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- CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS
- CSDE Computer Lab Door Code to Change on August 20
- FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
- Justus Liebig University Calls for Nominations for 2008
Developing Countries Prize on "Development and Migration"
- TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
- Mississippi State Assistant Professor Position - More details
- Evans School of Public Affairs Seeks Predoctoral Research Associate
for Human Services Policy Center
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Issues Call for Applications to Health &
Society Scholars Program
- OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
- UW Annual Funding for Sponsored Research Exceeds $1 Billion!
- National Children's Study Announces Opportunity for Public Review and
Comment on the Study's Research Plan
- NIH Extends Deadline for Comment on Peer Review Process to September 7
- Population Reference Bureau Posts New Content on Website
- Hopkins Population Center Invites Viewers of PRB Low Birth Weight Webcast
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CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS
CSDE Computer Lab Door Code to Change on August 20
Effective Monday, August 20th at 7:30am, the door code for the CSDE Computer Lab in Raitt 223 will be changed.
To obtain the new code you must be logged in with your CSDE Windows account to any computer joined to the CSDE
network or to any of the CSDE terminal servers. The code is located in the T:\ drive. The path for the document
that contains the new code is T:\labcode\labcode.txt
If you cannot access this file please bring your Husky Card to Erich in Raitt 218K and once your account has been
verified, the new code will be provided to you.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to e-mail
csde_help@u.washington.edu.
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Justus Liebig University Calls for Nominations for 2008 Developing Countries Prize on "Development and Migration"
The KfW Development Bank, Frankfurt/Main, and Justus Liebig University, Giessen, will award the Developing Countries Prize 2008,
which is endowed with EUR 5,000, on the topic "Development and Migration". At the same time, special prizes will be awarded for a
dissertation (EUR 1,500) and two diploma or master's theses (EUR 500 each). In November 2008, there will be an opportunity to
present the theses at an international symposium in Germany.
Nominations will be accepted until January 31, 2008 and should be sent to:
Kuratorium "Entwicklungsländerpreis" c/o Der Präsident
Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen
Ludwigstrasse 23
D-35390 Giessen.
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TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Mississippi State Assistant Professor Position - Emory Morrison Available on UW Campus Through August 8
Mississippi State University seeks applicants for a tenure-track entry-level faculty position in Social Demography.
Mississippi State faculty member and UW CSDE and CIRGE affiliate Emory Morrison is on campus in Seattle through
August 8, and is available to discuss the position (contact while here: morrison at u.washington.edu, 206-543-8353).
Interested candidates may also see the department's web site at http://www.msstate.edu/dept/sociology/index.htm,
contact search committee chair Prof. Xiaohe Xu (xu at soc.msstate.edu, 662-325-7873), or contact Prof. Peter Wood
(wood at soc.msstate.edu) about this year's ASA meetings.
Mississippi State University, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work seeks qualified applicants
for a tenure-track entry level Assistant Professor position to begin in Fall 2008. Ph.D. in Sociology/Demography
required for appointment at the Assistant Professor level, but ABD’s will be considered for appointment at the level
of Instructor. Primary area of teaching and research will be in social demography (loosely defined) with ability to
teach quantitative methods at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Secondary area of specialization is open, though
some aspect of inequality is preferred. Maximum teaching load is 2/2. Programs offered include BA, MS, and Ph.D. in
Sociology.
The department consists of 23 faculty members (16 in Sociology and 7 in Anthropology and Social Work), over 200
undergraduate majors, and over 50 sociology graduate students.
Applications should include:
- a vita,
- a letter describing teaching and research interests,
- samples of scholarly work, and
- any supporting materials that demonstrate teaching and/or service achievements.
Materials should be sent to:
Chair, Social Demography Search Committee,
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work,
P.O. Box C,
Mississippi State University,
Mississippi State, MS 39762.
Candidates should have at least three letters of recommendation sent directly to the Chair of the Search Committee.
Review of applications will begin October 15, 2007, though applications will be accepted and reviewed until
the position is filled. The largest university in the state, Mississippi State University is a public, land
grant university of approximately 16,000 students classified as Doctoral/Research Extensive by the Carnegie Foundation.
MSU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from minority and
female candidates.
Evans School of Public Affairs Seeks Predoctoral Research Associate for Human Services Policy Center
The Human Services Policy Center at UW's Evans School of Public Affairs seeks a 20-hour-a-week graduate Research Assistant
for Fall Quarter 2007 to work on a project examining associations between child care participation and children’s obesity
using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study—Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K), a public-use data set sponsored by
the National Center for Education Statistics. The project is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The graduate
Research Assistant will assist the Principal Investigator with all aspects of this work, focusing specifically on the
quantitative analysis. The Research Assistant will work under the supervision of the Principal Investigator.
