News: Activities & Achievements

2009: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, September, November
2008: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, December
2007: January, February, March, April, May, July, August, September, November, December
2006: January, February, March, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
2005: January, March, April, May, June, July, October
2004: September, December

November 2009

On November 4th, 2009, an article written by Andrew Mara, 2008-10 Fellow at the Department of Defense, entitled “Would you like anthrax with that?”, was published in the Boston Herald. The article discusses the safety of the U.S. food supply. To view the report, click here.

September 2009

A report written by Andrew Mara, 2008-10 Fellow at the Department of Defense, entitled “Defending the Military Food Supply Acquisition, Preparation, and Protection of Food at U.S. Military Installations”, was recently published by the Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University. The report discusses military food defense with a focus on preventing intentional contamination of the military food supply. It also identifies many implications for homeland defense and food safety. To view the report, click here.

July 2009

John Ohab, 2006-08 NDGS Fellow, received the APEX Award for Publication Excellence in the Multimedia and Interactive Publications category for work on the Defense Department's weekly science and technology radio program, "Armed with Science: Research and Applications for the Modern Military". To learn more about the APEX Awards, click here. Also, The Baltimore Science News Examiner listed the "Armed with Science" show, as one of "eight podcasts you shouldn't miss", along with more popular broadcasts like Science Friday.

June 2009

Justin Grubich, 2006-08 Diplomacy Fellow, will appear on "Hooked: Vampire Fish" premiering on National Geographic Channel on July 6th at 6 pm ET. For more information click here.

May 2009

On May 2, 2009, 31 current and former fellows, along with AAAS staff members, spent their mornings cleaning and painting Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School in Washington, DC, as part of The Greater Washington Servathon 2009 hosted by Greater DC Cares. Their team, "AAAS You Can Believe In", raised $2980, ranking 5th among 359 teams (comprised of 3549 volunteers) taking part in 65 projects throughout the DC area.

April 2009

On April 1, 2009, John Ohab, 2008-09 NDGS Fellow and 2007-08 HEHS Fellow, interviewed Mark Drapeau, Associate Research Fellow at the National Defense University and 2006-08 NDGS Fellow, on the "Armed with Science: Research and Applications for the Modern Military" audio webcast on Pentagon Web Radio. They discussed the role of new social technologies for information sharing within government agencies and for interacting with outside partners including the public. To view the story following the interview published by the American Forces Press Services click here. An archived version of the interview can be found here.

Claire Williams, 2007-08 Diplomacy Fellow, has completed her latest textbook entitled Conifer Reproductive Biology. To learn more, click here.

James Fleming, Director of the Colby Science, Technology & Society Department, professor, and 2006-07 AAAS Revelle Fellow, organized and spoke at The Climate and Cultural Anxiety: Historical and Social Perspectives Conference. It occurred at Colby College from April 1-4, 2009. Historians of science and technology and affiliated scholars came together for this conference which was international in scope, interdisciplinary in nature and intergenerational in its inclusion of graduate and undergraduate students. For more information about the conference, click here.

March 2009

On March 29, 2009, Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12), 1982-83 APS Congressional Fellow, was spotlighted in an article entitled "With a physicist's exactitude, Holt brings the science to the political", printed in The Star-Ledger and posted on NJ.com. Full text of the article is available along with a slideshow entitled "On the Job with Congressman Rush Holt".

February 2009

Margaret E. Kosal, a 2005-07 Defense Policy Fellow, now at the Georgia Institute of Technology, spoke at a conference entitled "Toward an R&D Agenda for the New Administration and Congress: Perspectives from Scientists and Economists" in Washington, DC on March 2, 2009. For more information about the conference, click here.

January 2009

Dj Patil, LinkedIn Chief Scientist and 2004-06 Defense Policy Fellow, was spotlighted in a Wall Street Journal video, entitled "Where the Jobs Are", discussing how Linked In is seeing hiring activity in health care and consumer electronics. He also mentions that people are taking steps to look attractive to recruiters in this job environment.

Hiraeth Press and Ecos Systems Institute are pleased to announce the publication of Courting the Wild: Love Affairs with the Land which was edited by Dr. Jamie K. Reaser, 1998-00 Diplomacy Fellow and 2003-04 Revelle Fellow, and Ms. Susan Chernak McElroy.

