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Vol. XXXVI No. 33; Oct. 11, 2006

Editor: Gayla Marty, 612-625-0552, brief@umn.edu

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SPOTLIGHT: THE SCRIBES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM was born when UMTC College of Liberal Arts faculty members Barbara Frey, Human Rights Program, and Patricia Hampl, Creative Writing Program, formed a partnership of high-stakes subject matter and fine writers in training. The program's first scribe, Laura Flynn, traveled four states to document the stories of immigrants detained in Midwest jails. Read more at http://www.umn.edu/umnnews/Faculty_Staff_Comm/Office_for_Public_Engagement/Stories_that_need_telling.html .

UTMC COMMUNITY FUND DRIVE: Lab medicine and pathology professor Yoji Shimizu is an active volunteer for Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless, one of several organizations supported by the Community Fund Drive (CFD) at UMTC. Four years ago, Shimizu was spurred by the CFD to get involved beyond a financial contribution. The CFD supports social services, education, arts, health, the environment, and much more; it continues through Oct. 31. Read more at http://www.umn.edu/umnnews/Feature_Stories/What_everybody_should_do.html .

PEOPLE: Craig Taylor, Office for Business and Community Economic Development, received the Corporate Star Award from the Minnesota Minority Supplier Development Council; Judson Sheridan, genetics, and Norway's Odd Jarle Skjelhaugen have been named to share the Norwegian Centennial Interdisciplinary Chair; Claudia Parliament, applied economics, has won the Vision Award from the state's Department of Employment and Economic Development. Read more at http://www.umn.edu/umnnews/Faculty_Staff_Comm/people.html .

Transforming the U:

CONSORTIUM FOR POSTSECONDARY ACADEMIC SUCCESS: The goals are preparing youth for higher education, improving access, and closing the achievement gap; a new U consortium, led by Kent Pekel, is aiming to meet those goals. About 250 school superintendents and other educators from preK-12 and higher education, foundation leaders, and business and community leaders met at the U Oct. 6 to lay out a new vision for preK-12 education in Minnesota. Read more at http://www.umn.edu/umnnews/Feature_Stories/A_new_vision_for_Minnesota_preK12.html .

INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: The provost's advisory committee on creation of the new institute was appointed Oct. 9. The chair is Claudia Neuhauser, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor and head, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; members are Judith Berman, Daniel Dahlberg, Timothy Ebner, Stephen Ekker, John Goodge, Megan Gunnar, Karen Hsiao Ashe, Vipin Kumar, Ellen Longmire, Susan Mantell, Matthew McGue, Mark Paller, Ronald Phillips, Ronald Siegel, Fotis Sotiropoulos, and Nevin Young. The idea for the new institute flows from a recommendation made by the strategic positioning Science and Engineering Task Force. The committee will provide a report to the provost in spring 2007. For more information, see http://www.academic.umn.edu/provost/interdisc/sci_tech .

CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS

University-wide:

THE BOARD OF REGENTS WILL MEET IN CROOKSTON OCT. 12-13. Agenda items include discussion of the U-wide Class of 2010 profile, an update on goals to increase graduation rates on each of the U campuses, and the first presentation of the 2008-09 state biennial budget request. For more information, see http://www.ur.umn.edu/unsreleases/find.php?ID=3339&from=umnnews and http://www.umcrookston.edu/umcnews/stories/story364.html .

DRIVEN TO DISCOVER: Do you have a question--or an answer? Ask your "single greatest question" on the U's Driven to Discover Web site. Then browse (and rate!) the nearly 400 questions others have asked so far. If you are or know a U expert who can answer any of the questions, contact Jessica Mooney at moone011@umn.edu . Read more at http://www.discover.umn.edu .

OCTOBER IS NATIONAL WORK AND FAMILY MONTH. The U's WorkLife Program is offering an eldercare series U-wide, including "Frustration, Guilt, and Rewards" (Oct. 18). UMTC WorkLife programs this month are "On the Home Front--Parenting Those Teens!" (Oct. 17) and "Buying a House," first in a series of three sessions on living close to campus (Oct. 24). For more information, see http://www.umn.edu/ohr/worklife/seminars.html .

