OSU MANRRS seeks donations of ‘lightly used’ professional business attire: The annual Career Wardrobe event on Feb. 18 helps all OSU students prepare for the winter term career fairs and supports student members attending the MANRRS National Conference. Current donation drop off locations are 158 or 147 Strand Agricultural Hall (STAG) and OSU Career Development Center located at B008 Kerr on campus. The Beaver Store in Portland is also a donation center which is located at 538 SW 6th Ave.

Applications for PCOSW scholarships are now being accepted. The President’s Commission on the Status of Women, or PCOSW, provides funding to women faculty, students, and staff who are pursuing professional development or research opportunities, as well as individuals conducting research related to women’s issues. Scholarships average $500 and applications are due Friday, Feb. 5 (week 5) with notification in Week 7. Information: http://leadership.oregonstate.edu/pcosw/awards-scholarships

An information session for the Winter 2016 round of the Learning Innovation Grant Scaled Grants will be held Tuesday, January 19, 1:00-2:00 p.m. in Kidder 202. Please attend if you have questions and are considering submitting a proposal.

About Learning Innovation Grant Scaled Grants: Applications for the winter round of the 2015-2016 Learning Innovation Grants are now being accepted. These grants support projects that deploy technology in ways that improve student learning. The maximum award for Scaled Grants (cross-unit teams) is $100k; project descriptions are due February 12, with full proposals due March 11.  For more information and application materials, please visit: http://leadership.oregonstate.edu/tech-funding/learning-innovation-grant.

Please contact Robin Pappas, robin.pappas@oregonstate.edu, with questions.

Stanford University, in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Research Councils of the United Kingdom (RCUK) with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), is hosting a Transatlantic Data Science Workshop.

This two-day workshop will be held on March 1-2, 2016 at the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD. The objectives of this workshop are:

•             To facilitate the development of novel computational approaches to health;

•             To guide computer scientists, data scientists, statisticians, computational scientists, and mathematicians in discovering and accessing US and UK health datasets; and

•             To support researchers in establishing interdisciplinary, international collaborations.

The first day of the workshop will be devoted to exploring in-depth six datasets available to US and UK researchers, three housed in the US and funded by NIH and three in the UK and funded by RCUK.

The second day will offer an opportunity for researchers to work in small groups to develop and apply novel computational techniques to the discussed health datasets, and to develop, present, and gather feedback on research concepts that will advance our approaches to and understanding of health problems.

The datasets to be explored in depth are:

1.            The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA): https://tcga-data.nci.nih.gov/tcga/tcgaHome2.jsp

2.            Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI): http://adni.loni.usc.edu/about/

3.            Health and Retirement Study (HRS): http://hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/index.php

4.            UK Biobank – http://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/about-biobank-uk/

5.            Millennium Cohort Study – http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/page.aspx?sitesectionid=851

6.            CALIBER – https://www.caliberresearch.org/

Submission:

Two-page submissions are invited from researchers in computer science, data science, statistics and/or mathematics. Preference is given to early career researchers, but all applicants will be considered.  Proposals should describe novel computational approaches and an innovative application to a health/medical problem, employing one or more of the above six named datasets. Special consideration will be given to proposals using more than one of the above named datasets, with novel combinatorial (e.g., novel database research or data linkages) methods.  Proposals may draw upon prior work minimally, but should not propose on-going or published research. Note: researchers do not need any prior experience using the named datasets.

Please include a brief description of the proposer’s background and credentials (less than 1/2 page). Other contributors may be acknowledged but only the lead proposer will be invited to attend the workshop, if selected. Travel and expenses (up to approximately $1300, depending on originating location, for the two-day workshop) will be reimbursed through an NSF grant to Stanford University.

The concept paper is limited to two pages, with 1-inch margins and 10 point Arial font or larger.

