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Vol. XXXVIII No. 11; March 26, 2008
Interim Editor: Pauline Oo, brief@umn.edu
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
--New financial system getting ready to launch
--University partnerships with community
--People: Pat Salmi and Laura Cooper recognized for outstanding
work; and more.
Campus Announcements and Events
University-wide | Crookston |
Duluth | Morris | Twin Cities
CUFS IS GOING AWAY when the U unveils its new financial system
July 1. Enterprise Financial System team members are now testing
the new system, which offers more flexibility in gathering data.
About 2,800 U employees will be trained to use the system. Read
"New
financial system continues progress toward July 1
go-live."
PARTNERING TO MAKE HOPES AND DREAMS COME TRUE: The U's partnerships
with Hope Community and Learning Dreams are two examples of the
most common types of University-community partnerships: partnering
with an existing organization and partnering with a community to
create a new organization. Read "Partnering
with Hope and Dreams."
PEOPLE: Pat Salmi, Institute on Community Integration research
associate, received the Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency
Management Award of Excellence for Outstanding Teamwork; Legal Aid
Society will honor Law School professor Laura Cooper for
outstanding career contributions May 1; associate professor Linda
Lindeke is the new president-elect of the National Association of
Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. Read about these and more awards and
appointments in People.
CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MINNESOTA. The U is hosting "Commemorating
Discovery: Our Past and Our Future," four panel discussions to
commemorate Minnesota's 150th birthday: "The Arts and the Built
Environment: Changes in Suburban Life," April 3; "Agriculture and
Forestry in the Natural World," April 10; "Changing Demographics:
Snapshots of a New Minnesota and a New America," April 17; and
"Changing World: Past and Present Threats to the Public's Health,"
April 24. All events are 5:30-8 p.m., Campus Club, UMTC. Free, but
reservations are required because space is limited. To register or
learn more about the speakers, see sesquicentennial
talks.
U GIVES HONORARY DOCTOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE to alum Jack Dangermond,
founder and president of ESRI, the world's leading GIS software
company, April 2. He will deliver the inaugural John Borchert
Lecture, "The Geographic Approach--A Cross-Cutting Methodology,"
4:30 p.m., Memorial Hall, McNamara Alumni Center, UMTC, after the
award ceremony. The lecture honors the late John Borchert, U
Regents Professor in Geography and member of the U.S. National
Academy of Science. Dangermond earned a master's in architecture
from the U in 1968. Read the
news release.
2008 DISTINGUISHED McKNIGHT UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS are Judith
Berman, cell biology and development; Jeffrey Derby, chemical
engineering and materials science; Sachin Sapatnekar, electrical
and computer engineering; and Andreas Stein, chemistry. The
Distinguished McKnight University Professorship Program,
cosponsored by the Graduate School and Office of the Senior Vice
President and Provost, recognizes outstanding mid-career faculty
members whose scholarship brings particular distinction to the U.
The Board of Regents will recognize the recipients May 9. For more
information, see
McKnight grants.
PRESIDENT'S FACULTY MULTICULTURAL RESEARCH AWARD RECIPIENTS are
Melissa Avery, Ananya Chatterjea, Tracie Collins, Shonda Craft,
Kale Fajardo, Enid Logan, Sarah-Jane (Saje) Mathieu, Ruby Nguyen,
Yuichiro Onishi, and Teresa Swartz. The awards, sponsored by the
Office of the Vice President and Vice Provost for Equity and
Diversity, are designed to encourage and support research on issues
related to people of color in North America. For more information
on the winners and the award, see equity and
diversity.
APPLICATIONS DUE for 2008-09 Faculty Interactive Research Program
grants. The program supports public policy research and
collaboration in Minnesota. Application deadline is March 27, 4:30
p.m.; visit CURA
grants. Questions, e-mail scott001@umn.edu or call
612-625-7340.
UMC Students In Free Enterprise club and General Mills American
Indian Council have teamed up to help the students of Red Lake High
School create the Taste of Red Lake Cookbook. Read the
news
release.
CONNECTING LOCAL FOODS AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY is the theme of the
Home Grown Economy Conference, sponsored by Minnesota Congressman
Collin Peterson. March 30-31, UMC. Read the news
release.
HIGH TUNNEL AND SEASON EXTENSION workshop by U Extension and
Northwest Regional Sustainable Development Partnership. April 10.
For workshop details, read the news
release. To learn more about high tunnels, read "High
tunnel craze feeds farmers market."
UMD TECH FEST 2008 will celebrate 10 years with the theme: "A
Decade of Technology." The event will highlight the past, present,
and future of technology on campus. March 28, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Kirby
Student Center Ballroom. For more information, see Tech Fest.
LORENTZ WITTMERS, JR. has been named head of the Medical
School-Duluth Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. Wittmers,
formerly interim head, is renowned for his research on hypothermia.
He holds the Edwin Eddy Endowed Professorship and is director of
graduate studies in physiology, as well as a Ph.D. adviser. For
more information about him, see UMD
faculty.
