Chicago Area Political and Social Behavior workshop (CAB) brings together Chicago area social scientists who share an interest in political and social behavior. The four presentations are open to the public. More Information.

Institute For Policy Research

"Institutional Change and the Politics of Social Solidarity in Advanced Industrial Democracies." Speaker is Kathleen Thelen, Payson S. Wild Professor in Political Science and IPR Faculty Fellow. More Information.

Institute For Policy Research

Laura Fair, History, Michigan State U, will discuss "Making Love in the Indian Ocean Hindi Films, Zanzibari Audiences and the Rise of Romantic Love in the 1950s."

Program of African Studies

This four-session seminar, which will be held on a quarterly basis in 2008, is geared toward research administrators and any staff involved in research administration. More Information.

Office for Research Integrity

This course applies to employees using compressed or liquified gases. More Information.

Office for Research Safety

"Measuring Performance in Public Transportation." Speaker is Ian Savage, Distinguished Senior Lecturer and Associate Chair of Economics, Northwestern University More Information.

Institute For Policy Research

Souleymane Bachir Diange, Philosophy and PAS, Northwestern, will discuss "African Intellectuals React to Sarkozy's speech in Dakar: Presenting 'L'Afrique Respond a Sarkozy."

Program of African Studies

This seminar will demonstrate proper radiological survey techniques and how to maintain records of the surveys for regulatory inspection. More Information.

Office for Research Safety

This program will meet similar objectives to the CRC Basic Training Course offered on the Chicago Campus, but will be accessible from your own office. The program consists of four, two hour training sessions on either Wednesday (2pm to 4:30pm) or Thursday (10am to 12:30pm)of each month. Your training will be led by one of our clinical research educators. This intensive training program was designed to meet the needs of coordinators who have less than one year of experience or who have never received formal training. It is useful to anyone who requires a fast, thorough introduction to clinical research trial conduct, Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), and the federal regulations governing research. The class is geared toward providing practical information to get students "up and running" in the clinic, with many tools and templates to assist with study implementation. Topics * Informed Consent * Clinical Trial Initiation and Budget Negotiation * FDA Forms and Procedures * Regulatory Documents and Binder Maintenance * Source Documents * Study Initiation and Close-Out Visits * Subject Recruitment, Compliance and Retention * Drug Compliance, Storage, and Documentation * IRBs, IRB Submissions, and HIPAA * Adverse Events and Safety Monitoring * Quality Assurance Audits and Monitor Visits * Preparing for FDA Audits More Information.

Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute

This four-session seminar, which will be held on a quarterly basis in 2008, is geared toward research administrators and any staff involved in research administration. More Information.

Office for Research Integrity

This course applies to employees of laboratory facilities where hazardous chemicals are used or stored. This course covers OSHAs Laboratory Standard, general personal protective equipment, and reading Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs). It will provide general laboratory safety information specific to University employees. Additional worksite-specific information must be provided by the PI or supervisor including the hazards of the chemicals used, the location of MSDSs, signs and symptoms of exposure, safety practices and procedures used in the lab, proper use of equipment, and personal protective equipment (PPE) training. More Information.

Office for Research Safety

This course covers the methods that laboratory personnel should use to properly identify, collect, package, label, and dispose of hazardous chemical or biological materials. Times for this training vary. To register or see the available times or dates, please visit the ORS website. More Information.

Office for Research Safety

Abstract: Social computing has emerged as a broad area of research in HCI and CSCW, encompassing systems that mediate social information across collectivities such as teams, communities, organizations, cohorts, populations, and markets. Such systems are likely to support and make visible social attributes such as identity, reputation, trust, accountability, presence, social roles, expertise, knowledge, and ownership. Social computing is transforming organizations and societies by creating a pervasive technical infrastructure that includes people, organizations, their relationships and activities as fundamental system components, enabling identity, behavior, social relationships, and experience to be used as resources. In this talk, I argue for a broad definition of social computing, selectively review emerging applications, and discuss current research within and beyond IBM that is driving and is driven by the emerging vision of social computing. More Information.

TSB Colloquia

The 5th annual event targets a spectrum of important topics for clinical research professionals. Representatives from academia and industry will provide keynote lectures in the morning followed by break out sessions in the afternoon. In addition, 2008 is the first year that a poster session will be added to the agenda. The posters will be available for viewing the entire day, however, it is recommended that guests observe the posters from 7:30-8:30 am when authors will be present. Target Audience: The target audience includes clinical research professionals with a broad range of interests and experience. Positions include: CRC or Study Coordinator, Institutional Review Board, Research and Development, CRA or Site Monitor, Project or Site Management, Academic Research or Teaching, Regulatory Affairs, Business Development, Clinical Trial Investigator, Marketing, and Patient Recruitment. More Information.

Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute

Join us on May 16, 2008 for the 2008 Clinical Research Educational Conference and Poster Session. This year the NUCATS Institute is pleased to welcome our plenary speakers Dr. Ezekiel Emanual from the National Institutes of Health as well as Dr. John Kessler from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Check our website for details on the conference agenda and for information on how to register. Target Audience: This event is targeted to clinical research professionals and those interested in clinical research. The 2008 conference program will include topics of interest for coordinators, monitors, IRB and regulatory affairs personnel, quality assurance and compliance specialists, project and site managers, investigators, and others involved in research from industry and academia. More Information.

Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute

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Institute For Policy Research

AM Leg - "Connecting the Nets: Network Evolution" will feature the following: Neo Martinez (PEaCE Lab)- "Dynamics and Robustness in Complex Network: How Does Nature Keep it Together and How Does it Fall Apart?" Neil Johnson (U of Miami)- Complex Laws for Next-Generation Wars: from Iraq and Global Terrorism, to Street Gangs and Online Guilds" Michelle Girvan (U of Maryland)- ?Modularity: Mechanisms and Measurements? PM Leg - "Outbreaks" will include: James Fowler (UC San Diego)- ?The Dynamic Spread of Happiness in a Large Social Network? Alex Vespignani - ?The Impact of Mobility Networks on the Worldwide Spread of Epidemics? Vittoria Colizza - ?Do the Rich Really Take it All? A Student Poster Board presentation will close the day's activities. Please e-mail for entry information. More Information.

Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)

"Is There a Biology of Misfortune? Developmental and Health Correlates of Early Social Subordination." Speaker is W. Thomas Boyce, MD, LCL Sunny Hill Health Centre/BC Leadership Chair in Child Development; Professor of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia. More Information.

Institute For Policy Research

Evan Mwangi, English, Northwestern, will discuss "The Gender of Optimism in Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Matigari."

Program of African Studies

Final leg of the conference called "Webs of Collaboration" will include the following: Pierre Azoulay (MIT) - "Superstar Extinction" Waverly Ding (UC Berkely) - "Network and Academic Entrepreneurship in the U.S." Gueorgi Kossinetts (Cornell) - ?The Structure and Dynamics of Social Communication Networks? More Information.

Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)

This four-session seminar, which will be held on a quarterly basis in 2008, is geared toward research administrators and any staff involved in research administration. More Information.

Office for Research Integrity

This is training is for all University employees with direct or indirect occupational exposure to human materials. This includes exposure to human blood, blood products, or other potentially infectious human materials, including human cell lines. This course covers the University policies regarding OSHA?s Bloodborne Pathogens Standard and the Needlestick Prevention Act. The training includes discussion of disease transmission; hazards associated with use of human materials; safe work practices, engineering controls, and personal protective equipment used to minimize or eliminate exposure; emergency response procedures; and post exposure evaluation and follow up. More Information.

Office for Research Safety

This course covers the DOT and IATA requirements for Shipping Class 6.2. It will also cover the use of dry ice (Class 9) when shipping these materials. Anyone who ships biological materials should attend this course so that they can ship safely and according to regulations. A certificate will be provided after the successful completion of the test. More Information.

Office for Research Safety

Agent-based modeling (ABM) is a powerful technique that allows a new look into complex systems and situations. ABM has been used to create robust simulations of social and natural phenomena in areas as diverse as engineering, political science, biology, business processes, materials science, evolution, public health, and anthropology. The agents used in ABM are autonomous entities with properties and behaviors, thus they have a close relationship to real world objects and are easy to develop and analyze. This workshop will utilize a hands-on approach to learning ABM using NetLogo. NetLogo is a free, widely-used ABM development environment created by long-time NICO member, Uri Wilensky who also directs the Center for Connected Learning (CCL) and Computer-Based Modeling. The workshop will start out with a discussion of ABM concepts, techniques and examples. After that workshop participants will be led through the development of a set of models that start from a seed model and build in complexity to create a highly generalizable and useful end model. The workshop will be run by NICO Post Doc Bill Rand, who will be professor of Marketing, Decision & Information Technology and Computer Science at the University of Maryland starting in Fall 2008. Interested parties should send an e-mail including their name, affiliation, contact information, and e-mail address, to complex@northwestern.edu. More Information.

Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)

Birgit Ricquier, Linguistics, Universite de Bruxelles, will discuss "A Comparative Linguistic Approach to the History of Culinary Practice in Bantu-Speaking Africa."

Program of African Studies

This program will meet similar objectives to the CRC Basic Training Course offered on the Chicago Campus, but will be accessible from your own office. The program consists of four, two hour training sessions on either Wednesday (2pm to 4:30pm) or Thursday (10am to 12:30pm)of each month. Your training will be led by one of our clinical research educators. This intensive training program was designed to meet the needs of coordinators who have less than one year of experience or who have never received formal training. It is useful to anyone who requires a fast, thorough introduction to clinical research trial conduct, Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), and the federal regulations governing research. The class is geared toward providing practical information to get students "up and running" in the clinic, with many tools and templates to assist with study implementation. Topics * Informed Consent * Clinical Trial Initiation and Budget Negotiation * FDA Forms and Procedures * Regulatory Documents and Binder Maintenance * Source Documents * Study Initiation and Close-Out Visits * Subject Recruitment, Compliance and Retention * Drug Compliance, Storage, and Documentation * IRBs, IRB Submissions, and HIPAA * Adverse Events and Safety Monitoring * Quality Assurance Audits and Monitor Visits * Preparing for FDA Audits More Information.

Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute

This four-session seminar, which will be held on a quarterly basis in 2008, is geared toward research administrators and any staff involved in research administration. More Information.

Office for Research Integrity

Blake Walker, Herskovits Scholar, School of Music, Northwestern, will discuss "The Musician is the Messenger! Islam and Jaliya in Mandinka Music."

Program of African Studies

University Research Center representatives present their research to the Northwestern community--an event to celebrate multidisciplinary research and provide opportunities for making new connections. Presented by the Office for Research. More Information.

Office for Research

"Measuring and Rewarding Performance in Higher Education: What Presidents? and Football Coaches? Contracts Tell Us." Speakers are Burton Weisbrod, John Evans Professor of Economics and IPR Faculty Fellow, and Evelyn Asch, IPR Project Coordinator More Information.

Institute For Policy Research

Esailama Diouf, Performance Studies, Northwestern, will discuss "Staging the African: Transnational Flows of West African Dance and Cultural Identity."

Program of African Studies

Adam Philipp, Herskovits Scholar, History and Poli Sci, will discuss "Dennis Brutus and South African Rugby."

Program of African Studies