Following is a sample of some of the excellent science programming that will occur at the 2005 Annual APA Convention. The Convention will be held August 18-21 in Washington, DC at the stunning new Washington Convention Center. Please visit www.apa.org/Convention for information about the Convention, including registration, housing, and program information.

Please check the Science Directorate website (www.apa.org/science) at the end of this month for “A Scientist’s Guide to the APA Convention,” a compilation of highlighted science programming from APA divisions. Paper copies will be available at the Convention at the Science Directorate’s booth in the Convention Center. Among the featured speakers are: Elizabeth Capaldi, Lynne Cooper, Deborah Boehm-Davis, Randy Engle, Sheena Iyengar, Geoffrey Maruyama, Karen Matthews, Lynn Nadel, Denise Park, Steve Pinker, Judy Rodin, Paul Sackett, Robert Siegler, June Tangney, and Shelley Taylor.

Don’t forget to stop by our booth to check out current information on science policy, funding opportunities, student grants, and much more. Be sure to take time to have your photo taken with William James, who will be our special on-site visitor!

Those of you who are grantees (or would like to be grantees) of NIAAA or NIDA won’t want to miss the presentation of APA presidential citations to NIAAA Director T. K. Li and NIDA Director Nora Volkow. This special event will occur at the Divisions 28 and 50 Poster Session and Social Hour on Friday, August 19, 4:00 pm to 6:50 pm. In addition to feeding your brain, you will also enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres at this reception! Please plan to attend.