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Schedule of Offerings

The Office for Research Protections (ORP) is sponsoring many research and professional development educational programs this semester, including the Scholarship and Research Integrity Brown Bag Series, Survival Skills and Ethics Series and the IRB 101 Workshops. Details on programs follow. SARI participation certificates are available for many events. Hope to see you there!

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PLEASE NOTE: If you have suggestions for workshop topics, please submit them on our Topic Suggestions page.

Scholarship and Research Integrity Brown Bag Series

Survival Skills & Ethics Series

IRB Workshops

Scholarship and Research Integrity Brown Bag Series

...for everyone

Please bring a lunch. Beverages and cookies will be provided. These sessions are open and informal, so please feel free to enter late or leave early as your schedule allows.

JANUARY 21, 2010: Noon - 1:00 p.m. 102 Kern Graduate Building

The Power, Potential and Privacy Concerns of Forensic DNA Databases

Presented by Mitchell Holland - Director, Forensic Science
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Part of the Scholarship and Research Integrity Brown Bag Series. Please bring a lunch. Beverages and cookies will be provided. Please feel free to enter late or leave early as your schedule allows.

FEBRUARY 24, 2010: Noon - 1:00 p.m. 102 Kern Graduate Building

Why Historians Steal: Ethics, Method, and History

Presented by Matthew Restall - Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Latin American History

Part of the Scholarship and Research Integrity Brown Bag Series. Please bring a lunch. Beverages and cookies will be provided. Please feel free to enter late or leave early as your schedule allows.

MARCH 25, 2010: Noon - 1:00 p.m. 102 Kern Graduate Building

When Financial Interests Conflict with Research - Potential, Perceptions, and Protection

Presented by Debra Thurley - Office for Research Protections

Part of the Scholarship and Research Integrity Brown Bag Series. Please bring a lunch. Beverages and cookies will be provided. Please feel free to enter late or leave early as your schedule allows.

APRIL 14, 2010: Noon - 1:00 p.m. 102 Kern Graduate Building

Accessing Scientific and Scholarly Knowledge: Lessons and Challenges from CiteSeer

Presented by Lee Giles - Professor of Information Sciences and Technology

Part of the Scholarship and Research Integrity Brown Bag Series. Please bring a lunch. Beverages and cookies will be provided. Please feel free to enter late or leave early as your schedule allows.

Survival Skills & Ethics Series

...for graduate students and postdocs

March 20, 2010: 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. The Atherton Hotel

Survival Skills and Ethics Workshop

Topics will include copyright, fair use, and plagiarism; proposal-writing techniques and skills; and others.

Admission is free, but pre-registration is required.

February 2, 2010: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 102 Kern Graduate Building

Craft of Scientific Writing - Part 1

Presented by Michael Alley, Associate Professor, Engineering

Admission is free, but pre-registration is required. This is Part 1 of a 2-session workshop; your registration automatically includes both sessions.

February 4, 2010: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 102 Kern Graduate Building

Craft of Scientific Writing - Part 2

Presented by Michael Alley, Associate Professor, Engineering

Admission is free, but pre-registration is required. This is Part 2 of a 2-session workshop.

February 11, 2010: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 102 Kern Graduate Building

Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides

Presented by Michael Alley, Associate Professor, Engineering

Admission is free, but pre-registration is required.

April 20, 2010: 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. 102 Kern Graduate Building

What would YOU do? An interactive RCR workshop for postdocs.

Presented by Sharon Shriver, Office for Research Protections

For postdoctoral fellows only. Admission is free, but pre-registration is required.

IRB 101 Workshops

...for researchers

Admission is free, but pre-registration is required (click on the link to register). If at least 10 individuals do not sign up for a specific date, the workshop will be canceled.

February 2, 2010: 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 102 Kern Graduate Building

IRB 101: Historical Perspective & the Regulations

Admission if free, but pre-registration* is required.

February 4, 2010: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. 102 Kern Graduate Building

IRB 101: Using ORP's eSubmission System

Admission if free, but pre-registration* is required.

February 10, 2010: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 102 Kern Graduate Building

IRB 101: Managing Unanticipated Problems *NEW TOPIC*

Admission if free, but pre-registration* is required.

February 12, 2010: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 102 Kern Graduate Building

IRB 101: Managing Conflicts of Interest *NEW TOPIC*

Admission if free, but pre-registration* is required.

March 2, 2010: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 102 Kern Graduate Building

IRB 101: Managing Conflicts of Interest [Encore Presentation] *NEW TOPIC*

Admission if free, but pre-registration* is required.

March 24, 2010: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. 102 Kern Graduate Building

IRB 101: Using ORP's eSubmission System [Encore Presentation]

Admission if free, but pre-registration* is required.

April 8, 2010: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 102 Kern Graduate Building

IRB 101: Managing Unanticipated Problems [Encore Presentation] *NEW TOPIC*

Admission if free, but pre-registration* is required.

April 15, 2010: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 102 Kern Graduate Building

IRB 101: Using ORP's eSubmission System [Encore Presentation]

Admission if free, but pre-registration* is required.