TWEED MUSEUM OF ART presents artwork from its collection created or
influenced by the artists of PBS 8/WDSE-TV's recent broadcast of
"The Power of Art" series: Caravaggio, Bernini, Rembrandt,
Jacques-Louis David, J. W. M. Turner, Van Gogh, Picasso, and Mark
Rothko. The pieces, displayed until the end of the school year,
were selected by Tweed curator Peter Spooner and installed within
the "Portrait, Identity, Culture" exhibition. For more information,
see Power of
Art.
JULIE PELLETIER, assistant professor of anthropology, has
received the 2008 UMM Alumni Association Teaching Award. Created by
alumni in 1994, the award honors individual faculty members for
outstanding contributions to undergraduate education.
HUNDREDS OF AREA HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ MUSICIANS will join UMM and
alumni jazzers, as well as guest trumpeter Byron Stripling and
saxophonist Eric Marienthal, during the 30th Annual UMM Jazz Fest,
April 3-5. For tickets, call Student Activities 320-589-6080. Read
the news
release.
UMM STUDENTS will present their research during the eighth annual
Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 4. The event celebrates
student scholarly achievement and showcases the variety and quality
of research on campus. Read the news
release.
WALK-IN HEALTH SCREENINGS AT NO CHARGE for UPlan members:
cholesterol, blood glucose, body mass index and body composition,
and blood pressure. Staff from Boynton Health Service will
administer the routine tests and help you interpret the results.
April 1, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 142 WBOB, and April 17, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,
Great Hall, Coffman Union. If you are unable to attend on these
dates, you can schedule a screening appointment (until the end of
April) with MinuteClinic at Coffman Union; call 612-625-3803. For
more information about preventive care for UPlan members, see
OHR Wellness
Program.
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY LECTURES: "The Ethics of
Representation," with Leigh Fondakowski, author of The Laramie
Project, today, 4 p.m.; "Does Israel Have a Future as a Jewish
State?" April 1, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Temple Beth Jacob; "Gay Sounds: A
Non-discrete Model of Gay Speech," April 2, 3 p.m. All events are
held at 125 Nolte Center, unless noted. For a complete schedule and
details on each event, see IAS.
LECTURE ON "BRINGING FEMINISM HOME": Daisy Hern?ndez, writer and
coeditor of Colonize This! Young Women on Today's
Feminism, will discuss how gender and race have shaped her
identity as a feminist and what it means to connect feminism to the
communities we call home. March 27, 7 p.m., 125 Willey Hall. RSVP
to women@umn.edu or
612-625-9837.
DOCUMENTARY: Free screening of No! Confronting Sexual Assault
in Our Communities by the Office of Equal Opportunity and
Affirmative Action. The film, about the impact of sexual violence
on black women and girls, features first-person testimonials and
interviews with violence prevention advocates. March 28, 12:15-1:45
p.m., 238A Morrill Hall. Space is limited; RSVP to frank055@umn.edu or call 612-624-9547
by today.
JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY to learn about chadoo, the way of
tea. Fumio Watanabe from Yamagata University, Japan, will speak at
four sessions: koicha demae (thick tea ceremony), 4:30
p.m., tanatsuki usucha demae (thin tea ceremony with a
shelf), 5 p.m.; bonryaku demae (abbreviated tea ceremony
on a tray), 5:30 p.m.; chabako demae (tea ceremony in a
box), 6 p.m. Green tea and a sweet will be served. March 28, 140
Nolte Center. For more information about this event and the April 1
Symposium on Japanese Discourse, e-mail szatr001@umn.edu.
TOWN HALL MEETING ON TRANSGENDER RIGHTS with Mara Keisling,
executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality.
The event will focus on issues of gender identity that create
barriers for gender access and equity, such as the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act, Social Security gender-record matching, and
the Real ID Act. March 31, 7-8:30 p.m., 25 Mondale Hall. For more
information, see GLBTA or e-mail
neely010@umn.edu.
"The Impact of the 'War on Terror' on the Somali Community," by
Omar Jamal, executive director of the Somali Justice Advocacy
Center, is part of the American Studies in the 21st Century: A
Colloquium Series. March 31, 3:30 PM, 125 Nolte Center.
"BEHIND HAPPY FACES," an open dialogue about depression and suicide
with Ross Szabo, coauthor of Behind Happy Faces: Taking Charge
of Your Mental Health--A Guide for Young Adults. April 1, 7
p.m., Great Hall, Coffman Union.
MUSIC FROM ALBANIA, BULGARIA, AND ROMANIA is the highlight of
"Balkanicus," the School of Music's fifth annual concert of Balkan
contemporary music. The program includes "The Flight of the Eagle
for Piano"; "Fantasia for Baritone, Cello, and Piano on Heinrich
Heine's poetry"; and "EXACT MUSIC for Nine Instruments." April 2,
7:30 p.m., Llyod Ultan Recital Hall.
PLANT SALE: Herbs, orchids, dorm plants, and more. Hosted by CBS
Greenhouse and Plant Biology Phytograds. April 2-3, 9 am.-4 p.m.,
St. Paul Student Center.
MORE EVENTS include a talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
Suzan-Lori Parks (today);
"AIDS bombs: HIV, Race, and Compliance in Minnesota" (March
27); "Common Senses: Perception and Perspective" (March
28); "Wopida Wotapi Thank You Feast And Celebration"
(March
29); and "Communication Before Language" (March
31). SEE THESE AND MORE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS EVENTS.
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