INFORMATION Texting, blogging and the like might yet prove beneficial, 3 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE Avian dads learned doting ways from the dinosaurs, 4 CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING Lectures, workshops and The Faculty-Staff Bulletin of The Florida State University consultations, 6 and 7 VolumeSTATE 43 • Number 10 January 26 - February 15, 2009 Florida State pays tribute to ‘Year of Science’ ORIGINS ’09 Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning au- Wilson will join acclaimed Harvard NPR’s “Science Friday,” among many thor and world-renowned biologist E.O. University cosmologist Lisa Randall, others for the program, which begins Wilson will be among the headliners of famed anthropologist Don Johanson (co- March 16. a two-week celebration of what discov- discoverer of “Lucy”, the world’s most Named “Origins ’09: A Celebration eries in science and the humanities have famous fossil), Sean B. Carroll, noted of the Birth and Life of Beginnings,” the meant to modern civilization. biologist and author, and Ira Flatow of event is being sponsored by the Florida State University Office of Research and co-sponsored by the FSU College of Medicine and the Tallahassee Scientific Conference headliners will Society. It’s all part of a tribute to 2009 include, clockwise, E.O. as the Year of Science, a national desig- Wilson, the world’s leading nation inspired by the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin (Feb. 12). naturalist, Harvard physicist Unlike many tributes scheduled Lisa Randall and Ira Flatow, around the nation and world, Florida host of “Science Friday” on State’s program is designed to go be- National Public Radio. yond Darwin’s legacy and show how the evolution of ideas in fields ranging from physics to art have shaped what humans http://origins.fsu.edu know not only about life and nature but what that knowledge poses for the fu- ture. The program will culminate March 28 with a special tribute to the origins of jazz by a collaboration of musicians and performers from Florida State’s College of Music — led by Scotty Barnhart, jazz trumpet assistant professor — and from Florida A&M University. Wilson’s lecture, “Darwin’s Four Great Books: The Origins of a Revolu- tion,” will be held Monday, March 23, with a venue to be announced. Now in

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Assistant V.P. and Director of University Communications Worried about the amount of time today’s Franklin D. Murphy kids spend texting, chatting, blogging, gaming and Facebook-ing? Don’t. Vice President for Rather than fear the time young people Lisa Tripp University Relations and Advancement devote to technological pursuits, there are Lee Hinkle Lab/Ryals Lee Photo FSU many reasons for adults to embrace and President of even facilitate youth engagement with digital The three-year study was part of a $50 million The Florida State University media, according to Florida State University’s project on digital and media learning funded T.K. Wetherell Lisa Tripp, who was a member of a team of by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Board of Trustees researchers who recently completed the most Foundation. Altogether, researchers involved Chair extensive qualitative study ever done on youth in the project interviewed more than 800 Jim Smith children and young adults and conducted Vice Chair media use in the United States. Harold Knowles “While many adults worry that children are more than 5,000 hours of online observations. wasting time online, texting or playing video Tripp also is one of the co-authors of the final Derrick Brooks games, our study found that these activities report on the project, which will be published Susie Busch-Transou by MIT Press as a book called “Hanging Out, Emily Fleming Duda have captured teens’ attention because they David Ford provide avenues for extending social worlds, Messing Around, Geeking Out: Living and Manny Garcia self-directed learning and independence,” she Learning with New Media.” William “Andy” Haggard said. Social network sites, online games, video- Laymon A. Hicks James E. Kinsey Jr. Tripp, an assistant professor in the College sharing sites and gadgets such as iPods and Richard McFarlain of Information, supervised research and data mobile phones — technologies that barely Leslie Pantin Jr. collection at several Los Angeles middle existed 10 years ago — are now fixtures of Jayne Standley schools that serve primarily low-income youth culture. The researchers found that The deadline for the Latino youth to find out how the students most young people almost always associate Feb. 16 - March 8, 2009, issue is were using digital media technology both at with people they already know in their offline 4:30 p.m. on TUESDAY, FEB. 10. home and at school. Her research became a lives through school or sports, but cell phones, part of the Digital Youth Project, a joint effort instant messaging and social network sites of the University of Southern California and such as MySpace and Facebook allow them to the University of California, Berkeley. be in nearly constant touch.

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STATE • January 26 - February 15, 2009 • 3 The BIGPolygamyPolygamy & Story & paternalpaternal carecare inin birdsbirds linkedlinked toto TheirTheir dinosaurdinosaur ancestorsancestors By Libby Fairhurst wondered about the origins of polygamy Origin”), paleobiologist Gregory M. NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS and paternal care patterns among Erickson of The Florida State University modern-day Paleognathes — an ancient and researchers from three other avian lineage that branched off soon institutions connect the evolutionary Sure, they’re polygamous, after birds evolved from dinosaurs and dots linking the polygamous, paternal but male emus and several includes ostriches, emus and tinamous. reproductive patterns of extant (living) other ground-dwelling birds No such reproductive behavior exists birds to the behavior of their extinct also are devoted dads, serving among the vast majority of other dinosaur kin. as the sole incubators and vertebrates. Males contribute to parental “In those cases where adult dinosaurs caregivers to oversized broods care in less than 5 percent of mammal have been found on top of nests, we from multiple mothers. It is and non-avian reptile species, and while found that the volume or mass of the egg rare behavior, but research more than 90 percent of bird species co- clutch (total number of eggs in the nest) described in the Dec. 19 parent to some degree, it is only among is very large relative to the size of the Science found that it runs in the Paleognathes that both polygamy nesting animals,” Erickson said. “This this avian family, all the way and paternal care rule. suggests multiple females contributed back to its dinosaur ancestors. Now, in a groundbreaking paper the eggs and the male guarded them. Scientists had long (“Avian Paternal Care Had Dinosaur Notably, the ratio of egg volumes to the nesting animal’s size is consistent with An Oviraptorid dinosaur those in living birds where the male is Citipati on a nest that the sole or primary nest attendant.” The researchers now had their link was found in the Gobi from the theropod dinosaurs (omnivores desert of Mongolia by and carnivores that walked on two hind the American Museum legs with bird-like feet) to the polygamy of Natural History. It is and nesting scenarios exhibited by their one of the specimens avian descendants, according to David Varricchio of Montana State, the study’s studied by Professor principal investigator. Gregory M. Erickson. But to test the theory, Varricchio Research suggests that needed to determine the sex of the such brooding dinosaurs brooding dinosaurs whose bones have are males. been found atop those communal nests.

