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Spring into ICPSR for a Bit!</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:15px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#000000" href="#m_5522837514006676245_a02">
"Fall" into the (virtual) ICPSR Biennial Meeting October 6-8, 2021</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:15px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#000000" href="#m_5522837514006676245_a03">
The 2021 Summer Program is Heating Up</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:15px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#000000" href="#m_5522837514006676245_a04">
FY2022 Member Invoices Issued in April</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:15px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#000000" href="#m_5522837514006676245_a05">
Council News: FY2023 Membership Fees Announced</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:15px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#000000" href="#m_5522837514006676245_a06">
2021 ICPSR Research Paper Winners Announced!</a></li>
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HMCA's Virtual Data Enclave (VDE) is Now Live!</a></li>
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Early Spring News that Bears Repeating</a></li>
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Late-Spring News that Bears Repeating</a></li>
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Early Sunrises with Data Brunch</a></li>
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Blooming with Professional Opportunity – ICPSR is Hiring!</a></li>
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Spring into ICPSR for a Bit! </h2>
<p style="line-height:1.5">While we are still largely remote, the Perry Building is preparing to welcome back ICPSR staff soon; meanwhile, spring continues, the grass is green, the flowers are out, and ICPSR is blossoming with many bits and bytes to share!</p>
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"Fall" into the (virtual) ICPSR Biennial Meeting October 6-8, 2021</h2>
<p style="line-height:1.5;padding:5px 15px 15px">Another <a href="https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/membership/or/ormeet/index.html" target="_blank">ICPSR Biennial Meeting</a> is in the works! Block your calendars and plan to make a virtual visit to ICPSR. In addition to immersion into delivering data services, data management and curation, and all things ICPSR, you will enjoy presentations for projects released just in time for the meeting including those by ICPSR’s 2021 Visiting OR Fellows and the latest <a href="https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/instructors/setups2016/" target="_blank">SETUPS module</a> covering the 2020 election. Session and registration information is coming soon!</p>
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The 2021 Summer Program is Heating Up</h2>
<p style="line-height:1.5;padding:5px 15px 15px">Registration for the <a href="https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/sumprog/registration.html" target="_blank">2021 Summer Program</a> is open. The <a href="https://web.cvent.com/event/c52c2430-aaad-4474-9daf-8511328bc322/summary" target="_blank">four-week courses</a> run June 21-July 16 and July 19-August 13. <a href="https://web.cvent.com/event/2d61258f-6210-4abe-b8f9-8b44b3b1c1ed/websitePage:645d57e4-75eb-4769-b2c0-f201a0bfc6ce" target="_blank">Three- to five-day workshops</a> have begun and run through August 20.</p>
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FY2022 Member Invoices Issued in April</h2>
<p style="line-height:1.5;padding:5px 15px 15px">Invoices for the membership period beginning July 1, 2021, were mailed in April and are due on August 30. Missing your invoice? Please <a href="mailto:icpsr-help@umich.edu" target="_blank">contact us</a>.</p>
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Council News: FY2023 Membership Fees Announced</h2>
<p style="line-height:1.5;padding:5px 15px">The <a href="https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/about/governance/council.html" target="_blank">ICPSR Council</a> met virtually April 29-30. As is required by the ICPSR Constitution, membership fees must be approved at least one year in advance. Council approved a <a href="https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/join.html" target="_blank">membership rate structure</a> for FY2023 that represents a three-percent increase from current rates for the period beginning July 1, 2022.</p>
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2021 ICPSR Research Paper Winners Announced! </h2>
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<p style="line-height:1.5;padding:5px 15px 15px">ICPSR is pleased to announce the First- and Second-Place <a href="https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/about/cms/3294" target="_blank">winners</a> of our 2021 Research Paper Competitions! <br>
We are also pleased to announce the <a href="https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/ICPSR/prize/" target="_blank">2022 ICPSR Research Paper Competitions</a> for Undergraduates and Graduate Students. The awards are $1,000 for first place and $750 for second place in each category and publication on the <a href="https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/ICPSR/prize/winners.html" target="_blank">ICPSR Research Paper Competition Winners</a> website and in a special edition of the ICPSR Bulletin. See the competition website for details. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2022.
