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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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Penn State Lauds Benefits of CIC Membership
Sep 7, 2010, 07:00 AM
Virtually everyone at Pennsylvania State University "has reaped the benefits of membership" in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, said Rod Erickson, Penn State's executive vice president and provost in an article published Sept. 3 by Penn State's news arm. The...
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CIC Announces Staff Promotions
Aug 25, 2010, 13:10 PM
The Committee on Institutional Cooperation is pleased to announce the promotions of three staff members. Kim Armstrong has been promoted to Deputy Director of the CIC Center for Library Initiatives, Amber Marks has been promoted to Associate Director, and Galen...
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New Report Analyzes Study Abroad Trends Across CIC
Aug 12, 2010, 15:10 PM
Study abroad programs are immensely popular throughout the consortium. A new CIC report shows several trends in study abroad enrollment over the years 2006-08. The report analyzes data from the Open Doors Survey, administered annually by the Institute of International...
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CIC Launches Center for Advanced Study in International Competitiveness
Aug 9, 2010, 07:13 AM
Champaign, Ill. (Aug. 9) -- The CIC has launched its first large-scale collaborative research effort across the consortium. The multi-university, cross-disciplinary Center for Advanced Study in International Competitiveness (CASIC) will provide research leadership in the study of complex international competitiveness issues that have both scholarly...
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CIC-UNL Timeline, FAQ Posted
Aug 2, 2010, 09:00 AM
On June 17, the CIC extended an invitation of membership to the University of Nebaska-Lincoln, which was accepted. UNL will enter the CIC on July 1, 2011, the same date as it becomes a full member of the Big Ten...
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Undergraduate Researchers Convene at OSU For 24th Annual CIC SROP Conference
Jul 21, 2010, 10:10 AM
Columbus, Ohio – Ohio State University will host 450 students from colleges and universities nationwide for the 24th annual CIC Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) Research Conference on July 23-25, 2010. Sponsored by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), SROP...
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Daily Illini Examines the CIC's Role in Digitization at the University of Illinois
Jul 20, 2010, 11:07 AM
The Daily Illini, the student newspaper at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on July 15 published an in-depth article spotlighting digitization efforts at the University of Illinois library and the CIC's role in those efforts. The University of Illinois...
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Nebraska Administrators Visit CIC, Interviewed By Local Press
Jul 1, 2010, 11:57 AM
Two senior-level administrators from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln visited the Champaign, Ill., offices of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation on June 30 to lay the groundwork for UNL's 2011 admission into the consortium. Ellen Weissinger, Interim Senior Vice Chancellor for...
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CIC Staff Serve as Panelists at Major Conferences
Jun 30, 2010, 10:43 AM
Two CIC staff members recently participated in panels at major conferences. Mark Sandler, director of the CIC's Center for Library Initiatives (CLI), was on a distinguished panel of experts discussing the proposed Google Book Search settlement on June 26 at...
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June Center For Library Initiatives eNewsletter Launches
Jun 25, 2010, 12:38 PM
The June edition of the bi-annual Center for Library Initiatives eNewsletter is now available online. This issue features an article on two members of the same family who work on the Google digitization project at two different campuses; a photo...
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Inside Illinois Features CIC
Jun 17, 2010, 15:28 PM
Inside Illinois, the newspaper for faculty/staff at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, featured the University's membership in the CIC for its June 17 edition. The article, titled "Campus sees many benefits from CIC membership," also describes CIC programs and...
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