Sentences with phrase «supporting faculty members»

The department takes pride in supporting faculty members with a broad array of interests ranging from basic discovery to clinical care to health policy.

'» She also received letters of support from her dean and provost reiterating their commitment to supporting faculty members and their research.

Not exact matches

«Support them as they go through the learning curve,» adds Laura Boyd - Brown, president of Sapient Management Consulting Inc. in Mississauga, Ont., and faculty member of York University's Schulich School of Business.

The Research Office in the Haskayne School of Business supports the development of research and scholarly activity of faculty members and doctoral students.

It must be painful to watch when faculty members who support you face investigations and threats, or when your presence seems to divide the community you love.

To be effective, such an event needed the support of the faculty members involved.

The Cincinnati Waldorf School's Board of Trustees» responsibilities include providing support and aid to the faculty in implementing a Waldorf educational program, to authorize major business and financial decisions, to appoint chairs and members of standing committees and to adopt the budget for the Cincinnati Waldorf School.

The rally was organized by the Professional Staff Congress, the union representing CUNY faculty and staff, with support from the Strong Economy for All Coalition, VOCAL New York, FPI, New York Communities for Change, and Assembly member Yuh - Line Niou.

Many of these activities would be supported by radical faculty members.

Those who support unionization say it would improve adjunct faculty members» standard of living, provide a more stable environment for students, and increase retention and graduation rates.

A new program aims to launch the careers of diverse life scientists — including women and members of other underrepresented groups — by providing up to 8 years of support, covering both the postdoctoral training and junior faculty stages.

Nomination applications consist of an undergraduate research paper or papers and at least one letter of support from a person, usually a faculty member, familiar with the student's research.

The nub of both issues is that the university faculty members running independent labs and competing for grants to support their research depend on graduate students and postdocs as highly skilled but low - paid labor to carry out the work.

In a U.S. survey conducted in 1995 by Eric Campbell, a health policy researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, and his colleagues, more than a quarter of life - science faculty members reported receiving support from industry through grant agreements and research contracts.

In other 1995 results, Campbell and his colleagues found that almost half of life - sciences faculty members in the United States received gifts from industry, including biomaterials, equipment, discretionary funds, and student support.

Support from WUSTL faculty members was also essential, since students and postdocs need to balance their BALSA commitments with their academic responsibilities.

When student support isn't enough to help a struggling student, Toliver and faculty members act as mentors, making sure the student stays on track.

We occasionally also have funding to support visiting faculty members.

Last month, UC Berkeley opened the Faculty Center for Leadership in Educational Access and Diversity to support graduate students and faculty members who want to conduct research aimed at increasing diversity in their disciplines.

Human Resources has appointed someone to manage postdoc interactions with the administration and provide the kind of support we normally provide to all staff members, a permanent Postdoc Committee has been formed with a faculty adviser, the faculty is supportive, and the director continues to be passionate in her support.

But the support I got from a few open - minded faculty members — namely, my adviser, assistant dean, and graduate committee — and a few grad students close to me encouraged me to follow my nose.

Although faculty members should play a major role in supporting these students, they are not as helpful as they could be.

Universities could also help by supporting these efforts, including recognizing outreach work when faculty members are considered for tenure, she said later.

Three years into her doctoral studies, after she had completed all course work, passed the qualifying exam, and begun preliminary research, Thornton considered that her handpicked committee of faculty members no longer supported her personally and did not have the background she felt she needed to complete her project.

At Spurgeon's institution, she says, staff scientists don't have access to the professional resources that faculty members, or even trainees, do — such as grant writing support.

He did, however, mention a case of administrative retaliation against a faculty member who actively supported a student unionization drive.

I saw few research career options beyond being a grant - supported research associate working for a faculty member.

In addition to graduate - student employees, unionized workers include registered nurses and other health care professionals, librarians, research support workers, adjunct teachers, UC Santa Cruz faculty members, police officers, clerical workers, and members of skilled construction and printing trades.

