It is with pleasure that I am able to inform you that the following member of your faculty is among the 149 Outstanding Referees of the Physical Review and Physical Review Letters journals, as chosen by the journal editors for 2012.

 

LOVELAND, WALTER

 

Initiated in 2008, the Outstanding Referee program expresses appreciation for the essential work that anonymous peer reviewers do for our journals. Each year a small percentage of our 60,000 active referees are selected and honored with the Outstanding Referee designation. Selections are made based on the number, quality, and timeliness of referee reports as collected in a database over the last 25 years. The program recognizes about 150 referees each year, although larger groups were selected in 2008 and 2009. A full listing and further details on the program are available here: http://publish.aps.org/OutstandingReferees.  I am also attaching a press release that your institution might use if it wishes to publicize the honor that your faculty member has received.

Please allow me to congratulate you and your faculty member on this honor, and thank you for your support and contributions to the APS journals and to the physics community.

 

Sincerely,

 

Gene D. Sprouse

Editor in Chief

American Physical Society

 

IST 520 “Responsible Conduct of Research” will be taught again this. The prefix IST (Interdisciplinary Studies) may not be one that students run across when searching for courses, so we are asking that you bring it to the attention of students.

 

Course Name:                         Responsible Conduct of Research

Course Number:                      IST 520 CRN Number: 58859

Course Credits:                       1 credit Course

Grading:                                  P/N

Fall Term 2011 Schedule:        Tuesdays, 4:00 to 4:50 pm

Location:                                 StAg 310

Format:                                   Each meeting will be a combination of lecture and discussion

Class preparation:                   Approximately 2 hours of reading background material for the discussion and a writing assignment on a case study

The instructors are:                Courtney Campbell, Steve Durkee, Martin Fisk, Rich Holdren,

Lisa Leventhal, Craig Marcus, Barbara Taylor, Nicole Wolf and Lisa Ganio

 

The lecture topics are:

• mentor/trainee responsibilities;
• research ethics, ethical decision making;
• research misconduct, plagiarism;
• data management, collection, sharing, and ownership;
• collaborative science;
• animal welfare;
• use of human subjects in research;
• conflicts of interest;
• peer review.

 

Spring and Fall events are rapidly approaching and I wanted to make you aware of a couple upcoming college wide student events. Please mark you calendars!

 

New Ambassador & Leadership Academy Reception

May 23rd, Wednesday

MU Ballroom- East Alcove

4:00-5:30 pm

 

Celebrating Student Excellence

May 23rd, Wednesday

MU Ballroom

6:00-8:00pm

(Doors will open at 5:30 following the reception)

 

Commencement

June 16th, Saturday

MU Quad- College Line up

Reser Stadium- Commencement Ceremony

 

Fall Kick-Off Social

September 20th, Thursday

MU Brick Mall/West Lawn of Strand

12:30-2:45

(New student walk will be starting at 3:00 in the center of the Quad)

 

OSU Community Members,

As a part of OSU’s commitment to supporting students and employees in pursuing happy, balanced and fulfilling lives, OSU Childcare and Family Resources along with University Events will be coordinating Bring Your Kid to Campus Day on Friday April 27, 2012. This event is a way to celebrate family, the importance of education and highlight the myriad of family-friendly activities on campus.

Friday, April 27, 2012, is an early release day for the Corvallis School District, and coincides with the national Bring Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day (Thursday April 26^th). We are asking for campus-wide collaboration to make this day a huge success. Please take a moment to share this information throughout your colleges and departments.  We encourage departments to have discussions ahead of time with employees and students, so that campus classrooms, work spaces and common areas can be inclusive and family-friendly on April 27^th.

In March, Childcare and Family Resources will start soliciting for campus-wide participation in the form of family-friendly activities and tours.  At the beginning of April another announcement will be sent with specific registration information that includes a list of family-friendly activities that will be available on campus that day. For more information on this event, please see attached document.  If your department is interested in having a family-friendly activity listed in the schedule of events for the day, please contact Childcare and Family Resources at familyresources@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-4906.  Any questions should be directed there as well.

Steve Clark

Vice President

University Relations and Marketing

 

 

Dr. Hari S. & Dr. Renuka R. Sethi Graduate Scholarship Fund

Nomination Deadline April 4, 2012

The Graduate School is pleased to announce the Dr. Hari S. & Dr. Renuka R. Sethi Graduate Scholarship Fund, a merit-based graduate scholarship program with preference given to graduate students studying in the areas of fisheries science or human development.

The Sethi Graduate Scholarship Fund is established through the generous pledge of support provided by Dr. Renuka R. Sethi. While the endowment balance is building, Dr. Sethi’s additional annual gift provides a $950 graduate scholarship which is available for immediate distribution fall 2012.

Domestic and international students are eligible for consideration. All nominees must be enrolled in a graduate degree program in either fisheries science or human development and family sciences and are expected to have a meritorious record.

Deadline for nominations is April 4, 2012.  Information, including nomination instructions, may be found here:  http://oregonstate.edu/dept/grad_school/sethi.php

 

I would like to invite you to participate in discussions about equity, inclusion, and diversity at Oregon State University. As President Ray mentions in his message below, I am working with a self-study team to create a vision and goals for the university community and would like to hear your input and ideas. Learn more about our efforts at http://oregonstate.edu/oei/selfstudy

Please join me in creating the desired vision of OSU as an equitable, inclusive, and diverse community:

Employee Forum

Friday, March 2^nd

10:00am-12:00pm

101 Furman Hall

Refreshments will be provided

If you are unable to attend in person, please watch for details about a virtual forum where you can participate in real time, or share your comments now at our online survey: https://surveys.bus.oregonstate.edu/main.aspx?SurveyID=4837

Thank you for your time. It is important that your voice be heard and included!

