Announcements & Events

STPP Certificate Info Sessions

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:00:22 -0400

The Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program (STPP) invites you to attend an information session at one of the following locations/dates. STPP GRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM INFORMATION SESSIONS (STPP Graduate Certificate Program Application Deadline is October 15, 2009) TUESDAY SEPT 22 @ 4:00pm (Pizza Provided) Taubman Medical Library, GAP Conference Room #2955 (located in the lower Level of the Taubman Medical Library WEDNESDAY SEPT 23 @ 6:00pm (Reception at Dominick’s Afterward) Weill Hall Room 1210 (located at the Ford School of Public Policy) (note: informal gathering to follow at Dominick's -- see below) THE PURPOSE OF THE INFORMATION SESSION is to introduce the STPP Graduate Certificate Program to prospective students and to answer questions about the admissions process. There will be a RECEPTION @ DOMINICK'S immediately following the Sept 23 information session (approx 7:15pm @ Dominick's). We hope this informal meeting at Dominick’s will provide a fun way for STPP students (and all prospective students) and faculty to meet each other and kick off the year! For additional information about the STPP Graduate Certificate Program you can visit our website: www.stpp.fordschool.umich.edu or send email to: stpp@umich.edu If you have any questions or would like to rsvp for the reception at Dominick's -- please e-mail me (fischerb@umich.edu) or call my voice mail @ 615-6942. RSVP not required -- but appreciated. -Bonnie Roberts, Program Administrator for the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program _______________________________________________________ Bonnie Roberts, Program Administrator University of Michigan Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program Ford School of Public Policy 735 S. State Street, Room 4204 Weill Hall Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2054 734-615-6942 www.stpp.fordschool.umich.edu

STPP Fall 2009 Lecture Series

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:56:24 -0400

Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Fall 2009 Lecture Series “The Politics of Precaution: A comparison of Consumer and Environmental Regulation in Europe and the United States, 1970 – 2008” Speaker: David Vogel, Solomon P. Lee Chair in Business Ethics, Haas School of Business and Professor Political Science, University of California, Berkeley Commentator: Barry Rabe, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Date: Monday, 21 September, 4:00-5:30 pm (free and open to the public) Location: 1110 Weill Hall (Betty Ford Classroom), 735 S. State St., Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Sponsored by The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation Co-Sponsored by the University of Michigan Risk Science Center, and the University of Michigan Center for European Studies-European Union Center ABSTRACT: For three decades, from 1960 to 1990, consumer and environmental risk regulations in the United States were typically more risk averse, innovative, and comprehensive than those adopted in Western Europe or by the European Union. But since around 1990, risk regulations adopted by the EU have been more likely to be stringent, innovative, and comprehensive than those adopted – or more frequently not adopted – in the United States. Why have policymakers in Europe and the U.S. responded so differently to a wide range of consumer and environmental risks? Why have so many similar risks become politically unacceptable in Europe, but acceptable in the U.S? This lecture explains these shifts in transatlantic regulatory stringency by focusing on the interaction of two sets of factors: shifts in public opinion, and institutional and political developments. DAVID VOGEL is Professor at the Haas School of Business and the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of several books on government regulation of business, including Benefits or Barriers? Regulation in Transatlantic Trade (Brookings, 1998), Kindred Strangers: The Uneasy Relationship between Politics and Business in America (Princeton University Press, 1996), Trading Up: Consumer and Environmental Regulation in a Global Economy (Harvard University Press, 1995) and Fluctuating Fortunes: The Political Power of Business in America (Basic Books, 1989). He is also co-editor of Where’s The Beef? The Contested Governance of European Food Safety (MIT Press, 2006) and The Dynamics of Regulatory Change: How Globalization Affects National Regulatory Policies (UC Press, 2004). He is currently completing a comparative study of risk regulation in Europe and the United States between 1960 and 2008 that will be published by Princeton University Press.

Evolution and Human Behavior Program and the Decision Consortium

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:59:22 -0400

Fall 2009 Speaker Series Co-Sponsored by the Evolution and Human Behavior Program and the Decision Consortium Organized by Stephanie Preston, Department of Psychology

Thursdays 3:10-4:30 in 3048 East Hall in the Department of Psychology To get weekly updates on speakers and topics, please send an email to EHAP@umich.edu, or use the UM directory to add or remove your uniqname from the mailing list "EHAnnouncements" Storing, Spending, and Saving: The Evolution and Psychology of Decisions about Resources This series is part of a more extensive program organized by Stephanie Preston: The Interdisciplinary Science of Consumption.

Career Center for Graduate Studies Offerings

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:58:09 -0400

This Month at The Career Center returns for another year to highlight events and information of special interest to graduate students. As always, September is a busy month with many things happening to kick off the academic year. Visit This Month to learn about the Presidential Management Fellows Program, our Fall Career Expo, law school application issues for graduate students, and more. This Month is available at: http://careercenter.umich.edu/students/gradservices/thismonth/index.html .

