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New AAAS Fellows announced Monday, December 3, 2012 In October 2012, the AAAS Council elected 701 members as Fellows of AAAS. These individuals will be recognized for their contributions to science and technology at the Fellows Forum to be held on 16 February 2013 during the AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. The new Fellows will receive a certificate and a blue and gold rosette as a symbol of their distinguished accomplishments.
Geologist and AAAS Fellow Howard Jonah Pincus dies at 90 Friday, November 9, 2012 Geologist Howard Jonah Pincus, age 90, passed peacefully on October 17, 2012. He was a first-generation American born at his aunt`s home in Brooklyn, New York on June 24, 1922. His father Otto Max Pincus (originally Pincu), who had emigrated from Rumania in 1901 was a cloth cutter in New York`s garment district, and his mother Gertrude (nee Jankowsky) who had emigrated from Poland in 1897 was a homemaker. Howard spoke often of his father`s stoic efforts to support his family throughout the Depression and of his mother`s kindness and love of poetry.
2013 AAAS Annual Meeting plenary speakers announced Thursday, November 8, 2012 The plenary speaker lineup for the 2013 AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston is confirmed; find details below. The meeting’s theme, The Beauty and Benefits of Science, highlights the “unreasonable effectiveness” of the scientific enterprise in creating economic growth, solving societal problems, and satisfying the essential human drive to understand the world in which we live.
AAAS awarded energy education grant Wednesday, October 24, 2012 The U.S. Department of Education has awarded AAAS's Project 2061 a $1.6 million grant to develop new tools for finding out how students build their knowledge of energy concepts over time and for helping teachers diagnose their students’ learning difficulties.
Renowned science writer Leon Jaroff dies at 85 Tuesday, October 23, 2012 AAAS Fellow Leon Jaroff passed away on October 20, 2012, he was 85. Jaroff was an editor of Time Magazine, and encouraged Time to start Discover Magazine in 1980. Jaroff was a renowned science writer and for many years served as the top editor of Discover Magazine.
AAAS Fellow Stan Ovshinsky dead at 89 Tuesday, October 23, 2012 On October 17, 2012, Stan Ovshinsky died, he was 89. The AAAS Fellow invented the battery now common in hybrid and electric cars.
Quake experts convicted in Italy Monday, October 22, 2012 Seven experts tasked with giving advice ahead of the deadly earthquake that struck L'Aquila, Italy in 2009 have been found guilty of manslaughter. The four scientists, two engineers, and a government official were accused of having carried out a superficial analysis of seismic risk and of having provided false reassurances to the public ahead of the quake, which killed 309 people. The prosecution had requested prison terms of 4 years for the accused, but Judge Marco Billi has handed each a sentence of 6 years imprisonment. The lawyers of the convicted say they will appeal the verdict.
The AAAS/Puget Sound STEM Volunteer Program is seeking Seattle area volunteers Wednesday, October 10, 2012 Part of the AAAS mission is to foster education in science and technology for everyone. Getting scientists at all stages of their career, including retirement, into K-12 classrooms is one way to achieve this.
AAAS member Robert J. Lefkowitz awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012 Wednesday, October 10, 2012 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012 was awarded jointly to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka for groundbreaking discoveries that reveal the inner workings of G-protein–coupled receptors. Lefkowitz, a AAAS member, is an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Environmental scientist and AAAS Fellow Barry Commoner dies at 95 Monday, October 1, 2012 American biologist, college professor, and politician Barry Commoner has died at the age of 95, according to an obit filed by the New York Times. Commoner, a AAAS fellow, helped initiate the modern environmental movement.

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