 

Angelo Gomez

Interim Executive Director of Equity and Inclusion

Oregon State University

526 Kerr Administration Building

Corvallis, Oregon 97331-2139

(541) 737-0869

http://oregonstate.edu/oei

 

The Oregon State University Libraries is accepting applications for the 2011-2012 Library Research Travel Grants for the spring funding period.  These grants promote faculty scholarship and instructional expertise by supporting faculty travel to libraries and collections outside the state of Oregon.

Up to $2000 per individual will be granted for travel to out-of-state libraries and collections. The award must be used for the exclusive purpose of helping to defray the scholar’s long-distance research travel expenses, which include transportation and per diem expenses only.

Deadline is Friday March 30, 2012. See http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/awards/travel-grant for more information.  Please direct questions to Jennifer Nutefall, Associate University Librarian for Innovative User Services at 737-8527 or jennifer.nutefall@oregonstate.edu.

 

Greetings Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that the Center for Teaching and Learning is seeking individual professional faculty members or small teams of professional faculty members (2-3 people) from across campus to participate in our spring term Professional Faculty Learning Community (PFLC). This learning community will focus on implementing the well-known and widely adopted Backwards Design Model proposed by Wiggins and McTighe (2005). In doing so, members will make progress toward: (1) developing or refining student learning outcomes, (2) identifying and developing appropriate ways to measure student learning, and (3) creating or redesigning programs or services that support learning and assessment. Additional important information about the PFLC and its curriculum is in the attached document.

If you have an interest in developing learning outcomes for your program or unit or revising those that already exist, developing an assessment plan, and rethinking your current practices I hope you will consider participating in this working community of colleagues.

The PFLC will accommodate approximately 12-15 professional faculty colleagues from across campus. Each learner will actively participate in four three-hour “classes” during fall term for a total of 12 hours (see dates and times below):

Class #1: Wednesday, April 11, 10:00am-1:00pm (lunch included all days)
Class #2: Wednesday, April 25, 10:00am-1:00pm
Class #3: Wednesday, May 9, 10:00am-1:00pm
Class #4: Wednesday, May 23, 10:00am-1:00pm

If you are interested in participating in the spring Professional Faculty Learning Community and you are able to attend all of the dates above, please complete the attached brief application and send to me directly via email or campus mail. Applications will be accepted until the learning community is full.

We’re excited to get this offering underway!
-Jessica
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Jessica White, Ph.D.
Assistant Director for Co-Curricular Learning
Center for Teaching and Learning
139 Waldo Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
ph: 541.737.8576
fax: 541.737.8971

 

PFLC Spring 2012 Description

PFLC Spring 2012 Application

 

Funding Opportunity

Sponsor:         Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Global Health: Development of a Rapid Immunity Assessment Tool

Amount:         Based on project scope and timing

Deadline:        Letters of Inquiry must be submitted by March 27, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.

Pacific Standard Time

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently seeking letters of inquiry for the new grant program for Global Health: Development of a Rapid Immunity Assessment Tool.

Objective

The purpose of this request for Letters of Inquiry is to solicit inquiries toward the development of a prototype and the detailing of a commercialization plan for a tool that rapidly assesses the immune status of children against selected vaccine- preventable diseases (e.g. tetanus, measles, etc.). The ideal tool would be low cost, easy to use in the field, and on a large scale, by those working in national immunization programs. This tool would be used as an adjunct to current vaccination coverage surveys – to help more accurately determine/validate coverage levels and assess population-level immunity. Letters of inquiry should address how the potential recipient would develop a prototype tool and create a plan for commercialization.

Funding

The Gates Foundation expects to invest up to $6 million toward this project over a three year period. It is likely that the total amount awarded will be split between a number of grant recipients, with varying award amounts based on project scopes and timing. Ideally, prototype development will be complete by the end of 2013. The commercialization plan should detail how the product could be produced at scale by 2015.

Execution of Agreement and Related Issues

Funding Modes: Generally, the Gates Foundation funds projects such as this one through grants. In some circumstances, the Foundation may determine that an alternative funding mechanism such as Program Related Investment (PRI) is appropriate.  The funding mode and terms will be determined by the Foundation taking into account various factors.

Data Sharing: Depending on the final funding agreements, Gates may require confidential access to details of technologies employed as well as production costs, at the time of funding and/or at a future date as a condition of funding.

To view the complete request for LOIs visit:

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/vaccines/Pages/rfp-immunity-assessment-tool.aspx

Letters of Inquiry must be submitted electronically, using the forms and process described at:

https://unison.gatesfoundation.org/Applicant/_layouts/Portal/Applicants/ApplicationForm.aspx?RequestId=b586027d-6b1c-e111-bb06-0019b9f2848b

If you anticipate difficulty in meeting this deadline, or if you have questions about how to apply, you can contact the Gates Foundation at:

gh.immunity@gatesfoundation.org

For related questions, contact Martha Coleman, Director of Foundation Relations at OSU Foundation at 541-737-6961 or Martha.coleman@oregonstate.edu.