MARCH, 2004
Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077 anas@geo.arizona.edu
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CONTENTS:
Our thanks to ANAS President Perry Baker,
and his organizing committee who have planned
the 2004 meeting at Midwestern University.
The registration deadline is
March 27, 2004. Late registration
does not include lunch!
You can download Preregistration forms to print here:
html
pdf &
online.
ANNUAL MEETING APRIL 9-10
The 48th Annual meeting of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science will be held at Midwestern University, Glenndale, Arizona on April 9-10, 2004.
Friday evening's activity will be a Board Meeting from 6:30 - 8:30 pm, but there will be no reception or registration Friday evening. Registration will start a 7:00 am on Saturday, April 10, at Agave Hall on the Midwestern Campus.
A campus map is available on line at:
http://www.geo.arizona.edu/anas/mapmidwstrn.html
For additional information about Medwestern, please feel free to contact William Perry Baker at wpbaker@arizona.midwestern.edu or (623) 572-3666.
Saturday Luncheon Speaker
John Burdick, Ph.D. MWU Dean of Basic Sciences; Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Service Corps, United States Army Reserves will present a talk entitled "Emerging Infectious Diseases." Learn the facts about the recent explosion in infectious diseases. Important pathogens such as SARS, West Nile Virus and Monkey Pox will be examined with emphasis on factors that result in the emergence of a new killer.
ANAS is an affiliate of AAAS and NAAS
AN UPDATE ON OUR AAAS AFFLIATES
--- submitted by Stephen M. ShusterThe AAAS Affiliates Meeting was held at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Friday February 12, 2004.
Alan Leshner, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Publisher, Science began the meeting stating that his goal is to use AAAS affiliates in a more productive way; updating an AAAS listserv. He reported that AAAS is doing well and that the Society will promote a Family Science Day at its 2004 meeting.
Al Teich, Director of Science and Policy Programs discussed what is being done at AAAS to develop an understanding of and responses to changes in the technology and education in the wake of 9/11. A website has been established that contains the details of this project www.aaas.org/spp/post911/ateich@aaas.org.
Shirley Malcom, Director of Education and Human Resources discussed the implications of recent Affirmative Action rulings and detailed the proceedings of a meeting held in January of 2004. In light of the Supreme Court rulings on the University of Michigan Law School case, it was affirmed that there is value in diversification at public universities. The conclusion reached in the meeting is that there must be leadership from institutions on how this ruling will be implemented.
Donald Kennedy, President of AAAS discussed the convergence of science, technology, law and policy. Kennedy reported that in his NAS committee on science and lay persons, they discussed the importance of expert witnesses and the quality of foresic science. In light of the Shelby Admendment, stating that all federally funded research must make their results available to anyone and that the results of such research must be repeatable, several addition rulings have been made. Notably, the Data Quality Act, which specifies that any advice issued by the government to its citizens is subject to evaluation with respect to quality, relevance and reproducibility of the data.. Will this lead to situations where all results need to be reproduced, no. May possible provisions lead to scrutiny well beyond what is reasonable, it is possible. The issue appears to be that there is a gap in the public and political perception of what science is and what it actually is. Current government/public policy requests absolute recommendations from research, but absolute proof is impossble in science.
Other ANAS Grants and Awards
SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
The Arizona - Nevada Academy of Science will offer the Bud Ellis Scholarship of $1000 to a graduating senior in Arizona or Nevada High Schools or Preparatory Schools. This one-year scholarship award is made to a student with an outstanding high school academic record and who intends to enter one of the institutions of higher learning in Arizona or Nevada the following year as a science or engineering major. Applications are limited to students in the top ten percent of their class who plan to continue in a field of science. Deadline to apply is January 15th of each year. Please log onto the ANAS website for application details. www.geo.arizona.edu/anas/belisawd.html
Registration, Sessions, and the Luncheon are in "Agave Hall"
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Hotels
ABBREVIATED SCHEDULE AND ACTIVITY LOCATIONS
| Friday, April 9 | |
| 6:30 - 8:30 pm | Board Meeting, Javelina Springs, 20585 North 59 Avenue, Glendale, AZ |
| April 10 Agave Hall, Midwestern University | |
| 7:00-8:30 am | Registration |
| 8:00 - 10:00 | Paper Sessions |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break and Poster Session: Rooms103/107, Agave Hall |
| 10:30 - 11:30 am | Paper Sessions |
| 11:40 - 1:40 am | Annual ANAS Awards Luncheon and
Annual Business Meeting: 111/115, Agave Hall |
| 1:45 - 3:00 am | Paper Sessions |
| 3:00 - 3:30 am | Coffee Break: 103/107, Agave Hall |
| 3:30 - 5:30 am | Paper Sessions |
To see addresses for present
and past Session Chairs click
[here]
Click on any Session or
Session Number to jump
its schedule
ANAS SECTION MEETINGS
| Section | Session | Time | Room | |
| Biology* | I | 8:00 | 114 | |
| Chemistry* | I | 8:00 | 118 | |
| Conservation | I | 8:00 | 122 | |
| Hydrology | I | 8:00 | 208 | |
| Hydrology | II | 1:45 | 208 | |
| Poster Session* | 10:00 | 103/107 | ||
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* Indicates a paper to be considered for the Best Student Paper Award or Best
Student Poster Award
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Lists of talks for previous ANAS meetings also can be found in past
[newsletters]
Abstracts for the talks are printed in the
[Proceedings Volumes]
SESSION SCHEDULES
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