GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP SERIES

2008-2009

10/17/07 and 11/1/07 LIBRARY RESOURCES

University Libraries presents a few of their most valuable graduate student resources such as OneSearch, RefWorks, UC Article Linker, as well as info on how to use UC archival collections. These resources will help graduate students organize and speed up the research process.

11/16/07 Ethical Questions in Academia

Howard Tolley, A&S Political Science, will present on lessons learned from his year-long crackdown on plagiarism and the UC honor pledge campaign. Students officially registered for the workshop (not those on the waiting list) should complete the plagiarism pre-test at either University of Texas Arlington or a more advanced exercise at Indiana University.

1/29/08 Credit and Budgeting for Graduate Students

Unless you are one of the few students on this campus who is independently wealthy, the Graduate School’s Credit and Budgeting for Graduate Students workshop will interest you. The workshop’s focus will be credit use and budgeting and it will be tailored to the unique needs of graduate students. Margaret Reed, UC Associate Professor of Accounting, will present this fun and informational session. Dr. Reed has a great deal of experience in breaking down what most of us would consider to be complicated economic concepts, and in making these concepts relative to the lives of her audiences.

4/23/08 Symposium: Responsible Conduct of Research

Everyday Practices that Compromise Integrity in Research & How to Respond to Them
The importance of integrity in research is today widely recognized and addressed in a number of ways, from strict Federal policies on research misconduct and the proper review of research with animals and humans to a growing number of programs designed to train new researchers and monitor their behavior. However, not all researchers live up to the professional standards expected of them. This talk will discuss what is known about and society's response to a wide range of misbehaviors in research, from serious misconduct to seemingly minor questionable practices. The keynote address, delivered by Professor Nicholas Steneck, will conclude a summary of the challenges and responsibilities faced by researchers in day-to-day practice. This material is designed to provide background for break-out group discussions of best practices and a concluding interactive session with the speaker on how best practices can be adopted and taken seriously. Professor Steneck is the Director of the Research Ethics and Integrity Program of the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research.