Nonprofits unite! It's nonprofit week on Orange Island from Monday, January 26th to Thursday, January 29th. Orange Island and NPC are hosting a week of dynamic presenters who have pioneered the way for nonprofits to use virtual worlds.

A full schedule can be found on the Orange Island blog.

Please join me in extending a warm welcome to our newest NPC neighbor - FasterCures. FasterCures is dedicated to saving lives by saving time. Our mission is to identify and implement global solutions to accelerate the process of discovery and clinical development of new therapies for the treatment of deadly and debilitating diseases.

Draxtor Despres has once again outdone himself with this great feature video which explains the FasterCures mission and goals for SL.

Great information from Rafi Santo....

I thought I'd share with you all the recent independent evaluation that was completed about the Science through Second Life project that we ran during the last school year. The project integrated Second Life and wide range of web tools into a standards based high school science class in New York City. Among the findings:

- Students' attitudes towards science-related careers changed positively with the StSL curriculum.
- Students' self-efficacy and self-confidence in their abilities to do science-related work increased.

Many thanks to Draxtor for this most excellent video!

Join us before you head off to the Common Ground meeting on Plush.:)

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GimpGirl Community Festival
This is an online, international event that will be held in Second Life, but is accessible to those not on Second Life via IRC chat. See below for details.