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New a2ru Partner Spotlight

    
The University of Arkansas works to integrate arts into curriculum across campus as one of the top priorities, ripened by a $120 million gift in 2017 by the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation establishing the School of Art. The visionary gift calls upon UA colleges to mingle and expand with the art school, and to co-establish dual degrees and majors and minors. Arts are seen as the hub of a wheel, buoying creativity and innovative practices in all programs and colleges. The University of Arkansas sent 5 students to the Emerging Creatives Student Summit this year at James Madison University and will be hosting a Town Hall meeting on May 3. Read more about the University of Arkansas >>

The Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile joins a2ru sent 2 students to the Emerging Creatives Student Summit this year at James Madison University and presented sessions at the past 2 national conferences.

The University of Nevada Las Vegas joins a2ru as the newest partner.
Quoting Dean Nancy Uscher, "I see the UNLV College of Fine Arts becoming a state, national and international leader in the arts and higher education."

Branches from the Same Tree:
A National Convening on the Integration of Arts, Humanities, and STEMM in Higher Education
April 12, 2019, 9am-5pm
National Academy of Sciences

Mark your calendars for the National Convening on the Integration of Arts, Humanities, and STEMM in Higher Education on April 12, 2019 in Washington, DC! The event is brought to you by the Board on Higher Education and Workforce (BHEW) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. BHEW will convene hundreds of leaders and practitioners in education, workforce, policy, and industry. Join us for a day of inspiring and informative conversations on improving higher education to better prepare students for work, life, and citizenship. This event will be webcast. Questions about the Convocation or submissions of posters, exhibits, or course demos can be directed to Irene Ngun.
RSVP Now >>

Graphonomics and Your Brain On Art, Creativity, and Innovation
June 9-13, 2019
Live Aqua, Cancun

This unique and intellectually-stimulating conference brings together thought leaders, practitioners and innovators working at the intersection of the arts, sciences, engineering, technology, medicine, and education and developing trans-disciplinary approaches to the study of brain dynamics in action and context,  innovation, creativity, aesthetic experiences, emergence of intent and emotional intelligence, emotional buildings and sensing spaces, art therapy, STEAM education, as well as the latest wearable high-definition brain-body technologies. Find more information and details online.

Education, Design and Practice – Understanding skills in a Complex World Call for Proposals

Deadline: April 1, 2019

This unique conference is interested in how we prepare the next generation of professionals to design, construct and manage the built environment. It seeks papers on teaching and learning in various sectors: Education and Pedagogy; Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape; Business and Management; and Construction and Engineering. Find more information and details online.

Host a Town Hall Meeting with a2ru, the National Academies, and Your Organization


The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities, in partnership with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, is hosting a series of town hall gatherings across the country sustain a national dialogue about arts integration calibrated for each campus and its community. Find more information on the a2ru website

Call for Nominations -
a2ru Research Committee

After a brief hiatus, a2ru is reconstituting its research committee. a2ru's research committee helps drive a2ru intellectually, diversifies its initiatives, provides a foundation for a2ru community, and supports events and initiatives including the development of special topics of interest to a2ru partners. To learn more, express interest, or nominate someone else, please visit this link

a2ru Research to Practice Webpage: Updated and Reorganized

We have renovated our main research page, making it easier for you to find research insights and resources on the topics that matter to you. Check out the suite of materials available in areas like Basics, Tenure and Promotion, and Collaboration. Some areas are still under construction, and we will be continuously adding resources from ongoing projects that haven’t yet been fully shared. Watch this space as we continue to make insights more accessible.

Join the a2ru Research-to-Practice Listserve

a2ru now hosts a community listserve for sharing emerging research and insights about arts integrative practices in higher education. Join now this forum as an ongoing portal to the a2ru network, to share and find best practices, and to take your interests and discussions further.

Call For Tenure and Promotion Resources


a2ru seeks to add to its expanding collection of literature and resources around tenure and promotion. Specifically, we are interested in articles, research, examples, and policies that help address how creativity and research in the arts recognized, reviewed and evaluated at our research universities, particularly as they relate to interdisciplinarity, arts integration and public engagement that are expanding the boundaries of our disciplines; and how arts leadership can affect change and broaden university RPT criteria and policy. Use this link to share or upload tenure and promotion resources, articles, and points-of-view.

a2ru 2019 National Conference Call for Proposals: knowledges
Deadline: April 5, 2019

a2ru invites proposals for the 2019 national conference, knowledges: artistic practice as method to take place at the University of Kansas, in Lawrence, KS, November 7–9, 2019. The theme is an invitation to explore modes of knowing, especially as arrived through the discovery of artistic practice. This theme is anchored in, but not limited to, the following questions:

  • How do artistic practices map onto other methods of knowledge production?

