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This article presents the author's acceptance address for receiving the Peter Shaw award. In this address, the author, an immigrant sociologist, tells how this award helps to resolve questions and uncertainties he has as to the degree to which he can or should consider himself an American--about the extent to which he has become a part, a member of the society. It represents a token of acceptance and appreciation by a group of fellow intellectuals with whom he has much in common and who stand for authentic American values and beliefs. The author's attraction to these values--and the institutions protecting them--contributed greatly to his living in the United States. In conclusion, the author suggests that one doesn't have to be a former refugee from a communist country in order to subscribe to the values and convictions that brought NAS into existence. The members of this organization and the millions of Americans who support what NAS stands for without knowing that it exists, prove that being critical of orthodoxies, conformity, double standards, and self-righteous intolerance need not be a by-product of growing up in a highly repressive and openly intolerant society. (Contains 1 note.)

The article announces that Associate Editor Deborah Holtzman received the journal's Reviewer of the Year Award and the article "The Epidemic of Despair Among White Americans: Trends in the Leading Causes of Premature Death, 1999–2015" by E.M. Stein and others won the Paper of the Year Award.

The article announces that several individuals and papers received awards from the "American Journal of Public Health" in 2016, including Paper and Reviewer of the Year award winner Deborah Holtzman, as well as Reviewer of the Year award recipients such as John Brill and Angela Beck.

Reports on the annual meeting of the Association of Suppliers to the Paper Industry (ASPI) in Virginia in March 2004. Recognition of William A. Prish, purchasing manager for International Paper, as ASPI Purchasing Executive of the Year.

Reports on the recognition of Cohoes, New York-based Mohawk Paper Mills Inc. as the recipient of the gold Industrial Design Excellence Award for its recently revised website at the 2004 Industrial Designers Society of America's Design Excellence Awards.

Reports on the recipients of the United States Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industries. Presentation of awards to Paul L. Ridgway, R. E. Russo, Emmanuel LaFond and Charles C. Habeger.

The Hizmet Movement a.k.a. Gulen Movement is a collective initiative of a group of people from Turkey following altruistic ideals. Although it is rooted in Islam and the Sufi tradition, it appeals to all backgrounds via its secular schools and interfaith dialogue outreach. In the U.S., the movement runs educational institutions, interfaith dialogue centers, and charities, and has grown significantly since the start of the new millennium. The academic excellence, college admission rates, and medals won at local and international science and math competitions helped Hizmet Movement schools gain recognition and appreciation in the more than 100 countries where they operate. However, recent political unrest and, as a result, anti-democratic treatment of Hizmet participants in Turkey has taken a toll on this success and has transformed the movement into a diaspora. This paper serves as an introduction to Hizmet Movement's history, its perceptions in the U.S. and in Turkey, and the educational philosophies of its educators in a post-911 and post-15 July world. The focus on events is between 1960 to present.

The article offers news briefs related to the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) in the U.S. The CCCC James Berlin Memorial Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee invites submissions for its 2023 doctoral dissertation award in composition studies. The CCC Executive Committee calls for nominations for its Exemplar Award. The CCCC Tribal College Faculty Fellowship offers financial aid to faculty members working at tribally controlled college to attend its conference.

The article announces the winners of the Molecules Best Paper Award 2013 in the U.S., including Thomas J. Schmidt, Reto Brun, and Holger Trojan.

Presents an acknowledgement speech given by microbiologist C.W. Hesseltine on receipt of the 1980 Charles Tom Award. Influence of Charles Tom on the professional career of Hesseltine; Identification of the number and diversity of activities of microorganisms; Role of microorganisms in fermentation and applied microbiology; Interactions of microorganisms.

The article announces the American Headache Society Early Career Lecture Award which is given to Dr. Russo and his co-authors; and Dr. Nazia Karsan and her co-authors.

Reports on the recognition of various winners by the Paper Industry Management Association on the 85th Annual International Management in New Orleans in June 2004. Recognition of James McGinnity, president and CEO of DePere, Wisconsin-based Fox River Fiber Co., as the winner of the highest award; Recognition of Jack Carter, mill manager at Dublin, Georgia-based SP Newsprint Co., as the recipient of Mill Manager of the Year Award; Recognition of Ronnie Cosper, paper mill superintendent at Florence, South Carolina-based Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., as the recipient of the Brookshire Moore Superintendent of the Year Award.

Presents updates on matters related to architecture and engineering as of May 2004. Award received by John F. Donohoe, founding director of Construction Institute; Profile of civil engineer Benjamin Wright; Overview of the book "Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez Canal," by Alfred A. Knopf.

The article offers information on the 2017 William M. Jones Award for the Best Graduate Student Paper in American Cultural Studies.

