New Year's Resolutions
We hope you're having
a happy New Year and look forward to seeing you at the Academy soon. If getting the most out of your Academy Membership isn't one of your New Year's resolutions we encourage adding it to your list and visiting our
Member Center to get a refresher on Membership benefits. You can also help us spread the word about the Academy. One way to do this is to purchase a Gift Membership for a colleague, friend or family member. There's still a few days left in our New Year's
promotion—submit your Gift Membership request by January 15 and receive a 20% discount!
New Year Resolutions in the Headlines
Special Opportunities
Upcoming deadlines and programs that might be of interest.
Call
for volunteers! The Academy is partnering with Rocket21 on the Dream Big H2O challenge and we are looking for volunteers with expertise
in water, sustainability, environmental science, technology, and/or innovation to serve as mentors to the Challenge Team and students. If you are interested please email Chenelle Bonavito [log in to unmask]
by Friday, January 30, for more information.
New and Newsworthy Events & Publications
Join
us on Thursday, February 12, for
Perspectives in STEM, an evening with Harvard University's Dr. Cherry Murray who will be discussing her illustrious career in Physics. This event is part of the New York Women in STEM event series.
- Machine Learning, a branch of artificial intelligence, involves the development of mathematical algorithms that can "learn" from specific data sets in order to make predictions.
The 9th Annual Machine Learning Symposium on March 13 will feature keynotes on deep learning models, whose applications include speech and object recognition, natural language processing, and information retrieval. The deadline for submitting abstracts
is January 28.
- On March 26-27, The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science and the Nestlé Nutrition Institute will gather leading nutrition and dementia researchers and practitioners to discuss
The Role of Nutrition in Dementia Prevention and Management. Register before March 5th to receive an early bird discount.
- Recent eBriefings:
New Frontiers in the Neurobiology of Mental Illness explores the translation of neuroscience breakthroughs into therapies for mental illness. And
Early-life Influences on Obesity: Pre-conception to Adolescence examines obesity risks that occur in early life and considers how to prevent and treat diabetes, obesity, and related diseases.
- Recent Annals Reports
on
head and neck cancers and
linkages between physical and psychiatric homeostasis are now available online.
Academy members receive free or discounted access to all our
events and
publications. If you're not already a member,
please visit our website to join.
Career Development
Events, articles, and resources for science careers.
From Our Community
Stay connected with the Academy's online communities.
We want the Academy eNews to respond to your needs and interests. Feel free to send us suggestions for content, topics you're particularly interested in, or news
about what's happening in your field. Email [log in to unmask].
Sydney Lupkin at abcNews gives the science behind nailing your New Year's resolution.
The recent Grantsmanship for Graduate Students and Postdocs eBriefing reviews grant writing at the graduate and postdoctoral levels, focusing on how to apply for research grants in the sciences, where to find resources, and how to avoid common mistakes.
@NYASEvents:Thanks for a great 2014! Help us make 2015 even better, support the future of #STEM: http://www.nyas.org/solutions