For that, he turned to Erickson at Mick Ellison, Copyright American Museum of Natural History, 2008 History, Museum Natural of American MickCopyright Ellison,

4 • January 26 - February 15, 2009 • STATE Researcher wins $1.2 million grant for gene regulation work By Doug Carlson COLLEGE OF MEDICINE A unique discovery in a Florida State University College of Medicine labora- tory is the basis for research with the potential to one day help scientists learn how to stop cancer and other diseases in the tissue where they are forming. Jamila Horabin, associate professor of biomedical sciences at the College of Medicine, has received a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to pursue her work. Horabin recently discovered a direct link between RNA silencing and the genetic master switch controlling the sex determination process in fruit flies. With that knowledge, she is now seeking to fully understand how a cellu- lar process in gene regulation called the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) might interfere with or silence the genes assumed to be at work in nearly all forms of disease and cancer. With a greater un- derstanding of the process, her hope is that scientists will one day be able to switch off the gene activity causing can-

FSU Photo Lab/Ryals Lee Photo FSU cerous tumors and cardiovascular dis- Gregory M. Erickson ease. “We want to know how RNA silenc- Florida State, a renowned expert in to make eggs),” Erickson said. “This is ing affects fundamental gene expres- dinosaur paleobiology. consistent with the brooding dinosaurs sion,” Horabin said. “Many genes are Erickson examined the bone being males.” regulated by this process, and it will microstructure of tibiae (shin bones), Thus, the researchers had have far-reaching impact if we under- femora (thigh bones) and metatarsus confirmation that the dinosaurs found stand how it works, which is really the (ankle bones) from oviraptorids in nests with large egg clutches were hope and dream of a basic scientist.” and deinonychosaurs (Jurassic Park polygamistic males and the source of the “raptors”) -- small theropod dinosaurs peculiar avian behavior. whose adult skeletons have been Moreover, those brooding dinosaurs repeatedly discovered in brooding were fathers — and today’s emus, rheas postures atop nests containing dozens of and tinamous owe their paternal care large eggs. model to them. The key was what he didn’t find in the Co-authors of “Avian Paternal Care bones: They showed no signs whatsoever Had Dinosaur Origin” — accessible via of the maternal and reproductively the journal Science Web site at www. associated microscopic features common sciencemag.org/current.dtl — are Florida to living non-Paleognath bird groups, State’s Erickson, associate professor of extinct non-avian dinosaurs or living anatomy and vertebrate paleobiology reptiles. in the Department of Biological Science; “I found no evidence of medullary Varricchio, Frankie D. Johnson and bone (the extra bone laid down by John J. Borkowski of Montana State breeding female birds and dinosaurs to University; Jason R. Moore of Texas make eggs) or extensive bone resorbtion A&M University; and Mark A. Norell of Jamila Horabin (the means by which female reptiles New York City’s American Museum of such as crocodiles acquire mineral salts n Natural History. Lab/Ryals Lee Photo FSU STATE • January 26 - February 15, 2009 • 5 Teaching Award winner to share strategies for ‘staying in touch’ Florida State University Assistant in ain’s distance learning program. Since Statistics Radha Bose, who received a arriving at Florida State in 2000, she has 2007-2008 Florida State Undergraduate completed Master of Science degrees in Teaching Award, will share her strate- mathematics and statistics, as well as gies on how best to stay in touch with a Certificate in College Teaching. She students for the Center for Teaching and became interested in a teaching career Learning’s Teaching Excellence Series on when she taught high school mathemat- Jan. 28 at 3:30 p.m. in the Starry Confer- ics in Guyana, but finds teaching at the ence Room, 214 Rovetta Business Build- post-secondary level more challenging ing. and interesting. The foundation of her Bose feels it is important to know each teaching philosophy is enthusiasm for student by name, establish a rapport, her subject and being a mentor and role respect and treat students equally, and model for her students and teaching as- be enthusiastic about even their small- sistants. est steps. She has put these important The series, open to all faculty and practices to the test in her large statistics staff members and graduate teaching as- Radha Bose classes, where she fosters positive atti- sistants, provides an opportunity for fac- tudes toward the subject matter. Howev- ulty members and graduate teaching as- er, her strategies for staying in touch can sistants to join Teaching Award winners be used in both large and small classes. for discussions on important topics rel- A native of Guyana, Bose received evant to the Florida State teaching com- her undergraduate degree in mathemat- munity. To learn more or to register for ics through The Open University in Brit- this workshop, visit http://ctl.fsu.edu. February Teaching Excellence Series to feature ‘Distinguished Teacher’ Florida State University’s 2007-2008 teaching and learning. He has a genuine Distinguished Teacher Award winner, interest in motivating students to dis- William Christiansen, will present Feb- cover their own potential.” According ruary’s Teaching Excellence Series on to Christiansen, he places “a very high “Keys for Effectively Teaching the FSU value on teaching and working with my Student.” students at all levels.” Christiansen, who is the chairman of Christiansen has received a Uni- the Department of Finance and the Bank versity Outstanding Teaching Award of America Professor in the College of three times and the Outstanding MBA Business, will discuss techniques to ener- Program Professor Award seven times. gize the classroom and stimulate think- Earlier this year, the College of Business ing with emphasis on making the class- received a $2-million