A remarkable archive that richly documents British health promotion campaigns in the late twentieth century is now available for researchers at Wellcome Collection.

The Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia is pleased to announce a major new addition to its digital collections with the online publication of much of our primary source material related to the life and work of Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914).

In a corner of the Adler Planetarium’s new Chicago’s Night Sky exhibit, a display containing two iPads invites guests to “help us learn about constellations across cultures and centuries.”

Paul Mitchell, University of Pennsylvania
2018 to 2019 Keith S. Thomson Research Fellow

Alana L Staiti, Cornell University
2018 to 2019 Research Fellow

The Linda Hall Library is now accepting applications for its 2020-21 fellowship program. Applications are due January 17, 2020.

The Consortium invites proposals for new online working groups focusing on specialized topics in the history of science, technology or medicine.

Ashley Inglehart, Indiana University
2018 to 2019 NEH Postdoctoral Fellow

Inspired by its 2020 exhibition Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist, the American Philosophical Society Library & Museum is organizing a daylong symposium that explores the nature of evidence.

Through its fellowships and travel grants, the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation supports research projects that present creative approaches to the study of invention and innovation in American society. Projects may include (but are not limited to) historical research and documentation projects resulting in dissertations, publications, exhibitions, educational initiatives, documentary films, or other multimedia products.
 

Leidy Skeletons
Drawing comparing the axis of the body with the pelvis in the human and the cat, by Joseph Leidy. Image courtesy of the Wagner Free Institute of Science.