Upcoming CRLT Conference

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:53:43 -0400

CRLT would like to inform you of an upcoming conference, "Preparing Future Faculty: Getting Ready for an Academic Career." This conference is designed to help graduate students and postdoctoral scholars prepare for the transition to faculty jobs. Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Conference: Getting Ready for an Academic Career Wednesday, October 7, 2009 11:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Michigan League Ballroom Co-sponsored by Rackham School of Graduate Studies, The Career Center, The Center for Education of Women, and the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching Planning a career in academe? This half-day conference is designed to help graduate students and postdoctoral scholars prepare for the transition to faculty jobs. The plenary and concurrent sessions will offer materials and strategies to learn about what it means to pursue an academic career and how to prepare for the job search process. For those who attended last year, there are several new sessions. Plenary speaker Dr. Meggin McIntosh will address time management strategies for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars on the job market. Session topics include: * Interviewing for the Academy * Developing Your Teaching Philosophy * Negotiating an Academic Job Offer * The Tenure Track Process and Faculty Worklife Balance * Starting and Running a Research Lab * Academic Job Search Strategies for International Graduate Students Lunch will be provided. Enrollment is limited. To register or see a full agenda, please visit For questions, please contact: Stiliana Milkova at smilkova@umich.edu or at 734.615.9281.

Sociology Courses Announced

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:52:08 -0400

Don't forget about those cognate credits!
The following courses are being offered in the Sociology Department: SOC 523 - the Qualitative Practicum II (Wednesday, 3-6) This course is the second of the two-semester qualitative research practicum that focuses primarily on participant observation and in-depth interviewing. In the last semester we focused on developing your research proposals, obtaining approval through the institutional review board for the protection of human subjects, and on getting you into your field site for the commencement of your research. In this semester we will focus on analyzing your (preliminary) data and on writing up your findings. This course is also open to students who already have qualitative data that they would like to analyze, even if those students have not taken SOC 522. Students will be evaluated on attendance and participation (10 percent), an in-class oral presentation of your codebook using PowerPoint/ Keynote/ overheads and lasting no more than twenty minutes illustrating the codes assigned to your field data (15 percent) a memorandum of no more than ten double-spaced pages listing the most important codes from your field data and illustrating what each codes represents (10 percent), an in-class oral presentation of your research findings using PowerPoint/ Keynote/ overheads and lasting at least thirty but no more than forty-five minutes (20 percent), a final paper of no more than twenty-five pages, and double-spaced which includes the bibliography (45 percent). There is no final exam for this class, but your final paper is due at the start of the last class meeting. This yearlong course focuses on the analysis of qualitative data. Our principal methods will be participant observation and in-depth interviewing. We will learn how to select cases and how to collect and analyze qualitative data. In the first term we will collect the data, and in the second term we will analyze them; therefore, students are strongly encouraged to formulate ideas for their individual research projects before the course commences. Early in the first term students will submit their proposals for approval by the institutional review board for the protection of human subjects and will complete class exercises to facilitate their fieldwork. In the following term (SOC 523), students will focus on critiquing exemplary studies while analyzing their own data and writing up their results. Sample Readings: Michael Burawoy et al, Ethnography Unbound John and Lyn Lofland, Analyzing Social Settings Robert S. Weiss, Learning from Strangers Robert K. Yin, Case Study Research SOC 547 - Gender and Sexuality (Monday, 3-6) SOC 595.001 - Marx and Modernity (Tuesday, 2-5) A rereading of Marx as a theorist of modernity, subjectivity and identity with specific application to the issues of class, race and gender, ecology, and the post-colonial. The course will stress the continuities (rather than the discontinuities) of Marx with Weber and Foucault and attempt to integrate cultural and material approaches. The class will read selections from such classic works as The Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts, The German Ideology, Manifesto, Capital, On the Jewish Question, Hegel's Philosophy of Right, The British Rule in India and the Grundrisse and secondary works on Marx as a theorist of capitalist modernity, subjectivity and identity. Readings include Derek Sayer Capitalism and Modernity; Moishe Postone, Time, Labor and Social Domination; John Bellamy Foster, Marx's Ecology; Dipesh Chakrabarty, Provincializing Europe, and Wendy Brown States of Injury. SOC 595.005 - Discrimination and Law (Tuesday, 1-4) SOC 595.006 - Empires: Theory and Research (Wednesday, 3-6) Please write if you have any questions. Jeannie Loughry Graduate Program Coordinator University of Michigan Department of Sociology 3107 LSA Building 500 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1382 Phone (734) 647-4428; Fax (734) 763-6887 donajean@umich.edu

