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<span style="font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;color:#333333;font-style:italic;font-family:arial;">Join Leonardo Education Forum at CAA</span><br>
The Leonardo Education Forum (LEF) will participate in the upcoming College Art Association Conference, Feb. 25-28, 2009, in Los Angeles, CA. LEF-sponsored events include a business meeting, the special session "Shifting Paradigms in Media Art, Science and Technology Education in a Global Context" and a special visit to the UCLA Art|Sci Center. <a href="http://www.leonardo.info/isast/events.html">FIND OUT MORE</a>
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<span style="font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;color:#333333;font-style:italic;font-family:arial;">Next LASER: January 12, 2009</span><br>
Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) is a bimonthly series of lectures and presentations on art, science and technology organized by Piero Scaruffi on behalf of Leonardo/ISAST. Join us for another exciting LASER at the downtown campus of San Francisco State University with feature presentations by <strong>Steve Wilson</strong>, <strong>Paul Rabinow</strong>, <strong>Dor Abrahamson</strong>, <strong>Kavita Philip</strong> and <strong>Beatriz da Costa</strong>. <a href="http://www.leonardo.info/isast/events.html">FIND OUT MORE</a>
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<span style="font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;color:#333333;font-style:italic;font-family:arial;">January YASMIN Discussion: Drifting Islands</span><br>
In January 2009, Leonardo/Olats, Transmediale and the Cultural Center Letterkenny (Ireland) co-host a discussion on the YASMIN email discussion list on the theme: <strong>Drifting Islands</strong>. <a href="http://www.leonardo.info/isast/announcements/YASMIN-DriftingIslands_Jan09.html">FIND OUT MORE</a>
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Past issues of <strong><em>Leonardo</em></strong> and <strong><em>Leonardo Music Journal (LMJ)</em></strong> (1968--2003) are now available to Leonardo subscribers/members via the <strong>JSTOR Arts and Sciences III Collection</strong>. Thousands of texts by artists and researchers around the world working at the intersection of the arts, sciences and technology can now be accessed online. <a href="http://www.leonardo.info/archive.html">FIND OUT MORE</a>
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<span style="font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;color:#333333;font-style:italic;font-family:arial;">MIT Press Winter White Sale</span><br>
Save 30% on <strong>Leonardo Book Series</strong> titles (and other titles published by The MIT Press) during the MIT Press Winter White Sale, through January 31, 2009. To find Leonardo Book Series titles on sale go to the MIT Press web site and search under the category "New Media." <a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu">FIND OUT MORE</a>
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<span style="font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;color:#333333;font-style:italic;font-family:arial;">Call for Submissions: Siggraph 2009<br>Biologic Art and 2009 Art Papers</span><br>
We are pleased to announce a forthcoming special issue of <em>Leonardo</em>, presented in collaboration with SIGGRAPH 2009. The 2009 issue will feature SIGGRAPH 2009 Art Papers and the SIGGRAPH 2009 Juried Art Gallery, "Biologic: A Natural History of Digital Life." Submission deadlines: Art Papers: January 8, 2009; BioLogic Art Gallery: February 18, 2009. <a href="http://www.leonardo.info/isast/journal/calls/Siggraph-call_2009.html">FIND OUT MORE</a>
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