February is an exciting month filled with commemoratives for our AAAS Communities:
February 7: National Periodic Table Day (and not just for chemists)
John Newlands published one of the first systematic tables of elements on this date in 1863,
February 11: International Day of Women & Girls in Science (but not just for girls and women)
https://www.womeninscienceday.org/
February 19-25: Engineering Week
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Engineers_Week_(U.S.)
February 28: National Science Day
The Raman effect was discovered by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman on this date in 1928.
And additionally, in February members of the AAAS Communities eagerly look forward to the 2023 AAAS Annual Meeting, which will be held virtually and in person in Washington, D.C., March 2-5, 2023. The meeting, the theme of which is SCIENCE FOR HUMANITY, will highlight groundbreaking multidisciplinary research that simultaneously advances knowledge and responds equitably to the needs of humanity.
Highlighting the importance and just integration of our multiplicity, the 2023 AAAS Annual Meeting will feature groundbreaking multidisciplinary research-research the advances knowledge and responds to the needs of humanity. The meeting will highlight breakthroughs in science and technology and, in particular, those that incorporate the importance of diversity-in its investigators, subjects of study, and translational implications.
What do YOU feel passionate about for the AAAS Annual Meeting 2023: Science for Humanity?
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Elliot Richman, PhD
Baltimore, Maryland
richmanelliot@gmail.com------------------------------