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Six-Month Continuing Resolution Proposed By Congressional Leaders in Both Houses of Congress

Posted By: Martha Lindauer
Fri Aug 17th, 2012
Leaders on both sides of the aisle and in both Houses of Congress have tentatively agreed to enact a six-month Continuing Resolution (CR) that will keep the federal government going until March 2013.
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Great Ape Legislation Not Likely to Pass Before Congress Adjourns

Posted By: Martha Lindauer
Fri Aug 17th, 2012
While the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed S. 810, the Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act of 2011, shortly before the House and Senate recessed in August, no further action is expected by the Senate when Congress reconvenes in September due to pressing economic issues.
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NIEHS Launches New Strategic Plan

Posted By: Martha Lindauer
Fri Aug 17th, 2012
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has finalized the Institute's new strategic plan, which according to NIEHS Director Linda S. Birnbaum, "is about what we will strive to accomplish together as we devote ourselves to research that, in my opinion, has the greatest chance
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Announcing the Domestic and International ToxScholar Outreach Grants

Posted By: Teresa L Leavens, PhD
Fri Aug 17th, 2012
The former programs that provide funding for campus visits by SOT members to expand awareness of toxicology and promote future careers in the field have been renamed and are now called the Domestic ToxScholar Outreach Grants and the International ToxScholar Outreach Grants.
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Abstract Submissions Encouraged in Education, Ethics, Legal, and Social Issues Category

Posted By: Teresa Dodd-Butera, BS, MSPH, MS, PhD
Fri Aug 17th, 2012
The Education Committee, Undergraduate Education Subcommittee, and K–12 Subcommittee are encouraging toxicologists to contribute abstracts for the topic “Education, Ethics, Legal, and Social Issues.” The goal is to have as robust a poster session at the 2013 Annual Meeting as we have had at the prev
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