gift from the Bank room experience enjoyable and produc- of America Charitable Foundation to es- tive for the student. By using individual tablish the Gene Taylor/Bank of America strengths and skill sets, Christiansen will Center for Banking and Financial Stud- explain how to increase teaching effec- ies — Christiansen was named its direc- tiveness. tor. The center’s purpose is to encourage RayStanyard Dean of Business Caryn Beck-Dudley excellence in education as well as fund William Christiansen praises his “passionate attitude toward research and service activities related to banking and finance. His talk will be Thursday, Feb. 26, Proposal wins ‘MDS’ grant from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., in the Starry Con- ference Room, Rovetta Business Build- The Florida State University Coun- resulting in new research initiatives. ing, room 214. To register for this work- cil on Research and Creativity has Three MDS proposals were submitted shop, visit http://ctl.fsu.edu. announced the following MultiDis- this year. ciplinary Support grant for the 2008- The MDS grant was awarded to On Wednesday, March 25, Professor 2009 academic year. The program, pre- Yanchang Wang of Biomedical Sci- Nat Stern will present “Connecting viously known as InterDisciplinary ence, with Xiuwen Liu of Computer with Students: Fostering Faculty- Support, provides up to $25,000 for Science, for the project “Quantitative Student Interaction in Large and the establishment of multidisciplinary Spatial Organizations in Biological Small Classes” for the Teaching studies, workshops or conferences Systems.” Excellence Series.

6 • January 26 - February 15, 2009 • STATE reserved for academic research, wireless connectivity for laptops, and a generous number of wired connectivity ports. The faculty and graduate students may reserve group study rooms and a btw by the way conference room, and use the Graduate Student Computer Room. There is a classroom available for graduate student instruction, >>Thagard’s pharmacy closes and a card-access reading room. (see related story below) Florida State University’s Thagard Student Health Center >>Faculty Awards Speakers Series to debut ceased operation of its pharmacy on Dec. 17. Prescriptions The Office of Faculty Recognition, the Office of the Dean of were transferred to the CVS Pharmacy at 1819 W. Tennessee St., the Faculties and University Libraries are hosting the Faculty located along the free bus route within one mile of the Florida Awards Speakers Series, in which recognized Florida State State campus. CVS Pharmacy is open 24 hours a day. Call CVS University faculty members will discuss how specific awards Pharmacy at 576-0147 or visit CVS Pharmacy on the Web at have affected their teaching, research and service. On Feb. 5, www.cvs.com. sociology Professor Jill Quadagno will talk about the Robert >>Strozier’s Scholars Commons opens Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award and, on March 5, After several months of renovations to the ground floor of art Associate Professor Lilian Garcia-Roig will discuss the Joan Strozier Library, the Scholars Commons has opened. Designed Mitchell Award. The April 2 installment is being plan. The series with faculty members and graduate students in mind, the will take place in the Scholars Commons at Strozier Library, from Scholars Commons is a quiet study area that provides computers noon to 1 p.m. Attendees are welcome to bring a lunch. Upcoming Center for Teaching and Learning workshops Academic Program and Professional Building), “Getting Your Students to Stay line (Feb. 17, 2 to 4 p.m.): Participants Service’s Center for Teaching and Learn- in Touch — With You, With the Course, will learn about audio recording tools, ing sponsors a variety of learning oppor- With the Material,” Assistant in Statistics RSS channels and the iTunes interface, tunities at no cost to Florida State Uni- Radha Bose (see full story on the preced- which can be used to locate existing pod- versity faculty members and teaching ing page). casts. The session also will address host- assistants. To sign up for workshops or •Blackboard: Assessment and Grading ing podcasts on the Blackboard Content browse through online materials to sup- Tools (Feb. 2, 2 to 4 p.m.): Discover learn- Collection, and provide opportunities port teaching effectiveness, visit http:// ing management system (Bb) features for creating sample podcast episodes. ctl.fsu.edu. that streamline the recording, converting •Blackboard: Getting Started (Feb. 25, For additional information, send an and publishing of grades. 9 to 11 a.m.): Discover how to support e-mail to Sharon Scheel at sscheel@cam- •Mediasite: Creating Interactive Multi- learning in on-campus or online courses pus.fsu.edu. media Presentations (Feb. 3, 1 to 2:30 p.m.): with a learning management system (Bb) •Blackboard: Facilitating Communica- Mediasite Technology automatically Web site. tions (Jan. 27, 2 to 4 p.m.): Explore strate- turns video, audio and visual aids into •Teaching Excellence Series (Feb. 26, gies for using learning management sys- an interactive multimedia presentation 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.): “Keys for Effectively tem (Bb) tools to facilitate both student that is viewable by anyone with an Inter- Teaching the FSU Student,” Florida State collaboration and course interaction. net browser. Learn how to use this tool to finance Chairman and Associate Profes- •Teaching Excellence Series (Jan. 28, enhance the delivery of course materials. sor William Christiansen (see full story 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., 214 Rovetta Business •Podcasting: Delivering Audio On- on the preceding page). Center for Teaching and Learning consultations available at Scholars Commons Academic Program and Professional and graduate assistants or groups of in- dents are invited to drop in at their con- Service’s Center for Teaching and Learn- structors to enhance teaching skills. Ar- venience to meet the consultants and dis- ing now provides consulting services in eas of assistance include course design, cover the many ways they can support the Scholars Commons, a