I would like to inform you that we have a new summer course in Greece that is open to ALL majors, advanced undergrad, grad, and doctoral.
The application deadline is Feb 20, 2019. It is a 4-unit one-month course with a minimum of two weeks in Greece.
This course also counts for credit toward our new MA in Cinematic Arts with emphasis in Media Arts, Games and Health, which can be completed as a progressive degree.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact gotsis@usc.edu.
Dear Students,
The USC Graduate School’s Vice Provost for Graduate Programs, Sally Pratt, invites you to attend one of the Spring 2019 Graduate Student Luncheons.
The luncheon will serve as an opportunity to create an inclusive community for graduate students from both the University Park Campus and the Health Science Campus. You have the opportunity to talk with the Vice Provost about a variety of graduate and professional student topics that range from Diversity, Inclusion, and Access to International Student experiences to Academic Professional Development; including your own concerns and discussion items. Vice Provost Pratt is interested in hearing your news, updates, and concerns as well as what you think the USC Graduate School does well and what it can improve upon and how.
The event is open to all USC Graduate Students, and attendance will be capped at 20 Graduate Students per luncheon. Since space is limited, please remember that your RSVP does not guarantee you a seat at the luncheon. The exact location of each luncheon will be communicated through a confirmation email sent to the first 20 students, per event, who have expressed interest in the particular meeting date.
Luncheons this semester will take place at the following times:
· UPC: Monday, February 4, 12-1:30 p.m.
· HSC: Tuesday, February 5, 12-1:30 p.m.
· UPC: Tuesday, February 12, 12-1:30 p.m.
· UPC (INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TOPICS): Wednesday, February 20, 12-1:30 p.m.
Reserve your space for one of the luncheons by filling out this form by Monday, January 28.
Please forward any questions to Ashley Brooks at brooksas@usc.edu
| JANUARY 2019 UPCOMING EVENTS & THINGS TO NOTE USC OPRS announced changes to the Federal Policy for Protection of Human Research Subjects, also known as “The Common Rule.” The Common Rule codifies the processes for IRB review and approval of research with human subjects. Changes to the Common Rule will take effect on studies starting on or after January 21, 2019. For additional information, USC OPRS has created this short video to explain the changes, please visit: https://oprs.usc.edu/policies-and-procedures/newrule/ The Common Rule changes include:New Definition/Expanded DefinitionsContinuing Review Eliminated for Some Research (IRB can override, but must justify with documentation)Changes in Exemption Categories/ New Exemption CategoriesUnder the New Common Rule, Single IRB review means one IRB reviews for all participating sites in U.S. The reviewing IRB must be identified by funding department or agency or proposed by the lead institutionChanges to Informed Consent.Rochelle Gutierrez will present her work as part of the USC Rossier Scholars of Color Lecture Series on Thursday, January 17th, at 12:00 pm in Dauterive LL-101. Antero Garcia will present his work as part of the USC Rossier Scholars of Color Lecture Series on Wednesday, January 30th, at 12:00 pm in Dauterive LL-101.Bettina Love will present her work as part of the USC Rossier Scholars of Color Lecture Series on Thursday, February 21st, at 12:00 pm in Dauterive LL-101. The 41st Pullias Lecture featuring William G. Tierney will take place March 26, 2019, at 11 am in Town and Gown. RSVP here. The Center for Enrollment Research, Policy and Practice (CERPP) will hold the annual conference Admissions, Race & Equity from January 27-29, 2019, at the Hotel Indigo L. A. Downtown. This event is now sold out.Internal Research Grants are still available. Please contact Deb Karpman, Assistant Dean for Research, at dkarpman@rossier.usc.edu for more information. AWARDS & RECOGNITIONWilliam G. Tierney (Pullias) has received a fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation for a month’s residency in May at the foundation’s Center in Bellagio, Italy, to work on his book, Higher Education for Democracy. GRANTS AWARDED Estela Bensimon (CUE) received a $215,529 supplementary grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop an instructional and assessment model for equity-minded competence. Adrian Huerta and William G. Tierney (Pullias) received a $300,000 grant from ECMC Foundation to study best practices for recruiting and retaining men of color in colleges and universities.NEW PUBLICATIONS Copur-Gencturk, Y. (in press). Mathematics Teachers’ Learning: Identifying Key Learning Opportunities Linked to Teachers’ Knowledge Growth. American Educational Research Journal. DOI: 10.3102/0002831218820033. Huerta, A., & Fishman, S. M. (2019). Marginalizing what matters: Revisiting Latino male students in the education pipeline. In P. Brug, Z. S. Ritter, & K. R. Roth, Marginality in the Urban Center: The Costs and Challenges of Continued Whiteness in the Americas and Beyond(133-157). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Lanford, M., Tierney, W. G., & Lincoln, Y. (2018). The art of life history: Novel approaches, future directions. Qualitative Inquiry. Mora-Flores, E. (2018 ). Integrated English Language Development: Supporting English learners across the curriculum. Huntington Beach, CA: Shell education. Polikoff, M., & Korn, S. (2019). School accountability. In J. G. Dwyer (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of children and the law. Published online before print. Quinn, D.M., & Le, Q.T. (2018). Are we trending to more or less between-group achievement inequality over the school year and summer? Comparing across ECLS-K cohorts. AERA Open, 4(4), 1-19. Tierney, W. G., & Rall, R. M. (2018). Lessons not yet learned: Culture, governance, and the Jerry Sandusky case. Journal of Higher Education Management, 33(2), 12-27. PRESENTATIONS, INVITED TALKS, AND MEDIAYasemin Copur-Gencturk was invited by the National Science Foundation to be a panelist in a webinar designed for diverse early-career researchers in the field of STEM education. Zoë B. Corwin (Pullias) spoke on “Creating a Postsecondary-Going Culture” at the College Advising Corps’ Forum West in Los Angeles. