http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/newsevents.html NLM News and Events en-us custserv@nlm.nih.gov custserv@nlm.nih.gov Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:35:22 EST http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/toxtown_us_southwest.html National Library of Medicine Developed with Navajo Nation's Diné College, Resource Identifies Possible Toxic Hotspots in the Region. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:34:42 EST http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/cummings_online.html National Library of Medicine The National Library of Medicine announces In His Own Words: Martin Cummings and the NLM (<a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/digicolls/cummings/index.html">http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/digicolls/cummings/index.html</a>), an online edition of selected speeches and articles by the man who served as its director from 1964 to 1983. During his tenure, Dr. Cummings guided NLM, the world's largest medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), into the age of technology and significantly broadened its mission. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:28:27 EST http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/hmd_exhibit_shakespeare.html National Library of Medicine The National Library of Medicine, the world's largest medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health, is pleased to announce a new resource, "And there's the humor of it" Shakespeare and the four humors. This unique project, featuring items from NLM's historical collection as well as the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, will take several forms: a special display open to the public at NLM, on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland, January 30-August 17, 2012; a traveling banner exhibition, which will tour the nation and perhaps travel abroad (nlmtravelingexhibits@mail.nlm.nih.gov); and as an online exhibition, which can be viewed by people around the globe. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:35:04 EST http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/whitten_lecture_hmd.html National Library of Medicine The National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is pleased to announce a lecture on Dr. Charles F. Whitten (1922-2008), pediatrician, pioneer and co-founder of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA). It will take place Thursday, February 2, 2012, 2:00-3:30 PM in NLM's Lister Hill Auditorium (first floor, Lister Hill Center, Building 38A) on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The public is welcome. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:57:40 EST /news/deathnotice_wallace_conerly.html National Library of Medicine Wallace Conerly, MD, the first Mississippian ever to serve on the NLM Board of Regents, died from complications of Parkinson's disease January 10, 2012. Dr. Conerly was formerly dean of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine and vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). Early in his career, he served in the US Air Force as the director of aerospace medicine at Moody Air Force Base and director of base medical services at Vance Air Force Base. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:17:16 EST