  • If contemporary artists are trained from the outset to be critical of their medium(s), how might this critical reflection inform more discrete disciplines, which often treat academic form as neutral vessels for the delivery of content?

  • What can researchers across the arts, sciences, and humanities learn from one another's practices and approaches?

The University of Kansas, host of this year's a2ru conference, aims to infuse the arts into its research culture by advancing interdisciplinary projects across the sciences and humanities. This is accomplished through existing structures, such as the Integrated Arts Research Initiative (IARI) funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation at the Spencer Museum of Art, The Commons, and the Research Excellence Initiative through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The exhibition and dialogue among artists and scholars developed through the IARI colloquium (November 6, 2019) will launch the 2019 a2ru national conference.

Find the full call and link to submit a proposal on the conference website.

a2ru Research Director Gabriel Harp to Present at the UCLA Symposium: Art Based Research in Times of Social and Climate Change
April 4-7, 2019
UCLA South Campus -- California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) Auditorium

With interdisciplinary collaborations that span beyond the artistic disciplines, crossing boundaries into the humanities and the sciences, the role of the artist as a catalyst becomes a critical issue to consider. This is particularly true for research universities where traditionally the arts have not been given the same importance or weight as other disciplines. The symposium will address some of the thorny issues that arise when faculty work across traditional modes of scholarship and chart new territory in their practice. Even in universities where there is enthusiasm about interdisciplinary research, many faculty who bridge different fields find that promotion policies do not always value some of the most innovative aspects of their work. How does this influence curricular decisions and what are the implications for the students, faculty and the community, and what are the implications in time of climate change and social unrest? Speakers include Gerald Bast, Gabriel Harp, Cornelia Bast, Alexander Damianisch, Linda Weintraub, Maria Gonzales, Ingeborg Reichle, Greg Lynn, Siddharth Ramakrishnan, and Ruth Schnell.

Virtual Town Hall Webinar 
Connecting the Branches: Insights from the National Academies Report on Integrative Learning
presented by a2ru and AAC&U

April 9, 3-4pm EDT

This webinar is part of a series of town hall gatherings held across the country designed to sustain a national dialogue about arts integration calibrated for each campus and its community. In 2015, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened more than 110 scientists, engineers, artists, humanists, educators, policymakers, and industry executives to start the process to examine the impact of arts integration on academic performance and workforce development. This work culminated with the development of a detailed, evidence-based report prepared by the committee. This discussion will highlight the benefits of integrative learning experiences in the humanities and arts with science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine. Panelists will explore and share strategies that have resulted in improved educational and career outcomes for both undergraduate and graduate students. Join us for this conversation to discuss how greater integration can transform higher education for an enlightened, better prepared, more competitive workforce and citizenry. There will be time for Q&A during the webinar, and we encourage participants to send questions in advance to webinars@aacu.org. The webinar will be recorded, and the recording will be available online 72 hours after the webinar.

Moderated by Lynn Pasquerella, President, Association of American Colleges and Universities. Presenters include: Ashley Bear, Senior Program Officer with the Board on Higher Education and Workforce at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Gunalan Nadarajan, Dean, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan; and David C. Munson, Jr., President, Rochester Institute of Technology

Register Now >>

Webinar Fee: $200; Fee waived for AAC&U members
a2ru members use coupon code WEBACAD for no-cost registration (you’ll need to create an account and then can ‘purchase’ the registration using this code)

Call for Chapters: Preparing Students for Community-Engaged Scholarship in Higher Education
Deadline: March 16, 2019


Community-engaged scholarship is an equitable and democratic approach to scholarship that seeks to identify and solve community-based problems. Community-engaged scholars aim to serve the public good by developing and sustaining community-campus partnerships built on trust, reciprocity, and mutual benefit. As universities orient themselves towards serving the public good, universities face a number of challenges: faculty and students may not possess the competencies or commitment to build fruitful community partnerships; graduate and undergraduate students may lack the necessary training and mentorship required to develop their identity as community-engaged scholars; and, institutional leaders may not know how to motivate faculty and students for this ambitious and challenging endeavor. 

This edited volume addresses the following question: How are undergraduate and graduate students in the context of higher education successfully prepared for participation in community-engaged scholarship? This publication will explore how faculty and academic leaders can create learning opportunities and intellectual cultures that support the development of community-engaged scholars. This publication will explore how university coursework can help undergraduate and graduate students to develop the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary for productive and responsible community-engaged scholarship. 
More info HERE
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