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To APS Members From the Board of Directors
Today, the APS Board sent a letter to the Trump Administration, expressing regret for having signed a letter in protest of an impending executive order from the Trump Administration to mandate immediate open access for all publications reporting on US federally-funded research. This letter is to you, our members, and to the wider scientific community.
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NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health Offers Science Policy Scholar Travel Awards
ORWH is offering Science Policy Scholar Travel Awards to two junior investigators whose work focuses on women’s health or sex and gender differences.
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How Can We Create a Workforce Full of Lifelong Learners?
We all agree that the world we work in today is so different from the world that was when our current learning systems were designed. Everything around us—our workplaces, our workforce, and entire industries. And learning—continuous, lifelong learning—is a bare essential for us to keep up. The people who will flourish in this new world are those who can a) learn to learn, b) learn to unlearn, and c) learn to relearn. Yet, in a recent global survey of 1,000 business leaders, conducted by Infosys Knowledge Institute, these skills received short shrift. Respondents were far more likely to list teamwork, leadership, and communication when asked which skills they considered to be important now.
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Jerome Bruner Library Opens at Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
The Jerome Bruner Library opened January, 2020 at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in the Netherlands.
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Liberals and Conservatives May Feel Moral Violations Differently
Individuals on the conservative and liberal ends of the political spectrum may ‘feel’ their feelings somewhat differently when their moral expectations are violated.
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NIMHD Health Disparities Research Institute – August 3-7, 2020
The Washington, DC area course aims to support the research career development of promising early-career minority health/health disparities research scientists, and stimulate research.
