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Phone:  (413) 748-3654

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 Subject: SRA Catalyst, May
          2011

SRA is once again making their e-letter, SRA Catalyst, available for
general audiences.  Take the time to see what is happening in the field of
Research Administration around the world and in your neck of the woods.  If
you like what you see, take the time to check out www.srainternational.org
and consider becoming a member.

Read and enjoy,
Michael DeShazo, CRA, CTS
Editor, SRA Catalyst

                        SRA Catalyst
                                             May 2011
                        SRA Catalyst

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                               Contributed Columns

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                                         A-Musings
                                         Let’s talk about ME! While I may
                                         not be a role model, I can share
                                         some hard-earned insights and
                                         silliness. In this column I talk a
                                         bit about how I was lucky enough
                                         to find you folks and fall in love
                                         with all the craziness that is
                                         research administration. I was not
                                         always the suave cosmopolite you
                                         know today, you know. You don’t
                                         develop this veneer of
                                         professional competence and class
                                         overnight. “Where have you gone
                                         Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its
                                         lonely eyes to you (Woo woo woo).”
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                                         Stump the Champs
                                         What do you tell a PI when their
                                         NIH proposal isn’t funded? The PI
                                         may wonder if the peer review
                                         process is really fair. NIH peer
                                         reviewer and SRA Distinguished
                                         Faculty, Victoria (Tori) Molfese,
                                         answers this question in this
                                         month’s “Stump the Champs” column.
                                         Read more.

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                                         Pulse
                                         SRA Catalyst Pulse surveyed
                                         research administrators this month
                                         about cultural diversity. The
                                         survey asked what was the best
                                         thing about cultural diversity,
                                         what was something useful one
                                         could do to ease transition for
                                         someone coming into a “foreign”
                                         environment, and something amusing
                                         they would like to share about
                                         their experiences with cultural
                                         diversity. Read more.

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                                         Tech Bytes
                                         Sometimes when you start a
                                         technical project you have a
                                         feeling, a theory, that you either
                                         hope is, or is not, true. Such was
                                         the case for a series of process
                                         and technical improvements we
                                         accomplished. But the most
                                         surprising thing wasn't even the
                                         technical revelations. Read more.

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                                         Views from the Top
                                         Mark your calendar for Montréal in
                                         October 2011! Join us and network
                                         with your colleagues, learn the
                                         latest trends and find the
                                         solutions to the new challenges
                                         you face this year. Don’t miss out
                                         on the event research
                                         administrators from around the
                                         world are talking about. Read
                                         more.

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                               Educational Meetings & Events

                                SRA's Senior Research Administration and
                                Management Webinar Series Continues With
                                Economic Development on June 1, 2011

                                Newly Formed Alabama Chapter to Hold
                                Inaugural Meeting at Auburn University -
                                Montgomery, June 3, 2011

                                Allegheny Chapter Meeting at Slippery Rock
                                University of Pennsylvania, June 3, 2011

                                Delaware Valley Chapter Meeting to be Held
                                at the University of Pennsylvania, June 13,
                                2011

                                Basics of Research Administration Meeting
                                in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 20-22, 2011

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