newly renovat- syllabus preparation, using technology, teaching efforts. The consultants have re- ed space on the ground floor of Strozier enhancing student participation, and as- sources to help apply instructional tech- Library. sessment creation. nologies such as podcasting and “click- The Scholars Commons provides re- “We are excited to bring our services ers,” employ proven methodologies that sources to faculty members and graduate to the Scholars Commons,” said Karen engage students and help them learn students, including a consultation space Bickley, APPS assistant director for CTL both online and in the classroom, and for the CTL’s teaching enhancement as- and Online Programs. “We believe the implement rigorous and meaningful as- sociates. The consultation schedule is centralized meeting location in Strozier sessments of both teaching and learning. posted monthly at http://ctl.fsu.edu. Library will facilitate better contact be- For more information or to schedule Teaching enhancement associates tween instructors and consultants.” an appointment, contact Sharon Scheel at collaborate with individual instructors Faculty members and graduate stu- [email protected] or (850) 645-4895. STATE • January 26 - February 15, 2009 • 7 •Intermediate Asset Management Overview and Inventory Training (4732): Trains users News in the operation and handling of Intermec Scanners. Topics include Asset Management Module overview and navigation; asset search; asset cost history; reporting tools; and from inventory policies and procedures. Feb. 4 – W, 1:30 – 3 p.m.; A6201 University Center. The •2009 Postal Changes: Rates, Barcodes and Address Lists (4806): Ongoing technology Human changes for automation efficiencies are going to continue to affect department’s postal Resources budgets. The ability to plan and prepare for the most cost effective mailings can help all Source departments save money on outgoing mail. This session will discuss specific types of mail that are facing price increases, what Intelligent Mail Barcodes (IMB) are, how they can save TRAINING AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT money and how to gain the postage discounts by updating address lists through a national database. Feb. 5 – R, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.; Training Center at Stadium Place. The following instructor-led and online training opportunities •Basic Financial Management (4664): This session will encompass basic OMNI inquiry are available to Florida State faculty and staff members. To view for sponsored projects including looking up available balances by project/department and the schedule of classes available from Jan. 27 to Feb. 18, and to running monthly reports. Presented by Roberta McManus. Feb 11 – W, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 register, click on the “Register Online” link at www.hr.fsu.edu/ p.m.; 301 Student Services Building. train. Information: (850) 644-8724. •eProcurement (4754): This course is designed to provide a clear understanding of exactly what is required for requisitions and how to “best” manage them. OMNI system •Compliance for Sponsored Programs (4764): Educates users on the various Florida State updates will also be addressed. Feb. 12 – R, 8:30 – 11:30 a.m.; Training Center at Stadium policies and procedures related to the financial management of sponsored programs. Jan. Place. 27 – T, 2 – 4 p.m.; 301 Student Services Building. •Leadership and Change (4802): Understand the dynamics of change and the •DROP (MetLife) (4846): A presentation addressing all of the components of the supervisor’s leadership role and responsibilities in helping others manage change more DROP program including eligibility, enrollment, benefits and choice options. A MetLife effectively. Course counts toward Basic Supervisory Practical (BSP) Certificate. Feb. 11 – W, representative will be available to answer questions. Jan. 27 – T, 10 – 11 a.m.; Training 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Training Center at Stadium Place. Center at Stadium Place. •Financial and Retirement Planning (MetLife) (4838): Presentation will include •Sponsored Programs Proposal Development (4758): Hands-on course designed to budgeting issues, retirement savings, taxable savings, estate planning and evaluating train users to create and submit a sponsored projects proposal in OMNI. Recommended employees’ insurance needs. In addition, discussion will cover retirement income needs, for sponsored programs principal/co–investigators; key personnel; department DROP and Social Security. Feb. 12 – R, 9 – 10 a.m.; Training Center at Stadium Place. representatives; and project managers. Jan. 27 – T, 9 – 11 a.m.; 301 Student Services •Workplace Accidents: Prevention and Management (for supervisors and BSP) (4855): Building. Examines how to prevent workplace accidents and what to do if one should occur; also •eTime for Time and Labor Representatives and Supervisors (4776): This course focuses covered will be workers compensation and automobile liability. Course counts toward Basic on training end-users on how to successfully use manager self-service for time and labor. Supervisory Practical (BSP) Certificate. Feb. 12 – R, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.; Training Center at Participants will learn how to report time for both weekly elapsed and punch time, manage Stadium Place. exceptions (errors), manage approvals and payable time. Course counts toward Time and •General Ledger Reconciliation (4876): For OMNI users responsible for reconciling Labor Representative Certificate. Jan. 28 – W, 8:30 – 11:30 a.m.; Training Center at Stadium departmental ledgers. Course topics include the reconciliation objective and process, using Place. OBI Departmental Ledgers, locating source documents using Queries, Hummingbird, OMNI •Sexual Harassment Policy Information Training (4834): Florida State’s policy on sexual and OBI Reporting. Prerequisites are GL–1000 and GL– 2000, Feb. 13 – F, 8:30 – 11:30 a.m.; harassment is covered, including how it affects employees’ duties and responsibilities. The Training Center at Stadium Place. course also is available