Daniel Ullman, 2006-07 AMS Congressional Fellow organized a session entitled "The Redistricting Problem" at the math meetings. Daniel was quoted in the discussion of why an ideal algorithmic solution for congressional redistricting would be hard to define, and the session was featured in the Slate Magazine article, "Of the Algorithms, by the Algorithms, for the Algorithms". Daniel

December 2008

On December 22, Diana Zuckerman, 1983-84 APA Congressional Fellow, was quoted in a New York Times article entitled "Some Hidden Choices in Breast Reconstruction".

September 2008

September 23rd, Wired magazine announced The 2008 Smart List: 15 People the Next President Should Listen To. Montgomery McFate, 2003-05 Defense Policy Fellow, was listed as 5th for her use of Anthropology in Military Planning.

On September 10th, the Partnership for a Secure America (PSA), a bipartisan center for national security studies, hosted a press conference with PSA Advisory Board members and 9/11 Commissioners Rep Lee H. Hamilton (D-IN) and Sen. Slade Gorton (R-WA) to unveil our WMD Report Card. Margaret Kosal, Assistant Professor in the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy at Georgia Tech and 2005-07 Defense Policy Fellow, wrote one of the three supporting papers for the Report Card. For more information, click here.

On September 9th, Nancy L. Jones, Planning and Evaluation Specialist for the NIH, Adjunct Associate Professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and 2005-07 NIH Science Policy Fellow, gave a talk entitled "A Code of Ethics for Life Sciences - Do we need a Hippocratic Oath for Biomedical Researchers?" at the Bioethics Interest Group meetings at the Natcher Center.

On September 5th, Margaret Kosal, Assistant Professor in the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy at Georgia Tech and 2005-07 Defense Policy Fellow, briefed a 9-member commission headed by former Senator Bob Graham that has been tasked with evaluating Federal government activities to reduce the threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Kosal conveyed her assessment of policies intended to reduce the threats posed by chemical weapons proliferation, improvised chemical terrorism, and issues of threats from emerging technologies. This briefing will inform the Commission as they prepare to make their report to Congress in November of 2008.

August 2008

The articles "Government 2.0: An Insider’s Perspective" and "Government 2.0: A Theory of Social Government" by Mark Drapeau, 2006-08 NDGS Fellow, were published on Mashable.com. He was also interviewed on the Buzz Bin Blog, "Musings and analysis on marketing, buzz, PR and Washington, DC".

July 2008

On July 29th, the Surgeon General acknowledged the efforts of Renaisa Anthony, 2007-08 Health, Education and Human Services Fellow, in planning the Surgeon General's Conference on the Prevention of Preterm Birth at the 2008 Commissioned Corps Promotion and Awards Ceremony.

On July 28th, 2008 at 6:30 pm, Dahlia Sokolov, professional staff for the House Committee on Science and Technology and 2004-05 AIP Congressional Fellow, spoke at an AWIS Networking Dinner. She discussed the legislative process and her experience working for the House of Representatives. For more information, click here.

Diane Hannemann, 2006-07 Health, Education and Human Services Fellow and 2007-09 Diplomacy Fellow, has been selected to receive the 2008 National Institutes of Health Director's Award for her efforts last year as a member of the NIH Biennial Report Leadership Team while a fellow in the Office of the Director, Office of Science Policy Analysis.

James Fleming, 2006-07 AAAS Revelle Fellow, is interviewed in Robert Greene’s documentary, “Owning the Weather” to discuss climate control. “Owning the Weather” will be shown at the Maine International Film Festival which occurs July 11th through the 20th. For more information, click here.

Five current AAAS Fellows, Kiki Jenkins, Anne Fischer, José Zambrana, Tiffani Bailey Lash and Janis Johnston were commended in the July 9th article “AAAS Policy Fellows Discuss Ways to Increase Diversity in S&T Workforce”, for their efforts in organizing a "Championing Diversity in Science and Engineering" workshop for their colleagues.

On July 7th, Mark Drapeau, 2006-08 National Defense & Global Security Fellow, delivered the keynote talk at the 44th Annual Golf Tournament of the LA Council of the AeA, in Calabasas, CA. His speech, a Washingtonian's view on innovation and STEM education, can be seen here.

