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On Monday, a panel discussion on writing and publishing on AIDS discussed challenges and approaches to scholarly publishing with a particular eye toward junior faculty and researchers.  As a follow-up to the panel's discussion, the following resources may be useful:

A follow-up workshop on preparing for publication on HIV/AIDS will be held on Tuesday, December 16 from 5:30-7:30pm in Gelman Library, Room 302.  This mentor-led workshop will provide hands-on help with specific paper questions and allow researchers to discuss individual challenges and roadblocks with specialized mentors.  RSVP is required.

Working on your end-of-semester papers? Need some writing help? You have one last chance this semester to book a slot with one of the Writing Center's graduate writing consultants based at Himmelfarb Library. By special arrangement, Justin Kuprevich will be available tonight (Monday, Dec. 8th) from 4-7:00 pm on the first floor of Himmelfarb Library.

To book an appointment with Justin, please call the Writing Center at 202-994-3765. Justin will also accept walk-ins if all of the appointments are not filled.

Bean Bag Toss Fundraiser 11-19-2014Come and toss a few! Participate in the Bean Bag Toss Tournament fundraiser - all proceeds go to the GW PHSA!

Healthy Living@Himmelfarb, in partnership with the Public Health Student Association (PHSA), will be hosting a Bean Bag Toss Tournament on Wednesday, November 19th.  For just $1.00 - participants get three tosses and the top scorers will receive prizes!

  • Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2014
  • Time: Noon-4pm
  • Location: Himmelfarb Library Lobby
  • Bean Bag Toss Tournament: 3 tosses/$1.00

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Unfortunately, due to travel delays, the NVivo demonstration scheduled for today (Monday, Oct. 6th) has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule for another date in the future, but if you are interested in learning more about how to use NVivo, please consider attending the NVivo instructional session on November 4th from 4-6:00 pm, sponsored by Health Sciences. To reserve a seat, please contact Mary Corcoran at corcoran@gwu.edu.

Does your research project involve unstructured data? Are you doing a qualitative study?

Learn how  NVivo software can help analyze your results using powerful search, query and data visualization tools.  NVivo is a qualitative data analysis software program that allows you to upload your data (MS Word, PDF, image, audio and video files) and then helps you organize, code and analyze it.

Himmelfarb Library will host a free NVivo session on Monday, October 6th with Stuart Robertson, a NVivo trainer, at 10:00 am in Himmelfarb 202.

Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library has been selected to host the TEDMED live streaming event for the George Washington University.

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TEDMED is a “global community dedicated to unlocking imagination in service of health and medicine.”

The event will be held from September 10 – 12 and will feature live simulcasts from the two main locations in Washington DC and San Francisco. For more information about the event, please visit the TEDMED site.

TEDMED has announced all of the speakers and co-hosts for the nine sessions planned over the course of three days. Each session revolves around a theme ranging from recognizing the limit of our knowledge to science/health trends. For more information about all of the nine sessions including speaker bios, please visit TEDMED Sessions. 

Session Number Day Time Session
Session 1 Wed., Sep. 10 9:00am – 10:40am Turn It Upside Down
Session 2 Wed., Sep. 10 1:00pm – 2:45pm We Just Don’t Know
Session 3 Wed., Sep. 10 4:45pm – 6:15pm Flat Out Amazing
Session 4 Thu., Sep. 11 8:30am – 10:10am Stealing Smart
Session 5 Thu., Sep. 11 12:45pm – 2:30pm Don’t You Dare Talk About This
Session 6 Thu., Sep. 11 4:30pm – 6:05pm Play Is Not A Waste Of Time
Session 7 Fri., Sep. 12 8:00am - 9:40am Human Nature Inside And Out
Session 8 Fri., Sep. 12 11:00am- 12:40pm Weird And Wonderful
Session 9 Fri., Sep. 12 2:30pm – 4:00pm I Was Just Thinking Too Small

All sessions will be streamed in Ross Hall, Lobby B.