online. Jan. 28 – W, 2 – 3 p.m.; Training Center at Stadium Place. •Planning for Financial Security (AIG) (4864): Comprehensive financial planning seminar •Cost Sharing for Sponsored Projects (4767): Trains users to understand cost sharing for that addresses cash management, risk management, investment strategies, tax planning, sponsored projects. Users will learn how cost sharing will be accounted for in OMNI. Jan. retirement planning and estate planning. A representative from AIG will be available to 29 – R, 2 – 4 p.m.; 301 Student Services Building. answer questions. Feb. 17 – T, 10 – 11:30 a.m.; Training Center at Stadium Place. •Writing Effectively and Persuasively (4811): The class covers fundamentals of how to •Travel and Expense for Representatives and Approvers (4823): Update version trains write effectively in the workplace, including how to inform and persuade. Includes small authorized approvers or travel representatives in the fundamentals of travel and expenses group writing exercises. Course counts toward Business Writing Certificate Series. Jan. 30 – in the OMNI system. Topics include: travel policies; how to create and submit travel F, 9 – 4 p.m.; Training Center at Stadium Place. authorizations, cash advances and expense reports; and how to approve or deny submitted •New Employee Orientation - Orientation for New Florida State Employees: Overview of documents. Feb. 17 – T, 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.; Training Center at Stadium Place. policies, procedures, benefits and many other aspects of the university. Classes are available •Internal Controls (4871): Addresses checks and balances systems in order to prevent online or onsite. Onsite NEO held at Training Center at Stadium Place. Feb. 2 - M, 8:15 a.m fraud and other forms of unethical behaviors from occurring. Course counts toward Basic – 4 p.m. Onsite schedule and online option available at: hr.fsu.edu/train. Click on the Supervisory Practical (BSP) Certificate. Course also is available online. Feb. 17 – T, 2 – 4:30 New Employee Orientation link. Information: 644-8724; Training Center at Stadium Place. p.m.; Training Center at Stadium Place. •Toastmasters: Open to all Florida State employees who wish to improve their public •Online New Employee Orientation: Satisfies the mandatory New Employee Orientation speaking skills. Weekly meetings to practice presenting and evaluating. Meets every requirement. Introduces new Florida State employees to the university, providing important Tuesday, 11 a.m – noon. Information: 644-9610; Training Center at Stadium Place. information on policies, procedures, benefits, important university contacts and more. •Asset Management Overview (4727): Basic overview of inventory processes and asset Registration: hr.fsu.edu; click on the “New Employee Information” link; employees are management for the property custodian; departmental responsibilities and resources; required to submit certification of completion. Information: 644-8724. and introduction to OMNI procedures and capabilities. Feb. 4 – W, 9 a.m. – noon; A6201 •Online Core Curriculum for Supervisors: Online training of legal and compliance University Center. issues. Program is comprised of 10 subject-based modules. Participants may choose to •American Sign Language 101 (4852): Learn sign language vocabulary, as well as a complete only those modules of interest, or may complete all 10 and receive a certificate. history of the deaf, deaf culture and technological resources available to communicate with Registration/Information: 644-4579. deaf people. The course is designed to be informative and very interactive. Feb. 4 – W, 8:30 – 11:30 a.m.; Training Center at Stadium Place. Please see THE SOURCE, 9

8 • January 26 - February 15, 2009 • STATE from >>2009 ELECTIVE RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION LIMITS HAVE THE SOURCE page 8 INCREASED: The Internal Revenue Service recently announced cost-of-living adjustments for elective contributions to retirement •Online ADA/EEO: Avoiding Minefields in Employment Practices: Examines issues related accounts, including Florida State-sponsored tax sheltered annuity to the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as Equal Employment Opportunity. Course plans [403(b)], post-tax Roth 403(b) and state of Florida-sponsored counts toward Basic Supervisory Practical (BSP) Certificate.Registration: 644-4579. Deferred Compensation (457) plans. Beginning with the first •Online Fundamentals of Discipline: Reviews the supervisor’s role in the university’s paycheck in January, the annual contribution limit for 403(b) plans progressive and cumulative disciplinary process, as well as an overview of collective increased to $16,500. The contribution limit for the 457 Deferred bargaining agreements. Course counts toward Basic Supervisory Practical (BSP) Certificate. Compensation plan also increased to $16,500. Employees who are Registration: 644-4579. age 50 and above at any point in the 2009 calendar year are eligible •Online Interview Techniques: Learn effective interviewing skills and techniques to to contribute an additional $5,500 to each plan. Information: be able to select the best candidate to fill an open position. Course counts toward Basic Michael Horgan, Human Resources, 644-4017. Supervisory Practical (BSP) Certificate and HR Department Representative Certificate. Registration: 644-4579. >> SICK LEAVE POOL OPEN ENROLLMENT: The open enrollment •Online Internal Controls: Addresses checks and balances systems in order to prevent period for University Sick Leave Pool (SLP) membership is Feb. 6 - fraud and other forms of unethical behaviors from occurring. Course counts toward Basic 26. Applications must be received in Human Resources during the Supervisory Practical (BSP) Certificate. Registration: 644-4579. open enrollment period no later than 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26. •Online Performance Evaluation Training: Reviews how supervisors should conduct Open enrollment applications received in Human Resources prior annual reviews of their employees’ work performance. Course counts toward Basic to Feb. 6, or after Feb. 26, will