Past Newsletters

SSI news screenshotWelcome to our newsletter archive. Here you will find back issues of SWING (Science Where It's Needed Globally), the Sustainable Sciences Institute's monthly newsletter. First introduced in April 2007 as newsflash, the newsletter features our latest news as well as interviews with prominent people involved with our organization. Additionally, there are past issues of our annual newsletters.

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2010 Annual Newsletter (PDF)

June 2010

  • LavaAmp Update
  • Seeding Labs: From Student Club to Successful Non-profit Organization
  • Five Questions for Kendra Shanley

January 2010

  • SSI Continues to Rise to the Challenge
  • SSI News
  • Five Questions for Jonathan Jackson

2009 Annual Newsletter (PDF)

  • First Wave of Influenza Pandemic Hits Nicaraguan Cohort
  • ICT for Health Program Builds eHealth Tools and Connects with International Community
  • 2009 Dengue Epidemic in Nicaragua: Update on SSI Dengue Studies
  • Capacity-Building Program Supports Scientists in Latin America
  • Egypt Program Awards Grants and Builds Research Laboratory

October 2009

  • Pediatric Dengue Cohort Study Holds Annual Blood Draw
  • Five Questions for Jean-Pierre Paccaud

Summer Fundraiser 2009

May 2009

  • SSI Helps Set up Tuberculosis Research Capacity in Panama
  • Five Questions for Norma Bozzini

April 2009

  • 'The New Humanitarians' Book Excerpt
  • Five Questions for Chris Stout

March 2009

  • Egypt Program Launches New Workshop
  • Five Questions for Sondra Schlesinger

February 2009

  • Why we do what we do!
  • Five Questions for Aubree Gordon

January 2009

  • Scientific Capacity-Building Program Success
  • Five Questions for Evelyn Strauss

2008 Annual Newsletter (PDF)

  • ICT for Health Program Takes New Direction
  • Capacity-Building Program Makes Science Available to Developing Country Researchers
  • Team Member and Board of Directors Update
  • Pediatric Dengue Cohort Study Has Another Successful Year
  • Influenze Study Begins to Outline Seasonality
  • Spotlight on Mar-Jan Ostrowski

December 2008 - Launch of SSI SWING

  • Ten Simple Ways that You can Help Us!
  • Five Questions for Kate Standish

November 2008

  • Help Fund Material Aid Shipments
  • Five Questions for Jorge Huete-Perez

October 2008

  • SSI Continues to Work Towards Dengue Vaccine
  • Five Questions for Heather Zornetzer

September 2008

  • SSI Launches Bioinformatics Workshop
  • Five Questions for Helen Perry

July 2008

  • SSI Team and Supporter Visit Egypt
  • Five Questions for Angel Balmaseda

June 2008

  • SSI Welcomes New Members to Its Team
  • Five Questions for Maria Elena Penaranda

May 2008

  • SSI Collaborates with Ecuadorian Scientists
  • Five Questions for Subhash Vasudevan

March 2008

  • 'Centers of Excellence' Strategy Produces Results
  • Five Questions for Kevin Crean

February 2008

  • SSI to Open Office in Cairo, Egypt
  • Five Questions for William Aviles

January 2008

  • SSI to Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary
  • Five Questions for Christine Rousseau

2007 Annual Newsletter (PDF)

  • SSI-Nicaragua Launches Health IT Project
  • New Influenza Study in Nicaraguan Cohort
  • Latin America Program Launches New Ethics Workshop
  • Latin America Program Continues to Train Local Scientists
  • Board of Directors Represents SSI and Welcomes New Members

December 2007

  • Your Holiday Shopping Raises Funds
  • Five Questions for Jennifer Kyle

November 2007

  • Board of Directors Holds Annual Retreat
  • Five Questions for Barbara Aronson

October 2007

  • Material Aid Program Provides Equipment
  • Five Questions for Nina Dudnik

September 2007

  • SSI Holds Three Writing Workshops in Panama
  • Five Questions for Robert Beatty

August 2007

  • Ed Wakil and Kara Nygaard Make Visit to Egypt
  • Five Questions for Ichiro Matsumura

July 2007

  • Five Questions for Dr. Richard Cash
  • Five Questions for Freya Spielberg

June 2007

  • Workshop Trains Scientists in Ethical Issues
  • Five Questions for Nicole Fitzpatrick

May 2007

  • Grant Program Rewards Promising Scientists
  • Five Questions for Kara Nygaard

April 2007

  • Eva Harris on Sabbatical in Nicaragua
  • Kara Nygaard Inspired by Visit to Nicaragua Site
  • Five Questions for Jim Larrick

2006 Annual Newsletter (PDF)

  • Dengue Cohort Study Enjoys Continued Success
  • Latin America Program Trains Promising Scientists
  • Spotlight on Dr. Mohamed Metwally
  • SSI Staff and Board Represent SSI's Work and Create Partnerships
  • SSI Meets Ludy Family Foundation Challenge

2005 Annual Newsletter (PDF)

  • SSI Implements New Technologies to Bolster Public Health Infrastructure in Nicaragua
  • UCB Intellectual Property Office Calls SSI 'Model'
  • Building Capacity for Research: Spotlight on Training
  • Success Story: SSI Partner Enrique Mamani
  • SSI Writing Students Publish in High-Profile Journals
  • SSI Training and Resources Now Available on CD
  • Grants Help Researchers Make Impact Locally
  • From Grants to Immunology to Writing: Expanding SSI's Egypt Program
  • SSI's Volunteers of the Year: Helping Out in All Kinds of Ways
  • SSI Connects with WHO-AFRO, Looks to Take Capacity-Building Work to Africa

2004 Annual Newsletter (PDF)

  • SSI Incorporated in Nicaragua for Dengue Study
  • Latin America Centers of Excellence Taking Off
  • Testimonials from the Field
  • Success Story: SSI Partner Mauricio Espinel
  • PAHO Teams up with SSI, Adopts Training Model
  • SSI Grants Initiate Hepatitis C Projects in Egypt
  • SSI Leads the Way for Science in Developing Countries
  • Larrick Fund to Support Latin American Researchers
  • SSI Thanks
  • SSI Volunteer of the Year: Robert Beatty, Writing Instructor Extraordinaire
  • SSI Volunteers: Committed to Science at Home and Abroad

2003 Annual Newsletter (PDF)

  • New Workshop Module: Scientific Manuscript-Writing
  • SSI Helps to Combat Leishmaniasis in Brazil
  • SSI Launches New Policy Program
  • Success Story: SSI Instructor Alejandro Belli
  • SSI Supports Dengue Researchers in Ecuador
  • ImmunoSensor to Begin Field Trials
  • All the Buzz About SSI
  • 2003 Accomplishments and Updates
  • SSI Thanks
  • SSI Volunteer Spotlight: Rossana Herrera
  • Workshops, Grants Funded in Egypt