Last Name

First Name

Department

Summary

Alcala Galan

Mercedes

Spanish & Portuguese

Attend a symposium at UCLA and present a paper at the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the publication of Cervantes "Don Quixote Across Four Centuries: 1605-2005".

Amineva

Svetlana

Pediatrics

Attend the 13th International EUROPIC Meeting in Lunteren, The Netherlands.  I will present a paper on the results of my current research project in virology, discuss my findings and share ideas with others working in this field.

Anders

Jeffrey

University Health Services

Attend a symposium at the Neuroscience Education Institute in Chicago, Illinois.  The NEI Psychopharmacology Program involves a two day symposium, and self study involving a web teleconference, audio CD-Rom and psychopharmacology workbook. 

Barrett

Patrick

Sociology

Participate in the World social Forum 2005 in Porto Alegre, Brazil.  I have been invited to participate on a panel discussing the spread of the social forum phenomenon to North America.

Bhattacharyya

Anita

Waisman Center

Attend the International Conference on Chromosome 21 and Medical Research on Down Syndrome in Barcelona, Spain.  The meeting will provide an opportunity for me to present my work on DS neural stem cells and to interact and exchange ideas and views on Down Syndrome research.

Bohanan

Robert

Center for Biology

Attend and participate in the 2005 NARST (2005 National Association for Research in Science Teaching) conference in Dallas, TX to learn about research in science teaching and will apply this to assessment of precollege science education programs.  .

Bohm

Timothy

Medical Physics

Attend the Monte Carlo 2005 conference in Chattanooga, TN. and present an accepted paper related to Monte Carlo radiation transport methods. I use the Monte Carlo computational methods to investigate and improve dosimetry in radiation therapy applications. 

Cantu

Kathleen

School of Nursing

Attend the 18th Annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education in New York City.  This conference is the most comprehensive national forum on issues of race and ethnicity in higher education.  It will showcase successful recruitment programs, national known and respected minority faculty and administrators

Carbino

Rosemarie

Social Work

Attend and present at the National Foster Parent Association Conference in Orange County, CA.  By attending this conference it will help update my area of expertise and renew/expand my network of colleagues/consumers. 

Dore

Lester

School of Nursing

Attend the MacWorld Conference and Expo Power Tools Conference on Dreamweaver in San Francisco, CA.  This will provide advanced training in macromedia Dreamweaver for redesigning the School of Nursing web site using Cascading Style Sheets for both text formatting and positioning of page elements. 

Edlefson

Lynn

University Housing

Attend The College and University Work/Family Association (CUWFA).  It has evolved to provide information on work/family issues within the specialized environment of higher education. 

Evenson

Jacqueline

Nutritional Sciences

Attend and participate in the Experimental Biology 2005 scientific meeting in San Diego, CA.  I will be presenting current data from research performed in our laboratory focusing on using Rnase Protection Assay to measure selenoprotein mRNA levels in whole blood total RNA as a tool for assessing selenium status in humans.

Foell

Jason

Medicine

Attend the Biophysical Society meeting in Long Beach, CA.  Present an abstract titled, "Caveolin 3 Mutant P104L Inhibnits Ca^1.2 l-TYPE Calcium Channels" which will allow me to gain insight from experts in this field. 

Hank

Jacquelyn

Human Oncology

Attend the 2005 Keystone symposia on Antibody-based therapeutics for cancer.  Will present an abstract entitled, "Testing the Immunogenicity of the hul14.18-IL2 Immunocytokine molecule." 

Harrell Robinson

Melissa

College of Engineering

Attend the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) in New York City.  I will learn best practice strategies for working with students of color as well as learning skills and techniques for educating the college as a whole for working with diverse populations.

Kita

Noriko

Geology & Geophysics

Attend and present a paper on early solar system chronology from the analyses of meteoritic samples and exchange ideas at the annual largest planetary science international meeting sponsored by NASA. 

Kreblin

Brian

Communicative Disorders

Attend the Video over IP and the Internet Class in Andover, Massachusetts.  It will give an in-depth look at Video or IP, including hands-on training and lecture materials. 

Laughlin

Erica

Division of Information Technology

Attend and present at the 2005 National Youth-at Risk Conference, which is an opportunity for colleagues with a common interest to come together to share resources, ideas, and work toward collaborative solutions. 

Lazimy

Yaniv

Physiology

Attend The Association of Researchers in Otolaryngology Midwinter Meeting in New Orleans, LA.  I will present a poster on my research project, "Measurement and Modeling of Cable Properties and Optimal Input Delay Profiles in Octopus Cells of the Ventral Cochlear Nucleus". 

Lee

Kristine

Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Attend the Society of Epidemiology (SER) annual meeting and the American College of Epidemiology (ACS) workshop in Toronto, Ontario and present research from the Beaver Dam Eye Study. 

Loughridge

Gail

Comparative Biosciences

Attend J&H Microscopes, Inc in Madison, WI for 20 hours of special training in microscope repair and maintenance, including repair techniques for most common simple repairs and preventative of both Nikon Labophot and E200 microscopes owned by the School of Veterinary Medicine.

