|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Students' Website
|
||||||
|
Ph.D. News
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
|
Welcome to the Ph.D. News Webpage. This Webpage site contains items of interest to Ph.D. students at University of Texas at Austin. Announcement Dr. Davis has loaned a copy of the three-volume Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods (2004) to the lab for our use. It not only provides excellent summaries of lots of issues and topics related to research methodology, but it provides reference sources under each topic to allow further exploration. Thank you, Dr. Davis. Current Week Events of General Interest to Ph.D.s Monday, Sep 6, Labor Day --no classes. Tuesday, Sep 7, SZB 464, iSchool Student Association. Come one and come all to the first SASI meeting of the school year! Mark your calendar. SASI wants your input, tell us what you think the important issues are and things you would like to see done. Also, if you want to serve on an ischool committee or represent SASI in university-wide organizations, then come to the meeting and get involved! If you have an issue to bring up, Tuesday is your opportunity. If you're want to get to know more of your fellow ischool-ers, SASI is the way to go. See you then!For more information please visit the student association Website or contact Angela Palmer, Co-director. Wednesday, Sep 8, 11 AM - 11 PM, Gregory Plaza, Party on the Plaza. We are the first university-wide festivity of the year. Party on the Plaza is a student-run organization fair created to offer students the chance to learn about involvement opportunities available here at the University of Texas at Austin! The days activities entail: Organization Fair Wednesday, Sep 8, Noon-1 PM, Blanton Art Museum, Kelly Baum and Cecilia Brunson, Twister Moving Through Color. Kick off the new fall season at the Blanton Wednesday Noon Gallery Talks. This talk is about color in the paintings and prints from the American and Latin American collections, 1965-1977. Kelly Baum is Assistant Curator American and Contemporary Art and Cecilia Brunson is the Assistant Curator Latin American Art. For more information, please visit the Blanton Website or contact the museum via email or phone, 471-9880. Wednesday, Sep 8, 7-9 PM, TAY2.106, UT Student Chapter ACM Meeting. Come and find out what the Association for Computing Machinery has to offer students for the coming fall Semester! We'll give you a quick recap of last year, an introduction to the new Senior Officers, and quickly go over the events we'll have this year! And to top it off, FREE PIZZA! For more information please visit the UTACM Website or contact Ryan Cornelius, President, UTACM. Friday, Sep 10, 5-7 PM, Dog & Duck, SLA Social. UTSLA (UT Special Libraries Association) would like to invite all iSchool students, faculty and staff as well as friends, children and significant others of aforementioned to happy hour this Friday, September 10 at 5 PM at the Dog and Duck Pub. Come mingle with us before you jet off to Dr. Gracy's for the SAA potluck! The Dog and Duck Pub is at 406 West 17th Street, at the corner of 17th and Guadalupe (just a couple of blocks south of MLK). For further information please visit the SLA Website or contact Sara Albert or Emile Saterwhite. Friday, Sep 10, 6-9 PM, Dr. Gracy home, SAA (UT Society of American Archivists) fall potluck. Welcome to all the new students. The first big event that everyone should know about is the fall potluck on September 10 at Dr. Gracy's at 2313 Tower Drive , zip code 78703. We will have a sign up sheet on the SAA bulletin board on the fourth floor next to the computer lab on the first day of classes, so feel free to start filling it out. There is always plenty of good food and good company. We hope to see many of you there. For anyone who has any questions about the iSchool, the program, or anything that you think of, please feel free to email Mary Ann Mardock, SAA Chapter President, or just walk up to her in the halls. If she looks confused for minute, do not be discourage--she says she looks that way most of the time. We are looking forward to a good year here with the Society of American Archivists student chapter. Thanks to all who stopped at the SAA table table at orientation. Mary Anne Mardock looks forward to a year of getting to know all of us, as well those whom she missed on Wednesday (Aug 18).. Saturday, Sep 11, between 7AM