Where Did We Come From?
New Insights into Our Oldest Ancestors

Perhaps no subject fascinates us more than the mystery of our origins and evolution. Teams of scientists working throughout the world are recovering record numbers of fossils of our earliest ancestors, and these fossils are expanding and refining the picture we have of how we evolved.

Dr. Carol Ward has been involved with the discovery and analysis of many of these fossils, and will present some of the more exciting ones.  She will share how these fossils speak to scientists through their anatomy and biology, and how they reveal to us that our evolutionary history was more complex and nuanced than we have imagined.

Wednesday, April 4
1-2 pm
Ellis Library Colonnade

Online access to AAP Grand Rounds from the American Academy of Pediatrics is now available for the years 1999-present. AAP Grand Rounds is similar to JournalWatch in that it presents articles selected from journals which are deemed highly relevant. The articles are then appraised and commented on. The difference is that AAP Grand Rounds focuses specifically on pediatrics, and provides PICO questions for each article analyzed.

The Association of Research Libraries has recently released the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries.

The Code addresses such questions as:

• When and how much copyrighted material can be digitized for student use? And should video be treated the same way as print?
• How can libraries’ special collections be made available online?
• Can libraries archive websites for the use of future students and scholars?

Interesting reading (no, really, it is!).

American University’s Center for Social Media has created Fair Use Codes of Best Practices for other communities as well: Online Video; Media Literacy; OpenCourseWare; Documentary Film.

Heading to ACVIM in NOLA?  Check out the Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine Association Symposium on Wednesday, May 30th.

Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine: It’s Happening Now!

When: Wednesday May 30, 2012, 9am-5pm (One day before the start of the ACVIM Forum, one of the most popular CE events of the year!)

Where: Springfield Suites Marriott Downtown, New Orleans, LA

Program
An Introduction to Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine
This interactive workshop, led by some of the leading teachers and practitioners in the field, will introduce you to the key concepts and methods of evidence-based veterinary medicine.

The Latest in Applied Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine
A series of lectures discussing recent research and practical application of evidence-based medicine methods, including the latest Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care guidelines for CPR, research reporting guidelines, outcomes assessment tools, and more.

Registration
Morning Workshop (9am-12pm)- $50 (students $25)
Afternoon Lectures (1pm-5pm)- $50 (students $25)
EBVMA Business Meeting for members (5pm-7pm)- no charge

Combined all-day registration (includes 1-year EBVMA membership for first-time members)- $75 (students $40)

Late Registration (after April 15)- $65 each session ($40 students), $100 combined (students $65)

Details and Online Registration

Science informs nutrition.  What informs science?

From the four humors to the discovery of vitamins, Food Revolutions examines our changing notions of healthy eating over two centuries.  This exhibition brings together medical books, cookbooks, scientific publications, and dieting texts to illustrate our ongoing quest for health, and our changing relationships with food.  Food Revolutions will be on display in the Ellis Library Colonnade March 2-29, 2012.

Ingolf Gruen, associate professor in the Department of Food Science, will give an opening talk entitled “Food Revolutions: How Science Changed the Way We Eat,” on March 6 at 2:30 in the Ellis Library Colonnade.  The exhibition and lecture are events affiliated with Food Sense, the eighth annual Life Sciences and Society Symposium.  The symposium will take place on the MU campus March 16-18.