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Illinois Teacher Wins AAAS Education Award

[10 September 2010]

Recognized for his creative genetics lessons, Illinois biology teacher Jason Crean is the 2010 winner of the AAAS Leadership in Science Education Prize for High School Teachers.

[ILLUSTRATION] Functional brain connections important for predicting the functional maturity of individual brains from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. The thickness of each connection indicates its relative weight in predicting brain maturity. Functional connections that grow stronger with maturation are shown in orange, whereas those that weaken with maturation are shown in green. [Image © Science/AAAS]

The Human Brain, Over Time

[9 September 2010]

Research in Science shows the strength of long-range neuronal connections in the brain tends to increase with age while short-range connections tend to get weaker over time.

Science Offers Hope Despite Recession, Expert Says

[8 September 2010]

Economics editor and writer Greg Ip told AAAS S&T Policy Fellows that, despite the recession, he's optimistic for the long-term because science innovation will drive prosperity.

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Science Policy

Major EPA Support for S&T Policy Fellowships

[1 September 2010]

The AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships program, dating to 1973, has received a five-year, $30.1 million award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Education

[PHOTOGRAPH] An apple and book stacked on a teacher's desk [Photo © and licensed by Getty Images]

An Outstanding Teacher for Every Classroom

[10 August 2010]

Want to motivate students? Have high expectations and believe that they can succeed, experts said at a conference funded by the National Science Foundation and organized by AAAS.

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International

[PHOTOGRAPH] The scales of justice held by a statue of the mytical goddess Themis. Public domain image of a statue at the Chuo University, Tama-shi, Japan. Wikimedia Commons page: http://bit.ly/cbA23I

Global Agreement on Research Integrity

[17 August 2010]

At the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity in Singapore, AAAS participants and others drafted a statement of international guidelines for promoting the integrity of research.

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Public Engagement

[ILLUSTRATION] A section of the Human Rights: Fundamental to Human Life poster

AAAS Caribbean Division Celebrates 25 Years

[30 August 2010]

When the division convenes 24-25 September in Puerto Rico, it will celebrate past accomplishments and look ahead to crucial issues for the next quarter-century.

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