June 2008

On June 3rd, "Whale communication and culture" by Joe Roman, 2005-06 EPA Environmental Fellow, was posted on the Encyclopedia of the Earth website.

May 2008

On May 12th at the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) Annual Meeting, ABIS awarded David E. Blockstein, Senior Scientist at the National Council for Science and the Environment and 1987-1988 AIBS/ASZ Congressional Fellow, the 2008 Outstanding Service Award for his contributions to the biological sciences. For more information, click here.

Emily Monosson, 1988-89 Environmental Fellow facilitated an afternoon discussion of women, motherhood and the sciences, at Cornell University on May 9th. Accompanying her will be several other contributors from her new collection of personal stories entitled Motherhood, The Elephant in the Laboratory. For more information about the upcoming event, click here.

April 2008

Emily Monosson, 1988-89 Environmental Fellow at the EPA, recently published her edited volume, Motherhood, The Elephant in the Laboratory. This book grew out of a discussion on the Former Fellow listserv about combining family with a career in science. For more information about the book, please see her blog.

March 2008

On March 19th, Kohl S. Gill, Senior Analyst and 2006-08 EEANR Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy, presented "The Right to Information Act in India: Implications for International Development Work" for Society for International Development - Washington’s Education for Development Workgroup. For more information, click here.

Alex Bradley, 2006-07 Diplomacy Fellow at the State Department and Senior Research Chemist at DuPont, delivered “Next-Generation Ambassadors: Scientists at the State Department” for the ACS Delaware Section Science Café on March 6.

February 2008

Mark Drapeau, 2006-08 NDGS Fellow at the Department of Defense, was the lead author of "So Many Zebras, So Little Time: Ecological Models and Counterinsurgency Operations" in the February 2008 edition of the National Defense University's publication, Defense Horizons. The paper describes a theoretical framework of resource competition for understanding unconventional warfare.

Kathleen A. McGinty, 1989-90 ACS Congressional Fellow and Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, delivered The Hans Landsberg Memorial Lecture on February 6th.



January 2008

On January 30, the nationally syndicated radio series Isla Earth will broadcast a segment about G.S. Callendar, the scientist who established the carbon dioxide theory of climate change. The show will be web cast and the script will be available at http://www.islaearth.org. The show features the The Callendar Effect (Boston: AMS Books, 2007), the award-winning book by James Fleming, 2006-07 AAAS Revelle Fellow.

December 2007

Three former Congressional Fellows were featured in "Wanted on the Hill: A Few Good Scientists" in the December 10th U.S. News and World Report.

Jennifer Pohlhaus, 2006-08 AAAS Fellow at the National Institutes of Health, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA).

Matt Stremlau, 2007-08 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of State, was named the grand prize winner and the North American regional winner of the GE & Science Prize for Young Life Scientists. Click here for more information.

Mark Drapeau, 2006-08 NDGS Fellow at the National Defense University, wrote "A Microscopic Insurgent" in the Opinion section of the December 4 New York Times.

Fred Meyerson's article, "Rising carbon emissions call for a population policy," was featured in the population and climate roundtable of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which was published online on December 3rd to coincide with the first day of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. The roundtable will continue among Meyerson and the other experts for the next several months. Meyerson was a 2001-03 AAAS Fellow at the National Science Foundation.

Three Fellows attended the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bali, from 3-14 December: Jeremy Richardson, 2007-08 AAAS Roger Revelle Fellow, Holmes Hummel, 2007-08 AAAS Congressional Fellow, and Alexander Barron, 2007-08 ACS Congressional Fellow.

November 2007

Montgomery McFate, 2003-05 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of Defense, was profiled in, "Leading the Charge for Change: An Anthropologist Challenges Conventional Thinking" in the November 30 US News & World Report.

September 2007

Stephan Butler, 2006-07 ASCE Congressional Fellow in the office of Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA), has had a manuscript chosen for presentation at the First International Symposium on Transportation and Development in Beijing, China (April 24-26, 2008). He has been asked to attend the event and present the manuscript to an international audience of engineering and construction professionals, including high level Chinese officials. The manuscript as accepted proposes a solution to highway infrastructure funding and describes how private intervention and market forces will improve decision making and allocation of limited resources.

