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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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  • CIOs Share Cyberinfrastructure Strategy for CIC with Provosts

    Jun 17, 2010, 12:00 PM

    At the request of the Provosts, the CIOs developed "A Research Cyberinfrastructure Strategy for the CIC: Advice to the Provosts from the Chief Information Officers." The report, shared with the Provosts at their June 7 meeting, highlights campus best practices...

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  • Champaign-Urbana Media Descend on CIC

    Jun 14, 2010, 15:02 PM

    Barbara McFadden Allen, director of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, appeared on WCIA's 10 p.m. newscast on Friday, June 11, and was prominently featured in the Saturday, June 11 editions of The News-Gazette. Both media outlets are located in Champaign,...

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  • CIC Seeks Assistant Director

    Jun 11, 2010, 15:56 PM

    The CIC has an opening for a new assistant director. This senior-level position is responsible for operations related to finances, human resources, communications, grants management, internal technology and facilities. To see the position announcement and/or apply online, please visit the...

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  • Omaha World-Herald Quotes Minnesota Provost, Lists CIC Initiatives

    Jun 9, 2010, 11:25 AM

    University of Minnesota Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Thomas Sullivan was interviewed and quoted by a recent Omaha World-Herald article about the academic benefits of being a member of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, the consortium of...

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  • Presentation Gives Fresh Overview of the CIC

    Jun 8, 2010, 14:08 PM

    We invite you to watch this new presentation that gives a brief overview of the CIC. The presentation debuted at the semi-annual Members meeting June 7 as the CIC Provosts convened in Chicago.CIC Overview June 2010...

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  • Lincoln Journal Star, Columbia Daily Tribune Feature CIC

    May 26, 2010, 14:15 PM

    The Lincoln Journal Star is the latest mainstream media outlet to feature the CIC and interview director Barbara McFadden Allen. The Journal Star's article, published in its May 23 editions, examines the role of academics in the relationships between the...

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  • CIC Professionals Speak at Recent Conferences

    May 25, 2010, 16:23 PM

    Mark Sandler, Director of the CIC Center for Library Initiatives, and Amber Marks, Assistant Director for Course Sharing and Professional Development, were featured guest speakers at two recent conferences. Sandler was invited to speak at the recent 2010 Medical Library...

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  • Students Encouraged to Enroll in Virtual School Summer Courses

    May 24, 2010, 12:02 PM

    Graduate students and post-docs from across the CIC are strongly encouraged to enroll in summer courses offered by the Virtual School, which is preparing the next generation of scientists and engineers for research at the frontiers of petascale computing-enabled science...

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  • New University of Illinois President Cites CIC in Newspaper Q&A

    May 18, 2010, 21:51 PM

    Michael Hogan, the new president at the University of Illinois, extolled the value of the CIC to the Big Ten Conference members during a recent interview with The (Champaign-Urbana) News-Gazette. "The Committee on Institutional Cooperation ... brings together presidents and...

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  • Erickson, Allen featured in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

    May 18, 2010, 15:13 PM

    CIC Chair Rodney A. Erickson, executive vice president and provost of Pennsylvania State University, and Director Barbara McFadden Allen, were featured in a recent article printed in the May 16 edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The article addresses the...

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  • Follow The CLI Conference on Twitter

    May 12, 2010, 09:35 AM

    The Center for Library Initiatives 2010 Conference, "Cranking Up the Volume: New Strategies for Broadcasting University Scholarship" gets underway on Thursday, May 13 on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Registration is closed, but anyone can follow...

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  • Senior Research Officers Meet With DARPA

    May 6, 2010, 16:19 PM

    In late April, seven of the CIC Senior Research Officers met with high-level representatives of DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) at its Washington, D.C., headquarters. Invited by DARPA Director Dr. Regina Duncan, the Senior Research Officers listened to a...

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  • CIC receives $15,000 grant from Procter & Gamble

    Apr 21, 2010, 16:32 PM

    Procter & Gamble Company recently made a generous grant to the CIC in support of its efforts to increase the number of underrepresented students who pursue graduate study and research careers. The $15,000 grant will be used to support activities...

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  • Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson To Deliver SROP Keynote

    Mar 18, 2010, 17:22 PM

    Astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson will deliver the keynote address at this summer's 24th annual Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) conference. The conference, hosted by Ohio State University, will take place July 23-25 in Columbus. Tyson, who is Harvard-educated and...

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  • WashingtonTimes.com Summarizes Collaboration in the CIC

    Mar 4, 2010, 22:07 PM

    A WashingtonTimes.com blog post dated March 3 shines a spotlight on the depth and intensity of collaboration in the CIC. "One of the things that make this organization so great is that it is a voluntary academic alliance, and the...

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  • Minnesota Daily Profiles the CIC

    Feb 26, 2010, 15:19 PM

    A profile of the CIC and the University of Minnesota's participation in the consortium appeared in the Feb. 24 edition of the Minnesota Daily, the campus student newspaper. The article provides an overview of the CIC's mission and efforts, including...

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  • Annual Leadership Development Event for Department Heads Kicks Off in Chicago

    Feb 24, 2010, 16:10 PM

    The CIC's annual leadership development event specifically created for department heads and chairs, the Department Executive Officers (DEO) Seminar, kicked off Thursday, Feb. 25 in Chicago. Now in its 13th year, the 2010 DEO Seminar attracted 57 participants, more than...

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  • Allen, CIC Featured in Business Officer Magazine

    Feb 24, 2010, 12:09 PM

    CIC strategic collaborations that save money and also achieve intangible benefits for its member universities are highlighted in the article "All For One, One For All" published in the February edition of Business Officer Magazine. Director Barbara McFadden Allen is...

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  • Journal Article Discusses Value of CIC Affiliation

    Feb 2, 2010, 11:34 AM

    An article in the most recent edition of the academic journal New Directions in Higher Education (Volume 2009 Issue 148, Pages 55 - 63) cites the Committee on Institutional Cooperation and its value to its member institutions, almost all of...

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