Please upload you concept paper submission and CV here, and enter your details here. https://sites.google.com/site/usukhealthdata/

Important Dates:

January 20, 2016 (11:59 PM Pacific Time): Vision Papers Due

January 29, 2016: Notification of Acceptance

March 1-2, 2016: Workshop Date

All students, staff & faculty are invited to participate in OSU’s annual Bring Your Kids to Campus Day on April 15, 2016 hosted by Childcare & Family Resources. Any offices/departments on the Corvallis campus interested in hosting a family friendly activity that day, please contact erika.woosley@oregonstate.edu.

The Research Office Incentive Programs is accepting applications for the RERF 2016 solicitation. The intent of the RERF program is to enable faculty to acquire, repair, renovate, or improve equipment directly used for research. Program guidelines and application: http://research.oregonstate.edu/incentive/research-equipment-reserve-fund. Information: Debbie Delmore at debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu. Deadline: Jan. 19.

The Department of Chemistry at Southern Oregon University invites applications for a tenure track faculty position in Inorganic Chemistry at the Assistant Professor level starting September 19, 2016. Teaching responsibilities of the position include inorganic chemistry lecture and lab, as well as, participation in our general chemistry sequence and organic chemistry labs. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry or a closely related field; post-doctoral experience is highly desirable. The Department of Chemistry at SOU values close interaction with students and active research with undergraduates is expected. Southern Oregon University is a public, liberal arts university of 6,000 students. A major renovation of our science building was recently completed. The Department is well-equipped with a 400 MHz NMR, five MS systems including two LCMS, ICP, IR, UVvis, AA, GC, HPLC, TGA, and supporting equipment. For more information see http://www.sou.edu/chemistry.
Applications can be submitted at https://jobs.sou.edu/. A curriculum vitae including teaching philosophy, statement of research interests, unofficial transcripts, and three letters of recommendation are required.
Southern Oregon University is a welcoming community committed to inclusive excellence and the celebration of diversity. Without diversity, our educational process is diminished. Working together in support of our commitment to diversity, we strengthen and enrich our role as learners, educators and members of a tightly connected global community. We encourage those who share in our commitment to diversity, to join our community and we expect all our employees to demonstrate an ability and desire to create an inclusive campus community.

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Check out the OSU Libraries’ free Graduate Student & Faculty Winter Term Workshops.   Registration is encouraged, but not required. For complete session descriptions, visit: http://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/Library-Workshops-for-Grad-Students-Faculty  Can’t make it to a session?  Many of the sessions have handouts or online tutorials:  http://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/WorkshopHandouts

Spreadsheet Best Practices
Wednesday, Jan. 13,  – 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.

Intro to Zotero: A Web-Based Way to Manage Your Citations
Thursday, January 14, 10:00  – 11:00 a.m., Autzen Classroom

OR
Monday, February 8, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom

Intermediate/Advanced Zotero
Thursday, January 14, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom

OR
Monday, February 8, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom

Literature Review Workshop
Tuesday, January 19, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m., Autzen Classroom

Intro to Data Management Workshop
Wednesday, January 20, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Autzen Classroom

Intro to Qualtrics – Making Great Surveys
Thursday, January 21, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom

Advanced Qualtrics
Thursday, January 21, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Autzen Classroom

Mendeley
Tuesday, January 26, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m., Autzen Classroom

Basic EndNote Workshop
Tuesday, January 26, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m., Autzen Classroom

Intermediate/Advanced EndNote
Tuesday, January 26, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m., Autzen Classroom

Showcasing Your Research Managing Publications for Your Thesis, Dossier, or CV
Thursday, January 28, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom

3D Scanning Workshop
Wednesday, Feburary 3, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom

3D Printing Workshop
Wednesday, February 3, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom

Graduate Publishing Tips – Where, When & How
Wednesday, February 10, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom

Working with Linked Data
Thursday, February 11, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom

Introduction to Digital Publishing with Scalar
Thursday, February 18, 4:00 – 5:15 p.m., Autzen Classroom

Questions?  Ask Hannah Rempel, hannah.rempel@oregonstate.edu