Himmelfarb Library's Annual Book Sale will be held from Tuesday, September 2 through Friday, September 5, 2014 from 8:30 AM to  12:00 midnight.  The book sale will  occur on the 1st floor of the library in the Reference Nook.  In addition to books, Dell CPUs, monitors and other technology equipment will also be sold!

Congratulations to the following prize winners!  Please stop by the Himmelfarb Library Reference Desk, between 9 am and 5 pm, to pick up your prize.

  • Emily Anderson: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Lauren Arbetman: AccessSurgery tote bag courtesy of AccessMedicine and McGraw Hill
  • Mailette Asmuth: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Meera Babu: Gift Certificate for one dozen cupcakes at Sprinkles Cupcakes courtesy of Sprinkles Cupcakes
  • Emil Barkovich: $15 Gift Certificate to Burger, Tap, & Shake courtesy of Burger, Tap, & Shake
  • Ryan Bateman: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Jayne Blumenthal: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • James Boddu:  Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Justin Buro: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Jamie Carpenter: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Janet Chao: 2 tickets to a Washington Nationals Game courtesty of Dr. K. Kennedy
  • Jessica Choi: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Dhruv Choudhry: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Alexandra Corriea: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Luke Domaleski: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Kelsey Dorwart: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Michael Frangieh: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Eli Fredman: AccessSurgery tote bag courtesy of AccessMedicine and McGraw Hill
  • Spencer Frost: Pass for four to Madame Tussauds courtesy of Madame Tussauds
  • Jennifer Gelda:  Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Karita Gupta: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Sachin Gupta: AccessSurgery tote bag courtesy of AccessMedicine and McGraw Hill
  • Gabriel Guzman: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Emmeline Ha: AccessSurgery tote bag courtesy of AccessMedicine and McGraw Hill
  • Laurel Hansen: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Zachariah Hatoum: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Maria Henry: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Madelyn Hernandez: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Christopher Iriarte: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Kurt Isaac-Elder: AccessSurgery tote bag courtesy of AccessMedicine and McGraw Hill
  • Kayla Jasper: Two tickets to the Newseum courtesy of the Newseum
  • Priyanka Joshi: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Christina Kaba: AccessSurgery tote bag courtesy of AccessMedicine and McGraw Hill
  • Priyanka Kamalapathy: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Reshma Kariyil: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Jacob Leedekerken: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Megan Lenihan: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Christopher Leyton: "Healthy Eating" Gift Basket courtesy of Whole Foods
  • Jennifer Liao: $15 Gift Certificate to Burger, Tap, & Shake courtesy of Burger, Tap, & Shake
  • Natalie Mandel: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Rijo Maracheril: AccessSurgery tote bag courtesy of AccessMedicine and McGraw Hill
  • Anne Matsko: AccessSurgery tote bag courtesy of AccessMedicine and McGraw Hill
  • Chloe Michel: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Samantha Olafson: AccessSurgery tote bag courtesy of AccessMedicine and McGraw Hill
  • Melani Olivares: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Michael Paik: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Sandhya Patel: Gift Certificate for one dozen cupcakes at Sprinkles courtesy of Sprinkles Cupcakes
  • Chey Ranasinghe: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Luke Rettig: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Anthony Rowe: $15 Gift Certificate to Burger, Tap, & Shake courtesy of Burger, Tap, & Shake
  • Aparna Sajja: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Jordan Scher: AccessSurgery tote bag courtesy of AccessMedicine and McGraw Hill
  • Anna Silverman: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Joshua Slocum: 2 tickets to a Washington Nationals Game courtesty of Dr. K. Kennedy
  • Madeline Taskier: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Erica Tafuro:  Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Jason Teng: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Sarah Van Remmen:  Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • William Vintzileos: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Kelly Vogt: Netter's playing cards courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey
  • Bryan Walker: $15 Gift Certificate to Burger, Tap, & Shake courtesy of Burger, Tap, & Shake
  • Ashlyn Whitlock: $50 American Express Gift Card courtesty of OVID Technologies
  • Heeju Yang: $100 iTunes Gift Card courtesy of Elsevier and ClinicalKey