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Announcements

• 06/09 AIBS, ESA Coauthor Analysis of President's FY 2010 R&D Budget »read
• 06/09 ALERT: AIBS Asks Scientists to Help Secure Increased Funding for NSF »read
• 06/09 ALERT: AIBS Asks Scientists to Help Secure Increased Funding for USGS »read
• 06/09 AIBS Comments on Louisiana Science Education Rule »read
• 06/09 NOW FREE ONLINE: Lectures from the 2009 AIBS Annual Meeting, "Sustainable Agriculture: Greening the Global Food Supply"; talks on food security and supply; biofuels, the professional science masters program and more. »read
• 05/09 AIBS honors diversity in the biological sciences »read
• 05/09 AIBS honors outstanding contributions to the biological sciences »read
• 02/09 NEW! AIBS Launches Legislative Action Center »read more
• 02/09 American Institute of Biological Sciences Teams with University of Oklahoma on Introductory Biology Experience Project »read more
• 02/09 AIBS book on Communicating Science primes scientists for successful media interviews »read
• 01/09 Year of Science 2009 Gets Underway »read more
• 05/08 AIBS and AAAS co-host NSF Conversation in Undergraduate Biology / AIBS Biology Education Summit in Washington, DC »next steps
• 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 Blog and News  

Latest Entry: Twitter -- me? You bet. U should 2.

BioScience, July/August 2009

Editorial: Malawi as Microcosm

Cover: International Field Stations
A venomous scorpionfish (genus Scorpaena)—one of approximately 3000 species of fish found in the Papuan reef system—swims by a coral reef near the Motuore Island Research Center in Papua New Guinea.

BioScience Press Releases

AIBS News, July/August 2009

• BESC/CoFARM Visit Capitol Hill
• AIBS to Cosponsor 6th Annual Evolution Symposium: "Evolution in Extreme Environments"
• Recent Executive Director's Blog Entries Online at http://blogs.aibs.org/richardogrady
• Recent Education Reports Online at www.aibs.org
• Recent Articles Online at www.actionbioscience.org

AIBS Public Policy Report for 22 June 2009

• House Approves FY 2010 Appropriations for NSF, NOAA: USGS, EPA, USDA Could Be Next
• Help Influence FY 2010 Science Funding: Write Congress Today
• Auditor Reviews Scientific Integrity at EPA
• NSF Releases Guidelines for New BREAD Program
• White House Orders New Ocean Policy Taskforce
• President Nominates Biologist to Lead FWS
• Environmental Research Parks Approved by House Panel
• New Conservation Corps Engages Youth in Natural Resources
• New Report on National Climate Impacts
• Call for Nominations: IPCC Special Report
• In the AIBS Bookstore
• New in BioScience - "Will Congress Include Ecosystem Monitoring in Climate Legislation?"
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Washington Watch

• 07/09 A Rising Tide of Support for a National Climate Service
• 06/09 Will Congress Include Ecosystem Monitoring in Climate Legislation?
• 05/09 Great Lakes: Sailing to the Forefront of National Water Policy?
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AIBS Education Report for 29 May 2009

• "Evolution in Extreme Environments" Cosponsored by AIBS and NESCent
• Get Involved in Year of Science!
• Teaching about Emerging Infectious Diseases
• NABT's BioBlog: Talking about Biology Teaching
• NESCent's Evolution Speaker Series
• NCEAS Call for Proposals
• EarthTrek Research Projects Going Live
• ChloroFilms' Plant Life Video Contest Results
• Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE)
• New in BioScience: "The Creationist Down the Hall"
• How Can We Improve the AIBS Education Report?
• Upcoming Conferences, Events, and Workshops

Eye on Education

• 04/09 The Professional Science Master's: The MBA for Science
• 01/09 A Dynamic Alternative to the Scientific Method
• 10/08 Digital Games: Learning through Play
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AIBS Position Statements

• AIBS Submits Comments on Louisiana Science Education Rule
• AIBS Comments on USDA Agricultural Research Roadmap
• Testimony in Support of Increased FY 2010 Funding for the United States Geological Survey
• Senate Testimony in Support of Increased FY 2010 Funding for the Environmental Protection Agency
• Senate Testimony in Support of Increased FY 2010 Funding for the National Science Foundation
• [read more]