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4/21/2001
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2001 Physics Department Outstanding Graduating Senior Awards:
Amanda Sabourov, Research
Paul Tanner, Scholarly Achievement
David Wood, Leadership
Congratulations to Paul Tanner and Alex Mayer, recipients of the 2000-2001 Physics Department Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching/Tutoring award for their work in the Physics Tutorial Center.
Congratulations to Ramsey Hourani, Anne McElroy, and Jeanne Morse, who have been named as the 2000-2001 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants for Physics.
The awards will be presented at a ceremony in the Walnut Room of the Talley Student Center on Monday, April 23 at 1:30.
Congratulations to Kristy Dyer, who has accepted a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Astronomy (this is the first year there have been fellowships in the field of astronomy) to National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Socorro, NM.
Annual Faculty Retreat. The annual Physics Faculty retreat is scheduled for Tuesday, May 15 at the Marriott at RTP. All faculty, and EPA personnel with teaching duties, are invited to attend. Please let Becky Savage know by Thursday, May 10, if you will be attending. Maps to the Marriott will be distributed in mailboxes at a later date.
Research Ethics Fellows Program. The Graduate School announces its 2001-2002 Research Ethics Fellows competition for Ph.D. students in Science and Engineering. Applicants should have completed 18 credit hours in their major and have had research experience prior to enrolling in the Research Ethics Fellows Program. Each applicant must apply in conjunction with a faculty member who has developed or intends to develop research ethics courses, or course components, in his or her discipline. Fellows will receive a $3,000 stipend ($1,500 per semester). The deadline for applications is May 4, 2001 and should be sent to Dr. Rebeca Rufty, The Graduate School, Box 7102, Campus.
The Research Ethics Program provides doctoral students the opportunity to engage in learning and teaching ethical reasoning in a research context for one academic year. It is an important component of North Carolina State University's effort to enrich and improve the way graduate students are trained to apply critical thinking skills to ethical problems in research. The program includes a three-credit hour course (PHI 598) taught in the Fall semester and it provides training in ethical theory, critical reasoning and pedagogy. In the Spring semester, students in cooperation with a faculty mentor, will teach research ethics in their departments through existing courses, new courses or other research offerings.
For more information on NC State's Research Ethics Fellows program, or to obtain an application, visit the Research Ethics Website at www.fis.ncsu.edu/Grad/ethics/ or contact Dr. Rebeca Rufty at 515-1989
Recent and Upcoming Travel:
Kristy Dyer to Davidson, NC, to give a colloquium at Davidson College, and visit Melissa Dancey who is currently visiting faculty there.
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