Applications for this position are due August 14, 2007.
For more information, click here
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Issues Call for Applications to Health & Society Scholars Program
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program has issued its 2007 - 2008 Call for Applications. The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program is designed to build the nation's capacity for research,
leadership and policy change to address the broad range of factors that affect health. The program is based on the principle
that progress in the field of population health depends upon collaboration and exchange among the social, behavioral, biological
and health sciences. Its goal is to improve health by training scholars and to produce leaders who will change the questions
asked, the methods employed to analyze problems and the range of solutions to reduce population health disparities and improve
the health of all Americans.
Applications are due October 12, 2007. See:
http://www.rwjf.org/files/applications/cfp/cfp_healthsocietyscholars0407.pdf
Additional information and instructions may be obtained by contacting:
Gerard P. Lebeda, program coordinator
Phone: (800) 734-7635
E-mail: hss@rwjf.org
http://www.healthandsocietyscholars.org
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OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
UW Annual Funding for Sponsored Research Exceeds $1 Billion!
University of Washington President Mark Emmert recently announced that UW has, for the first time, received total annual
sponsored research funding in excess of $1 billion. CSDE represents $2.71 million of this total. The text of President
Emmert's congratulatory e-mail to faculty and staff follows.
Dear Faculty and Staff:
I am writing to congratulate you for helping the University reach a remarkable milestone. This week, the University is
announcing that for the first time, total annual funding for sponsored research exceeded $1 billion. These results are
for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2007, and they include funding for research from the federal government and from
private sources like foundations and corporations. Funding from the federal government comprises nearly 80 percent of
this total. As you may know, the University of Washington has been the top recipient of federal funds among public universities
every year since 1974. It has been in the top five for both public and private universities every year since 1969, and
in recent years has been second only to Johns Hopkins. Yet even with this incredible track record, this year marks the
first time our total funding for research has topped a billion dollars.
This is an extraordinary accomplishment at any time, but especially now when federal funding is flat. It is due, of course,
to all of you who participate in the University's research enterprise and who work so hard to garner funding for sponsored
research. It is, in my view, the single most telling fact about the quality of the people who work here. Competing so
successfully at this level is truly an amazing feat, and I want to thank the many thousands of you who play a role and
participate in our research for helping us reach this milestone.
Congratulations to everyone. You should all take great pride in being a part of this exceptional record of success.
National Children's Study Announces Opportunity for Public Review and Comment on the Study's Research Plan
The National Children's Study has completed the Research Plan for the first phase of the Study (from birth to 24 months
of age), and is making it available to the public for comment. The Research Plan builds on the initial Study Plan and
describes the scientific background, rationale, and design of the Study. It provides a broad overview of how researchers
will conduct the Study and how the data will be collected.
The Research Plan and directions on providing comment to the Study can be viewed by visiting the National Children's
Study Web site at
http://www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov/.
The Plan will be available for public comment for 60 days. Responses should be submitted on or before
September 25, 2007. All comments provided by the public will be reviewed by the Study's scientific staff.
NIH Extends Deadline for Comment on Peer Review Process to September 7
The NIH has issued a Request for Information on Peer Review. It is Notice number NOT-OD-07-074.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-074.html.
Due to the level of interest in this effort, the closing date has been extended to September 7, 2007. Please see
http://www.nih.gov/about/director/newsletter/Summer2007.htm for more information.
Population Reference Bureau Posts New Content on Website
The Population Reference Bureau has posted new content to its website, www.prb.org.
Materials include:
Hopkins Population Center Invites Viewers of PRB Low Birth Weight Webcast
A Population Reference Bureau webcast, based on a seminar on the long-term consequences of low birth weight sponsored
by the Hopkins Population Center and PRB in May 2007, is now available online.
From HPC:
The Seminar was on the long-term consequences of low birth weight, and specifically on the unexpected disagreement between
behavioral and clinical researchers. The social scientists are saying that low birth weight predicts later life outcomes
such as high-school graduation, whereas the clinical researchers are saying they think the significance of birth weight is
being exaggerated. We invited two leading researchers, sociologist Dalton Conley from NYU and pediatrician Marie McCormick
from Harvard, to speak to a policy audience in Washington. PRB videotaped the seminar and then put together the webcast,
which combines the video and the PowerPoint presentations the speakers used, and is searchable.
PRB and HPC plan to make this an annual symposium on policy issues involving population and health.
The link is:
http://www.prb.org/Journalists/Webcasts/2007/LowBirthWeight.aspx
Please note: The full webcast, with PowerPoint slides, works better with Internet Explorer than with Mozilla Firefox.
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