not be accepted. Supervisory Practical (BSP) Certificate. Registration: 644-4579. Eligibility requirements include, but are not limited to, full-time •Online Sexual Harassment Policy: Addresses sexual harassment issues in the workplace or part-time employment as a faculty, A&P or USPS employee who and Florida State’s policy regarding this important subject. Registration: 644-4579. has been employed with a state of Florida agency or university •Online Sexual Harassment: What You Need to Know: Designed for Florida State continuously for one year or more, and has a sick leave balance supervisors, the course addresses the responsibilities and duties of supervisors regarding of at least 72 hours after leave accruals process on March 5. For suspected instances of sexual harassment on campus. Course counts toward Basic additional requirements, refer to the HR Web site address below. Supervisory Practical (BSP) Certificate. Registration: 644-4579. Employees who join may receive up to 480 Sick Leave Pool hours in a 12-month period for their personal serious illness or injury after HUMAN RESOURCES using all their leave (sick, vacation, personal holiday, compensatory). The lifetime maximum number of SLP hours a member may use >>DOUBLE DEDUCTIONS FOR BENEFITS: All nine- and is 960. The SLP committee reviews all applications and controls 10-month faculty members and seasonal employees enrolled benefits used from the pool. in state health, life and supplemental benefits will begin to have Upon acceptance, employees will be required to donate eight double deductions taken from their paychecks beginning with the hours of sick leave to the pool. Employees will remain members Feb. 13 paycheck. The deductions will end on the May 8 check. These until they leave the university or request in writing to be removed additional deductions are taken out to prepay premiums for the from the pool. The eight hours donated to the pool are non- months of June, July, August and September. Regular deductions refundable. Members may be asked to make additional donations will resume on the first paycheck in September. Employees should if the pool balance falls below 240 hours. Members who terminate review their paychecks during the double deduction period to their employment may also donate up to 16 hours of their sick insure that the deductions are correct. Information: Benefits leave to the pool upon their separation from the university. Office, 644-4015, or e-mail [email protected]. Additional information is available on the Human Resources Web site at hr.fsu.edu/index.cfm?page=FacultyStaff_BenAndPerks_ >>FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS PROGRAM: A grace period SickLeavePool. The open enrollment application also will be has been added to the plan year for medical reimbursement and available on this site from Feb. 6 – 26. Information: Sick Leave dependent care reimbursement accounts. Employees now have Pool Administrators Lorna Fisher, [email protected] or 644- more time to use the services that can be reimbursed if they have 1978; Christine Conley, [email protected] or 644-5051. used these tax-saving accounts. The grace period gives employees until March 15 to use the amounts in their Flexible Spending OFFICE OF DIVERSITY AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY Accounts, and to use eligible services for their 2008 contributions. Employees still must file all claims by April 15 in order for the >>FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Black History Month employee not to lose all the money in the account. The grace is the successor to Negro History Week that was initiated on Feb. 12, period ends on March 15. If an employee does not submit claims 1926, by Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Woodson chose the second week for the plan year by the April 15 deadline, filing deadline for the of February for Negro History Week because it marks the birthdays entire amount they had withheld, they will lose the unused money. of two men who greatly influenced the black American population: abolitionist Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln. It >>TAKING A LEAVE OF ABSENCE? If employees take a leave is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in February, of absence for any reason, their benefits may be affected. Faculty while in the United Kingdom, it is held in October. and staff members only have 31 days from going on leave to make For additional facts, quizzes, videos and interactive timelines, necessary adjustments to their benefits. If employees know they visit www.biography.com/blackhistory or www.history.com/ are going on leave, contact the Benefits office at 644-4015 or minisites/blackhistory. [email protected] for assistance to ensure there is no lapse in coverage.

STATE • January 26 - February 15, 2009 • 9 BYLINES Washington, D.C. The exhibi- tion is commissioned and cu- I. Michael Navon, Ph.D. rated by the George Eastman (Mathematics, Scientific Com- House International Museum puting), co-wrote the article CAMPUS of Photography and Film and “Data Assimilation for Geophys- is being displayed through Oc- ical Fluids,” with Jacques Blum tober. and François-Xavier Le Dimet, published in the “Handbook of IN ACTION SERVICE Numerical Analysis, Computa- tional Methods for the Atmo- Design and Development and ber 2008. Kathleen Blake Yancey, sphere and the Ocean,” Vol. 14. the Outstanding Human Perfor- Ph.D. (Kellogg W. Hunt Profes- Robert Reiser, Ph.D. (Distin- mance Communication Award, PRESENTATIONS sor of English, Rhetoric and guished Teaching Professor and presented by the International Composition), will become the Robert M. Morgan Professor of Society for Performance Im- Larry Barlow, Ph.D. (Center new editor of the College Com- Instructional Systems, Educa- provement. for Marriage and Family Ther- position and Communication tional Psychology and Learning James P. Sickinger, Ph.D. apy, Family and Child Science), journal in 2010, making Florida Systems), co-edited the book (Classics), wrote the article “In- presented “Utilizing Decision- State the home to the premier “Trends and Issues of Instruc- determinacy in Greek Law: