: AIBS 2008 Annual Meeting Lectures, "Climate, Environment, and Infectious Diseases" »view
• 07/08 Join Us! Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science & Year of Science 2009 »here's how
• 06/08 Scientific Societies Ask Louisiana Governor to Oppose Bad Science Bill »read
• 06/08 AIBS Asks Louisiana House Members to Oppose Science Bill »read
• 06/08 AIBS Comments on American Academy of Arts and Sciences White Paper »read
• 05/08 AIBS and AAAS co-host NSF Conversation in Undergraduate Biology / AIBS Biology Education Summit in Washington, DC »next steps
• 05/08 AIBS honors diversity in the biological sciences »read
• 04/08 AIBS honors outstanding contributions to the biological sciences »read
• 02/08 AIBS names 2008 Emerging Public Policy Leaders »read
• 02/08 New AIBS book primes scientists for successful media interviews »read
• 01/06 Add a URL link from your website to the AIBS and ActionBioscience websites. Here's how.
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AIBS Executive Director's Weekly Blog

Latest Entry: Biology in the Federal Science Enterprise: NSF BIO AC April Meeting

BioScience, July/August 2008

Editorial: Penguins in Peril

Cover: Penguins as Marine Sentinels
Two male Magellanic penguins braying on the beach at the colony at Punta Tombo, Chubut, Argentina.

BioScience Press Releases

AIBS News, July/August 2008

• SWS Members Attend AIBS Policy, Media Workshops
• AIBS Opposes Antiscience Legislation in Louisiana
• NEON in the Field: A Visit to the Mid-Atlantic Domain
• Recent Articles Online at www.actionbioscience.org

AIBS Public Policy Report for 4 August 2008

• Biologists Attacked, Law Enforcement Suspects Animal Rights Terrorists
• NSF Report Shows Growth in Number of Grant Applications
• EPA Seeks Comments on Greenhouse Gas Rule
• Congress Leaves Town, Appropriations Bills Unfinished
• Senator Reid Attempts to Push Wildlife and Ocean Research Legislation
• House Addresses Water Crisis
• Now in BioScience: "A New Farm Bill, Research Structure at USDA"
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Washington Watch

• 07/08 A New Farm Bill, Research Structure at USDA
• 06/08 Shale Oil: Alternative Energy or Environmental Degradation?
• 05/08 Big Bucks for Biosecurity Research—But Who’s Doing What?
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AIBS Education Report for 17 July 2008

• Results of a Survey on Plant Pathology Education in America: Current Status and Future Challenges
• New Assessment Database to Support Research on Undergraduate STEM Education
• New BioClub for Students
• Call for Examples: Evolution Across the Curriculum Project
• AIBS and NESCent Co-sponsor Evolution Symposium and Education Workshop at NABT Conference
• Teaching Resources from the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)
• Human Anatomy and Physiology Society Institutes
• No Child Left Behind Update
• Department of Education Releases New Report
• Members of Congress Move to Improve STEM Education
• Fellowship Program Designed to Retain New Teachers
• Call for Applications from DANS
• Upcoming Conferences, Institutes, and Events

Eye on Education

• 05/08 Creating a New Breed of Biology Education Researchers
• 03/08 A Second CHANCE
• 01/08 WEBS: Practicing Faculty Mentorship
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AIBS Position Statements

• Joint Statement Requesting Louisiana Governor Jindal Veto SB 733
• AIBS Writes Louisiana House of Representatives about Science Education
• AIBS Comments on American Academy of Arts and Sciences White Paper
• AIBS Sends Letter to House Regarding Bioenergy Research
• AIBS Writes Oklahoma Governor about Science Education
• [read more]