Madden

Kathleen

Population Health Science

Attend the Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee. I will present a paper on respiratory testing and exercise induced wheezing in very low birth weight children and also attends clinical education sessions.

McClintock

Sara

Languages and Cultures of Asia

Attend the annual conference of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages.  I plan to present a paper on a new web-based instructional program for teaching Tibetan language that I am currently designing together with Prof. John Dunne.

McDaniel

Annette

School of Business

Will be attending the Institute for the Study of Transfer Students conference in Fort Worth, TX.  The conference highlights current research on transfer students and best practice models for their successful transition.

Mitzey

Ann

Medical Sciences

Attend the American Association of Cancer Research's Annual Meeting in Anaheim, CA. in order to present a scientific abstract on cancer therapy. 

Moore

Christopher

Synchrotron Radiation Center

Attend the 18th Annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in New York City.  We are in the process of establishing a pilot program with a Historically Black College and University where students will visit the SRC during the summer and take data remotely over the rest of the year. 

Moriello

Karen

Medical Sciences

Attend an individualized training program at University of Alberta Devonian Botanic Garden.  This training program in laboratory aspects of medical mycology will enhance my clinical skills and teaching of students, allow me to participate in team taught courses, mentor research students, expand my clinical research, and develop outreach/CE workshops on mycology.

Nichols

Kalen

Comparative Biosciences

Attend the 7th International Symposium on Poisonous Plants at Logan, Utah.  It would increase my knowledge of poisonous plants of importance in veterinary species and to share that knowledge with the faculty, staff and students of the School of Veterinary Medicine, with state veterinarians and citizens of the state.

Niemi

Kevin

Center for Biology

Attend the 2005 ASCD conference in Orlando, Florida, so that I can expand my knowledge of best practices in curriculum development and to hear the latest research on developing classroom materials for all groups of learners.

Nossal

Susan

Physics

Visit Science Learning Centers at Rutgers University and at the University of Maryland - Baltimore County.  The primary goal of these site visits is to learn about successful institutional structures and strategies used elsewhere and to use this knowledge to refine and supplement the current practices of the Physics Learning Program.

Pressprich

Sybil

Division of Continuing Studies

Invite Judy Grutter of G/S Consultants to provide one day training on the revised Strong Interest Inventory and revised MBTI Career Report, strategies to effectively interpret challenging profiles and methods for combining the Strong and MBTI in career counseling. 

Rogers

Gregory

Psychiatry

Attend the 25th Annual Conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of American (ADAA).  Participation in the ADAA conference will greatly enhance my effectiveness as lead psychologist in a developing program in youth anxiety disorders.  .

Rooney

Thomas

Botany

Will complete training in the use of ArcGis software, which has become the standard tool for ecologists to analyze spatial data.

Rosin

Margaret

Communicative Disorders

Through a Spanish language immersion experience, I will improve my Spanish conversation skills. Therefore, I will be more effective in my daily interactions with children, families and teachers who are Spanish speaking and can assist in expanding experiences for Communicative Disorders students with Spanish speaking populations who have communication needs.

Severt

Cynthia

Data & Program Library Service

Attend the 31st annual IASSIST/IFDO conference in Edinburgh, Scotland UK.  Present a paper (acceptance pending). 

Stepien

Rebecca

Medical Sciences

Attend an international course on the current state of research into animal sentience.  Information aimed from this conference can be directly integrated into the Veterinary Medical Ethics course at the University of Wisconsin.

Stevens

Mary-Priscilla

Center on Education and Work

Attend the First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry in Champaign-Urbana, IL.  This conference includes pre-conference workshops with the foremost experts in the field of qualitative data analysis. 

Stirr

Gail

AG&LSC/Research Division

Attend the 2005 Annual Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Conference in San Diego, CA.  The conference directly supports my efforts in coordinating AG&LSC's accreditation process with AAALAC (Association for Assessment & Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care). 

Tusack

Karen

Learning Support Services

Attend and present at the EDUCAUSE 2005 Midwest Regional Conference in Chicago, IL.  I would like to present a session on Designing Web Pages for Handheld Devices, which fits nicely into the conference's "Innovative Use of Technology: Use of mobile computing devices (PDAs and the like)" track. 

von Schneidemesser

Luanne

English

Attend and present a paper on New Approaches in English Historical Lexicography in Helsinki, Finland, hosted by the Research Unit for Variation and Change in English at the Dept of English, Univ of Helsinki, where recent research in lexicography will be discussed.

Watson

George

Office of Quality Improvement

The Office of Quality Improvement (OQI) will bring Institute for Cultural Affairs (ICA) trainers to campus to provide hands-on instruction for 10 OQI consultants and Facilitator Pool members around three internationally-respected facilitation tools: focused conversation, consensus workshop, and action planning. 

Weber

Katherine

Agricultural & Life Science

Attend the 2005 National Association of Science Writers workshops in Washington D.C.  The NASW workshops will offer valuable networking opportunities with journalists and editors from national media outlets, as well as panel sessions on science writing. 

Worsham

Douglas

Learning Support Services

Attend the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) conference in San Antonio, TX.  The convention focuses on pedagogy and practice for English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers and is an important forum for research on Computer Assisted Language Learning.  My presentation looks at digital media as a tool in student conferences