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News and Notes
OU Names New Dean of Libraries
The University of Oklahoma has announced the appointment of Denise Stephens as dean of OU Libraries, pending OU Board of Regents’ approval. She will begin her role at OU on May 24. Stephens, an OU alumna and previous OU Libraries employee, will return to her alma mater from Washington University in St. Louis, where she serves as vice provost and university librarian. Read more
Mellon Grant Awarded to OU’s Native American Studies Initiative
A recent grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will establish a new fellowship program at the University of Oklahoma to educate and empower students to make a difference in Indian Country. The four-year grant for $749,240 was awarded to the Department of Native American Studies and Native Nations Center at OU, and the funding will support the establishment of the Mellon Foundation Impact Fellows Initiative at OU. Read more
Anderson Recognized by Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence for Mentorship
Ron Anderson, Assistant Professor of Management at the Michael F. Price College of Business, has been recognized by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence for his mentorship efforts. The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence is a statewide nonprofit that recognizes and encourages academic excellence in Oklahoma’s public schools. Through its statewide mentoring initiative, the foundation promotes the growth and development of quality youth mentoring programs. The foundation works with school districts and mentoring organizations to promote mentoring as a positive step toward academic success. Learn more
Call for Undergraduate Course Development Proposals
The Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing, in collaboration with The Center for Faculty Excellence, is pleased to announce a grant-funded initiative from the John Templeton Foundation, to provide stipends and discretionary funds for new or redesigned course development that incorporates virtues into the curriculum meaningfully and pedagogically. The course development stipends and discretionary funds are intended to support faculty across disciplines who wish to develop innovative methods for cultivating virtues and assessing the outcomes of these strategies. Stipends in the amount of $2,000 and discretionary funds in the amount of $250 each will be available for approved new courses in four disciplines: Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM. Learn more
Center for Faculty Excellence Spring Support
The Center for Faculty Excellence will be offering spring workshops on teaching, writing, research & creative activity, community engagement, faculty development and much more. CFE strives to always provide timely and pertinent programming to faculty. To assist with this effort please complete the Spring 2021 Faculty Support Survey to keep CFE informed about what is important to you.
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Featured Academic Events
To submit upcoming events, please complete this short form. Submissions are due by Thursday at noon for publication on Friday. View our submission guidelines for more information.
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Monday, January 25
Center for Faculty Excellence Teaching Office Hours
When: January 25, 1:00pm-2:00pm
Where: Via Zoom
Open office hours are available for OU faculty who may have any teaching-related questions for Associate Director Dr. Hong Lin. For more information, contact Hong Lin at honglin@ou.edu.
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Tuesday, January 26
Faculty Writing Group: Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks
When: January 26, 1:00pm-2:15pm
Where: Via Zoom
Following the successful model of Wendy Belcher’s workshop, we will meet weekly to engage in the process of preparing a journal article – planning, revising, and submitting. Register online. For more information, contact Michele Eodice at meodice@ou.edu.
ORCiD/SciENcv Training Webinar
When: January 26, 2:00pm-3:00pm
Where: Via Zoom
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is requiring proposals submitted on or after October 5, 2020 to provide biosketches and current and pending funded programs in a specific format. This format can be produced through a SciENcv (a program managed by NIH/NCBI) – which will pull your information from ORCiD and hold your information for edits further down the road, or through a fillable pdf (biosketch, current and pending).This webinar will present a PowerPoint to walk you through the process of 1) signing up for your ORCiD and populating your information fields, 2) the process of signing up for your NCBI account, and 3) how to create your SciENcv. The intention is that you will be able to populate and complete a first biosketch during the webinar. Register here. For more information, contact Clara Smith at clara.smith@ou.edu.