At UC Berkeley, the postdoc office generates financial support by charging visiting scholars $ 100 annually for university services (a visiting scholar is an individual who has gotten a Ph.D. more than 5 years ago and is usually a senior faculty member elsewhere).

Gaining the support of the central School of Medicine administration, developing automated monthly reports, meeting with all newly hired business administrators, and constantly reminding faculty and staff members all contributed to our success.

The National Institutes of Health awarded 141 grants through its P30 program, a funding mechanism repurposed under ARRA to support hiring newly recruited faculty members in multidisciplinary areas, so at least 141 faculty searches were saved.

They are extremely supportive, and as a new faculty member, I need their kind of support.

In this role, he provides support and guidance for faculty members in developing fulfilling careers as researchers, teachers, clinicians, and academic administrators.

Other guidelines include making sure that graduate students receive proper professional attribution for their work and that faculty members support graduate students» «extra-academic activities,» such as getting training for job interviews, seeking information on career options within academia and beyond, or doing an internship.

The length of the probation period isn't the only concern of junior faculty members; many have made it clear to UTFA that they aren't satisfied with the level of support they currently receive from the administration.

However, the phenomenon is reminiscent of widely cited studies, for example, of members of the U.S. public who consistently support their own elected officials and the teachers of their children, while simultaneously voicing discontent with the larger contexts and systems in which the elected representatives and faculty are complicit.

Moreover, junior faculty members at U of T receive little formal faculty mentoring or career development support from the administration or their tenured colleagues.

Fortunately, Hart told AAAS: «The two young faculty members I had met years earlier were unwavering in their support of me... They have been my mentors and friends for the last two decades.

Johns Hopkins faculty member says he sent out 1 million e-mails to spare NIH from sequestration, but got little support from science groups

Just like Next Wave, MiSciNet will rely on students, mentors, faculty members, and administrators to share their own stories and their own perspectives, providing — over time — an increasingly valuable resource for all underrepresented minority students and those committed to supporting their aspirations.

Rauser says her schedule follows the hours of the faculty members and researchers she is supporting, so it's not clock - in clock - out 9 - to - 5 days.

«Our faculty members have been very successful in obtaining support from the National Science Foundation, including major research equipment grants and grants for cooperative training and instructional projects such as projects for training graduate students in biological and cultural evolution together with the WSU Department of Anthropology, and for training undergraduates in mathematical biology together with the Department of Mathematics.»

An endowed professorship is considered the highest honor in academic medicine and recognizes extraordinary talent in research, clinical care and teaching, and it provides solid and sustaining funding to an accomplished faculty member to support his or her continued focus on radiation oncology research and its clinical translation.

«Almost all our PhD students and postdocs receive support from the NIH, as members of training grant programs, as recipients of individual awards, and as participants in research by UCSF faculty, a majority of whom are affiliated with one or more of our graduate training programs,» said Elizabeth Watkins, PhD, dean of the UCSF Graduate Division and vice chancellor of student academic affairs.

In addition to supporting several pilot grants for in - depth research projects, the funding now has also enabled the development of new multi-site research projects, a mentoring program, educational training videos, biostatistical support, and more to faculty members within the participating universities.

Jarvis «Jay» Edwin Seegmiller, M.D., a pioneer in the field of human genetics, an advocate for research and education to support healthy aging, and an Emeritus Professor and founding faculty member at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, passed away on May 31 at UCSD's Thornton Hospital in La Jolla after a brief respiratory illness.

The medical school announces plans to hire more than 60 new faculty members in five research areas and strengthen its support of other research efforts as part of $ 67 million initiative.

«With his support, we started our monthly «Coffee with ORPA» training series and we became better facilitators for research activities at Princeton, focused on providing assistance and guidance for our faculty members and research administrators.»

Academic units nominate the faculty members and support letters are compiled from top researchers in the nominee's field.

A sponsor, according to the task force, is a person in a leadership position who actively supports the career advancement of a more junior faculty member or trainee in whom they see career and leadership potential.