and 7PM, your polling place, Vote on the Austin Independent School District Bond election. Details are provided in the Election Blue Book. Saturday, Sep 11 - Sunday, Sep 12, All day, Burger Activity Center, Austin Public Library, Monster Book Sale, The Monster is Coming. . . again! The Friends of the Austin Public Library's Monster Book Sale will be held in South Austin. Books ~ CDs/DVDs ~ Videos ~ Books on Tape ~ Software ~ Records--Most items $1 and $2. Book bag sale Sunday; Auction of rare books, Saturday 10 AM. All proceeds from this sale are donated to the Austin Public Library. This sale is low on bling-bling but rich in great deals and potential personal well-being for knowing that you helped your local library. This is a can't-miss, be-there-or-be-square mercado of awesome books and food for your VCR, DVD player, hard drive, and more. To volunteer, go to the Monster Sale Volunteer Signup Webpage. For more details about the sale, please visit the event Webpage. See you at the sale! Saturday, Sep 11, 7-9 PM, Knapp Auditorium, Austin Girls Choir, An Enchanted Evening: Wishing on a Star. Sweet voices, lighthearted songs from the '20's through the '60's, and fun for all ages. The Choir has been shown on many Austin newscasts and has performed several times at the request of the Governor of Texas. Annual tours have included such the American East and West Coasts, Southwest and Gulf Coast. In 1998, AGC made a tour of major English cathedrals; in 2000 they toured in Germany and Prague. The Choir made its New York debut in March 1996, singing at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and at Carnegie Hall. The Choir has been featured on CNN news stories twice, on C-SPAN, and has had a concert carried live by BBC Radio. Locally, Austin Girls' Choir has performed with the Austin Symphony Orchestra, the Austin Lyric Opera, Ballet Austin, Heralds & Minstrels, the Balcones Community Orchestra and Austin Choral Symposia. The Austin Girls' Choir is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing fine performance opportunities for talented young singers age 8-18. The Choir contains a three-level Junior Choir for girls age 8-14 and a Senior Ensemble for advanced singers age 13-18. A donation of $5 is suggested. The auditorium is located at the Episcopal Seminary, Duval and 32nd. For more information, please contact Sara Burden-McClure, Artistic Director, via email or phone, 453-0884. Sunday, Sep 12, Austin Museum Day. See
specific times, events, and locations. For the 7th year in a
row, the Austin Museum Partnership is hosting Austin Museum Day
- a free, city-wide rediscovery of Austin museums throughout the
day. Treat the entire family to a captivating Sunday full of events
offered by many Austin-area museums and educational institutions
that explore the worlds of science, history and art. On this day,
participating museums will offer free admission and special activities
for all ages. Make your own comics at Arthouse ,
get batty at the Austin Children's
Museum , dig up a dinosaur at the Austin
Nature & Science Center , play a game of petanque at the French
Legation Museum , sculpt clay at the Umlauf
Sculpture Garden & Museum , shuck corn at the Republic
of Texas Museum , and much more. Return to this site in the
coming months for a complete listing of participating museums and
activities. Don't forget about Capital Metro's Tour the Town bus
route, which travels to several museums, including the LBJ
Library and Museum , the Bob Bullock Texas
State History Museum , Mexic-Arte
Museum , the Austin Children's
Museum , and many others - on Austin Museum Day, the Tour the
Town bus will be FREE! Click here for complete route information: http://www.capmetro.org/riding/tourthetown.asp Sunday, Sep 12, 7-9 PM, Faith United Methodist Church, Austin Girls Choir, An Enchanted Evening: Wishing on a Star. Repeat of Saturday's performance. Faith UMC is at 2701 South Lamar next to Matt's El Rancho
