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Big Ten Academic Alliance Co-Hosts Capitol Hill Health Equity Forum
Aug 18, 2016, 11:58 AM
Co-sponsored by the Big Ten Academic Alliance and Congressman John Sarbanes(D-MD), this year's University of Maryland Capitol Hill Forum is centered on the theme of health equity, focusing on innovative community-based interventions for health promotion and disease prevention in vulnerable populations.
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Big Ten Academic Alliance Leadership Opportunity--Director of Programs
Aug 10, 2016, 14:31 PM
The Big Ten Academic Alliance seeks a highly motivated, talented leader to take some of the most productive collaborations in American higher education to new levels of impact for the member universities.
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MSU to lead Big Ten Academic Alliance multi-university language learning effort
Aug 3, 2016, 11:37 AM
Michigan State University will use a three-year $1.2 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to lead a Big Ten Academic Alliance multi-university research project to improve the teaching of less commonly taught languages, or LCTLs.
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Thirty years of SROP: Michigan Celebrates another Successful Summer of Research and Opportunity
Aug 1, 2016, 10:52 AM
The University of Michigan celebrated 30 years of preparing students from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue doctorate degrees during its Summer Research Opportunity Program symposium on Thursday, July 28, in the Rackham Graduate School Building.
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The Committee on Institutional Cooperation Is Now the Big Ten Academic Alliance
Jun 29, 2016, 23:45 PM
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CIC's Rebecca Crist on Collaborative Stewardship of Shared Collections
May 4, 2016, 10:04 AM
A new monograph explores how libraries and the organizations that provide services to them are devoting more attention to system-wide organization of collections—whether the "system" is a consortium, a region or a country.
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Robert Van Rennes Named New Assistant Director of CIC's Center for Library Initiatives
Apr 20, 2016, 08:39 AM
The CIC is delighted to announce that Robert Van Rennes has been appointed as Assistant Director, Center for Library Initiatives at the CIC, effective July 1, 2016.
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Pushing the Boundaries of Collaboration: What Consortia Can Accomplish
Mar 22, 2016, 12:14 PM
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The Power of the Collective: CIC Annual Report Now Available
Mar 10, 2016, 11:42 AM
The newly released CIC Annual Report details the collective power and progress of this enterprise, highlighting the Health Equities initiative between the state Departments of Health and the member schools; faculty collaborations in theater, music education, and business; and data on the economic impact of the scientific workforce and funded research being done across the campuses.
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Digital Islam Website Launches
Feb 2, 2016, 13:36 PM
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Kim Armstrong to Lead CIC's Center for Library Initiatives
Jan 14, 2016, 12:33 PM
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CIC Purchasing Agreement Offers Increased Value on Office Supplies
Dec 29, 2015, 09:51 AM
Recently the CIC Purchasing Consortium (CICPC) amended its Master Agreement with OfficeMax for office products in order to create a new partnering arrangement that adds even greater value through cost savings to its members and other higher education institutions across the country.
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New CIC Data Reveals University Research Impacts Local, State, and National Economies
Dec 10, 2015, 13:29 PM
We know that knowledge is transferred from the university to the marketplace through the people that are trained in academic settings, and who then move into other businesses and sectors. Our research demonstrates that a large portion of those PhD recipients we studied stay in the state where they received their education, and earn higher wages than the national average. This adds an important dimension to our understanding of the ways in which research universities impact their surrounding communities and the nation at large.
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CIC’s UMETRICS Dataset Provides Insight into Networks and Impacts of the Academic Research Workforce
Nov 5, 2015, 13:25 PM
What are the results of investments in research? Why should taxpayers support universities? How do universities affect the regional economy? These are questions that are beginning to be answered within the CIC.
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Penn State Programs Ranked #1 for Veterans
Oct 2, 2015, 13:53 PM
This year, Penn State welcomes the third annual meeting of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation's Military and Veterans Services Peer Group to University Park to share best practices and current developments at their respective schools.
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September 2015 CIC eNews Now Available
Sep 24, 2015, 14:26 PM
Grab a cup of coffee and catch up on the latest from the CIC, including updates on the illuminating economic data emerging from the UMETRICs initiative, the recently launched music education collaborative video series, the Big Ten Theatre Collaborative, and CIC's Health Equity Initiative.
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CIC Leadership Opportunity: Director – Center for Library Initiatives
Sep 1, 2015, 10:53 AM
The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) seeks a senior leader with energy, drive, tact, and tenacity to serve as Director of the Center for Library Initiatives (CLI).
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CIC Sponsors "The Future Has Arrived: Research & Policy Implications of Autonomous Systems
Jul 7, 2015, 14:26 PM
The University of Maryland's Division of Research and A. James Clark School of Engineering are hosting a Capitol Hill event exploring how UAS (unmanned aircraft systems) technologies will impact our society.
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CIC CLI Director Mark Sandler to Retire
Jun 12, 2015, 09:40 AM
Mark Sandler, Director of the CIC Center for Library Initiatives, has announce his retirement effective February 29, 2016. Now entering his tenth year of service to the CIC and its 15 member universities, Dr. Sandler also served for 20 years on the staff of the University of Michigan Library.
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April 2015 CIC eNews Now Available
Apr 21, 2015, 10:30 AM
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