August 2007

Jose Fernandez, 2006-07 AAAS/NTI Fellow at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, was honored with two awards at the end of his fellowship year from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response: the Spotlight Award, and a Certificate of Appreciation.

Maggie Kosal, 2005-07 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of Defense, has been selected to receive the 2007 University of Illinois Alumni Recent Graduate Award, which is given to an alumnus / alumna who has demonstrated the values derived from a liberal arts and sciences education by outstanding achievement.

July 2007

Mark Drapeau, 2006-07 AAAS Fellow at the National Defense University, wrote "Fishing for Terrorist Starfish" in the Commentary section of the July 31 Washington Times.

Tammy Bosler, 2006-07 AAAS Fellow at the National Science Foundation was quoted in "Lucky Seven Saturday" on News Channel 9's July 5 broadcast.

May 2007

Stephan Butler, 2006-07 ASCE Congressional Fellow in the office of Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA), was named Engineer of the Year by the American Society of Civil Engineers, North Jersey Branch. His op-ed, "Engineers must leap into leadership positions" recently ran in the Times-Picayune.

April 2007

"Montgomery McFate's Mission: Can one anthropologist possibly steer the course in Iraq?" appeared in the April 29 San Francisco Chronicle. McFate was a 2003-05 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of Defense.

Jim Fleming, 2006-07 AAAS Revelle Fellow, published, "The Climate Engineers" in the Spring 2007 edition of The Wilson Quarterly. He also presented a Capitol Hill briefing on "Historical Perspectives on Climate Change" on April 27.

Mark Drapeau, 2006-07 AAAS Fellow at the National Defense University, co-authored, "Climate of Subtle Conflict," an op-ed that appeared in the April 22 Washington Times.

"Near Term Threats of Chemical Terrorism," an article by Maggie Kosal, 2005-07 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of Defense, was reprinted in Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism (McGraw-Hill, 2007).

March 2007

Robert Cook-Deegan, 1982-83 OTA Congressional Fellow, was elected as a AAAS Officer, serving in the Section on Societal Impacts of Science and Engineering.

"Preserving Land and Wildlife, to Restore the Afghan Identity: A Conversation with Alex Deghan" appeared in the March 6th New York Times. Deghan was a 2003-05 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of State.

Joannella Morales, 2003-05 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of State, who currently serves as a Foreign Affairs Officer with the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor in the Office of International Religious Freedom, was chosen as one of four distinguished alumni by her undergraduate alma mater, the University of Puerto Rico's College of Natural Sciences.

Nancy Jones, 2005-07 AAAS Fellow at the National Institutes of Health, was featured in, "A 'Hippocratic Oath' for Scientists?," which appeared in the March 2 edition of the Science Careers Newsletter.

February 2007

Vaughan C. Turekian, 2002-04 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of State, who currently serves as Chief International Officer at AAAS, co-wrote Science and Society: Time for a New Era of Science Diplomacy with Kristin M. Lord. The article appeared in the February 9th issue of Science.

January 2007

Asha S. Collins, 2006-07 AAAS Fellow at the National Institutes of Health, presented, "The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Pilot Project: Solving the Cancer Genome," at the 2007 National Cancer Institute Intramural Scientific Retreat.

Jamie K. Reaser, 1998-2000 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of State and 2003-2004 AAAS Revelle Fellow, has recently been named to Newsweek's Global Environment and Leadership Advisory Committee, as well as to the Steering Committee of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's new Pet Zoonoses Coalition.

December 2006

Montgomery McFate, 2003-05 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of Defense, is featured in "Knowing the Enemy" in the December 18 issue of The New Yorker.

Current and former AAAS Fellows at the U.S. Department of State featured in "Science Speaks, Diplomatically" in the December 14 Washington Times.

November 2006

Anish Goel, 2002-03 AAAS Congressional Fellow and 2003-05 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of State, selected as one of 14 Powell Fellows.

Betsy Von Holle, 2005-07 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, travels to India for the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum.

James Fleming, 2006-07 AAAS Revelle Fellow, was quoted in a November 18 Boston Globe article, "Talk of manipulating Earth's climate: Old debate is renewed amid warming fears."