Stat- making Models to Solve Ethical national journal for research tional Design and Technology,” utory Gaps and Conflicts,” pub- Dilemmas” at the annual con- in rhetoric and composition, 2nd ed., with John V. Dempsey lished in Symposion 2007: Vor- ference of the American Asso- according to Department of of the University of South Ala- träge zur griechischen und helle- ciation for Marriage and Family English Chairman Ralph Berry. bama who is a Florida State nistischen Rechtsgeschichte, Vi- Therapy, Memphis, Tenn., Oc- The journal is produced by the doctoral alumnus. The book enna: Austrian Academy, 2008; tober 2008; Barlow presented Conference on College Compo- was awarded the 2008 James Sickinger presented “Official “Ethics and the Law” at a state sition and Communication, the W. Brown Publication Award, Letters on Stone” at the collo- conference for mental health largest professional organiza- the premier book award pre- quium “Documents in Ancient professionals, Jacksonville, Fla., tion for composition research; sented by the Association for Societies: The Letter,” Rome, It- December 2008. Yancey also has served as presi- Educational Communications aly, September 2008; and Sick- George Blakely, M.F.A. (Stu- dent of the National Council and Technology. This is the inger presented “Publication of dio Art), is included in the Cul- of Teachers of English, a group third major award the book has Legal Decisions in Classical Ath- tural Landscape Foundation’s made up of about 60,000 Eng- garnered, the other two being ens,” at the Première Rencontre “Heroes of Horticulture” exhi- lish teachers at all levels, and is the Outstanding Book Award, des Jeunes Historiens du Droit bition, being held at the U.S. the co-founder of the journal presented by the Division of Grec, Athens, Greece, Septem- Botanic Garden, West Gallery, Assessing Writing. Chemist featured in award-winning documentary on teaching Lights! Camera! Educational science Panhandle Area Education Consortium and action! with a $1.5 million grant from the Penny Gilmer, a professor of Chemistry Florida Department of Education. and Biochemistry at The Florida State Gilmer had a $340,000 subcontract from University, was featured in the award- the consortium to oversee two Florida winning documentary “Teachers State graduate-level courses for science Doing Real Science in the Real World.” teachers. The movie focused on Florida State’s Produced by the Panhandle Area Panhandle Area Education Consortium Education Consortium, “Teachers Doing project called “Science Collaboration: Real Science in the Real World,” won the Immersion, Inquiry, Innovation” (FSU- 2008 Aurora Awards’ Platinum Best of PAEC Sc:iii). Show in the educational documentary The Sc:iii project, headed by Gilmer, category. worked with science teachers from The Aurora Awards is an international rural and sparsely populated counties competition designed to recognize in Northwest Florida to expose them to excellence in the film and video industries. innovative concepts of scientific inquiry Penny Gilmer It specifically targets products, programs in real-world settings. Gilmer said the and commercials that would not normally goal was to get the teachers excited about the documentary shows about 15 of them have the opportunity to compete on a “doing” science, not just reading about in the field, talking about their projects, national level. The basic premise of the it, so they can spark the same excitement their learning of science, and ideas for judging structure for the Aurora Awards in their students. involving their students of grades 3 - 12,” is based on the importance of receiving “In spring and summer 2008, we had Gilmer said. the endorsement of peers to verify that 79 teachers enrolled at Florida State, and The Sc:iii project was created by the work is outstanding. 10 • January 26 - February 15, 2009 • STATE Nominations sought for Lawton Professorship Individual Florida State University faculty members are true distinction in his/her discipline or profession. All mem- encouraged to nominate their colleagues who are tenured pro- bers of the faculty who meet these criteria are eligible for this fessors for the 2009 Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor- honor. ship. The deadline is Feb. 13. Only individuals — not depart- The title of Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor is ments, colleges or administrative units — can make a nomina- conferred for a given year, and is permanently retained along tion. with the date of the award, which will be indicated in the cata- The nominations should be sent directly to the Robert O. log listing of the faculty. Lawton Distinguished Professor Committee, Office of the Pres- A folder, prepared by the nominator, should contain a com- ident, 211 Westcott Building, Mail Code 1470. The committee prehensive curriculum vita for the nominee, along with evi- will consider the nominations on the basis of faculty members’ dence of outstanding scholarship, teaching and service to Flor- research or creative endeavors, teaching and service during ida State and to his/her profession. The nomination should their careers at Florida State. Although scholarly distinction is include 2 to 4 letters of recommendation from individuals the primary qualification, a strong record in teaching, includ- within Florida State and 3 to 5 letters from colleagues outside ing the directing of graduate research, and service to the uni- of Florida State. A brief professional identification should be versity and the academic community at large also should be provided for each author of an outside letter. clearly documented. Questions about eligibility for the Lawton Award and prep- Afterward, the committee will make a recommendation to aration of the folders should be addressed to Genevieve Scott President T.K. Wetherell, who selects the recipient. 644-0799. An advisory committee of Robert O. Lawton Distin- To be eligible, professors must be tenured, have served on guished Professors will work with Scott to help answer ques- the faculty for at least 12 years and, above all, have achieved tions about the process and the preparation of folders.

