Frontiers Newsletter — October 2016
Frontiers http://click.engage.frontiersin.net/?qs=f979228d0942a36d0d7f1723ae50ec312920c90b5d8df611f17256e56bfbdb54fe52423d8d9ebfa5 TOP NEWS http://click.engage.frontiersin.net/?qs=f979228d0942a36d1732984ae41586f7421af8f6871ffcedb786a7725382b898c12f47ff04773a48 Open Science for Sustainability Faced with growing global problems, we, as scientists know exponential growth in solutions is needed. Frontiers editors explain how industry and research can work together to overcome these problems by building a sustainable future - through Open Science. http://click.engage.frontiersin.net/?qs=f979228d0942a36d7edb4dcd9686f08d4565e77f82a036784a38f1cb0156772f4e0f8a1e1b4985ba Watch video. http://click.engage.frontiersin.net/?qs=f979228d0942a36d8b8ce5b9a39269c66f3c74498e3b78f862db92e0ffa313755d79f121a7d1a370 Young Minds panel takes on hard science at live event A six-member panel of experts ranging in age from 7 to 13 took on hard science on Oct. 29 at the Chabot Space & Science Center in San Francisco. The students were all a part of Frontiers for Young Minds, led by Field Chief Editor Dr. Robert Knight. http://click.engage.frontiersin.net/?qs=f979228d0942a36d8b8ce5b9a39269c66f3c74498e3b78f862db92e0ffa313755d79f121a7d1a370 Read more. http://click.engage.frontiersin.net/?qs=f979228d0942a36dee9df13bc0ad4825047c836734a39c6e97da5d08366bf2de6f8d93db8be0c64d Awards Image Frontiers named finalist in Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Awards Frontiers was honored to be named a finalist in the 19th annual http://click.engage.frontiersin.net/?qs=f979228d0942a36dc645428cdf1db006a7f5da7015e3ab208ca6149230312bf9e01a407daa032041 Ernst and Young (EY) Swiss Entrepreneur of the Year Awards . Nearly 300 personalities from business, politics and culture attended the ceremony which was held in Lausanne in October. http://click.engage.frontiersin.net/?qs=f979228d0942a36dee9df13bc0ad4825047c836734a39c6e97da5d08366bf2de6f8d93db8be0c64d Awards Text Read more. NEW EDITORS AND RECENT LAUNCHES http://click.engage.frontiersin.net/?qs=f979228d0942a36d5f3c46f4065838a2402a963e06b6c0f69dcc84bb1df640771e1c7b256e214e8a Frontiers in Pediatrics welcomes a new Specialty Chief Editor http://click.engage.frontiersin.net/?qs=f979228d0942a36de4ec6edb7525502f0ed9094a4f8a4ceef42bcffcbae56dee8f5926cfc3fbe342 Professor Barbara Ludwikowski from the Auf Der Bult Children'Hospital, Hannover has joined Frontiers in Pediatrics as Specialty Chief Editor of the http://click.engage.frontiersin.net/?qs=f979228d0942a36deae0ddcd68e8b46bdecca19491d84052be56aab61f212b487555894290a42fae Pediatric Surgery section . 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