April 1, 2013

Memo To:        Rich Carter, Department Head

Department of Chemistry

From:               Fran Saveriano

Director of Graduate Student Financial Support and Recruitment

Subject:           2013-14 Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship

I am pleased to inform you that your nominee, Weekit Sirisaksoontorn, has been awarded a $3,250 Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship award for the 2013-14 academic year.  Weekit’s award letter is attached – please deliver it as soon as possible.

Congratulations on Weekit’s selection in this prestigious university-wide fellowship competition. Selection for this award is certainly an honor for which Weekit may be justifiably proud.

Thank you for participating in this process and advancing your nominee for consideration in this year’s Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship competition.

Please let me know if you have questions.

SIRISAKSOONTORN, Weekit

The afternoon session from 2-4 pm is for students, but does require registration.  The  7pm lecture is open to all.  Full details at http://oregonstate.edu/ua/events/discovery

At Oregon State University, students use a “virtual spectrometer” to measure the absorbance of different solutions in an online chemistry course that features a “virtual lab.” At the University of Central Florida, aspiring teachers practice their skills in a simulated middle school classroom that features digital avatars controlled by trainers who act like students. At Weber State University, students in an online marketing course issue time-stamped critiques of student presentations.

These are some of the ways technology is transforming teaching and learning in higher education. And the trend is likely to continue.

Consider the following statistics from a January report produced jointly by the Babson Survey Research Group and the College Board, titled Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States. According to the report:

• More than 6.7 million students were taking at least one online course in the fall of 2011, 570,000 more than the prior year.

Read more…

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Grand Challenges Explorations, Round 11

Gates Foundation Deadline: May 7, 2013

Funding: $100,000 for Phase I Grants

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is currently accepting letters of inquiry for the following topics:

• The “One Health” Concept: Bringing Together Human and Animal Health for New Solutions
• Increasing Interoperability of Social Good Data
• Develop the Next Generation of Condom
• New Approaches for Detection, Treatment, and Control of Selected Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Labor Saving Strategies and Innovations for Women Smallholder Farmers

Please see the attached funding opportunity announcement.

For related questions, contact Martha Coleman, Director of Principal Gifts for Foundation Relations at OSU Foundation at 503-553-3409 ormartha.coleman@oregonstate.edu.

 

Grand Challenges round 11 3.28.13

Dear New Graduate Faculty,

The Graduate School will again hold a SPECIAL WORKSHOP for OSU Graduate Faculty on the essentials of graduate student degree completion.  The workshop is designed for Graduate Faculty new to advising graduate students as well as experienced Graduate Faculty. The workshop will present the basic facts as well as best practices for mentoring.  Things that will be covered: degree requirements, time limits, required student-committee meetings, the student’s program of study, the role of Graduate Council Representatives, and activities that are most likely to lead to graduate student success.

If you are a new or continuing advisor of master’s or doctoral students at OSU, this is the workshop for you.

The workshop will be held on:

SPECIAL WORKSHOP FOR GRADUATE FACULTY ON ADVISING GRADUATE STUDENTS

Wednesday, April 17^th, 2013

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Memorial Union Journey Room

The workshop will be presented by Martin Fisk, Associate Dean in the Graduate School.

If you are going to attend, please RSVP to Nagwa Naguib, Nagwa.Naguib@oregonstate.edu.

Marty

 

Martin Fisk, Associate Dean of the Graduate School Rm 300 Kerr Admin Bldg Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon, 97330 USA

phone: 541-737-4881

email: martin.fisk@oregonstate.edu

The Research Office, Incentive Programs is requesting letters of intent for the NSF – Scalable Nanomanufacturing (SNM) program.

