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AAAS Fellow Marie Lynn Miranda Maps What Matters for Children’s Environmental Health
U.S.-Mexico Environmental Cooperation in Border Region
AAAS Science Diplomacy Event Shows Value of Bilateral Collaboration
AAAS Fellow William Colglazier Appointed to New UN Advisory Committee
How Much Plastic Debris Moves from Land to Sea?
Nations need to improve their waste management strategies to "turn off the tap" of plastic flowing into the world's oceans.
AAAS Building Earns LEED Platinum Status
Scientific Assessment Crucial to Protecting Torture Victims, Experts Say at AAAS

Torture—the word conjures medieval images of mangled limbs and jagged scars. But the torturer’s repertoire today includes practices that leave less dramatic evidence of their use, such as rape and waterboarding. For victims fleeing torture or persecution, gaining the sanctuary of asylum in the U.S. often requires rigorous science-based assessment, experts said at a two-day workshop at AAAS.

AAAS Letter Expresses “Grave Concerns” for OSTP Budget

In a letter dated 8 November 2011, AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner, executive publisher of Science, expressed “grave concerns regarding the prospect of a 50 percent reduction in the budget of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP),” as proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives.

U.S. Green Building Council Awards AAAS First Gold-Level Certification for Existing D.C. Buildings

The American Association for the Advancement of Science headquarters building has earned gold-level certification through the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) program.

AAAS is the first and so far the only building in Washington, D.C. to achieve the gold level of certification under the LEED for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) rating system.