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HMCA's Virtual Data Enclave (VDE) is Now Live!</h2>
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<p style="line-height:1.5;padding:5px 15px 15px">We are excited to be able to share data from the Health and Medical Care Archive (<a href="https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/HMCA/index.html" target="_blank">HMCA</a>) more easily with you from your own computer! The VDE provides a secure virtual machine with the major statistical packages for you to analyze HMCA’s restricted data securely. The VDE also facilitates collaboration by allowing members of the project team to connect to the server from their separate, approved locations. Check out this option by clicking on the Access Restricted Data button on the study homepage and filling out the online application. <a href="https://t.co/p1cMs7Jb10?amp=1" target="_blank">Sign up</a> for HMCA’s newsletter to get more updates on health and medical data at ICPSR!</p>
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Early Spring News that Bears Repeating</h2>
<p style="line-height:1.5;padding:5px 15px 0">In late March, David Lam, Director of The Institute for Social Research, <a href="https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/about/cms/3151?utm_source=SM&utm_medium=SM&utm_campaign=SM" target="_blank">announced</a> Maggie Levenstein’s reappointment as Director of ICPSR. We are pleased to report that Maggie has agreed to serve a second term, extending her term from July 1, 2021, to August 31, 2026!</p>
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Late Spring News that Bears Repeating</h2>
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<p style="line-height:1.5;padding:5px 15px">ICPSR is pleased to welcome Kathleen A. Cagney, a professor of sociology and former deputy dean at the University of Chicago, as <a href="https://isr.umich.edu/news-events/news-releases/kathleen-cagney-named-new-isr-director/" target="_blank">director of the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research</a>. Cagney will be the first woman to lead ISR in its 72-year history. Her appointment begins September 1; Cagney succeeds David Lam, who will step down August 31, 2021, and return to the faculty.</p>
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Early Sunrises with Data Brunch</h2>
<p style="line-height:1.5;padding:5px 15px 0">As the sun rises earlier and earlier, we invite you to spend those early morning hours with ICPSR’s recently launched podcast series called <a href="https://umich.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=22efdb2c40e55b8126be00251&id=d498417a43&e=ae693f557c" target="_blank">Data Brunch</a>! The focus is stories about the data, the people who use, seek, or create data, and why people should care about data. Episodes drop every other Sunday. Subscribe on <a href="https://umich.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=22efdb2c40e55b8126be00251&id=ec9a8fc589&e=ae693f557c" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a>, <a href="https://umich.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=22efdb2c40e55b8126be00251&id=bfc27e73a9&e=ae693f557c" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, or <a href="https://umich.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=22efdb2c40e55b8126be00251&id=fceefcecd7&e=ae693f557c" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a> and never miss an episode! Would you like to be on a future Data Brunch podcast? Let us know via the <a href="https://umich.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=22efdb2c40e55b8126be00251&id=4220601036&e=ae693f557c" target="_blank">Data Brunch Form for Potential Guests</a>!</p>
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Blooming with Professional Opportunity – ICPSR is Hiring!</h2>
<p style="line-height:1.5;padding:5px 15px 0"><a href="https://careers.umich.edu/search/advanced?career_interest=&work_location=&position=&regular_temporary=&keyword=icpsr" target="_blank">We are hiring</a>! ICPSR is a great place to build your career with our diverse staff and a collegial atmosphere that fosters communication, collaboration, and new ideas. We are in the process of developing a new data platform that will revolutionize the way scientists collect, organize, archive, and share data of all kinds. Several positions have been posted and several are in the planning phase, so check now and check back later!</p>
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