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Wednesday, January 27
Office of Research Services - Preparing a Proposal Budget
When: January 27, 9:00am
Where: Via Zoom (Meeting ID: 914 1114 0695; Passcode: 57356478)
Fran Stephens will be presenting, and the session is open to anyone who would like to attend. This may be of special interest to new faculty and departmental staff who work with faculty on developing proposal submissions. We will also be recording the session and posting it on our website. There is no need to register. Please feel free to join us and/or forward the invitation. For more information, contact the Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships at researchnews@ou.edu.
Software Carpentry Lesson
When: January 27, 9:00am-12:00pm
Where: Via Zoom
Python is a popular language for scientific computing, and great for general-purpose programming as well. This is a beginner-level workshop for researchers presented by OU Libraries. Our workshops cover better practices for research, data, coding, and communication. No prior experience is needed (i.e. no prerequisites). Register online. For more information, contact OU Libraries at libpr@ou.edu.
Introduction to the NSF CAREER Proposal
When: January 27, 10:30am-11:30am
Where: Via Zoom
Join Center for Faculty Excellence to learn more about the NSF CAREER proposal. For faculty planning to submit an NSF CAREER proposal in July 2022, this one session introduction will provide some basic guidelines and introduce you to some OU resources to help you think through your submission strategy. Register online. For more information contact Clara Smith at clara.smith@ou.edu.
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Thursday, January 28
Pandemic Then (and Now): COVID-19 through the Lens of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
When: January 28, 12:00pm
Where: Via Zoom
The webinar series “Humanity and Health” serves as a focus for research and reflection about the social, economic, psychological, educational, and public health crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Nancy Bristow will lead this free Humanity and Health webinar focused on the 1918 Influenza epidemic, and how the lessons learned by public health officials then apply to the COVID-19 epidemic. Register online. For more information, contact the Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships at researchnews@ou.edu.
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Friday, January 29
Writing Enriched Curriculum: Social Annotations with Hypothes.is
When: January 29, All Day
Where: Via Zoom
This ongoing Canvas module will introduce you to a new Canvas-based annotation tool that expands traditional solitary reading into a discussion in the margins of a text. By creating virtual margins on a PDF or web page, the Hypothes.is app allows students to read and respond to each other’s annotations. The app works with Canvas’s assignments and SpeedGrader functions; it features a home page that allows you to quickly assess participation. We will look at a number of ways to use this tool for writing- and discussion-based pedagogies, and in both hybrid and online courses. Register here. For more information, contact Robert Scafe at rscafe@ou.edu.
Finance Virtual Seminar Series
When: January 29, 10:30am-12:00pm
Where: Via Zoom
Please join the Division of Finance in welcoming Anastassia Fedyk from UC Berkeley, who will be presenting her latest research at the weekly virtual Finance Division Seminar. For more information contact Aaron Burt at aaronburt@ou.edu or visit the website.
Workshop Series: Writing the One-page Summary for Agency RFPs (continued)
When: January 29, 11:00am-12:30pm
Where: Via Zoom
Proposal abstracts and summaries are the first piece of your writing a Program Manager uses to decide whether or not they are interested in your proposed work. It is crucial that this element is technically grounded, interesting, and flows logically. Researchers are invited to join this series of five workshop sessions to select a relevant funding opportunity, consider the budget, and reach out to a Program Manager with a developed proposal summary. For more information contact Clara Smith at clara.smith@ou.edu or visit the website.
Big Idea Challenge: Oral Presentations
When: January 29, 1:00pm-4:00pm
Where: Via Zoom (Meeting ID: 992 9069 9288; Passcode: 76848437)
Eleven semi-finalists have been invited to give short presentations on their proposals for the second phase of review of OU’s Big Idea Challenge. Each talk will be 10 minutes, followed by 5 minutes Q&A. The Big Idea Challenge will provide resources to transdisciplinary teams for projects that position the university as a leader in generating new insights and contributions to solving regional, national and global challenges in security, sustainability, health and communities. These talks are open to the public; registration is not required. For more information, contact the Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships at researchnews@ou.edu.
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