|
Past Issues
U's Clinical Outcomes Research Center was named a National Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) by the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research. Five-year contract will provide patients, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers with unbiased evidence to ensure high-quality and cost-effective health care. One of 12 sites in the nation, Minnesota's EPC is a collaboration of the U and the VA Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research and UnitedHealth Group in Minneapolis.
U's interactive voice response system will be discontinued after Dec. 31. Use of system, which was introduced in 1997 to provide information on grades, registration status, housing, loans, and student finances for all campuses, has fallen dramatically because the same information is accessible on the Internet. In May, system was accessed 10,126 times; grade information on the Web site received 150,000 hits during the same period. System is known as Golden Eagle Informer at UMC, the UMD Student Line at UMD, Morris Student Line at UMM, and Gopher Student Line at TC campus.
Number of alumni donors to the U increased by 7% in fiscal year 2002, and alumni gave one third of the $165 million in gifts received for the year ending June 30, 2002. A record 73,000 donors made gifts last year, with 40 donating $1 million or more. Although less than the previous 2 years, donations from all donors were 22% higher than in fiscal year 1999 when Campaign Minnesota was launched. Campaign will continue through June 2003; as of June 30, 2002, $1.368 billion had been raised.
New Web site for U's Jane Goodall Institute Center for Primate Studies is at www.discoverchimpanzees.org . Science Museum of Minnesota produced Wild Chimpanzees, an IMAX film about Goodall's research (opens Oct. 17), which funded the redesign. Site, which was featured in Aug. 23 issue of Science, has photos, video clips, and biographies of chimpanzees studied over the past 40 years by Goodall and colleagues in Gombe National Park, Tanzania. It also includes information and videos of chimp behavior, downloadable activities for use by science teachers, and a virtual tour of Gombe.
Nation's only health journalism master's program will be offered this fall by U's School of Journalism and Mass Communication and School of Public Health. One-year program is designed for journalists interested in public health and public health professionals interested in communicating public health issues in a multimedia environment. Courses include mass communication in public health, fundamentals of social and behavioral science, and media ethics. See www.healthjournalism.umn.edu.
U physicist Allen Goldman has won the Fritz London Memorial Prize, considered the highest award in the field of low-temperature physics. Prize, founded and endowed by 2-time Nobel Prize winner John Bardeen, is given once every 3 years by Duke U, where Fritz London (who died in 1954) was a pioneer in the field. Goldman was chosen for his contributions to the physics of superconductivity, a state in which electrons move freely or encounter no electrical resistance. He is the 2nd faculty member of the U's School of Physics and Astronomy to win the prize. Anatoly Larkin won in 1990, before he came to the U.S. from the former Soviet Union.
Registration for U's Mini Medical School, Oct. 7–Nov. 11, will begin Sept. 9, 10 a.m. Six-week session, which meets 6–8 p.m. Monday evenings in Moos Tower, will feature classes on the anatomy of the kidney, heart disease and prevention, food safety, infectious diseases, forensics, and obesity. Space is limited, and seats fill fast. To register, see www.ahc.umn.edu/MiniMed or call Natalie Thayer at 612-624-9163. Fee is $35; check or money order must be received by Sept. 30 to guarantee a spot.
Historic Lake Superior and Minnesota's North Shore 2003 wall calendar is available for $10 (plus tax) from the U's Sea Grant Program and its partners. The 14-month, black-and-white calendar features images from the archives of Northeast Minnesota Historical Center, Minnesota Historical Society, and Lake Superior Maritime Collections at U of Wisconsin-Superior. To view sample images or order calendar, see www.seagrant.umn.edu/calendar.
Compleat Scholar Program is seeking course proposals for paid, part-time, or temporary teaching positions in a variety of disciplines summer 2003 through spring 2004. For application materials, see www.cce.umn.edu/scholars, call 612-625-7777, or write to Part-Time Instruction, Compleat Scholar Program, 360 Coffey Hall. Application deadlines are Nov. 1 for summer or fall 2003; April 1, 2003, for spring or summer 2004. Early submission recommended.
|
|
CROOKSTON—UMC was approved as a full-fledged Division II member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) effective Sept. 1. For the past 4 years, UMC had been a provisional member of NCAA Division II within the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. Golden Eagles will be eligible to participate in NCAA championship playoffs.
