Several new classes — including the Economics of Global Warming taught by Professor Ruth Forsdyke — are being offered in January.

A study appearing in the December issue of the journal Science shows sea lice infestations from farmed fish are killing wild salmon stocks. With the study, co-author Jennifer Ford and other scientists raise serious concerns about the expansion of industrial fish farming.

91¶ÌÊÓƵ's research stories are told on the documentary series, The Life Changers. This week, the series features the Ocean Tracking Network, a $168-million conservation project, which will add to our knowledge of the sea by tracking thousands of marine animals around the world. In this picture, researchers tag a blue-fin tuna.

Stacy Ackroyd receives the Dr. David Rippey Patient Safety Fellowship Award for her proposal "Safer Medication Use in Emergency Departments"

Angst-ridden Bridget Jones starts each day on the scale, obsessively tracking her weight against social expectations. She vows to become slim, only to confide her personal dieting failures to her diary the next morning. Author Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’ Diary resonated with women near and far, even catapulting her London-based heroine onto the big screen. Like Bridget, Sara Kirk hails from the United Kingdom and could be described as being fascinated with weight management. If they ever had the chance to meet over coffee, Dr. Kirk would have some comforting advice: “It’s not all your fault, Bridget.”