MACEPID Symposium

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:51:03 -0400

MACEPID Symposium Diseases, Microbes and Geography: Ecological determinants of microbes over space and time Friday, September 25, 2009 8:00 am – 2:00 pm University of Michigan School of Public Health I, Room 1690 Guest speakers: Trina McMahon, Ph.D Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison Topic: Drivers of freshwater bacterial community assembly over expanding scales of space and time” Pejman Rohani, Ph.D Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Professor, Complex Systems, University of Michigan Topic: Spatial hierarchies in the transmission dynamics of pertussis Jonathan D. Mayer, Ph.D Professor, Department of Geography and Epidemiology University of Washington Topic: People, Pathogens, Space, and Time: Understanding Patterns of Disease Spread in an Ecological Context For more Information and Registration http://www.sitemaker.umich.edu/macepid/biogeography_symposium

Roomate Wanted

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:47:04 -0400

I am a 27-year-old MFA graduate and current staff member at the University of Michigan’s School of Education. I am looking for a roommate for a two bedroom, one bath condo (1,100 square feet) in the The Village Condominium Homes (http://web.mac.com/ksluice/iWeb/TheVillage/Welcome.html). The condo is fully furnished, has hardwood floors, a large back deck, dishwasher, gas oven, washer and dryer in a spacious basement, central air and heating, access to condo services: pool, volleyball and tennis courts. Located close to Whole Foods, Krogers, Meijers, Trader Joes, and Arborland Shopping Center. Close to bus routes, including the number 5 route that runs to UM. Rent is $450 per month plus $105 for utilities (gas, electric, cable, and internet; water included in rent). The condo is located at 2805 Pittsfield Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Pittsfield Blvd at Packard (google map) (yahoo map). Available August 15, 2009. Call Ian at 412-805-7244 or email at idowning@umich.edu. Thank you, Ian Downing Editing Manager The Elementary School Journal

GSI Mentors Needed

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:42:55 -0400

This fall, I will be leading the biology GSI training program, and I am looking for enthusiastic and experienced GSIs to assist me as GSMs (Graduate Student Mentors) for this program. Together we will help new GSIs get ready to teach biology. The details: As a GSM, your job duties will include: 1) attending the intro session (almost certainly Tuesday evening, Sept. 8) and helping to lead the Monday night meetings for the first half of the semester, 2) some observing of GSIs as they teach, and 3) additional consulting/meetings as needed. In return, you will receive an extra 0.137 on your appointment -- so if you are currently at 0.5, as a GSM you will be at 0.637. Additionally, this will be a great experience for those of you interested in jobs that will involve teaching and mentoring. I was a GSM while a grad student in EEB. I found it to be a fun experience, but also useful in my job searches and during my experience as a faculty member. Who is eligible: Grad students in EEB or MCDB that have had at least TWO semesters of GSI experience. Additionally (and unfortunately), due to Visa restrictions, only domestic students will be eligible (Visa holders can't have a 0.637 appointment). To apply: If you are interested, please email me ASAP at leidieti@umich.edu. Please briefly introduce yourself and list your previous teaching experience (course, semester, lab or discussion) here at U of M. Please also contact me with any questions about this position. Laura Eidietis Lecturer III Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of Michigan Email: leidieti@umich.edu

Biology Grad Needed for Teaching Project

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:59:23 -0400

I am seeking a biology graduate student who is interested in college biology teaching and/or assessment of student learning to collaborate with a group of biologists and science educators on a new project designed to improve college biology teaching and student learning. The departments of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB) and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) have recently revised the three-course introductory biology sequence required of all biology-related concentrations and students with interests in the health professions. The IDEA Institute has funded a project to assess the impacts of this new curriculum on student learning of core biology concepts as well as students’ understanding of the nature of science and science inquiry skills. EEB & MCDB want to know how the new curriculum is working (or not working) and I hope to use the assessments to further improve teaching in these core courses. The project fits with IDEA Institute’s vision to forge collaborations between SOE and the natural science departments at UM. The three year project has funds to support a biology graduate student on a part-time basis. A biology graduate student who has a current appointment as a GSI (or GSRA) would work with us for an additional for 5 to 10 hours/week (an additional 12 to 25% effort beyond GSI duties). In this project, you would be part of a working team composed of biologists and science educators who are designing (and modifying) assessments of biology content knowledge and science process skills and designing instructional materials for college level biology. You would learn a lot about foundational ideas in college biology, how to develop assessment instruments, and how to work in a multi-disciplinary working group. If you are interested in working with us on this project, or require additional information, please contact me by phone or by email. I hope you join us! Josephine Kurdziel Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 1139 Natural Sciences, 830 N University Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048 734-755-9207

