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  • University of Nebraska President Emphasizes Benefits of Joining CIC

    Dec 2, 2010, 08:00 AM

    A Nebraska newspaper reported in its Dec. 1 edition that University of Nebraska President J.B. Milliken made public remarks that stating that this may be one of the "great periods" in the history of the University of Nebraska, and cited the...

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  • CIC Highlighted in Online Essay on "Internationalization" of Higher Ed

    Nov 30, 2010, 12:54 PM

    In a recent essay posted on the Global Higher Ed blog, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Kris Olds addresses the issue of how associations of universities can better navigate the emerging global higher education and research landscape, and cites the Committee...

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  • Students: CIC/Smithsonian Fellowship Applications Now Available

    Nov 18, 2010, 14:27 PM

    A groundbreaking partnership between the Committee on Institutional Cooperation and the Smithsonian Institution will enable six CIC students to serve one-year fellowships to support research in residence at Smithsonian Institution facilities. Fellowships carry a stipend of $30,000. All fields of...

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  • Call for Applications: Summer Faculty Workshop on Race and Ethnicity

    Nov 11, 2010, 13:11 PM

    Michigan State University, together with the CIC, is sponsoring a summer workshop for mid-career faculty members at CIC institutions engaged in research on race and ethnicity in the United States. The MSU-CIC Mid-Career Faculty Workshop on Race and Ethnicity: Making...

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  • SROP 2011 Application Now Open

    Nov 11, 2010, 12:28 PM

    The online application for the 25th edition of the Summer Research Opportunities Program is now open for potential applicants. SROP is a gateway to graduate education at CIC universities. It helps prepare undergraduates for graduate study through intensive research experiences with faculty mentors...

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  • Faculty: Learn About CourseShare During Nov. 10 Webinar

    Nov 4, 2010, 07:03 AM

    The CIC will present two webinars for faculty interested in learning more about CourseShare, the CIC's distance learning initiative, on Wednesday Nov. 10. To provide more opportunities for faculty to join us, the webinars will take place at either 9:00am...

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  • Northwestern Student Newspaper Highlights Digitization at NU

    Nov 3, 2010, 15:59 PM

    Northwestern University's student newspaper featured the University Library's participation in the Google digitization project in its article "Library books to go digital" published Nov. 1. The Daily Northwestern story mentions the CIC's partnership with Google and what it means for...

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  • Identity Management Projects Featured at Internet2 Fall Meeting

    Nov 2, 2010, 11:33 AM

    Two CIC Identity Management projects, InCommon Silver and Federating Wireless, are getting national recognition at the Internet2 Fall Member Meeting taking place this week in Atlanta. "InCommon Silver – Three Perspectives" will feature Jerry Mihaly (Penn State University), Christine Pruess...

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  • Vision Continues to Gain Momentum as HathiTrust Grows

    Oct 26, 2010, 08:00 AM

    Another university has joined forces with HathiTrust, and the shared digital repository that was co-founded by the CIC continues to gain momentum. The Utah Statesman, the student newspaper of Utah State University, reported in its Friday, Oct. 21 editions that...

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  • Indiana Student Newspaper Article Puts the CIC in the Spotlight

    Oct 25, 2010, 14:37 PM

    Through interviews with several Indiana University administrators, the Indiana Daily Student describes the role of the CIC in an article published Oct. 21. The article introduces the CIC as the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities and the University...

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  • Chronicle Blog Post Hails HathiTrust for Research, Mentions CIC

    Oct 15, 2010, 15:52 PM

    A recent blog post (10/12) on the Chronicle of Higher Education website details one faculty researcher's experience using the HathiTrust, the shared digital repository co-founded by the CIC members, as well as the University of Michigan's Mirlyn library catalog. Blogger...

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  • 2010-11 Academic Leadership Program Kicks Off in Madison

    Oct 14, 2010, 05:00 AM

    The 2010-11 Academic Leadership Program Fellows will convene for the program's first seminar Oct. 14-16 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Fluno Center For Executive Education. The CIC’s signature professional development opportunity, ALP consists of three intensive three-day seminars which rotate...

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  • CIC Doctoral Directory Advances Diversity

    Oct 11, 2010, 10:33 AM

    The CIC invites all doctoral recipients from CIC universities who are members of underrepresented minority groups to enroll in the CIC Doctoral Directory. The Doctoral Directory is a searchable online database that is available to the public via the CIC...

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  • CIC to Co-Sponsor 2010 Globalization and the Midwest Conference

    Oct 6, 2010, 15:34 PM

    The third annual Globalization and the Midwest Conference, "Financing the Midwest Energy Transition: Innovation and Infrastructure," will examine the financial challenges and opportunities posed by the global energy transition, with a focus on the Midwest. The conference, co-sponsored by the...

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  • CIC Universities Among Leaders in Total Research Expenditures, NSF Survey Says

    Oct 4, 2010, 10:00 AM

    The National Science Foundation Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, released in late September, reveals that CIC institutions are among the top in the nation in academic research and development spending in science and engineering fields...

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  • ALP to get Underway Oct. 14

    Oct 1, 2010, 15:52 PM

    http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/faculty_staff_news/2010/100930_CIC-Fellows.html...

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  • UNL's Digital Humanities Content Awaits Entry into HathiTrust

    Sep 30, 2010, 08:00 AM

    An in-depth archive of documents related to poet Walt Whitman are among the treasures owned and housed in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, but it could soon have a wider audience of students and...

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  • Pundit Takes the "Mystery" Out of Academic Aspect of Big Ten Membership

    Sep 28, 2010, 06:00 AM

    A sports columnist for The (Champaign-Urbana) News-Gazette tried to take the "mystery" out of the "academic aspect" of the University of Nebraska-Lincon's future move to the Big Ten athletic conference in a column on Sunday, Sept. 26. Loren Tate spoke...

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  • All CIC Universities Included in List of World's Top 200 Universities

    Sep 17, 2010, 11:32 AM

    All 12 CIC member universities were ranked in the top 160 of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings released Thursday, demonstrating their excellence not only nationally, but globally. No CIC university ranked lower than 156. University of Chicago (12),...

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  • Center for Library Initiatives A Partner on Cross-Consortial Grant Award

    Sep 10, 2010, 16:34 PM

    The Committee on Institutional Cooperation is one of four partners on a National Leadership Collaborative Planning Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services that will fund the beginning of a national conversation that may lead to the development...

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