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Information Liberation

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:12:26 UT

Mar. 7, 2008 (Wall Street Journal) – If your child has a life-threatening disease and you're desperate to read the latest research, you'll be dismayed to learn that you can't – at least not without hugely expensive subscriptions to a bevy of specialized journals or access to a major research library...

Music Therapy & Indigenous Studies

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:41:16 UT

Carolyn Kenny is a professor of human development and indigenous studies in the Antioch University Ph.D. in Leadership and Change.

English

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:47:12 UT

Professor Linda Hutcheon was appointed to the University of Toronto Department of English in 1988, having previously been an associate of the university’s Centre for Comparative Literature since 1980.

Mathematics

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:44:32 UT

David R. Morrison is a professor of mathematics and physics at the University of California in Santa Barbara.

Medicine

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:41:17 UT

Gordon Henry Guyatt is a physician and professor of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

Microbiology

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:38:50 UT

Gary Ward, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of Vermont, received his PhD from the University of California, San Diego.

History

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:36:44 UT

The late Roy Rosenzweig was professor of history and new media at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and Founder of the Center for History and New Media.

Economics

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:32:30 UT

Martin J. Osborne is a professor of economics at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on game theory and its applications.

Computer Science

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:28:17 UT

Leslie Pack Kaelbling is professor of computer science and engineering and a research director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Engineering

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:23:28 UT

Zhigang Suo is the Allen E. and Marilyn M. Puckett professor of mechanics and materials at Harvard University.

American Economic Association Plans 4 New Journals

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:00:39 UT

Jan. 25, 2008 (Chronicle of Higher Education) - In a move that might alter the pecking order in social-science publishing, the American Economic Association plans to introduce four new quarterly journals in early 2009, more than doubling its in-house publishing program.

Cancer Data? Sorry, Can’t Have It

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:59:36 UT

Jan. 22, 2008 (New York Times) – Not long ago, I asked a respected cancer researcher if he could send me raw data from a trial he had recently published. He refused. Sharing data would make the study team members “uncomfortable,” he said, as I might use this to “cast doubt” on their results.

Measure Would Require Free Access To Results of NIH-Funded Research

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:58:33 UT

Dec. 21, 2007 (Washington Post) – It is barely a drop of ink in the gargantuan omnibus spending bill that Congress just passed. But a provision that would give the public free access to the results of federally funded biomedical research represents a sweet victory for a coalition of researchers and activists...

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Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:45:20 UT

Rewards of scholarship

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:12:39 UT

Scholarship is driven not just by intellectual curiosity and funding availability. It is also about the rewards that come to scholars for their work. Promotion and tenure opportunities are an important part of this equation.