College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Around LAS On-Line

Around LAS On-Line is a weekly e-mail publication informing faculty and staff of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of events and topics of interest.

UPCOMING EVENTS
April 29: Retirement Reception: Kay Mueller, lecturer and adviser in communication studies, Cardinal Room, Memorial Union, 3-5 p.m.
April 29: Retirement Reception: Brenda Daly, University Professor of English and director of the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities, Campanile Room, Memorial Union, 3:40-5 p.m.
May 5: Panel Discussion: "I Wish Someone Had Told Me That," 368A Heady Hall, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Panel is an open discussion with professional women about their experiences as women in non-traditional careers and is sponsored by the Department of Economics.
May 5: Economics Lecture: "Evidence, Efficiency and Public Policy: The Case of the Prison Rape Elimination Act," Nancy Wolff, Rutgers University, 4 p.m.
Complete LAS Calendar on-line at www.las.iastate.edunewnews/calendar.shtml

DEADLINES
April 30: Institute Mentored Summer Grant Writing Program, Institute for Social and Behavioral Research
www.las.iastate.edu/faculty_and_staff/forms/isbr.doc
May 10: Institute of Science and Society Mini Grant Competition
www.las.iastate.edu/iss/ISSMiniGrantOpportunity41708.doc
Note: Unless noted all applications should be turned in to 202 Catt Hall.
www.las.iastate.edu/faculty_and_staff/deadlines.shtml

ADVANCE NEWS
The final ADVANCE networking event for the spring semester for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) faculty will take place Monday, April 28, at noon in 3512 Memorial Union. Jan Thompson, ADVANCE equity advisor to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will hold a STEM women's lunchtime discussion.
www.advance.iastate.edu/events.shtml

Also ADVANCE has provided information on their web site including the complete ISU ADVANCE Collaborative Transformation Project and slides from the April 1 ADVANCE workshop.
www.advance.iastate.edu/events.shtml#SynRpt

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY MINI GRANT
The Institute of Science and Society is accepting applications for their "mini grants." These grants provide "seed money" for developing interdisciplinary research proposals or interdisciplinary workshops that ultimately lead to proposals to evaluate the environmental, economic, social and policy implications of bioeconomy expansion.
www.las.iastate.edu/iss/ISSMiniGrantOpportunity41708.doc

ISBR GRANT
The Institute for Social and Behavioral Research is offering a Summer Mentored Grantmanship Program for faculty in the social sciences. The program provides one month of summer salary to a junior faculty member who wishes to develop a grant application in an area related to ISBR's expertise. The deadline for application is April 30.
www.las.iastate.edu/faculty_and_staff/forms/isbr.doc

AROUND LAS
The current issue of Around LAS is on-line and includes features on the LAS Career Services, faculty members Eric Abbott, Jim Andrews and Rob West, as well as award-winning student pianist Jennifer Edmondson.
www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/alas042808.shtml

ARTS
A complete listing of Iowa State arts and entertainment events can be found at www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/arts/isuarts.shtml

Around LAS On-Line is a weekly e-mail publication informing faculty and staff in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of events and topics of interest.

Current Issue:
April 28, 2008
Vol. 2, Number 32

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