Twas in Action

TWAS is endorsing a new project designed to promote science to school children and students

Nature magazine is running a series of articles entitled "Meetings That Changed The World".

TWAS's third research report published

Dr. Albert T. Modi from South Africa and Dr. Benedict M. Taele from Lesotho have been selected to participate in the 2008 STS forum Future Leaders initiative.

The TWAS 2008 Annual Report, detailing the Academy's activities over the past year, is now available.

On 10 June, Ichiro Kanazawa, President of the Science Council of Japan (member of IAP) presented Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda joint statements prepared by science academies for the G8 Summit

Maurice Tchuente, professor of Computer Science at the University of Yaounde I, Cameroon, has been awarded the 2008 CNR Rao Prize for Scientific Research.

The First EuroAfriCa-ICT Summit will be held in Brussels, Belgium, early next year.

The Third World Organization for Women in Science has received a grant from the Elsevier Foundation that enables it to expand its recently launched prize scheme for young women scientists

Linda Nordling is blogging live from TWAS's 11th General Conference in Durban, South Africa.