Future Events - Mark Your Calendar Monday, Sep 20, 8 AM - 5 PM, Thompson Conference Center, Human Subjects Research in Social and Behavioral Sciences: A Paradigm Shift. Social and behavioral sciences research pose numerous ethical challenges for both the researcher and the institutional research review unit. Much of the literature on human subjects research has focused on biomedical research, with less attention given to the subtleties of interpretation of the Common Rule to such areas as program evaluation, oral history, journalism, ethnography and internet research. IRBs are being asked to apply current standards to areas that may require a paradigm shift. Towards that end, The University of Texas at Austin, examines these areas of national concern in order to achieve the highest standard of protection and care for all social and behavioral science research. This conference offers an opportunity to gain a Washington perspective regarding current issues and trends, as well as facilitate a discussion of future directions. This conference is Co-Sponsored by the University of Texas at Austin, the National Institutes of Health, and the Office of Human Research Protection. Student registration is $15.00. Register online by Monday, September 13. For agenda and more information, please visit the conference Website or contact: Elena Mota, Vice-President for Research, University of Texas at Austin, Office of Research Support & Compliance, PO Box 7426, Austin, Texas 78713, Maria, 471-8871, or Lorraine, 370-1660. Monday, Sep 20, 6-7 PM, SZB 468, Barbara Davidson, God and Satin in the Public School Library. Just wanted to let everyone know about a wonderful ALA/TLA event coming up in two weeks. Barbara Davidson, a 2004 ISchool graduate, will be giving a speech entitled God and Satan in the Public School Library: Book Challenges based on Religious Concerns. The talk is based on Mrs. Davidson's experience as a school librarian and on her research for a professional report/capstone project. Snacks will be provided! For more information please contact Kelly Loudenslager. Tuesday, Sep 21, 3:30 - 5:30 PM, SZB 556, Career's Workshop, Ron Pollock, Creating Effective Resumes and Cover Letters. This workshop will focus on helping you create more effective resumes and cover letters. It includes a substantial number of in-class exercises designed to help students understand how to describe their experiences in terms that have value to employers. What to Bring: Paper & pen for notes and for creating accomplishments and components of a cover letter; a current resume; and a job announcement for a position for which you would like to apply. For more information please contact Ron Pollock, Director of Career Services, by email or phone, 471-2623. Tuesday, Sep 21, 3:30 - 5 PM, SZB 468, iForum, Karen Pavelka, A step in the evolution of the conservation treatment of acetate negatives. our own Karen Pavelka will tell us of a conservation technique she has developed. For more information, please contact Dr. Randolph Bias, Chair, iSchool Research & Colloquia Committee, via email or phone, 471-7046. Wednesday, Sep 22 - Friday, Sep 24, 7-10:30 PM, Bullock Museum, Bug B-Movie Festival. SEE! The most thrilling, chilling insect movies ever released by Hollywood! FEEL! Your skin crawl with terror! EXPERIENCE! The horrifying sensations LIVE, in your seats as you actually become PART OF THE MOVIE! In celebration of the new IMAX Theatre film, Bugs 3-D! A Rainforest Adventure , the Museum is featuring this special Bug B-movie Festival in the Museum's Texas Spirit Theater. From Wednesday, September 22 through Friday, September 24 from 7 pm - 10:30 pm, get a blast from the past as you join Prof. Griffin, host of television's Prof. Griffin's Midnight Shadow Show , for three thrill-packed nights as he hosts: EMPIRE OF THE ANTS! THEM! THE FLY! THE RETURN OF THE FLY! THE DEADLY MANTIS and MOTHRA as you've never seen them before, with added special effects such as wind, lighting and other surprises! Win fabulous prizes and test your giant B-movie monster knowledge in the MONSTER-SIZED trivia contest! A cash bar will be available at intermission -- and during intermission on Wednesday, September 22, musician Doug Ferguson and others will give a demonstration of the theremin, an early electric instrument used to create the eerie sounds often heard in B-movie soundtracks. Tickets are $8 a night, or $22 for a three-night pass, with discounts available for Museum members. Advance tickets available at the Museum or by calling (512) 936-4649. Festival Schedule: ---Wed., Sept. 22: Empire of the Ants and THEM ---Thurs. Sept. 23: The Fly and Return of the Fly ---Fri., Sept. 24: The Deadly Mantis and Mothra For more information and photos please visit the event Website. Saturday, Sep 25, Sunday Sep 26, 11 AM - 8 PM (10 PM on Saturday), 6th street, The 23rd Annual Old Pecan Street Fall Arts Festival. The Old Pecan Street Festival