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, along with Patricia Kuhl, spoke at theNational Commission on Social, Emotional and Academic Development’s official release of its final report, “From a Nation at Risk to a Nation at Hope.” She was subsequently interviewed by Linda Darling-Hammond. Immordino-Yang’s report, co-authored with Darling-Hammond and Christina Krone, will be among the National Reports featured. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang’s work using brain imaging to understand teaching was featured in the Long Beach Post. Adrianna Kezar (Pullias) and Daniel Scott gave a talk titled “Leading the way: Delphi Award Winners” at the Association of American Colleges and Universities 2019 annual meeting in San Francisco, CA. Adrianna Kezar (Pullias) gave a talk titled “Rethinking Shared Governance” at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, CA. Julie Posselt (Pullias) gave a talk titled “Beyond the Numbers: Strategies for More Inclusive Practices Across the Geological Sciences” as an invited panelist at the American Geophysical Union annual meeting in Washington, DC. Julie Posselt (Pullias) served as an invited panelist for the National Academy of Sciences / AGU Diversity and Inclusion Town Hall at the American Geophysical Union annual meeting in Washington, DC. Julie Posselt (Pullias) gave an invited seminar, “Trust networks: A new perspective on pedigree and the ambiguities of admissions,” as part of the Cornell University Sociology Department Seminar Series. Julie Posselt (Pullias) gave an invited seminar, “Holistic review and advancing diversity in graduate education,” to the Cornell University Graduate School. Julie Posselt (Pullias) gave an invited seminar titled “Faculty Support & Student Mental Health in STEM Graduate & Professional Programs” as part of the Harvard Medical School Curriculum Fellows Speakers Series. Julie Posselt (Pullias) gave an invited seminar titled “Using Holistic Review to Improve Graduate & Professional Admissions” to the Harvard Medical School. Julie Posselt (Pullias) gave a talk titled “Graduate student mental health: What faculty, friends, and family can do” as the plenary speaker for the American Physical Society National Mentoring Community and Bridge Program meeting in Palo Alto, CA. Julie Posselt (Pullias) gave an invited workshop titled “Broadening Participation in Graduate Education Through Holistic Review” at the American Physical Society National Mentoring Community & Bridge Program meeting in Palo Alto, CA. Julie Posselt (Pullias), along with A. Nuñez, gave a presentation titled “Cultural boundaries in scientific fieldwork: Mapping dynamics of inclusion and exclusion in the geosciences” at the Association for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education event in Tampa, FL. Julie Posselt (Pullias), along with A. Nunez, gave a talk at the Fieldwork Inspiring Expanded Leadership for Diversity Research & Institute at Colorado State University. William G. Tierney (Pullias) was quoted in EdSource about California higher education leaders’ high hopes for Gov. Newsom’s spending plans. The USC Marshall Institute for Communication Technology Management invited Ken Yates (CHARIOT) to speak at the Intelligent IOT Integrator conference on “IOT Impact on Education.” FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES The USC Office of Research is accepting applications for the following limited submission: NSF-19-506: 2019 Partnerships for Innovation: PFI-RP Track. A PFI-RP project requires the creation of partnerships between academic researchers and third-party organizations such as industry, non-academic research organizations, federal laboratories, public or non-profit technology transfer organizations or other universities. The intended outcomes of the PFI-RP track are: a) the commercialization of new intellectual property derived from NSF-funded research outputs; b) the creation of new or broader collaborations with industry (including increased corporate sponsored research); c) the licensing of NSF-funded research outputs to third party corporations or to start-up companies funded by a PFI team; and d) the training of future innovation and entrepreneurship leaders. Amount: up to $550,000 for three years Internal Deadline: March 8, 2019 —-NSF announces its intention to fund research focused explicitly on advancing knowledge about STEM teaching,learning, and workforce development for individuals with disabilities. The following specific proposals are inviting proposals: EHR Core Research (ECR): STEM Learning and Learning Environments, Broadening Participation, and Workforce Development (NSF 19-508)Discovery Research preK-12 (NSF 17-584)Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (NSF 17-590)Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) (NSF 17-537)Research in disabilities education includes fundamental research about learners (of all ages) with disabilities, with a particular focus on efforts to understand and address disability-based differences in STEM teaching and learning and workforce preparation and participation. Amount: varies Application Deadline:varies—-The William T. Grant Foundation requests proposals for its Research Grants on Reducing Inequality program. The program supports research to build, test, and increase understanding of approaches to reducing inequality in youth outcomes, especially on the basis of race, ethnicity, economic standing, language minority status, or immigrant origins. The foundation is interested in research on programs, policies, and practices to reduce inequality in academic, social, behavioral, and economic outcomes. Amount: $100,000 – $600,000 over 2-3 years LOI Deadline:May 1, 2019 —-The William T. Grant Foundation requests proposals for its Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence. In this focus area, we support research to identify, build, and test strategies to ensure that research evidence is used in ways that benefit youth. We are particularly interested in research on improving the use of research evidence by state and local decision makers, mid-level managers, and intermediaries. Research funded via this program must 1. Identify or test strategies to improve the use of existing research, 2. Identify or test strategies for producing more useful research evidence, or 3. Test the assumption that using high-quality research improves decision making and youth outcomes. Amount: up to $100,000 – $1,000,000 over 2-4 years Application Deadline:May 1, 2019 CONTACT US Have something you’d like to feature in the next edition? Contact communications@rossier.usc.edu or Susan McKibben at smckibbe@rossier.usc.edu. FACULTY AND RESEARCH Follow us: |
Unfortunately, Dr. Gutierrez needed to cancel her talk this Thursday, Jan. 17th. We will try to reschedule her visit for later in the semester.