Manuscript Submission Request

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:51:28 -0400

ELSEVIER: BUILDING INSIGHTS; BREAKING BOUNDARIES MANUSCRIPTS SUBMISSION On behalf of all the Editors-in-chief of Elsevier Journals, we wish to Communicate to you that we are currently accepting manuscripts in all Fields of human Endeavour. All articles published will be peer-reviewed. The following types of papers are considered for publication: • Original articles in basic and applied research. •Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting recent developments in their fields. Papers submitted will be sorted out and published in any of our numerous journals that best Fits. This is a special publication procedure which published works will be discussed at seminars (organized by Elsevier) at strategic Cities all over the world. Please maximize this opportunity to showcase your research work to the world. The submitted papers must be written in English and describe original research not published nor currently under review by other journals. Parallel submissions will not be accepted. Our goal is to inform authors about their paper(s) within one week of receipt. All submitted papers, if relevant to the theme and objectives of the journal, will go through an external peer-review process. Prospective authors should send their manuscript(s) in Microsoft Word or PDF format to elsevierpub@live.com and should Include a cover sheet containing corresponding Author(s) name, Paper Title, affiliation, phone, fax number, email address etc. Kind Regards, Emily Robinson(Prof.) PS: Pls. show interest by mailing elsevierpub@live.com if your Manuscript is not ready but will be ready soon.

Free Coaching to Students w/ADD & ADHD

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:50:41 -0400

The office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) wants you to be aware of an opportunity for UM students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Beginning this fall, UM is participating in a national study on the effects of academic coaching on academic achievement on college students with ADHD. The study will provide students with free coaching for the 2009-10 academic year by an Edge Foundation ADD/ADHD coach. To help inform students with ADHD of this opportunity, we ask that you share this information with students you know that might benefit from participating in this study. To participate, students do not have to be registered with SSD but do need to have been diagnosed with ADHD. Students that have registered with SSD will receive the following email about the program. If you have any questions please contact our office. Thank you for your support. Maureen Gelardi, Office Coordinator Services for Students with Disabilities Division of Student Affairs G-664 Haven Hall - 1045 505 S. State Street sswdoffice@umich.edu Phone (734) 763-3000/Fax (734) 936-3947

NIAID Training Program

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:49:59 -0400

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is the second largest Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIAID is recognized worldwide for cutting-edge medical and scientific research. Our research programs aim to improve diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of immunological, allergic, and emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. Want to improve global health in the 21st century? NIAID wants to train you. The Intramural NIAID Research Opportunities (INRO) program is for students with strong academic standing who are from populations underrepresented in biomedical research. Candidates who are a college-level junior or senior, medical school student, or doctoral candidate, and from a population underrepresented in the biomedical sciences are eligible. Selected applicants will: Interview with scientists for potential research training positions. Hear scientific lectures from world-renowned scientists. Tour Institute laboratories and see the state-of-the-science technologies. The 4-day exploratory program takes place in Bethesda, MD, on the NIH campus, February 1- 4, 2010. Student expenses for travel, hotel accommodations, and meals will be paid. Applications accepted between August 15 and October 15, 2009. To learn more about INRO, to check eligibility, and to apply, visit: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/labs/training/inro.

MCDB Priscilla Connell Memorial Lecture

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:48:41 -0400

The Priscilla Connell Memorial Lecture will be held on Friday, September 18, at 4:10 p.m., at the Rackham Amphitheater. This year's speaker will be Dr. Cori Bargmann, Torsten N. Wiesel Professor and HHMI Investigator, Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior, The Rockefeller University. Dr. Bargmann is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and she has won numerous awards for her work on the worm C. elegans. Further details will be distributed closer to the date of the lecture.

Darwin symposium

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:54:47 -0400

Adrian College and the Integrative Policy Studies Institute will sponsor an interdisciplinary Symposium in honor of the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, on Friday, October 9, 2009, at Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan. The Symposium will feature Eugenie Scott, Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education, and Richard Alexander, author of The Biology of Moral Systems and Darwinism and Human Affairs, and will include panels on "Evolution and Human Affairs," and "Creationism vs. Evolution in the Public Schools." Additional speakers are political scientist John Alford, philosopher Suzanne Cunningham Dickie, anthropologist Beverly Strassman, religion professor Fritz Detwiler, and Scienceblogs blogger Ed Brayton. The fee of $45 includes all sessions and dinner ($30 for graduate students, $15 for undergrads). Free airport transportation from Detroit Metro Airport is available. Hotel accommodations available for $45 (double occupancy) or $90 (single occupancy). For more information and to register, please go to http://www.ipsinet.org/symposia. The goal of this Symposium is to bring together scholars from different fields, reaching across disciplinary walls, to discuss an issue of common interest.
James E. Hanley Associate Professor and Department Chair, Political Science, Adrian College Director, Integrative Policy Studies Institute Fellow, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding