Dr. Kenneth R. DeVault elected president of the American College of Gastroenterology - October 21, 2015
Dr. Kenneth R. DeVault was elected by the membership as the 2015-2016 president of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), a national specialty association representing more than 13,000 clinical gastroenterologists and other specialists in digestive diseases. Dr. DeVault officially took his position as president during the… Read More
Richard Fisher and Michael Healy join LBF Advisory Board - October 16, 2015
The London Book Fair (LBF) has announced that Richard Fisher, former MD, Academic Publishing at Cambridge University Press (CUP), and Michael Healy, Executive Director (International Relations) at Copyright Clearance Centre, have joined the LBF Advisory Board. Fisher… Read More
Karen Bartleson selected as 2016 IEEE President-Elect - October 14, 2015
Karen Bartleson, Senior Director of Corporate Programs and Initiatives, Synopsys, Mountain View California, USA has been selected as the 2016 IEEE President-Elect. Pending acceptance of the IEEE Teller's Committee report by the IEEE Board of Directors on 22-23 November, Bartleson will begin serving as IEEE… Read More
American Institute of Physics appoints Charles Day as Editor-in-Chief of Physics Today - October 8, 2015
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has announced that physicist, editor and science writer Charles Day will soon assume the role of Editor-in-Chief of Physics Today, an influential and closely followed magazine devoted to physics and the physical science community. Published… Read More
James Peto appointed Head of Public Programmes at Wellcome Collection - October 6, 2015
James Peto has been appointed Head of Public Programmes at Wellcome Collection. Peto has been at the museum since it opened in 2007, co-curating, amongst others, its first temporary exhibition, The Heart and, as Chief Curator, managing a team that has delivered critically acclaimed and increasingly… Read More
Eliza Manningham-Buller starts as Chair of Wellcome Trust - October 5, 2015
The Wellcome Trust has announced that Eliza Manningham-Buller has started as the Trust's new Chair. Baroness Manningham-Buller is the first woman to chair the Wellcome Trust's Board of Governors, and was appointed following an open recruitment process. She was previously a Governor of the Wellcome… Read More
Wiley announces retirement of Chairman Peter Booth Wiley - October 2, 2015
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced that its Board of Directors has elected Matthew S. Kissner to succeed Peter Booth Wiley as Chairman of the Board. Wiley was elected to another term as Director. Wiley, who joined the Board in 1984 and succeeded his… Read More
Journal of Electronic Imaging names Karen Egiazarian as editor-in-chief - October 1, 2015
Prof. Karen Egiazarian of Tampere University of Technology in Finland has been named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Electronic Imaging (JEI) starting January 1, 2016. The journal is published by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) and SPIE, the international society for optics and… Read More
SAGE’s Ziyad Marar joins the board of leading academic news site in the UK, The Conversation - September 30, 2015
Academic publisher SAGE and The Conversation, a major online news website supporting access to high quality academic research, have announced that Ziyad Marar, SAGE's Global Publishing director, will be joining The Conversation's board. Originally launched in Australia in 2011 and now their largest independent news… Read More
Emerald appoints Harriet Bell to its leadership team - September 30, 2015
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has announced the appointment of Harriet Bell to the new position of Marketing Director, taking responsibility for the development and delivery of the company's marketing operations worldwide. Harriet joins Emerald following a 20-year career primarily in scholarly and academic publishing, most… Read More