Are you interested in health and well-being?
Apply to be a Community Health Organizer (paid position) at the Office for Health Promotion Strategy!
We are recruiting 4 undergraduate and 4 graduate students to advance health and well-being efforts in our diverse student communities. Students of all disciplines and all majors are encouraged to apply to their area of interest:
– Equity & Inclusion
– Mental Health & Thriving
– Alcohol and Other Drugs
– Consent and Healthy Relationships
Community Health Organizers will…
– Receive training on community engagement
– Facilitate student focus groups
– Attend staff working group meetings
For more information and to apply, visit studenthealth.usc.edu/community-health-organizer-apply-today/.
Call for USC Good Neighbors Grant Applications!
The USC Good Neighbors 2019 grant application cycle is underway! Proposed programs must incorporate established university-community partnerships and support USC’s university-community initiatives. Programs that serve the local communities surrounding the university’s University Park or Health Sciences campuses are eligible.
Grant application is due at 12 midnight on Friday, February 8, 2019. Please visit our website to access the online grant application.
Grant Information Meetings
We will be hosting a grant information webinar on December 12, 2018 11:00 AM (PST). Please click here to register for the webinar information session.
Additionally, we will have two in-person information sessions:
Health Sciences Campus: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (PST) in Hoffman Medical Research Center (HMR) first floor Hastings Auditorium Room 100 (1989 Zonal Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089)
University Park Campus: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (PST) in Engemann Student Health Center (ESH) First Floor Conference Room (1031 W. 34th St, Los Angeles, CA 90089)
Please click here to confirm your attendance at one of the grant sessions.
About the USC Good Neighbors Grant Program
The mission of USC Good Neighbors is to provide greater coherence, visibility and coordination of the university’s partnerships with the community. Priorities are to:
1) Improve the quality of K-12 education, and enhance the quality of life for children and their families, with special consideration for improving student achievement
2) Improve health outcomes, particularly in the area of obesity and diabetes
3) Improve community safety through community policing or other initiatives
4) Promote economic development projects including workforce training, entrepreneurial stimulation through small business development and employability enhancement for local residents
For questions or more information, visit our website or email us: neighbor@usc.edu
Program: The Data Incubator is an intensive 8 week fellowship that prepares masters students, PhDs, and postdocs in STEM and social science fields seeking industry careers as data scientists. The program is free for Fellows and supported by sponsorships from hundreds of employers across multiple industries. In response to the overwhelming interest in our earlier sessions, we will be holding another fellowship.
Who Should Apply: Anyone who has already obtained a masters or PhD degree or who is within one year of graduating with a masters or PhD is welcome to apply. Applications from international students are welcome. Everyone else is encouraged to sign-up for a future session.
Locations: In addition to the below in-person locations, we will have a remote online session:
Dates: All sections will be from 2019-04-01 to 2019-05-24.
Application Link: https://www.thedataincubator.com/fellowship.html#apply?ref=wcm9zc2llci5pbmZvQHVzYy5lZHUK
Early Deadline: 2019-01-14.
Regular Deadline: 2019-01-21.
We are assessing and interviewing candidates who apply for the Early Deadline first and then based on remaining availability, will take candidates who applied for the Regular Deadline on a first-come first-serve basis.
Data Science in 30 minutes: Learn how to build a data-science project in our upcoming free Data Science in 30-minutes webcast. Signup soon as space is limited.
Learn More: You can learn about our fellows at The New York Times, LinkedIn, Amazon, Capital One, or Palantir. To read about our latest fellow alumni, check out our blog. To learn more about The Data Incubator, check us out on Venture Beat, The Next Web, or Harvard Business Review.
