Report of Activities, 2005-06

     PSF 38 06/07

Committee members: David Holmes, Farida Khan, Zhaohui Li (chair), Susan Lincke, Robert Sasso, Laurie Taylor, Leo Zaibert

The major activities of the committee were to:

 

• Provide proposal evaluation and fund to qualified proposals to support their research and creative activities. A large number of proposals were received during 05-06 year and 40 persons with 48 proposals were funded. The average funding level per person was $639. The total budget was exhausted in April, 2006.

 

• Provide review on CRCA award nominees and recommendation of CRCA award to the chancellor. There were three nominees in total for 2005-06 year. The selection was based on individual ranking of the nominees in the following categories: Quality; Originality; Impact on Field; Continuing Productivity; Contribution to overall research environment at UWP and an Overall Ranking. Joy Wolf was chosen as the recipient of the CRCA Award for 2005-06.

 

• Provide CRCA showcase lecture series given by past CRCA awardees and by faculty members from different disciplines. Dr. Sylvia Beyer gave a talk titled “Towards a better understanding of the dearth of women in Computer Science majors”, while Dr. David Higgs presented a talk “The genetics of photosynthesis:  plants do it and humans depend on it” on Friday, March 3rd in Galbraith room. On April 14th, we organized a second CRCA showcase. A talk on “Disturbance ecology and effects on vegetation dynamics” was given by Dr. Joy Wolf, Associate Professor, Geography, followed by “New Terrors: Emerging Trends and the Future of Japanese Horror Films” by Dr. Jay McRoy, Associate Professor, English, and “The Philosophy of Punishment” by Dr. Leo Zaibert, Associate Professor, Philosophy.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Zhaohui Li