from earlier that same day at the same venue. sponsored by The Florida Book Awards ORIGINS ’09 page 1 Flatow’s award-winning program re- program, administered by the College turns to Florida State (his first appear- of Information. Plenty of space remains his 80th year, the Alabama-born Wilson is ance was April 8, 2005) for the live, two- open to reservation, and any faculty known as “the father of sociobiology,” a hour, national broadcast beginning at 2 representative interested in participating field he defined as “the systematic study p.m. March 20. Admission is free. should call Frank Stephenson, program of the biological basis of all social behav- A special “Origins ‘09” event — a director, at 644-8634 or send an e-mail to ior” — including human behavior. His Science and Arts Fair — will be held on [email protected]. 1975 book, “Sociobiology: The New Syn- Kleman Plaza on Saturday, March 21. The Florida Humanities Council and thesis,” won him scorn from the ranks of The daylong event will feature exhibits the FSU Council for Research and Cre- the world’s leading biologists and psy- and demonstrations by various academic ativity are providing the major funding chologists. But today, the field is widely units and programs from Florida State. for the conference. All events are free and accepted and represents the scientific A special feature will be a book fair open to the public. groundwork for the burgeoning field of evolutionary psychology. Wilson’s lat- View the most up-to-date schedule at origins.fsu.edu. est work, co-authored by his long-time March 17 March 23 collaborator Bert Hölldobler, is “The Su- Peter Harrison • Professor of Science & E.O. Wilson • Evolutionary Biologist, perorganism: The Beauty, Elegance and Religion, Oxford, “The Origins of the Conflict Author, Harvard University, “Darwin’s Four Strangeness of Insect Societies.” It was Between Science and Religion” Great Books: The Origins of a Revolution” released last fall by Norton & Co. March 18 March 24 Lisa Randall, professor of physics Gary Mormino • Professor of History, Screenings • Feature: Flock of Dodos: The at Harvard, is a leading expert on U. South Florida, “The Origins of Modern Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus (2006) particle physics and cosmology. She’s Florida: From Swamp to Swamped” the first woman to earn tenure in March 26 March 19 Ron Numbers • Professor of the history of physics at Princeton University, at the Sean B. Carroll • Professor of Biological Sci- Science, Medicine and Religion in America Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ence, U. Wisconsin-Madison, “Remarkable at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and at Harvard. Randall’s popular Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for “The Evolution of Creationism in America” book, “Warped Passages: Unraveling the Origins of Species” the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden March 27 March 20 Don Johanson • Professor of Anthropol- Dimensions” (HarperCollins 2005) was Ira Flatow • From National Public Radio’s ogy, Arizona State University, “The Quest for included in The New York Times’ list of 100 “Talk of the Nation,” “Science Friday” Human Origins” notable books of 2005. Randall will speak on “The Origins of the Universe” at 8 Lisa Randall • Professor of Physics, Harvard March 28 p.m. March 20 in the Richard G. Fallon University, “The Origins of the Universe” Scotty Barnhart & Friends • Professor of Jazz Trumpet, FSU, “The Origins of Jazz: A Theatre, Fine Arts Building. March 21 Tribute to the Evolution of America’s Own Randall also is scheduled to be part of Science & Arts Fair • Special Feature: The Musical Art Form” Ira Flatow’s “Science Friday” broadcast Florida Book Award Winners Showcase STATE • January 26 - February 15, 2009 • 11 The

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Professors named

AAAS fellows Lax Lab/Bill Photo FSU The Florida State University’s 2008 class of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of in 2008 Science (pictured clockwise): David M. Gilbert, Stephan von Molnár, Jack Saltiel and Huan-Xiang Zhou.

By Barry Ray partment of Physics, “for seminal research 1994 to accept positions as a professor NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS on magnetic polarons, the metal-insulator of physics and as director of the univer- The Florida State University has long transition, dilute magnetic semiconduc- sity’s Center for Materials Research and been recognized internationally for the tors and magnetic nanoparticles.” Technology (MARTECH). Although he high quality of scientific research con- •Huan-Xiang Zhou, professor, De- recently stepped down as MARTECH di- ducted on its campus in numerous disci- partment of Physics, “for distinguished rector, he continues to conduct research at plines. That pre-eminence has once more contributions to the field of computation- the multidisciplinary center, which works been affirmed as four Florida State pro- al and theoretical chemistry, particularly to enhance the ability to produce and in- fessors were elevated to the rank of fellow the theoretical modeling of diffusion-con- vestigate new materials with novel struc- by the American Association for the Ad- trolled reactions and other processes in tural, chemical, magnetic and/or optical vancement of Science (AAAS). biomolecular systems. properties. Fellows are recognized for meritorious “It is always nice to have our talented Zhou, a member of the Florida State efforts to advance science or its applica- Florida State researchers recognized by faculty since 2002, describes his research tions. their peers as being among the best in as geared toward developing a greater The Florida State faculty members se- their fields,” said Larry Abele, the uni- understanding of the properties of pro- lected as AAAS fellows for 2008 are: versity’s provost and executive vice presi- tein molecules. •David M. Gilbert, J. Herbert Taylor dent for Academic Affairs. “This is just Gilbert is the last of the four to come Distinguished Professor of Molecular Bi- one more indicator of our strength in the to Florida State, having arrived in 2006. ology, Department of Biological Science, area of scientific research.” The molecular biologist recently led a “for distinguished contributions to the Of the four researchers, Saltiel has group of researchers in a landmark study DNA replication field, particularly for served on the Florida State faculty the lon- that received media attention all over the elucidating the mechanisms that regulate gest, having joined the chemistry depart- world. In the study, his team discovered the spatial and temporal patterns of repli- ment as an assistant professor in 1965. He that as embryonic stem cells turn into dif- cation initiation.” specializes in a branch of science known ferent cell types, there are dramatic cor- •Jack Saltiel, professor, Department as photochemistry, in which the interac- responding changes to the order in which of Chemistry and Biochemistry, “for out- tions between molecules and light are DNA is replicated and reorganized. The standing contributions to the elucidation analyzed. He is recognized as the world’s discovery takes scientists a major step of the mechanisms of selected photoi- foremost expert on cis-trans photoisomer- closer to the central goal of stem cell ther- somerizations useful as models for the ization, the key molecular process in vi- apy, which is to successfully convert adult understanding of complex photobiologi- sion and in many other light-triggered tissue back to an embryo-like state so that cal systems.” biological responses. it can be used to regenerate or replace •Stephan von Molnár, professor, De- Von Molnár came to Florida State in damaged tissue.