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bridges vol. 26, July 2010 / OpEds & Commentaries By David L. Wheeler 
David L. Wheeler, managing editor for the Chronicle International.
The Chronicle, based in Washington, DC, was founded in 1966. While covering all aspects of university life, it has paid close attention to research, the financing and administration of science, and the use of technology on campuses. In June my international assignment reached one of its goals, with the launch of The Chronicle's Global Edition, at global.chronicle.com. It's a Web site that reports on the increasingly internationally interconnected world of higher education (readers can switch between the US edition and the global view, depending on their preferences). About 70 full-time editorial-staff members produce The Chronicle, which reaches about 325,000 readers in print and gets about 1.5 million unique visitors a month on its Web site. I started at The Chronicle 24 years ago, writing about biomedical research. I began working there just as the Human Genome Project and the fight of biomedical researchers against AIDS were also just beginning. As a science writer, I got to spend time in some of the best laboratories in the United States: at the California Institute of Technology, the University of Michigan, and Harvard University, among many other institutions. Later I was one of the authors of a regular column called Notes from Academe, written with a day-in-the-life perspective that gave me the opportunity to describe the professional lives of a geologist, a brain surgeon, and a chimpanzee researcher, among others. Access to the full article is free, but requires you to register. Registration is simple and quick – all we need is your name and a valid e-mail address. We appreciate your interest in bridges. |
