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Bring a Child to Work Day 2008:
Ready, Set, SCIENCE!

The National Academies’ annual Bring a Child to Work Day held April 24, 2008, featured a variety of interactive science activities that were meant to introduce children to the work of the NAS. BISO was especially active in this year’s program by leading and assisting two of the five workshops.
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BISO Board Member and USNC/IUGS Chair Farouk El-Baz discusses the discovery of an ancient mega-lake in the Darfur region on Al Jazeera English’s Riz Khan. View complete YouTube video (16:50)
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Teaching Climate Change Workshop
Co-Sponsored by USNC/INQUA

On June 2-4, 2008, AMQUA, the
USNC/INQUA, and National Association of Geoscience Teachers/Digital Library for Earth System Education (NAGT/DLESE), in conjunction with the 2008 AMQUA Biennial Meeting, will sponsor an On the Cutting Edge workshop on Teaching Climate Change with Ice Core Data. View details on the USNC/INQUA Activities page.

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Who We Are…

The Board on International Scientific Organizations (BISO) oversees a network of more than 20 U.S. National Committees (USNCs) corresponding to various the International Council for Science (ICSU) scientific member bodies in an effort to strengthen U.S. participation in international scientific, engineering, and medical organizations.
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Sponsor
BISO is generously supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0614728.

 

International Visitors Office

The International Visitors Office (IVO), a program operated by BISO, is a resource on visa-related issues for the National Academies, Academy members, and the scientists and students traveling to the United States for professional activities. Learn more about IVO…

 
 

Recent Reports

International Collaborations in Behavioral and Social Sciences
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