States that the CCCC James Berlin Memorial Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee calls for submissions for 1995-1996 doctoral dissertation award in composition studies. Criteria for applicants; Course offered by the Western Washington University; Information on the course; Special issue of Techanical Communication Quarterly.

Presents an interview with Bill Van Den Brandt, the manager of corporate communications at Appleton and José Luciano Duarte Penido, the chief executive officer of Votorantim Celulose e Papel (VCP) about their pulp and paper operation in the U.S. Selection Appleton and VCP as co-winners of the 2005 Solutions! Company of the Year Award; Financial performance of the firms; Commitment to environmental performance and social responsibility.

The article announces several student paper awards presented during the 74th annual meeting of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers in San Francisco, California in October 2011 including that of Aquila Flower of University of Oregon, Shasta Ferranto of the University of California in Berkeley, and Emma J. Harrison of the Arizona State University.

Introduces the winning papers of the 2004 IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award in the U.S.

The article discusses the Sarah Mazelis Paper of the Year Award, which recognizes authors whose articles in the journal "Health Promotion Practice" made contributions to the fields of health education and health promotion and reports that in 2014 the award was given for the article "Integrating Health Literacy and ESL: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Hispanic Immigrants" by Francisco Soto Mas, Erika Mein, Brenda Fuentes, Barry Thatcher, and Héctor Balcázar.

Interviews Dick Barker, recipient of the 2004 Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Service Award. Insights on the implementation of research and development in the paper industry; Contributions as as a retired director of Union Camp Corp. in Princeton, New Jersey; Leadership.

Reports on the presentation of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine best research paper award to David Mehr. Subject of Mehr's research; Resources used to confirm findings; Design focus of the study.

The article features the published research paper "Scapular Range of Motion in a Quasi-Wheelchair Push" wherein it won the 2005 Best Paper Award from Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety in the U.S. The researchers contended that identifying awkward or harmful shoulder postures during a task is difficult. Furthermore, the study provides a method for characterizing the position of the scapula during a forceful repetitive task. Moreover, the findings have significant implications for future studies involving workers in occupations requiring repetitive or strenuous use of the upper arms. The award recognizes excellence in safety and health research.

Reports that Jose M. Rosset and James T. P. Yao, professors at the Texas A&M University in College Station, were presented the 1999-2000 Best Paper Award of the periodical `Journal of Professional Issues in Education and Practice' for their paper titled `Roles of Civil Engineering Faculty.'

The article announces that the recipient of the 2012 Best Paper Award by SAGE Publications is Violet M. Malinski.

The article focuses on overall report of the journal in 2012 by its editors. The journal received new manuscripts from 35 countries in 2012 with greatest proportion from the U.S. followed by Canada. Two papers of the journal received Best Biometrics Paper award. Its editorial board includes 92 associate editors.

The article announces that Margaret J. Hegge has received the Nursing Science Quarterly Best Paper Award for 2011 by Sage Publications.

The article announces that John Butler, Melissa Neuman and Nancy E. Maloney received the best scientific paper awards from the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

Mere days before the announcement of the new children's book ambassador, speculation was still running wild. However, when the Library of Congress introduced Katherine Paterson as the new kids' book ambassador on January 5, the choice was greeted with unrivaled enthusiasm. A two-time winner of the Newbery Medal (for "Bridge to Terabithia" and "Jacob Have I Loved") and the National Book Award (for "The Master Puppeteer" and "The Great Gilly Hopkins"), Paterson has won almost every award a children's book writer can win--and not just here in the United States. She's one of only four Americans to nab the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, an international honor that recognizes an author's or illustrator's lifetime achievements. In 2006, she took home Sweden's Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, which aims to give kids' books the same esteem as works recognized by the Nobel prize. Paterson is known throughout the world for her unwavering commitment to children and to children's literature. Despite her accomplishments, the 77-year-old Paterson remains a very down-to-earth woman whose easy conversational style is frequently punctuated with laughter. This article features a brief conversation with Paterson on her new role, her life as a writer, and her latest novel, "The Day of the Pelican," which tells the story of a refugee family from Kosovo.

Solicits applications for the 1995 Perkin Elmer International LC Technical Paper Award. Eligibility; Prizes; Contact information.

Presents the authors awarded by the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service for their scientific studies in 2005. Chris J. Harvey; Charles W. Fowler.

Presents news briefs related to systems research and behavioral science in the U.S. as of May 1, 2004. Preview of the 48th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS), to be held at the Asilomar Conference Center in California from July 4 to 9, 2004; Publication of the ISSS 48th Annual Meeting on a CD-ROM format; Information on the Vickers Award for best student paper on systems research and behavioral science.