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Today the U.S. science grid community launched "Science Grid This Week", a weekly publication reporting news and information about grid computing projects and collaborations from all fields of science. Science Grid This Week is an e-newsletter written for non-scientists and members of the grid computing community, and is available online and emailed free to subscribers. The newsletter includes reports from conferences and workshops worldwide, news about grid initiatives, education and outreach projects, and profiles of scientists and students working daily on grid development and the science that benefits from it. "Grids are being used to connect people and projects, as collaborations pop up worldwide to exploit new technologies," says Director of the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics Joseph Dehmer in the first issue of the newsletter, noting that grid computing has the potential to revolutionize research and greatly affect scientific education. Science Grid This Week is jointly funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy's Office of Science, edited by Katie Yurkewicz and produced at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois. Yurkewicz communicates on behalf of the U.S. science grid community, and welcomes submissions and ideas for newsletter content. In his commentary, Robin Staffin, Associate Director for High Energy Physics in the Department of Energy's Office of Science welcomes Science Grid This Week as a community-building initiative. "As science projects in all fields become more complex and research extends to all corners of the globe, worldwide grids supported by high-speed networks will be necessary to ensure that scientists and students everywhere have access to the best tools, data and programs." Read the first issue of Science Grid This Week and subscribe at its site.