Deadline to the Research Office, Incentive Programs: Monday, April 15, 2013

NSF announces a third year of a program on collaborative research and education in the area of scalable nanomanufacturing, including the long-term societal implications of the large-scale implementation of nanomanufacturing innovations. This program is in response to and is a component of the National Nanotechnology Initiative Signature Initiative: Sustainable Nanomanufacturing – Creating the Industries of the Future. Although many nanofabrication techniques have demonstrated the ability to produce relatively small quantities of nanomaterials and devices for characterization and evaluation purposes, the emphasis of this program is on research to overcome the key impediments that prevent the low cost production of useful nanomaterials, devices and systems at industrially relevant scale. Therefore, competitive proposals will incorporate three elements in their research plans:

• A persuasive argument that the nanomaterials, devices or systems to be produced have or are likely to have sufficient demand to justify eventual scale-up;
• A clearly identified and arguably complete set of research issues that must be addressed to enable the low cost production of high quality products; and
• A compelling research plan with clear objectives to overcome the identified research issues that is supported by preliminary results relevant to scale-up.

The mode of support is Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT). Proposals submitted to this program must address at least one, and preferably more than one, of the following interconnected themes:

• Novel processes and techniques for continuous and scalable nanomanufacturing;
• Directed (e.g. physical/chemical/biological) self-assembly processes leading to heterogeneous nanostructures with the potential for high-rate production;
• Fundamental scientific research in well-defined areas that are compellingly justified as critical impediments to scale-up;
• Principles and design methods to produce machines and processes to manufacture nanoscale structures, devices and systems; and/or
• Societal, environmental and educational implications of the large-scale production and use of nanomaterials, devices and systems, including the life-cycle analysis of such nanomateials, devices and systems.

Guidance for preparation of letters of  intent to the Research Office, Incentive Programs: http://oregonstate.edu/research/incentive/nsf-snm

NSF – SNM program information: http://nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13545/nsf13545.htm

If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Delmore at debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu.

Dear Colleagues,

 

We are pleased to announce that registration and abstract submission for the 24^th meeting of the International Symposium on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (ISPAC 2013), to be held in beautiful Corvallis, Oregon USA September 8-12, 2013, is now open:

 

http://www.ispac2013.com/deadlines/

 

Sessions topics include:

• Analytical Measurements
• Toxicology and Metabolism
• Environmental Fate and Transport
• Atmospheric Chemistry
• PACs in Food and the Environment
• PAC Emissions and Cook Stove Interventions
• Risk Assessment and Remediation
• Environmental Forensic Investigations
• Human Exposure
• Health Effects of PACs
• PACs in Tobacco Research
• PACs in Consumer Products and their Environmental Effects
• PACs at Contaminated Sites

 

Abstract Submission Deadline:  May 3, 2013

Early Bird Registration Deadline:  June 30, 2013

Hotel Group Rate Deadline:  August 8, 2013

 

We look forward to seeing you in Corvallis this September!

 

Staci Simonich                                                             Andreas Sjodin

ISPAC 2013 co-chair                                                    ISPAC 2013 co-chair

Staci.simonich@oregonstate.edu                               ASjodin@cdc.gov

Cayuse 424 and Cayuse SP Training:  The Office of Sponsored Programs will offer training on the Cayuse 424 and Cayuse SP proposal system on March 22, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in Memorial Union (MU) 211.  Any interested faculty and/or staff are welcome, but attendance is limited to 35.  Send an e-mail to sponsored.programs@oregonstate.edu in order to reserve a space.

The David Geffen School of Medicine

IMED Seminar and CTSI

California NanoSystems Institute

Present: A Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Double Helix

 

MONDAY  MARCH 18

JAMES  WATSON, PhD

Nobel Laureate,

Chancellor Emeritus, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

60th Anniversary of the Double Helix:

A Conversation with James Watson

Monday,  March 18

CNSI Auditorium

3:00  pm

 

Click here for live telecast

 

TUESDAY  MARCH 19

JAMES  WATSON, PhD

Nobel Laureate,

Chancellor Emeritus, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Oxidants, Antioxidants and the Curing of Cancer

Tuesday,  March.  19

NRB Auditorium

12:00 noon

 

**  BOOK SIGNING 1:00 – 2:00 PM **

 

Click here for live telecast

 

www.IMEDseminar.com