Recent Web and print articles

  • Science Careers. A New GI Bill for Scientists. Can the proposed GI Bill do for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans what the original GI Bill did for World War II veterans? Representative Harry Mitchell, who sponsored the bill in Congress, and other experts discuss its potential impact. 6 June 2008.
  • Science Careers. Student-Veterans Come Marching Home: Their Return to Studies. A group of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans tell about their new lives as science and engineering students and the impact of military service on their campus experiences. 6 June 2008
    Also featured in a Science Careers podcast [MP3].
  • Science Careers. Business Financing for Your Research. Properly managed, private-sector funding can complement more traditional sources of support for academic research. 14 March 2008
    Also appearing in Science Magazine: 14 March 2008, vol. 319, Issue 5869, p. 1549.
  • Helium.Com. Review of The New American Judaism by Arthur Blecher. Arthur Blecher's The New American Judaism may not be the official companion book for PBS's recent series on Jews in America, but it should be. 13 January 2008
  • Science Careers. Best of 2007. Our editors look back at the past year and highlight the best we had to offer. 28 December 2007
  • PublicDiplomacy.org. Private Connected Citizens, Public Connected Diplomacy. Private citizens now have the means, motives, and opportunities to take public diplomacy into their own hands. 21 October 2007
  • Science Careers. Making a Midlife Change, to Academia. Why does a highly regarded industry researcher walk away from two decades with one company to accept a completely new university post? 19 October 2007
  • ISO Focus magazine. ebXML – Cutting costs and simplifying processes for business. The Electronic Business XML (ebXML) specifications, now implemented worldwide, emerged in May 2001 just as a severe technology recession took hold. The combination of open processes to develop the the specifications followed by key open-source software initiatives helped sustain ebXML's momentum during this difficult period, which led to the accelerating usage seen today. July-August 2007 (print only).
  • Science Careers. Special Feature: Grant Writing for Tight Times. Faced with falling grant-approval rates, researchers need to work harder and smarter to get their projects funded. 27 July 2007

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