[ICPSR] DataBytes -- Autumn 2009

[Matthew A. Richardson]

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In This Issue

ICPSR's Autumn Byte
A Bounty of Opportunity for Undergrads and Now Master's Students, Too!
Reflecting and Looking Forward
OR Toolbox - Helping Your Data Users
Get "SETUP" to Teach!
Webinars are Coming!
Council News - The Election
Adding to our Hall of Fame
And Then a Nobel Prize!
A Fall Farewell
ICPSR Events
Upcoming conferences &
Council meetings

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ICPSR's Autumn Byte

As the trees in Ann Arbor peak with color and leaves begin to blanket  
the ground, we realize that we are well into the new academic year!  
And while the trees prepare for dormancy, we at ICPSR are very active  
and excited to share a byte or two though our autumn edition of ICPSR  
DataBytes!

A Bounty of Opportunity for Undergrads and Now Master's Students, Too!

ICPSR is accepting applications for its 2010 Undergraduate Internship  
Program - materials are due by February 8, 2010. ICPSR is also  
accepting research paper competition entries due by January 31, 2010.  
In addition to two undergrad competitions, a paper competition for  
master's-level students will also take place!

Reflecting and Looking Forward

The ICPSR meeting was attended "virtually" by almost 230 individuals -  
more than double our usual meeting attendance! Slides and session  
recordings are available on the 2009 meeting Web site. Planning has  
started for 2011 - mark your calendars for October 6-8!

OR Toolbox - Helping Your Data Users

The launch of the new ICPSR Web site provided opportunity for a more  
centralized approached to our online Help. FAQs, video tutorials and  
recorded webinars, and local support information are easily located by  
clicking on the Help link on the ICPSR Web site.

Get "SETUP" to Teach!

SETUPS (Supplementary Empirical Teaching Units in Political Science)  
for the 2008 Election is now available! SETUPS offers students the  
ability to analyze an accessible dataset drawn from the American  
National Election Study (ANES), which surveys the American electorate  
after every election.


Webinars are Coming!

ICPSR's monthly webinar series will resume in November. Research  
Connections (child care and early education research) will be featured  
in November followed by NACDA (gerontological research) in December.  
Sign up to our subscribed email lists to receive webinar invitations.

Council News - The Election

The slate for the 2009 ICPSR Council Election has been announced. All  
ICPSR Official Representatives will receive an electronic ballot and  
are encouraged to vote. Nominee profiles are found in the OR  
Announcements section. The new Council will be seated in March 2010.

Adding to our Hall of Fame

Diane Geraci was awarded ICPSR's William H. Flanigan Award for  
Distinguished Service as an ICPSR Official Representative. Steven  
Ruggles and J. Merrill Shanks received the Warren E. Miller Award for  
Meritorious Service to the Social Sciences. We thank them for their  
service to ICPSR and the social sciences! Bios of these awardees and  
those in the past are found on the ICPSR Awards page.


And Then a Nobel Prize!

When the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Elinor Ostrom as  
one of the winners of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic  
Sciences, ICPSR recognized a familiar name. Ostrom served a term on  
the ICPSR Council in the mid-1980s!

A Fall Farewell

Myron Gutmann, now "former" Director of ICPSR, departed to head the  
National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral and Economics (SBE)  
Directorate. We wish him well! James Jackson, Director of the  
University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research (ISR), has  
appointed George Alter as Acting Director of ICPSR.


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