Steven Weinberg, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 and holder of the Josey Regental Chair in Science at the University of Texas at Austin, has been named to the Board of Sponsors of the Chicago-based Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Bulletin board members Rose Gottemoeller, Jim Hansen, and Lawrence Korb to be featured speakers at Carnegie Nonproliferation Conference panel.
Joan Winstein, chief executive officer of Loan Strategies, Inc., has joined the governing board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, effective December 2008.
Lawrence Krauss, a theoretical physicist and cosmologist at Arizona State University, will co-chair the Bulletin's Board of Sponsors with Nobel Laureate Leon Ledermen.
As of December 9, 2008, 53 years of Bulletin content is now available online for free at Google Books.
Beginning in January 2009, Bulletin subscribers will receive the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists magazine in its new digital format only.
Beginning August 14, 2008, access to the online version of the Bulletin's print magazine will be available with a paid subscription.
Bulletin Publisher Kennette Benedict will interview author Richard Rhodes on November 8, 2008 at the Chicago Humanities Festival.
On October 30, 2008, the Stanley Foundation's U.S. Nuclear Policy Review panel will discuss their recommendations for future U.S. nuclear weapons policy.
Nobel Prize-winning peace activist Bernard Lown will discuss his new memoir, "Prescription for Survival," on October 28, 2008 at the University's International House.