Find out more about funding opportunities available to graduate students. Learn how to use IRIS, SPIN, and Community of Science and the Foundation Directory to search for grant opportunities. Setting up e-mail updates on specific subjects will also be covered, as well as how to find internal U of M funding sources. Resources for the course are listed on the Web site of the Office of the VP for Research, http://www.collaborate.umn.edu/explore/searching.html. Register here for the workshop.

Cowles Auditorium
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

The Bipartisan Policy Center's National Transportation Policy Project (NTPP) has begun a dialogue across the country regarding recommendations contained in its report Performance Driven: A New Vision for U.S. Transportation Policy. The next public forum will be held at the University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs in conjunction with the Martin Olav Sabo Lecture Series. Former Congressman Sabo, NTPP co-chair, will speak at the event.

Join us to discuss the direction of federal surface transportation policy. FFI

Institute of Technology Dean Steven Crouch will give an update about current initiatives in the college at his annual "State of the Institute of Technology" address to faculty and staff.

How do we provide sustainable fuel, food, fiber and freshwater to a global population of 9 billion people in our lifetime? That's one of more than 15 urgent questions we'll explore during E3 2009.

NREL's Larry Kazmerski, a pioneer in the field of solar photovoltaics, will offer the keynote presentation for this year's conference. Other highlights include a super panel discussion with national experts, track sessions focused on the big questions of the 21st century, and a series of Green on the Ground workshops.

Hosted by the University of Minnesota's Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment.

Register here for the conference.

Join us to learn more about how the libraries can help you.
Library staff will provide students a personal introduction to useful, important, and free library resources and services.

Light refreshments will be available.

For more information contact Jody Kempf at j-kemp@umn.edu or visit our website.

Time: 6:30 p.m. Refreshments; 7 p.m. Lecture
Location: 125 Willey Hall

Jeffrey Weeks, freelance mathematician, will present "Teaching about the universe through games and 3-D graphics." The speaker uses computer games to introduce the concept of a "multi-connected universe." This lecture is appropriate for anyone fascinated with space and the universe--from middle school through adulthood.

For the fall 2009 pilot phase, the program will concentrate on supporting First Year Writing and SEAM (Student Excellence in Academics and Multiculturalism).

Fall 2009 Walk-in Hours
Monday: 10:30 to 1:30 (Walter Library-SMART Commons)
Tuesday: 1:30 to 4:30 (Wilson Library-SMART Commons)
Wednesday: 1:30 to 3:00 (Walter Library-SMART Commons) and 1:30 to 2:30 (MCAE in Appleby Hall)
Thursday: 12:00 to 2:00 (MCAE in Appleby Hall)
Friday: 1:30 to 4:00 (Wilson Library-SMART Commons) and 1:30 to 4:30 (Walter Library-SMART Commons)

For more information, visit http://www.lib.umn.edu/services/prc or contact Jody Gray at grayjl@umn.edu.

The Peer Research Consultant program was developed in partnership with the University Libraries, MCAE: Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence, and the SMART Learning Commons.

With Google, you already search the web, share photos/movies/music, map directions and discover new things...but there are some tools you may have missed. So let's explore the new tools and technology that pair Google-efficient tools with library-quality results to weave together a rich information web that goes beyond just the World Wide Web. We'll look at tools such as, Google Docs, RSS Reader, Google Scholar, and iGoogle Research Gadgets that will help you access, evaluate, and share information in an easy collaborative environment.

Register here for the workshop.

The Supercomputing Institute will host an Open House on Wednesday, November 4, 2009. Attendees will be able to tour MSI facilities, including the machine room, the Scientific Development and Visualization Lab, and the LCSE-MSI Visualization Lab. They can also see software demonstrations and displays about research being performed using MSI. We will also have food, goody bags, and door prizes.

Register here for the open house.

An introduction to using EndNote. Learn to import citations, customize your account, and format your bibliographies and in-text citations. We'll also discuss using EndNote in conjunction with EndNoteWeb, a web-based version of EndNote available for free to current University of Minnesota students, faculty, and staff.

Register here for the workshop.

Afternoon events

The University of Minnesota's Solar Decathlon Experience
Solar Decathlon team advisers Ann Johnson, PE, Peter Hilger, AIA, and David McDonald, PE, will talk about their experiences.

Integrated Design on the I-35W Bridge Project by Jon Chiglo, University of MN Alumnus and the Minnesota Department of Transportation's project manager on the I-35W Bridge project

Dinner: Campus Club, West Wing of 403 Coffman Union

Enjoy a welcome and history presentation by Department Head Roberto Ballarini and Professor Emeritus Charles Fairhurst. Keynote with George Bugliarello from the Polytechnic Institute of NYU presents a timely and enlightening lecture on urban sustainability. Cost of dinner is $25.

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For RefWorks users who would like to learn more about linking to full text documents, editing styles, and other specialized tasks. Attendees are encouraged to bring their RefWorks questions to the session. A list of advanced features may be found here.

Register for the workshop here.

In this talk we will describe an approach we have developed to improve the fidelity of these traffic summaries, by coordinating the monitoring performed by the network's routers so as to achieve network-wide monitoring goals while respecting each router's processing constraints.

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