Men's head basketball coach Gary Senske has requested a leave of absence. Jeff Oseth, who has served as assistant coach since 1995, was appointed interim head coach. Kevin Forde will serve as assistant coach.
Next phase in Centennial Park development on the mall has begun with installation of concrete plaza south of Peterson Gazebo. See www.crk.umn.edu/campusinfo/tour/gazebo/centpark.htm.
DULUTH—Groundbreaking ceremonies for $33 million James I. Swenson Science Building on Kirby Drive will be Aug. 29. Three-floor structure will house departments of biology and chemistry. Completion is expected fall 2004. Swenson is a 1959 chemistry graduate; Swenson Family Foundation helped fund the new building.
Student Campus Move-in Day will be Aug. 31. Chancellor's Move-in Team consisting of Chancellor Martin, deans, directors, faculty, and staff will assist students with move into residence halls and staffing complimentary food tents. Event kicks off Bulldog Bash 2002, weeklong series of activities that include convocations, advising, entertainment, and sports.
MORRIS—Women's wrestling squad will perform on the U's main stage at Minnesota State Fair Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. Athletes will explain Olympic scoring, demonstrate throws, and wrestle exhibition matches. Women's freestyle wrestling will debut as a medal sport in 2004 Olympic Games.
New freshmen and transfer students will receive Cougar Cash Cards donated by Computing Services and Briggs Library. Card, worth $5, can be used for photocopying or print jobs; students can add to its value throughout the year.
ROCHESTER—First Brown Bag Workshops program, which was on program evaluation, was Aug. 23. Workshops, held in downtown Rochester at the Chamber of Commerce, provide the community with convenient and open access to U expertise.
TWIN CITIES—UPlan informational forums will be 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Aug. 28 and Sept. 17, St. Paul Student Center theater; Aug. 30, 210 Donhowe; Sept. 4 and 9, A.I. Johnson Room, McNamara Alumni Center; and Sept. 11 and 16, Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Center. For more information, call Employee Benefits at 612-624-9090.
Center for Magnetic Resonance Research received a $4.5 million Keck Foundation grant to support development of a 9.4 Telsa magnet for large primate research and to expand its efforts to understand development and function of the brain and other organ systems. Minnesota Medical Foundation helped secure the grant.
Parking on campus in St. Paul during state fair will be limited on evenings and weekends through Sept. 2. Access to northeast side will be restricted from 6 p.m.–6 a.m. weekdays, all day on weekend, and Labor Day. Larpenteur Avenue at Gortner Avenue and Gortner north of Buford Avenue will be closed to vehicles during those times. U Card may be needed to enter parking facilities and gated areas. For more information, see www.umn.edu/pts/hottopics.htm#2002map or call 612-626-7175.
College of Veterinary Medicine is cohosting 2nd annual Miracle of Birth Center at the state fair in the Children's Barnyard. Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association and U veterinary students will assist with births and help educate visitors on the intricacies of modern reproduction practices. Students will also discuss training and requirements for becoming a veterinarian at 10 a.m. on Aug. 29 and 31.
Weight Watchers at Work Program open house will be Sept. 4, 12:15 p.m., 240 Donhowe. Ten-week "At Work Program" will run Sept. 18–Nov. 20. For information, call Toni at 612-624-4153 or e-mail a-zieg@umn.edu.
Events: On Aug. 29, Raptor Center will offer presentations on bird migration at 5:30 p.m. and raptor identification at 6:30 p.m. Falconry demonstration will be 7:30–8 p.m. Free and open to the public; no reservations required. Call 612-624-4745 or see www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu.
o U Film Society will show Warm Water Under A Red Bridge Aug. 30–Sept. 5, 7:15 p.m., Bell Museum Auditorium. See www.ufilm.org.
o 2001 U/McKnight Foundation Artist Fellowships for Photographers Program exhibit will run Sept. 3 through Oct. 4 at Nash Gallery. Public reception will be Sept. 13, 6–8:30 p.m. See artdept.umn.edu/nash/default.html.
Announcement: Jan Merrell, U Child Care Center Toddler Program (ages 16-33 months) head teacher, received the Scholastic Early Childhood Professional Award from Scholastic Inc.
|
|
Return to: University Relations : U of M Home
