News: UNH prof. cleared of criminal charges Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 25th October 2007 10:42 PM GMT] A University of New Hampshire biochemistry professor who has been embroiled in a dispute with another faculty member was cleared of criminal charges on Tuesday (October 23). The district court of Durham, N.H., cleared ... Click to continue View comments (4) | Comment on this news story News: Senate passes bill with open access provision Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 24th October 2007 09:26 PM GMT] Yesterday the U.S. Senate passed the 2008 appropriations bill that -- if not vetoed by the President -- will be a big step forward for open access. By a voting margin of 75 to 19 the Senate passed the 2008 appropriations bill that includes $150 ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Congress investigates NIH lung trial integrity Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 23rd October 2007 10:10 PM GMT] A congressional committee is investigating whether researchers have a conflict of interest in their work on tobacco effects. The Chronicle of Higher Education ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Senate open access mandate at risk Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 22nd October 2007 05:45 PM GMT] The open access movement will take a hit if two amendments are voted into a bill currently on the Senate floor. The two amendments were filed in the Senate on Friday to either strike or modify language from a Senate appropriations bill that would ... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this news story News: UC rejects tobacco money ban Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 18th October 2007 05:16 PM GMT] The University of California finally made the decision to allow researchers to accept funding from tobacco companies last month, the Sacramento Bee reported . As I ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Senate drops stem cell provision; OA likely to pass Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 18th October 2007 04:29 PM GMT] The US Senate dropped language from a bill yesterday that would have directed federal money to research on stem cell lines derived before June 15, 2007, the ... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this news story News: Anti-open access group loses another supporter Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 5th October 2007 06:01 PM GMT] Another university press has disassociated itself from PRISM -- the Partnership for Integrity in Science and Medicine -- an anti-open access advocacy group established by the ... Click to continue Comment on this news story

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