October 2006

Sharon Hrynkow, 1992-94 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of State, currently with the National Institutes of Health, received the 2006 Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Senior Executive. Each year, the president recognizes and celebrates a small group of career senior executives for their exceptional long-term accomplishments. Award winners are nominated by their agency heads, evaluated by boards of private citizens, and approved by the president.

Yisroel Brumer, 2004-05 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, was the focus of "Let's Not Crowd Me, I'm Only a Scientist" in the October 23 edition of Newsweek.

Kirsten Jaglo, 2005-06 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of State, is the University of Minnesota, Morris 2006 Latterell Visiting Alumna. Her visit was featured in the UMM Science & Math Alumni Newsletter.

Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12), 1982-83 APS Congressional Fellow, was the focus of a Q&A in the October 19 issue of Nature on the topics of science, education and security.

September 2006

Marsha Goldberg, 2004-06 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of State, and Fernando Echavarria, 1997-99 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of State, were featured in "S&T Fellows Brave War to Stage GIS Conference" in the September 29 issue of Science's AAAS News and Notes.

James Fleming, 2006-07 AAAS Revelle Fellow, is publishing The Callendar Effect: The Life and Work of Guy Stewart Callendar (1898-1964), the previously untold story of the remarkable scientist who established the carbon dioxide theory of climate change (2007, American Meteorological Society).

August 2006

Barry Rosen, 1990-91 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, chosen to lead U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Florida.

Sandra J. Bishop-Josef, 1996-97 APA Congressional Fellow, and Deborah Phillips, 1981-82 SRCD Congressional Fellow, co-edited Child Development and Social Policy: Knowledge for Action, which was published August 2006 by the American Psychological Association (other co-editors include J. Lawrence Aber, Stephanie M. Jones, and Kathryn Taaffe McLearn).

July 2006

Karl White, 1984-85 AAAS Congressional Fellow, received the Volta Award from the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Read more about Karl and his work.

Paul Higgins, 2005-06 Congressional Fellow, was quoted in "Bikers, They Ain't No Good" in Salon.com on July 18 in regard to an article he published in Environmental Conservation, "Exercise-based Transportation Reduces Oil Dependence, Carbon Emissions and Obesity."

June 2006

On June 26, Rear Admiral William Landay presented the Distinguished Public Service Award to Montgomery McFate, 2003-05 AAAS Fellow. McFate, an anthropologist with DoD's Office of Naval Research, introduced applied cultural anthropology into the defense policy arena and operationalized cultural knowledge for military applications.

Joe Roman, 2005-06 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, was the subject of a feature on Washington, D.C.'s News Channel 9's broadcast on June 9. The story focuses on Joe's unique approach to controlling invasive species- just eat them! His recipes are even included on Channel 9's Web site. Joe also recently published a study on green crab invasions in the Canadian Maritimes in the online edition of Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - the study received coverage in Canadian media, including The Chronicle Herald (Nova Scotia), CBC Radio One's program Maritime Noon and Prince Edward Island CBC.

Joe Roman also released his new book, Whale (Published by Reaktion Books, distributed by the University of Chicago Press; $19.95).

"Shining Knight: Health Diplomacy for the 21st Century" in the June 2006 issue of State Magazine, by the U.S. Department of State, features AAAS Fellows.

May 2006

Assistant Secretary Claudia McMurray of the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental Affairs credits the AAAS fellowships with finding new talent for the office in an interview published in State Magazine (page 39).

AAAS Fellows speak at May 3 launch of the Iraqi Virtual Science Library. Read more in AAAS News and Notes.

March 2006

ACS Congressional Fellows featured in "Bridging the Lab and the Legislature" in the March 27 issue of Chemical & Engineering News.

Joe Regenstein, 1996-97 IFT Congressional Fellow, featured in "Jewish Foods Square Off" in The Cornell Daily Sun on March 9.

February 2006

State Department Honors AAAS Diplomacy Fellows Angela Bednarek, Natalia Comella, Joe Kowalski, and Mayya Tokman. For more information, click here.

January 2006

Jo Anne Schneider, 2003-05 NIH Fellow, publishes Social Capital and Welfare Reform: Organizations, Congregations, and Communities.

