Category: Current Affairs
PUP director takes AAUP helm The Association of American University Presses has a new president. At the close of the annual AAUP meeting in June, Princeton University Press Director Peter Dougherty assumed leadership of the 75-year-old association. Dougherty, who has directed PUP since 2005, spoke in his inaugural address about his vision for "the next chapter…
PUP director takes AAUP helm The Association of American University Presses has a new president. At the close of the annual AAUP meeting in June, Princeton University Press Director Peter Dougherty assumed leadership of the 75-year-old association. Dougherty, who has directed PUP since 2005, spoke in his inaugural address about his vision for "the next chapter…
Kelley Squazzo joined the staff here at JHU Press at the end of last month after working for five years at Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, where she held positions as a managing editor in medical education and an acquisitions editor … Continue reading →
Guest post by George A. Feldhamer I certainly applaud Daniel Cristol’s effort to alert the public about the effects that large populations of white-tailed deer have on forest understory habitats and associated negative impacts on migratory warblers in his essay "Why Bambi Must Go," published earlier this month in the New York Times. Most wildlife…
Guest post by Susan L. Crockin, J.D. The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous May 21 decision, Astrue v. Capato, should not come as a surprise to those following legal issues involving posthumously conceived children. The court was asked by a widow, Karen Capato, to grant Social Security benefits to twins she conceived after her husband Robert's death…
Guest post by Susan L. Crockin, J.D. The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous May 21 decision, Astrue v. Capato, should not come as a surprise to those following legal issues involving posthumously conceived children. The court was asked by a widow, Karen Capato, to grant Social Security benefits to twins she conceived after her husband Robert's death…
This morning our head publicist sent around a troubling email carrying the news of the University of Missouri Press's imminent departure from the world of scholarly publishing. As reported yesterday by the Columbia Daily Tribune, the press will begin shutting down in July and 10 staffers will be "affected." There has been no date set…
By Brendan Coyne, exhibits and awards manager If you've been paying any attention at all to our political discourse in recent weeks you know that reproduction is a hot and controversial topic. From Susan G. Komen for the Cure to insuring contraception for women, uncomfortable questions about sex and power and religion have forced their…
The United States invaded Iraq nine years ago yesterday. And with combat troops out of that nation and plans to withdraw from Afghanistan well under way--despite some ongoing controversy--international relations scholar Mark N. Katz's newest book, Leaving without Losing: The War on Terror after Iraq and Afghanistan, is a timely argument for viewing America's disengagement…
The Doctor Is In is an occasional series where JHU Press authors discuss the latest developments and news in health and medicine. Guest post by Robert N. McLay, M.D., Ph.D. Where is the line between disease and health? To many people this might appear a silly question. The guy hacking up a lung is sick.…