SIL Anthropologist contributes to long-term research on present-day hunter-gatherers (March 2011) The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has just published a ground-breaking article on co-residence patterns of present-day hunter-gatherer societies. It was published in the AAAS’s March 11 issue of Science, the premier global science weekly. Read more about SIL Anthropologist contributes to long-term research on present-day hunter-gatherers
SIL announces first Chief Research Officer (May 2010) SIL Executive Director Freddy Boswell and International Director of Language Program Services Chip Sanders are pleased to announce the appointment of Gary Simons, Ph.D. as SIL’s Chief Research Officer (CRO). This is a new position, developed to foster and monitor corporate research. Read more about SIL announces first Chief Research Officer
Presentations by SIL anthropologists (December 2009) SIL anthropologists are contributing three papers, a workshop and an exhibitor's book table during this year's annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), which is being held 2–6 December in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Read more about Presentations by SIL anthropologists
SIL recognizes World AIDS Day (December 2009) The theme of this year's World AIDS Day is Universal Access and Human Rights. People in ethnolinguistic communities are especially vulnerable to HIV/AIDS due in part to the lack of essential information in the mother tongue. SIL facilitates translation of local-language materials for communities and local organizations that want to increase HIV/AIDS awareness. Read more about SIL recognizes World AIDS Day
SIL speakers at language policy symposium (April 2009) Four SIL consultants are presenting case studies in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, at the International Indigenous Language Policy Research Symposium. One study outlines a university-level language development curriculum in Peru, and the other outlines a community-level program among the Waodani (or Waorani) of Ecuador. Read more about SIL speakers at language policy symposium
