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Research on display
The Parks Library is the site of a month-long poster exhibition
touring research opportunities in Germany.
A year that Mark Rectanus, associate professor of foreign languages and
literatures, spent in Germany has led to a continued association with the
foundation that sponsored his journey.
Almost ten years later that association has led to a month-long poster exhibition
in the atrium of the Parks Library.
"Research in Germany" will be on display April 2-30. The exhibition
is organized by the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations in Stuttgart,
Germany, and is a joint initiative of 11 major research foundations. The
on-campus exhibition will be sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences, the foreign languages and literatures department, and the Iowa
State University Library.
The exhibit provides an orientation to the diversity of research opportunities
and programs in Germany ®¢ from advanced basic research at the world-renowned
Max Planck Society's 81 institutes and partnerships with foundations such
as the Alexandar von Humboldt Foundation and universities throughout Germany.
Three-fourths of Germany's government-funded basic research is conducted
at universities. International scholars are encouraged to participate in
this process through a wide variety of collaborations and exchange programs
offered by both public and nonprofit research foundations, universities
and the German government.
"The exhibition is designed to offer a sense of research opportunities
ranging from science and technology to social sciences and humanities,"
Rectanus said. Rectanus was contacted by the German Institute for Foreign
Culture Relations last summer about the exhibition in a letter sent out
to alumni of the Humboldt Fellowships. He had spent 1992 at the University
of Munich on that program.
"They wanted to get the word out in the United States on these research
opportunities in Germany," he said. "The German government is
especially interested in providing more opportunities in their country."
Rectanus said the German entities want long-term collaborative projects
with U.S. researchers.
The exhibition features nine sets of posters which introduce viewers to
the research possibilities in Germany.
The official opening of the exhibit will be held Wednesday, April 4, from
4:15-5 p.m. That event will feature Michael Engelhard, the Federal Republic
of Germany's counsel general in the U.S. Other speakers scheduled include
Iowa State interim president Richard Seagrave, James Bloedel, vice provost
for research; Olivia Madison, dean of libraries; Wolfgang Kliemann, LAS
associate dean for research; and Rectanus.
Engelhard will hold a discussion with students and faculty on contemporary
Germany in 207 Marston Hall from 3:10-4 p.m. A reception is scheduled from
5-6 p.m. in the Gold Room of the Memorial Union.
Further information can be found at www.Research-in-Germany.de.
Around LAS
March 26 to April 1, 2001
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