Research Compliance

Joe Rosse, Associate Vice Chancellor of Research Integrity and Compliance, gave an overview of what faculty need to know about research compliance, including disclosures of potential conflicts of interest, export control of research to foreign countries, and responsible conduct of research. See for more information.

Brief Items

  1. Faculty Evaluations due 31 March
  2. Seed Grant Reviewers needed
  3. Student Award Nominations due March 6
  4. Dean’s Graduate Fellowships and Assistantships nominations due through 15 March
  5. Dean’s Support for Prospective Graduate Visits ($250 per student visit)

Update on Undergraduate and Graduate Admissions

Undergraduate applications to our college are up 7% over last year, and admission offers are being made more promptly this year. Admission offers to most programs are up, except XXEN (open option) is down. Quality and diversity measures are up. Penny Axelrad noted that CU does not proactively contact top high-school students in the state, like some other schools do. There are not centralized data on graduate admissions (we hope to change that next year), but offers and visits for prospective graduate students are reported by the chairs to be up in most departments.

Update on Campus Funding for Growth

  1. Undergraduate enrollments – an incentive plan is in place to share tuition with schools and colleges for enrollment growth starting in FY16.
  2. Professional master’s programs – strongly encouraged by campus as a means of enrollment growth and with a generous plan for sharing of tuition.
  3. Traditional master’s and PhD programs – the campus intends to develop an incentive plan starting in FY17.

Discussion of Faculty Hiring

Since we have multiple openings in each department, Rob encourages early offers to top candidates, which a couple of the departments have already done. The college, with some help from campus, will do two-thirds of startup packages up to $450K. Cost sharing on higher amounts will be individually negotiated. Most offers are to be at the junior level, but a few midcareer and occasional senior offers may be made.

3D Printing

Clayton Lewis presented a possible college strategy for a 3D printing facility associated with one or more faculty hires. Some departments showed interest, while others said that most faculty members who need 3D printing for research just buy their own. It was recommended that a request be prepared for the college cost sharing program for shared research facilities.

In Attendance

Rob Davis, JoAnn Zelasko, Scott Palo, Diane Sieber, Sarah Miller, Doug Smith, Mary Steiner, Jessica Wright, Penny Axelrad, Dan Schwartz, Balaji Rajagopalan, Dirk Grunwald, Bob Erickson, Clayton Lewis