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PROSE Awards, an academic boycott, BEA opening to the rabble, and more; it’s the Scholarly BIN

A roundup of recent publishing news of note. 2011 PROSE Awards announced Last Tuesday, the Professional and Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American Publishers held the annual PROSE Awards luncheon, where over 45 prizes were awarded to books from across the scholarly publishing world. We're happy to note that three JHU Press books…

The Politics of Defunding Women’s Health

Guest post by Alexandra M. Lord Recently, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation pulled its financial support of breast cancer screening and education programs run by Planned Parenthood. The reasons for pulling their support? According to a spokesperson for the Komen Foundation, the organization has adopted a new rule that prohibits grants to organizations under …

The Politics of Defunding Women’s Health

Guest post by Alexandra M. Lord Recently, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation pulled its financial support of breast cancer screening and education programs run by Planned Parenthood. The reasons for pulling their support? According to a spokesperson for the Komen Foundation, the organization has adopted a new rule that prohibits grants to organizations…

Beating the winter blues

Guest Post by Dinah Miller, M.D. Blah, Blah, Blah It's early February and for many people, it's not the best time of year.  The nights are long, the days are cold and gray, and the sidewalks are icy.  Here in Baltimore, football season ended with a devastating loss by the Ravens in the playoffs, and we’re left with…