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ARLINGTON, Va., May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bloomberg BNA's new Social Media Law & Policy Report will be previewed May 6-9 during the International Trademark Association's 134th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120110/DC33627LOGO) With the rapid growth of social media as a platform for business and personal communications, practitioners at law firms and in-house counsel increasingly need to understand the legal...
The popular perception of archaeology is a team of dusty individuals in wide-brimmed hats unearthing treasures from a pharaoh’s tomb or an ancient collection of Native American artifacts. Archaeology is that, but it is also a social science that utilizes information from other disciplines to inform and enhance archaeological data and to provide input to other sciences. Michael Smith, ASU anthropology professor, explores the broadened scope of archaeology in the paper “Archaeology as a...
U.S. Congressional Social Work Caucus Marks One Year Anniversary WASHINGTON, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While celebrations continue across the United States for National Social Work Month, today marks the worldwide recognition of nearly one million professional social workers for World Social Work Day. To commemorate the occasion, the International Federation of Social Workers and other international organizations will present the Global Agenda for Social Work and...
Published since 1922, Science News celebrates 90 years of comprehensive science coverage for the public WASHINGTON, March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Science News, published by Society for Science & the Public (SSP), released its 90th anniversary issue this week. The March 24 issue includes a special anniversary section highlighting some of the most noteworthy scientific discoveries and events reported in the magazine over the last nine decades. Science News dates to...
Historians, archivists and experts in computer science from the Universities of York and Brighton are teaming up to develop new ways of exploring digital historical records. Together with colleagues from Canada, the United States, and the Netherlands, the researchers will be developing tools to allow people to work effectively and efficiently with the vast amounts of historic material currently being digitized. The international partnership has received over £420,000 funding under the...
Eight international funders award 14 teams nearly $5 million to advance social science research Eight international research funders from four countries today jointly announced the 14 winners of the second Digging Into Data Challenge, a competition to promote innovative humanities and social science research using large-scale data analysis. Winning teams representing Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States will receive a total of about $4.8 million in grants to...
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Spredfast, a leading social media management system provider, today announced a technology alliance with Dachis Group, the world's leader in Social Business, to better address and solve the Social Business challenges many leading enterprises and agencies face today. The companies are working together to provide joint customers with the strategy, technology and data applications needed for improved deployment, management and...
Older people and those who work non-standard hours are less likely to feel integrated into society, according to a study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). "Feeling part of society usually involves participating in certain activities such as sports, the arts, volunteering or social networking," says Dr Matt Barnes who led the research. "Our research shows that older people and those who work unusual hours face particular barriers to participating in such...
A flexible workplace initiative improved employees' health behavior and well-being, including a rise in the amount and quality of sleep and better health management, according to a new study by University of Minnesota sociology professors Erin Kelly and Phyllis Moen, which appears in the December issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. "Our study shows that moving from viewing time at the office as a sign of productivity, to emphasizing actual results can create a work...
EVRY, France, November 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Genopole(R) biopark's mission is to promote the emergence of hi-tech companies and cutting-edge labs in the field of genomics; this also means tackling the societal questions raised by scientific progress. Genopole(R) has joined with IFRIS (the Ile-de-France Institute for Research, Innovation and Society, encompassing 120 researchers in the human and social sciences) to organize an annual "Life Science in Society" colloquium....
