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Events FEBRUARY How to Use NIH Data for Your Strategic Advantage » When » Where February 16, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 202 » Contact Perry Kirkham, pkirkham@purdue.edu » Website www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/ rschdev/calender_grantsmanship_ events.php This session focuses on how analyzing NIH data of success rates, total dollars spent and applications received by an agency can help increase your chances for success with a pro- posal. Lunch is provided, so registration is required. Global Connections Lecture Series: The Arab Awakening: One Year On » When » Where February 20, 7:30 p.m. Stewart Center, Fowler Hall » Contact Ruth Ann Weiderhaft, weiderhaft@ purdue.edu, 496-6392 » Website www.purdue.edu/research/gpri Marwan Muasher is vice president for studies at the Carn- egie Endowment, where he oversees the endowment's research in Washington and Beirut on the Middle East. Muasher formerly served as foreign minister and deputy prime minister of Jordan. DLRC Showcase & Symposium » When » Where February 21, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Hall for Discovery and Learning Research, Room 131 » Contact Laura Warner, lawarner@purdue.edu, 494-4555 » Website www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/ learningcenter/DLRC-SandS-2012.php An afternoon of information and conversation to describe how the Discovery and Learning Research Center can partner with you to enhance your STEM research and proposals. 25th Annual Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition » When » Where February 21 Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship » Contact BDMCenter@purdue.edu Purdue students participating in the competition will define their ideas in commercial terms, with the top teams from undergraduate and grad- uate student divisions competing for $100,000 in prize money. MARCH Grantsmanship Orientation Workshop #2 » When » Where March 26, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Burton D. Morgan, Room 121 » Contact Sue Grimes, sgrimes@purdue.edu, 494-5858 » Website www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/rschdev/ calender_grantsmanship_events.php The second workshop in the Grantsmanship Orientation series features the following topics: OVPR and Discovery Park roles in large interdis- ciplinary proposals, Global Policy Research Institute (GPRI), industry research, and management of intellectual property. Lunch is provided, so registration is required. Purdue Lectures in Ethics, Policy and Science: Ethics, Policy and Medicine » When » Where March 6, 4-5:15 p.m. Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 121 » Contact bioethics@purdue.edu Arthur Caplan, Emanuel and Robert Hart Professor of Bioethics, Uni- versity of Pennslyvania Center for Bioethics, will discuss "Personalized Medicine vs. Spitomics — The Uncertain Future of Genetic Testing." Purdue Lectures in Ethics, Policy and Science: Implications of Synthetic Biology » When March 28, 5:30-7 p.m. » Where Pfendler Hall of Agriculture, Room 241 » Contact bioethics@purdue.edu Gregory Kaebnick, research scholar, director of the Editorial Department and editor of the Hastings Center Report and Bioethics Forum at the Hasting Center, will discuss "'Synthetic Life: A New Industrial Revolution?" Spring 2012 13

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