STUDY ABROAD CURRICULUM INTEGRATION WORKSHOP FOR FACULTY AND ADVISERS: The Learning Abroad Center provides an introductory session on education abroad and how it fits into the academic programs of students in your department or unit. Faculty and advisers from all U campuses are invited to attend. Lunch is included. Oct. 27, 12:30-4 p.m., McNamara Alumni Center, UMTC. Register by Oct. 13; contact mccoy019@umn.edu or 612-625-8829. For more information, see http://www.umabroad.umn.edu/ci/resources/activities.html .

FACULTY SUMMER RESEARCH AND McKNIGHT SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES: The summer 2007 application deadline is Nov. 6. For more information, see http://www.grad.umn.edu/faculty-staff/funding/dean/fsr .

THE CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH annual workshop series, Lessons From the Field, bridges research and practice and features national and international speakers, panels, and audience discussion. In 2006-07, the focus is attachment. The first workshop is "What is Attachment Theory...Really?" with key presenter Martha Farrell Erickson, Oct. 18, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Upcoming topics: "Infant-Parent Relationships: Promotive Interventions"(Feb. 5) and "Inter-relationship Between Attachment and Other Mental Health Concerns" (Mar. 29). Primary location is the McNamara Alumni Center, UMTC; more than 20 live video broadcast host sites include UMC, UMR, and Duluth. For more information, see http://cmh.umn.edu/events/lessonsfromthefield.html .

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS: Professor Jim Perry has resigned as interim associate VP for international programs and will return to his faculty position in fisheries, wildlife, and conservation biology. Senior VP Jones will make an appointment to fill the position as soon as possible, and an international search for the permanent position will be launched within the next few months.

Crookston:

A CAMPUS STRATEGIC POSITIONING FORUM with faculty, staff, students, and U-wide leaders will be held today, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Kiehle Auditorium. For more information, see http://www.umcrookston.edu/umcnews/events .

DEDICATION OF CENTENNIAL HALL, the new UMC residence hall, will be attended by President Bruininks and members of the Board of Regents. Oct. 12; tours begin at 9 a.m.; ceremony at 11 a.m. For more information, see http://www.umcrookston.edu/umcnews/stories/story366.html .

ACCLAIMED CONCERT GUITARIST, mezzo-soprano, and lecturer Anna Maria Cardinalli Padilla will perform as part of Hispanic Heritage Month festivities. Oct. 12, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Northern Lights Lounge, Student Center. For more information, see http://www.umcrookston.edu/umcnews/stories/story361.html .

Duluth:

ONE BILLION CUSTOMERS: Lessons From the Front Lines of Doing Business in China author James McGregor will speak at an event sponsored by the Labovitz School of Business and Economics. Free and open to the public. Oct. 12, 11 a.m., fourth floor rotunda, UMD Library. For more information, see http://www.d.umn.edu/unirel/homepage/06/jmcg.html .

VIDEO ARTIST, SCULPTOR, AND PHOTOGRAPHER Paul Pfeiffer, a pioneer in exploring the role that mass media plays in shaping consciousness, will speak in the Art + Design Lecture Series, sponsored by the Department of Art and Design. Oct. 17, 6 p.m., Tweed Museum of Art. For more information, see http://www.d.umn.edu/tma .

Morris:

2006 BARBER LECTURE will be "Philology in a New Key: Humane Studies in Digital Space," by Jerome McGann, John Stewart Bryan University Professor, U of Virginia. McGann is a pioneer in using new technologies to develop models of textual scholarship and critical practice. Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m., 109 Imholte Hall. A reception will follow. Free and open to the public. For more information, see http://www.morris.umn.edu/ummnews/View.php?itemID=1453 .

SMALL TOWN FACULTY AND STUDENT FELLOWS PROGRAM provides a three-year grant of $202,109 to connect communities with UMM in order to enhance regional community development activities across western Minnesota. Coordinated by the Center for Small Towns through a partnership of UMM and the Otto Bremer Foundation. For more information, see http://www.morris.umn.edu/ummnews/View.php?itemID=1144 .

DATE CHANGE: SCIENTISTS ON THE SPOT for Science Buzz, hosted by the Science Museum of Minnesota, will feature UMM sustainability coordinator Troy Goodnough and West Central Research and Outreach Center director Greg Cuomo, Oct. 20-Dec. 21. For more information, see http://www.smm.org/buzz .

