SSRI Announcements, Week of 4/20/09
Dear colleagues:
Here are the announcements of events, initiatives, funding opportunities, and other news for the week of April 20-24, 2009, from the Social Science Research Institute and its units: the Children, Youth, and Families Consortium, Population Research Institute, Survey Research Center, SLIC, and Smart Spaces Center.
To be included in this weekly announcement, items must be received by 5 p.m. on Friday; distribution will occur the following Monday. Please send items to Terry Noll (tmg3@psu.edu). Thank you!
These weekly announcements may also be found on both the SSRI and CYFC websites, under Latest News.
Funding Opportunities
Dr. Eva Pell, Senior Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School has provided a link to the Penn State Recovery Website for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
DOD Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP) New Award Mechanism: the Ovarian Cancer Academy. The Ovarian Cancer Academy is intended to provide intensive mentoring, national networking, and a peer group for early-career investigators. Complete details for the FY2009 Ovarian Cancer may be found on the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) website and http://www.Grants.gov (CFDA# 12.420).
Events
April 22, 2009, 7:00 p.m., 100 Life Sciences
Title: "What Americans Really Think about Climate Change--Attitude Formation and Change in Response to a Raging Scientific Controversy"
Presenter: Jon Krosnick, University of Michigan
Sponsors: The Climate Risk Management Initiative, Communication Arts &
Sciences, Political Science, Psychology, Schreyer Institute for Teaching
Excellence, and the Social Science Research Institute
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Other Social Science Events at Penn State:
April 22, 2009, noon - 1:30 p.m., 502 Keller
Title: "The Role of Community-based Natural Resource Management in
Shaping Indigenous Wildlife Value Orientations and Quality of Life in
Namibia"
Presenters: Duarte Morais and Harry Zinn, Recreation Park and Tourism
Management at PSU
Sponsor: Interinstitutional Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge (ICIK)
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April 23, 2009, noon - 1:30 p.m., 204 E. Calder Way, Suite 400
Methodology Center Brown Bag Seminar: MC Discussion
"Ideas for Dynamic Dissemination Content on the Website"
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April 23, 2009, 4:30 p.m., The Living Center, 110 Henderson
Title: "Dimensional Analysis of Interactions using SASB: Looking beyond the Cross-sectional Lamppost for the Keys to Psychopathology"
Presenter: Lorna Smith Benjamin, The University of Utah
Sponsor: The Child Study Center Speaker Series
April 24, 2009, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. The Psychological Clinic, 453 Moore
Title: "Engaging the Will to Change"
Presenter: Lorna Smith Benjamin, The University of Utah
Sponsor: The Psychological Clinic, Department of Psychology at Penn State
April 24, 2009, Reception at 3:00 p.m.; Lecture at 4:00 p.m., 319 Walker
Department of Geography, Miller Lecture
Title: "Some Developments in the Specification, Estimation and Testing of Geodemographic Models"
Presenter: Paul Longley, University College London
April 27, 2009, 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., 236 Chambers Building
Health Services Research Colloquium
Title: "Disparities in Neighborhood Context, with Emphasis on
Multi-level Modeling"
Presenter: Ana Diez Roux, University of Michigan
April 27, 2009, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker
Earth Talks Seminar
Title: "The Marcellus and Other Shale Plays in Pennsylvania: Are They Really Worth All the Fuss?"
Presenter: John Harper, Geological Division, Pennsylvania Geological Survey
April 30, 2009, noon - 1:30 p.m., 204 E. Calder Way, Suite 400
Methodology Center Brown Bag Seminar: SPR Poster Presentation Discussions
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