Thirty aspiring science diplomats gathered in South Africa for a regional workshop on science diplomacy, an inaugural training partnership.

Marc Edwards, a civil and environmental engineer whose team documented lead contamination in the water supply of Flint, Mich., has been awarded the 2018 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

The 2018-19 Fellows Will Leverage Food and Water Security Research to Engage the Public In and Outside Their Institutions AAAS announced the selection of 15 food and water security researchers as the 2018-19 AAAS Alan I. Leshner Leadership Institute Public Engagement Fellows on February 15. They have demonstrated leadership and excellence in their research careers and an interest in promoting meaningful dialogue between science and society.