Twin Cities:

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COMMUNITY PANELS NEED FACULTY AND STAFF SPEAKERS this fall. Panels of six-eight voices from the U, neighborhoods, and the health and legal fields are held on Saturday mornings for groups of up to 60 referred participants, all of whom have been cited with alcohol-related offenses. Volunteer for one or more sessions: Oct. 21, Nov. 4, Nov 18, Dec. 2; all 9 a.m.-noon. Contact Emily Buehler, Restorative Justice Community Action, ebuehler@rjca-inc.org or 612-341-1657.

CARE PACKAGES: Gopher Express convenience store offers affordable care packages to surprise coworkers, students, or family members. October's package is "Trick or Treat," with treats, monsters, and other Halloween characters. $19.99. To order, call 612-624-8603, ext. 2. For more information, see http://www.coffman.umn.edu/carepackages .

UNIVERSITY WOMEN OF COLOR ANNUAL WELCOME for staff, faculty, and student women of color will include an address by VP and vice provost for equity and diversity Nancy "Rusty" Barceló, "One Woman's Experiences as an Ambassador for Diversity." Nov. 2, 9-10:30 a.m., A. I. Johnson Room, McNamara Alumni Center. Continental breakfast reception is followed by the program, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Register and request disability accommodations by Oct. 23: e-mail uwoc@umn.edu or call 612-624-9547.

A NEW PARKING PROGRAM FOR FACULTY AND STAFF offers a maximum of 22 parking uses per year (before Sept. 30, 2007) in one of the following: 4th Street Ramp, Gortner Avenue Ramp, or West Bank Office Building Ramp ($90); or East River Road Garage ($117). For more information, see http://www.umn.edu/pts/hottopics.htm .

FORMER SIERRA LEONE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR Judge David Crane will speak on "Dancing With the Devil: Taking on West Africa's Warlords, Mafia, and Thugs," Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m., Humphrey Center. The Special Court for Sierra Leone is the world's first hybrid international war crimes tribunal, jointly established in 2002 by the Republic of Sierra Leone and the United Nations. Sponsored by a coalition of community and university groups, including the U, St. Thomas, and Hamline. For more information, see http://www.ur.umn.edu/unsreleases/find.php?ID=3330&from=umnnews .

"LATINO SPIN: THE BATTLE OVER LATINOS' PUBLIC IMAGE," by Arlene Davila, professor of anthropology and American studies, New York U, is the next program in the American Studies in the 21st Century Colloquium Series. Oct. 16, 3:30 p.m., 402 Walter Library; reception will follow. For more information, see http://events.umn.edu/event?occurrence=397999;event=114593 .

"ON MAKING THE OTHER TALK," by Orhan Pamuk, Turkey's most prominent living novelist and award-winning author of Istanbul (2005), Snow (2002), and My Name is Red (1998), will give the fifth Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Lecture. Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m., Humphrey Center. Free and open to the public. For more information, see http://events.tc.umn.edu/event.xml?occurrence=396280 .

MORE EVENTS include Germany's Karsten Voight on "Religion and Politics: Different Values, Different Articulations, Same Results in Europe and the United States?" (today); "The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy: Alternative Voices," a seven-part lecture series (today through Dec. 8); history professor Elizabeth Menon discussing her new book, Evil by Design: The Creation and Marketing of the Femme Fatale (Oct. 12); worldwide health care rights advocate Joia Mukherjee, Harvard U, at the Harvard Street Forum (Oct. 13); opening reception for the Fifth Minnesota National Print Biennial at the Nash Gallery (Oct. 13); a public concert by Peter Ostroushko and premiere of "The Northern Forest," a new episode in Minnesota: A History of the Land (Oct. 14); "Making River Connections" design workshop (Oct.14-15); "Who Let the Dogs Out? Tales of (Trans)Gene Escape," by Norman Ellstrand (Oct. 16); Liechtenstein's ambassador to the United States on the current reformation of United Nations human rights mechanisms (Oct. 16) and multilateral cooperation (Oct. 17); coroner Janis Amatuzio discussing her new book, Beyond Knowing: Mysteries and Messages of Death and Life From a Forensic Pathologist (Oct. 17); and the inaugural Vernon W. Ruttan Lecture on Science and Development Policy, "Institutions and Economic Growth," by Richard Nelson, Columbia U (Oct. 18). SEE THESE AND MORE TWIN CITIES EVENTS ONLINE at http://events.tc.umn.edu .

NEWS RELEASES are posted daily at http://www.umn.edu/urelate/newsservice/home.php .

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