Month: March 2010

03/15/10

March 17 Webinar – Resources for Innovative Technologies at the National Cancer Institute

The next in a series of webinars being facilitated by the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership. (The University of Michigan is a member of this organization.) These sessions are intended to give practical information to both universities and industry about working with federal agencies. These sessions occur the 3d Wed of each month. The sessions are free but registration is required. To register and to download background documents, click here.

03/3/10

Rethinking and Reframing: A Professional Development Series

University Outreach is pleased to invite UM-Flint faculty to Rethinking and Reframing, a professional development series for faculty interested in advancing their scholarly work while addressing community needs. Public Scholarship is “scholarly or creative activity integral to a faculty member’s academic area. It encompasses different forms of making knowledge ‘about, for, and with’ diverse publics and communities. Through a coherent, purposeful sequence of activities, it contributes to the public good and yields artifacts of public and intellectual value” (Source: Imagining America). Please register for the following events online at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/professional_development_for_engaged_scholars

  • Cultivating Partnerships (3/12/10, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm, UCEN Happenings Room) – Featuring Renee Zientek, Executive Director of Michigan Campus Compact, and Mona Younis, University Outreach Project Coordinator
  • Presenting Public Scholarship – (3/19/10, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm, UCEN Ontario Room) – Featuring UM Ginsberg faculty and 2009 Arts of Citizenship Faculty Fellow Awardees
  • Local Encounters: A Symposium Featuring Ripe Partnership Opportunities for Faculty (3/26/10, 10:00 am – 12: 30 pm, Michigan Room B) – Featuring local community organizations offering multidisciplinary partnership opportunities
  • Making Your Work Count (4/6/10, 10 am – 1 pm, Michigan Rooms) – Featuring Timothy Eatman and Julie Ellison, authors of Imagining America report “Scholarship in Public: Knowledge Creation and Tenure Policy in the Engaged University”

Registration is available for individual sessions, and participants are encouraged to attend the entire series. For questions, please contact Mona Younis at (810) 424-5481 or [email protected].

Rethinking and Reframing is sponsored by Michigan Campus Compact, Thompson Center for Learning and Teaching, and the Office of Research.

03/1/10

NSF Issues Urgent Request for Chemistry Peer Reviewers

The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry has issued an urgent request for peer reviewers. Division director Luis Echegoyen ([email protected]) writes, “Unfortunately, there is now a very low response rate to Division of Chemistry proposal review requests. If we are to maintain the effectiveness of the peer review process, the Division of Chemistry needs your active participation in the process.”

Participation in the competitive peer review process not only contributes to the funding of high-quality research and sponsored programs, but also gives important insight into the characteristics of excellent proposals. GRC members are encouraged to consider serving as reviewers and panelists themselves, and to forward Echegoyen’s request to faculty in chemistry and related departments.