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WHAT'S NEW at National-Academies.org -- your weekly guide to what's new
on the Web from the National Academies.

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July 2, 2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS

TOP NEWS
-- Public Briefing on "Scaling up Treatment for the Global AIDS
Epidemic: Challenges and Opportunities" (WEBCAST)

SCIENCE IN THE HEADLINES
-- Cassini Probe Enters Saturn's Orbit
-- Number of Cancer Survivors Is Increasing

UPCOMING EVENTS
-- July 9: Seminar on "A Bitter Pill: Should Psychologists Have
Prescriptive Privileges?"

SITE HIGHLIGHTS
-- Health Policy Fellows Selected
-- Library Resources Now Available to the Public
-- Audio and Slide Presentations from NAE Tech Literacy Symposium Are
Now Online
-- TRB Releases Spring Publications Flyer
-- Diabetes Research Is Focus of New Issue of ILAR Journal
-- Subscribe to NAE's Electronic Newsletter

THIS WEEK IN PNAS
-- Selected Articles Appearing in PNAS this Week

NEW ONLINE BOOKS
-- Titles from the National Academies Press Catalog and Backlist

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TOP NEWS

**Live Webcast**
The Institute of Medicine releases "Scaling up Treatment for the Global
AIDS Epidemic: Challenges and Opportunities" during a one-hour public
briefing at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, July 7 in the Lecture Room of the
National Academy of Sciences Building, 2100 C St. N.W., Washington, D.C.
Participate by listening to a live audio webcast (requires free
RealPlayer) and submitting questions using an e-mail form, both
accessible on the National-Academies.org home page during the event.
Webcast available at:
http://www.national-academies.org>

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SCIENCE IN THE HEADLINES

The Cassini spacecraft entered orbit around Saturn this past Wednesday
night, flying closer than any previous craft to the ringed planet and
its moons. Cassini and its companion probe, Huygens, will spend four
years gathering detailed information on Saturn's atmosphere, including
its famous rings, and Titan, the planet's largest moon. More
information on the mission and its objectives is available in reports
from the National Academies' Space Studies Board.
http://www.national-academies.org/headlines#sh0701>

The number of cancer survivors has nearly tripled in the last three
decades because of improvements in care and detection, according a new
federal report. Patients diagnosed with cancer today have a 64 percent
chance of surviving five years, compared with 50 percent for those
diagnosed in the mid-1970s, said researchers from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute.
Several National Academies reports examine issues related to cancer
care, prevention and detection.
http://www.national-academies.org/headlines#sh0629>

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UPCOMING EVENTS

The ability of psychologists to prescribe medication is the topic of a
seminar sponsored by the National Academies' Christine Mirzayan Science
and Technology Policy Internship Program. The 90-minute event begins at
12:30 p.m. EDT Friday, July 9 in Room 100 of the National Academies'
Keck Center, 500 Fifth St. N.W., Washington, D.C. The seminar is free
and open to the public.
http://www7.national-academies.org/internship/Events.html>

A complete list of events can be found in our public meetings database
at:
http://www.national-academies.org/events>

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SITE HIGHLIGHTS

The Institute of Medicine has selected seven behavioral scientists and
health professionals as its 2004-2005 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Health Policy Fellows. The fellows were chosen on a competitive basis
from nominations by academic institutions, as well as by organized
health care delivery systems and other community-based providers.
http://www.iom.edu/news.asp?id=20878>

Resources from the National Academies' George E. Brown, Jr. library are
now available to the public. Visitors are welcome to search its online
catalog as well as look through current issues in the journal
collection. The library is located in Room 304 of the National
Academies' Keck Center, 500 Fifth St. N.W., Washington, D.C.
http://www7.national-academies.org/nrclibrary/Visitors_Guide.html>

Audio and slide presentations from the National Academy of Engineering's
Symposium on Technological Literacy are now online. The event, held
April 28, 2004, brought together state education leaders in mathematics,
science, assessment and curriculum to learn about and discuss the issue
of technological literacy. All audio presentations require free
RealPlayer.
http://www.nae.edu/nae/naetech.nsf/weblinks/MKEZ-5XNHRY?OpenDocument>

The Transportation Research Board has released its spring 2004
publications flyer highlighting recent TRB titles and popular reports
from its backlist.
http://gulliver.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=3801>

Advances in animal-related research for type 1 diabetes is the focus of
the latest issue of the ILAR Journal. The articles in the journal, a
quarterly publication of the National Academies' Institute for
Laboratory Animal Research, were chosen to illustrate the international
scope of diabetes research. Ordering information is available online.
http://dels.nas.edu/ilar/journal_home.asp>