October 2005

Christophe McCray, 2005-06 Defense Policy Fellow, focuses on battlefield forensics research in the Office of Naval Research at the Department of Defense. For more information, click here.

On October 20, 2005, the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs honored four AAAS Diplomacy Fellows for their exceptional efforts in promoting U.S. environmental, scientific, and health policies internationally: Anish Goel, Margaret McCauley, Ana Villegas, and Winston Yu.

July 2005

Peter deFur, 1989-90 Environmental Fellow, recently announced his candidacy for the Virginia House of Delegates.

Alex Dehgan, 2003-05 Diplomacy Fellow, was awarded a Superior Honor Award for his outstanding work in Iraq, Near East Affairs, and for his work on the Iraqi Virtual Library. It is the third highest award in the U.S. Department of State.

David Goldblatt's, 2003-04 Risk Policy Fellow, recently published his book, Sustainable Energy Consumption and Society.

Jill Engel-Cox, 1998-99 Environmental Fellow, recently published "Science-policy data compact: use of environmental monitoring data for air quality policy," Engel-Cox, J. and R. Hoff, in Environmental Science and Policy, Volume 8, Issue 2, pp. 115-131, April 2005.

Benn Tannenbaum, 2002-03 APS Congressional Fellow, testified at a hearing entitled "Detecting Nuclear Weapons and Radiological Materials: How Effective is Available Technology?" held jointly by the Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack and the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology of the Committee on Homeland Security on June 21.

Winston Yu, 2003-05 Diplomacy Fellow, has been accepted into the World Bank's prestigious Young Professionals Program beginning in September.

June 2005

Jeff Albert, 2004-05 Environmental Fellow, has been awarded an EPA Bronze Medal for his work as part of the Tsunami Relief Effort Team.

Virginia Vitzthum, 1998-99 Diplomacy Fellow and 2001-02 NSF Fellow, recently published "Hormonal Contraception and Physiology: A Research-based Theory of Discontinuation Due to Side Effects" with Karin Ringheim in Studies in Family Planning 2005; 36[1]: 13–32).

May 2005

Bruce Alberts, NAS President, highlights the AAAS Fellowship Programs in his farewell address.

Craig Cobane, 2004-05 AAAS Defense Policy Fellow, has been selected as a Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. For more information click here.

Roberta Downing, 2004-05 APA Congressional Fellow, had her manuscript, "The Perceived Influence of Developmental Relationships on Undergraduate Women’s Pursuit of Science," accepted for publication in Psychology of Women Quarterly.

April 2005

Joe Helble, 2004-05 AAAS Revelle Fellow, has been named Dean of Engineering at Dartmouth.

Mary T. Tyszkiewicz, 1993-94 ACS Congressional Fellow, has been named Senior Researcher and the Homeland Security Institute (HSI).

Norman Schneidewind, 2004-05 IEEE Congressional Fellow, has recently published the following papers:

Norman F. Schneidewind, "Predicting Risk as a Function of Risk Factors", The R & M Engineering Journal, American Society for Quality, March 1 2005, Volume 25, Issue No.1.

Norman F. Schneidewind, "Predicting risk as a function of risk factors", Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering, Springer-Verlag 20

March 2005

Jana Davis, 2004-05 AGU Congressional Fellow, has recently published the following papers:

JLD Davis, M Eckert-Mills, AC Young-Williams, AH Hines, Y Zohar. 2005. Morphological conditioning of a hatchery-raised invertebrate to improve field
survivorship in stock enhancement programs. Aquaculture 243: 147-158

JLD Davis. 2005. Getting closer to Congress: A scientist's arrival on Capitol Hill. Eos 86: 103

January 2005

Susan Polan, 1994-95 AAAS Congressional Fellow, named Associate Executive Director for Public Affairs and Advocacy for the American Public Health Association (APHA).

2004-05 AAAS Fellows Play Key Roles in Tsunami Relief Campaign.

December 2004

Montgomery McFate organized the Office of Naval Research Conference on Cultural Knowledge and National Security. For more information, click here.

September 2004

Alexander Dehgan, current AAAS Diplomacy Fellow, discusses his work in Iraq. For more information, click here.