Research Highlights - July 2010

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Research Highlights

Spring Symposium Boasts Expanded Program and Record Student Presentations SIUE faculty, staff, and students participated in a successful day of events at the 14th Annual Graduate School Spring Symposium held on March 31st. The Eugene B. Redmond Collection was featured during one of the morning Symposium sessions entitled “The African American Literary Showcase” where photographs of major black writers from Lovejoy Library’s extensive Eugene B. Redmond (EBR) Collection were on display. The exhibit showcased audio compositions featuring the writers reading their works. According to curator Howard Rambsy II, “The EBR Collection is one of the greatest post-civil rights collections of African American culture ever assembled; it contains hundreds of books, magazines, rare program booklets and flyers, audio recordings and historic posters. The Collection also contains more than 150,000 photographs of literary artists, musicians, entertainers, supporters of the arts and political activists that Redmond has taken over the last four decades.” In

Tramaine Hardimon, Chemistry , presents her research (Continued on page 2)

Featured External Awards Responsible Conduct in Research (RCR) Requirement for All Students on Grants Folks, there’s a new Federal compliance requirement! Recent federal regulation—Section 7009 of the America COMPETES Act¹—requires institutions receiving federal funds to provide appropriate training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research for undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers. In response to this mandate, SIUE’s Graduate School will implement a University-wide Responsible Conduct in Research (RCR) Training program, and retain all related documentation. (Continued on page 4)

Holt, Julie Zimmerman, et. al. “ARRA: MRI-R2: Acquisition of Raman and Infrared Microscopes for Interdisciplinary Research,” National Science Foundation $572,417 Khazaeli, Sadegh, et. al. “Students Learning Science Through a Sustained Network of Teachers,” Illinois Board of Higher Education $299,000 Kirk, Stacie and Erik Kirk. “Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds: Promoting Early Literacy Skills Through Teacher-Directed Physical Activity,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $74, 952 Stefik, Andreas. “Using an Auditory Programming Environment and Studio-Based Learning to Broaden Participation of the Blind Population in Computing,” National Science Foundation $409,056

Upcoming External Deadlines: August 2: Fulbright Scholar; September 28: NSF STEP; September 30: ACLS Fellowships; July 8 and Oct 14: NSF Math and Science Partnerships; July 14: NSF S-STEM ; September 15: NEH Enduring Questions October 1: NEH Teaching Development Fellowships Upcoming Internal Deadlines: August 16: NEH Summer Stipends; September 10, 17, 24: SIUE S.T.E.P.; Oct. 29: Paul Simon Outstanding Teacher-Scholar; NSF S-STEMSIUE (contact a.s.a.p.)and Projects / Research Highlights OfficeORP of Research


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