News from the Membership
The member publishers of AAUP and the work they do are a major force in our intellectual and cultural life, and in the heart of their communities and fields. Here you'll find word of major achievements and milestones, including award-winning publications, press anniversaries and recognitions, and personnel announcements. AAUP also maintains directories of major digital publishing projects and collaborative initiatives. Keep up with even more news by following Books for Understanding.
Latest News
September 2011: The University of Nebraska Press has entered into a collaborative publishing agreement with The Jewish Publication Society and will, as of January 1, 2012, handle production and distribution of all new JPS projects, in addition to warehousing their backlist. Read the full release here.
The University Press of Florida's exciting partnership with the Orange Grove Repository, Orange Grove Texts Plus, has been awarded a 2011 NUTN Distance Education Innovation Award.
July 2011: As of July 1, The University of Chicago Press is handling all marketing and distribution worldwide for Northern Illinois University Press.
AAUP welcomes the University of Manitoba Press as a full member of the Association.
Latest Prizes
2012 Kate Tufts Discovery Award
The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, given by Claremont University's School of Arts and Humanities, honors a first book by a poet of genuine promise. Katherine Larson, a molecular biologist and field ecologist by trade, was presented with this year's award for her 2011 book, Radial Symmetry, "a transcendent body of poems" published by Yale University Press.
2012 Frost Medalist
Marilyn Nelson was awarded this year's Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry. Past winners include Previous winners of this award include Wallace Stevens, Gwendolyn Brooks, Allen Ginsberg, Marianne Moore, and Charles Simic. Louisiana State University Press has published four volumes of Nelson's poetry.
2012 Grawemeyer Award for Education
The purpose of the Grawemeyer Award for Education, awarded by the University of Louisville, is "to stimulate ideas that have the potential to bring about significant improvement in educational practice and attainment." Linda Darling-Hammond has been honored for The Flat World and Education (Teachers College), showing that the U.S. no longer leads the world in education because, unlike in Europe and Asia, we spend much less on the education of low-income and minority students, and that providing equal opportunity to all students would keep us educationally competitive.
