Two new e-books are available via the Div. 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology) Web site at www.teachpsych.org.

Vol. 7 of Essays from E-xcellence in Teaching, edited by Steven A. Meyers, PhD, and Jeffrey R. Stowell, PhD, includes 12 essays originally published on the PsychTeacher Electronic Discussion List. They include essays on teaching psychology using team-based learning, setting up blogs and podcasts for teaching psychology, and ideas for teaching unfamiliar or unpopular courses.

A second e-book, Developing, Promoting, and Sustaining the Undergraduate Research Experience in Psychology, addresses strategies and successful models for undergraduate research. The book's editors are: Richard L. Miller, PhD, Robert F. Rycek, PhD, Emily Balcetis, PhD, Steve T. Barney, PhD, Bernard C. Beins, PhD, Susan R. Burns, PhD, Roy Smith, PhD, and Mark Ware, PhD.

Apply for Div. 15 early-career research grants

Div. 15 (Educational) is offering a $7,500 annual research award to early-career professionals or researchers who work in educational psychology and are division members. The award provides support for research activities that might not be readily sponsored by their institutions or organizations.

For more information, visit www.ed.psu.edu/educ/apa-division-15.

Div. 17 honors psychologists at International Counseling Psychology conference

Div. 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology) honored 12 psychologists and two groups as outstanding examples of the "Many Faces of Counseling Psychology" at the 2008 International Counseling Psychology Conference, held March 6ץ in Chicago. The awards recognized creative therapeutic work and strength-based, developmental and preventive approaches to counseling. Several awardees won for their efforts to incorporate values of social justice and multicultural competence into their practices.

Recipients were: Linda G. Castillo, PhD; Krista M. Chronister, PhD; Priscilla Dass-Brailsford, EdD; Lisa M. Drogosz, PhD; Adriana Espinoza, PhD; Arthur M. Horne, PhD; Puncky Paul Heppner, PhD; Maryam Jernigan, MEd; Belle Liang, PhD; Kathryn L. Norsworthy, PhD; Apurva Pandya; Chalmer Thompson, PhD; the Geriatric Research, Education, Assessment, and Treatment Team; and the five outstanding student leaders who have served or will serve as Amercian Psychological Association of Graduate Student Chairs: James Campbell, PhD, Nadia Hasan, Michael Madson, PhD, Carol Williams-Nickelson, EdD, and Konjit Page.

To read more about the awardees, visit www.icpc2008.org/awards.php.

Div. 18 trains prescribing psychologists

Div. 18 (Psychologists in Public Service) and Alliant International University are partnering to train 100 therapists to become prescribing psychologists. In doing so, they are meeting a critical health need, says Beth Rom-Rymer, PhD, who notes that upwards of 80 percent of mental health prescriptions are written by primary-care physicians who have minimal behavioral health training.

The program, which has already trained 25 psychologists, consists of 450 hours of classes on topics such as biochemistry, neuroscience and clinical medicine, in addition to pharmacology and psychopharmacology classes. Classes emphasize the integration of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy and the treatment issues with special populations. The training has been funded by Div. 18's own community of psychologists.

To learn more about the program, e-mail Randy Taylor, past president of Div. 18, or Steve Tulkin, at Alliant International University.

Div. 37 president wins Star of Science award

The Children's Brain Research Foundation (CBRF) awarded Div. 37 (Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice) president Patrick Tolan, PhD, with the 2007 "Star of Science" award. CBRF is a Chicago-based foundation dedicated to advancing knowledge and interventions for children's brain disorders related to mental health problems. The foundation presents the Star of Science award to recognize career contributions to these issues. In other news, 2008 marks the division's 30th anniversary. For information on the division's special convention offerings, visit www.apa.org/divisions/div37/convention.html.

—D. Schwartz