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Lightning Talks, Illuminated Medieval Manuscripts Presentation, USDA Panel by NDSU, and ONR MURI

Faculty Research Lightning Talks

Dis/Mis Information

The Center for Research and Creative Activity presents virtual faculty research lightning talks around the theme, Dis/Mis Information. Join us on Friday, March 11th at 2:00 p.m. for faculty presentations and brief question/answer discussions. Please complete the Google registration form to receive a calendar invite with a Zoom link.

List of presenters:

  1. Anders Tobiason, Ph.D., Albertsons Library – Lateral Reading as an Anti-Racist Practice: Implications for Evaluating Information Resources
  2. Seth Ashley, Ph.D., Department of Communication – Media Literacy in the Metaverse
  3. Juliette Tinker, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences – Vaccine Science and How to Talk About it
  4. Royce Hutson, Ph.D., School of Social Work – The Shared Narratives of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and White Supremacist/Militia Movements
  5. Isaac Castellano, Ph.D., School of Public Service – The Effectiveness of Dis/Misinformation Interventions Countering Violent Extremism Programming
  6. Francesca Spezzano, Ph.D., Computer Science Department – Modeling Fake News Spread in Social Networks

Downloadable PDF Lightning Talks Dis/Mis Information Poster

Using Scalar to Display Illuminated Medieval Manuscripts

The Center for Advancing Research and Creative Activity invites you to attend a virtual zoom presentation by Melissa Miller and Danielle Mihram. Approximately 45 medieval and Renaissance manuscripts (13th to 15th centuries) are located within the University of Southern California Libraries’ Special Collections Department. With their unique representation of medieval life and thought, illuminated manuscripts are among the most significant and aesthetically captivating artifacts (as treasurable “time capsules”) to survive from the Middle Ages. The speakers will discuss their goals to focus and analyze in-depth each manuscript, both to ensure its preservation/conservation, and then to determine, for each manuscript, the best method to build a multifaceted, multi-modal digital Catalogue Raisonné of the manuscripts, using Scalar as the publishing platform.

Speaker bios:

  • MELISSA L. MILLER is the Head of Hoose Library of Philosophy, and Humanities, Philosophy, Religion, Classics, Anthropology at the University of Southern California (USC). Dr. Miller is also an Assistant Professor for the Marshall School of Business, Master of Management in Library and Information Science (MMLIS) program at USC.
  • DANIELLE MIHRAM is the Associate Dean for the STEM and Health Sciences Libraries at USC. Her current research interests are multidisciplinary, including presently: the digital humanities, the preservation of cultural heritage artifacts, and the contributions of the digital humanities to the advancement of human knowledge.

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USDA Panel by NDSU

North Dakota State University (NDSU) is hosting a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) virtual panel discussion with Program Directors and National Program Leaders from various USDA Divisions. Each will give short presentations about their programs, followed by a Q&A session. This is a great opportunity to learn about their research and education programs and funding opportunities. Please register at the link below.

Panelists:

  • Rubella Goswami, PhD; Director, Plant Systems-Protection Division
  • Robert Godfrey, PhD; Director, Animal Systems Division
  • Jim Dobrowolski, PhD; National Program Leader, Environmental Systems Division
  • Shoushan (Steve) Zeng, PhD; Director, Food Safety Division
  • Ray Ali, EdD; National Program Leader, Community and Education Division
  • Steven Smith, PhD; National Program Leader, Animal Systems Division

Office of Naval Research FY23 Funding Opportunity

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently released a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the Department of Defense Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI). The following topics include:

  • Topic 8: Supremacy over Quantum: Efficient Real-World Optimization on Stochastic Binary Networks
  • Topic 9: Identifying the Fundamental Properties of Biological Soft Structures Subjected to High Hydrostatic Pressure that Preserve Structural and Functional Integrity of
  • Deep-Sea Organisms
  • Topic 10: Advance Mixed-Precision and Deep Learning Algorithms for Computation of Multiscale-Multiphysics and Optimization Models
  • Topic 11: Fundamental Processes in Solid-Fuel Combustion
  • Topic 12: Climate Change Risk and Decision Superiority
  • Topic 13: Twist on Photonics (TOP): Light-Matter Interactions Defined by Novel Degrees of Freedom
  • Topic 14: Building Overall Cognitive Capability through Attention Control
  • Topic 15: Assessing the Role of Marine Biology in Driving Ocean Mixing Using Autonomous Sampling of Microstructure and eDNA (BIOMIX)
  • Topic 16: Spatially Programmed Material Properties via Designed Meso-Structures
  • Topic 17: Excited State Chemistry of Preceramic Polymers

Details

  • Due Date: Full Proposals – September 9, 2022 & White Papers – May 16, 2022
  • Funding Amount: $1.25M – 1.5M