Another round of MCAT’s has just come and gone, and the Health Professions Advising office stays busy all the time. Are you thinking about studying to become a doctor or […]
Being an Ethical Engineer
You’ve heard of medical ethics, environmental ethics, research ethics, and so on. But did you know that undergraduate engineering programs must teach engineering ethics in order to stay accredited? The […]
Helpful Apps from the Government
Here’s a great offer: free apps to help you, from the U.S. government. Its website, www.usa.gov, now offers free apps for a wide variety of uses. Here are some examples […]
Stars of Sci Fi
Quite a few noteworthy sci fi authors were born in August: James Tiptree, Brian Aldiss, even Gene Roddenberry! Our last installment for the year will introduce you to Greg Bear […]
Scientific Fiction – The Bourbaki Mystery
In the 1930s, a French mathematician began writing journal articles and books. His name was Nicolas Bourbaki. He didn’t exist. Bourbaki was and is actually a group of brilliant and […]
Stars of Sci Fi
Like last month’s sci fi stars, some authors celebrating birthdays this month also represent the old and the new in sci fi and fantasy. Robert Heinlein left the U.S. Navy […]
Google and IEEE
IEEE’s database, called IEEE Xplore, covers electrical and computer engineering, nanotechnology, bioengineering, robotics, and more, with the full text of articles, conferences, and standards from 1988 to the present. If […]
Consumer Health Information
You’ve heard your librarians talk about how the very best place to get consumer information about medical topics is NIH’s MedlinePlus.gov. But another agency has some consumer information as well: […]
What’s Being Funded by NIH?
Wow – during FY2011, NIH will spend about $276 million on research about food safety and $841 million on regenerative medicine! And how did I just find out that NIH […]
Stars of Sci Fi
Two science fiction authors born in June changed the entire genre. In 1938, John W. Campbell took over the editorship of Astounding Science Fiction. Known as the “father of modern […]