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Wiley Announces Branding Changes within its Workplace Learning Program

Amy Packard — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. announced today a series of strategic branding changes within its Talent Management Solutions program, part of the company’s ongoing efforts to expand its product offerings, strengthen brand equity globally, and foster its position as the leading publisher for workplace learning professionals.

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Wiley and Snapwiz to bring Adaptive Learning Technology to WileyPlus

Madhu Narasa (CEO, Snapwiz) — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and Snapwiz, a Fremont CA based company that specializes in adaptive and personalized learning solutions, announce the launch of WileyPLUS with ORION, the initial offering to come out of a new partnership aimed at giving students highly personalized experiences that improve learning outcomes and go further to creating adaptive, collaborative, and interactive learning spaces than anything currently on the market

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Coursera Announces Pilot Program with Publishers to Supplement Online Courses with High Quality Content

Charlotte Crawford — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Coursera, a leading massive open online course (MOOC) provider, today announced a pilot program with several of the top higher education publishers to expand the availability of their high-quality content and resources, to be facilitated by Chegg, the student hub where students can access the tools and materials they need to succeed.

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Wiley Global Finance Announces the Launch of WileyTrading.com

Melissa Torra (Publicist) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Wiley Global Finance is excited to announce the launch of its newest vertical and professional community, WileyTrading.com, a hub featuring all of Wiley’s premiere trading content.

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Wiley Announces Keynote Speakers for the 6th Annual The Leadership Challenge® Forum 2013

Amy Packard — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

APEC to Honor Outstanding Ocean Researcher

Peter Peretzman (Associate Director, Media Relations) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

APEC member economies have announced that they will honor a young scientist in 2013 whose collaborative work in the region has made an outstanding contribution to sustainable ocean development.

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Wiley Establishes Alexis Walker Award to Recognize Outstanding Research in the Field of Family Studies

Peter Peretzman (Associate Director, Media Relations) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. today announced the establishment of the Alexis Walker Award which will honor outstanding research from emerging scholars in the field of Family Studies. The biannual $5,000 award will be presented for the first time at the 75th conference of the National Council on Family Relations in November 2013 in San Antonio.

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Wiley Selects TEMIS for Semantic Big Data Initiative

Peter Peretzman (Associate Director, Media Relations) — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Leading Global STMS Publisher To Deploy Luxid® Content Enrichment Platform to Enhance Customer Experience Across its Digital Products and Leverage its Six-Million Document Archive

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Wiley Job Network Announces New Resources and Tools to Connect Job Seekers and Employers

Ben Norman (Publicist) — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Wiley has announced a new suite of resources and tools to enhance the Wiley Job Network

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HarperCollins Canada to Acquire Select Titles From Wiley Canada

Susan_Spilka (VP Corporate Communications - Wiley) — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

HarperCollins Canada today announced that it has acquired a select number of Wiley Canada’s non-fiction backlist titles. The acquisition is effective immediately. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Wiley Announces the Launch of WileyCIA.com – a Global Destination for Internal Auditors Preparing for the New 3-Part Exam

Evelyn Martinez (Senior Publicist) — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The launch of WileyCIA.com will provide fully updated and revised study materials for internal auditor exam candidates.

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Turner Publishing Acquires Pets, Crafts, and Other Titles from Wiley’s General Interest Consumer Publishing Program

Lianna McMasters — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Turner Publishing today announced that it has acquired assets from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.'s (NYSE: JWa, JWb) pets, crafts, and general interest consumer publishing program.

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Wiley Journals Comply With New Open Access Policies of UK Funders

Peter Peretzman (Associate Director, Media Relations) — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

John Wiley & Sons, Inc, announced today that the majority of Wiley’s journals in its open access publishing program now offers authors funded by The Wellcome Trust and Research Councils UK the opportunity to publish their articles under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY license when paying an Article Publication Charge (APC).

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2013 Wiley Prize to be Awarded at April 5 Event

Peter Peretzman (Associate Director, Media Relations) — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Deborah E. Wiley, Chair of The Wiley Foundation, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa & JWb) will present the 2013 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences to Dr. Michael Young, Rockefeller University, Dr. Jeffrey Hall, Brandeis University (Emeritus), and Dr. Michael Rosbash, Brandeis University on Friday April 5.

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The Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society and Wiley Extend Over Sixty Years of Partnership

Ben Norman (Publicist) — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,has renewed its relationship with the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS); a partnership which began over sixty years ago. Wiley will continue to support the society’s leading research journal Physiologia Plantarum, an international thought leader in the field of plant physiology.

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Wiley Announces Digital Classroom – Comprehensive e-Learning Site for Video Training, Digital Books and Interactive Course Content

Chantal Kowalski (Senior Publicist - Technology) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Digital Classroom provides online video training, e-books and tutorials covering the latest software apps, operating systems, web design and development and graphic design techniques straight from the experts

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Statement by Stephen M. Smith, Wiley’s President & CEO Regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Kirtsaeng v John Wiley & Sons

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT

We are disappointed that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided in favor of Supap Kirtsaeng and overturned the Second Circuit’s ruling. It is a loss for the U.S. economy, and students and authors in the U.S. and around the world.

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John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend

Michael L. Preston (Corporate Secretary) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Wiley announced that the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.24 per share on its Class A and Class B Common Stock, payable on April 12, 2013 to shareholders of record on March 26, 2013.

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Wiley-VCH’s Eva Wille Awarded Carl Duisberg Medal

Peter Peretzman (Associate Director, Media Relations) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Eva Wille, Vice President and Executive Director for Global Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, has been awarded the 2013 Carl Duisberg Medal by Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), the German Chemical Society, the leading continental European chemical society.

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Unlikely partners – Wiley and OpenStax College – create innovative product for college biology

David Ruth (Rice University) — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Wiley to align Rice University-based OpenStax College's free biology textbook content with interactive media and assessment in a low-priced, high-value product for students.

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