http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/review/

Harvard University’s School of Public Health has a number of online outreach websites that address such topics as alcohol use among college students and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in the developing world. These topics and many others are covered in detail in the Harvard Public Health Review, which is available on this site. One of the more recent issues addressed public health concerns in China and India such as HIV/AIDS and these two countries’ respective national health care systems. Currently, visitors have access to issues that date back to Fall 1998. Another feature of the site allows users to sign up to receive the latest edition of the Review via email. [KMG]

http://www.bc.edu/research/cjl/

The Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College “is dedicated to the growth of new and mutually enriching relationships between Christians and Jews.” To achieve this goal, the Center has established a wide range of outreach efforts, including lectures, seminars, and a number of publications and newsletters. On their site, visitors can learn about these events, and should also start their online journey by looking directly at the “Center Archives” section. Here visitors will find archived news bulletins from the Center and the splendid “Documents Depository”. The Depository contains a number of primary texts on Christian-Jewish relations, most of which are focused on the United States and the Vatican. Visitors can use a search engine to look over these documents, or they can browse around at their leisure. The site is rounded out by a collection of streaming videos that include panel discussions on such topics as German Protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was a noted Nazi resistor. [KMG]

http://www.lawandreligion.com/

Law schools are known for their efforts to create online law journals, and the Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion was the “first online legal journal dedicated to the study of the dynamic interaction between law and religion.” Started in 1999, the journal has published dozens of articles written by law students at Rutgers, and they have covered subjects such as the role of faith-based institutions in community development and the status of female refugees. Visitors can browse through their online archives to read these articles, and they may also wish look over their “New Developments” section. Here they will find brief summaries of current issues in law and religion. With its broad scope, this online journal will be of interest to those in the legal field, or those who might be looking for inspiration to start their own journal in this area. [KMG]

http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/

With its diverse ethnic groups and civic-minded citizens, the city of Seattle has been a beacon for people seeking an open-minded urban experience for decades. The story of Seattle’s past is a complex one, and this well-thought out website explores some of the complex struggles for civil rights in the area over the past one hundred years. Based at the University of Washington, the Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project has worked to document the stories of civil rights activists in the area, and also present reports on segregation in Seattle and the various newspapers that have represented the city’s communities of color. Visitors to the site can listen to some of these activists talk about their lives and read some of their Research Reports, which include “The Chicano Movement in Washington State, 1967-2006” and “The 1920 Anti-Japanese Crusade and Congressional Hearings”. [KMG]

http://www.amherst.edu/askphilosophers/

From time to time, all of us have wondered to ourselves any number of philosophical questions, ranging from “What is love?” to “How can we know what is true?” These are both very compelling questions, and most people probably would like to know a bit more about each one of these queries. Fortunately, the year 2005 saw the launch of this website, whose dictum is “You Ask. Philosophers answer.” Visitors can pose a question, and if it hasn’t been answered in detail already, one of the participating philosophers will respond in a few days with an answer. Visitors can also just browse through previously answered questions on the left-hand side of the homepage, where they will find categories that include animals, business, children, feminism, and rationality. Visitors can also learn a bit more about the site’s conception and purpose here, and they will be pleased to learn that there is a nice list of related sites offered, which includes links to the radio show, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and Philosophy, complete with archives. [KMG]

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Curves/Curves.html

Throughout history, there have been many famous curves. In this case, the famous curves profiled here have names such as rhodonea, right strophoid, and the Kampyle of Eudoxus. These curves belong to the world of the mathematical sciences, and they are offered up for teachers and the generally curious by the staff at the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St. Andrews. Visitors can scroll through the complete list of curves (there are over eighty here), and click on each one for an illustration and a listing of the equation that would create such a curve. The site is rounded out by an interactive map that lets users learn about the birthplaces of famous mathematicians from Leibniz to Babbage. [KMG]

http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/index.html

Over the past few years, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Biointeractive website has garnered critical acclaim from a number of international organizations that evaluate various multimedia products that educate Internet users about science and technology. Most recently, their Virtual Labs area on the site has been well-received, and they are visually entrancing and easy to use. Currently, the site contains five full virtual labs, and they include those that allow students to learn how to identify various bacteria and another one that casts participants as a young intern who is learning how to identify heritable diseases of the heart. Each virtual lab contains resources for instructors, along with an interactive quiz. [KMG]

http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/

Writing can be a formidable task, and at times, there can be few things more frightening than the emptiness of a blank page. The good people at the University of Vermont are aware of this fact, and this helpful website will be of use to both students and educators alike. The site is divided into sections that contain resources for students and instructors, and visitors will find the homepage easy to navigate. Some of the specific resources include short pieces on how to write for different audiences and how to design both presentation slides and scientific posters. After looking over these materials, visitors can also look at sample memos, letters, and resumes as well. Finally, the site is rounded out by several presentations that can be used by instructors in the classroom. [KMG]