is held annualy. Admission to the event is FREE . An estimated 250,000 people will attend the popular spring festival to view beautiful handmade arts and crafts by some 300 carefully juried artisans from all over the U.S. Visitors of all ages can enjoy a vast array of food and beverages as they listen to live music on six stages by local Austin entertainers. A special "Kid's Korner" will feature a carnival, petting zoo, & entertainment for children. This is an event that you should attend at least one time during your stay at UT. For more information, please visit the event Website. Sunday, Sep 26, 3-5 PM, Bates, Mary Preston, Great Organ Series. Admission, $14.00 General Public, $10.00 Student. For more information, please visit the Music Department Events Calendar, call the music events hotline, 471-5401, or contact the music department by phone, 471-0806. Sunday. Sep 26, 6-7 PM, Congress between Sixth and Seventh Street, Eberly Monument Unveiling. Austin celebrates its history with unveiling of Angelina Eberly statue. The City of Austin and Capital Area Statues (CAST) will unveil a seven-foot tall monument of Angelina Eberly, an historic Austin innkeeper, with a dedication ceremony and free public celebration. The oversized bronze statue commemorates the woman who, in 1842, saved Austin by thwarting the attempted theft of the records of the Republic of Texas by a band of Texas Rangers. The 2,200-pound statue of Angelina Eberly, the innkeeper who fired the cannon alerting the citizens of the city to the crime, reflects the imagination and humor of its sculptor Pat Oliphant, the native Aussie and Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. "Angelina Eberly" will be donated by CAST as a gift to the City of Austin, and it will be the first public work of art to permanently reside on the sidewalks of historic Congress Avenue. To celebrate the occasion, the City is closing a portion of Congress Avenue for the public to participate in the formal unveiling ceremony, which will include Australian Ambassador Michael Thawley and Austin Mayor Will Wynn. The UT Longhorn Band will present live music, and the Austin Circle of Theaters plans special entertainment. Singer/songwriter Monte Warden will perform a special ballad about Angelina Eberly following the unveiling. The City of Austin is a co-sponsor of the public celebration. Many Austin merchants will add to the festivities by offering free drinks and snacks while supplies last. Among the participants are Waterloo Ice House, The Driskill Hotel's 1886 Cafe & Bakery, Las Manitas Avenue Cafe, The Hideout Coffee Shop, Starbucks, Jamba Juice, and The Alamo Drafthouse.
For further information, please visit the City Connection Website or contact Vincent Salas, CAST, (512) 750-2816 or Meghan Weiler, City of Austin Art in Public Places Program, (512) 974-9312 Sunday. Sep 26, 7-9 PM, Zilker
Park Hillside Theater, Austin Symphonic Band Fall Concert. Scheduled
to be performed at the concert are American Civil War Fantasy by
Jerry H. Bilik, Loch Lomond by Frank Ticheli, Alligator
Alley by Michael Daugherty, American Overture by Joseph
Willcox Jenkins, Star Wars Medley by John Williams arranged
by James H Burden, Solid Men to the Front by John Philip Sousa,
and others. Admission is free; parking is $3.00. For further information,
please visit the Band Website. Monday, Sep 27, 4:30 - 6 PM, SZB 238, Third Annual Capstone Project Fair. For further information visit the Capstone Website or contact Lee Lacy via email or phone, 471-0170. Monday, Sep 27, 8-10 PM, Bates, UT Symphony. Kevin Noe will direct. General admission is $7.00. For fmore information visit the Music Department Events Calendar, call the music events hotline, 471-5401, or contact the music department by phone, 471-0806. Tuesday, Sep 28, 3:30 - 5 PM, SZB 468, iForum, dr. monica schraefel, Enabling Discovery of Rich Relationships and Making Tea: Two stories of interaction design and the semantic web. dr. schraefel, of the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton will describe some of her interaction design research.For more information, please contact Dr. Randolph Bias, Chair, iSchool Research & Colloquia Committee, via email or phone, 471-7046. Thursday, Sep 30, SZB 556, 4:30 - 6 PM, Kilgarlin Center Forum, Beth Heller and Holly Robertson, Medieval Parchment of Nineteenth Century PhotographsL Put Them in a Pumpkin Shell and There You Keep Them Very Well. Beth and Holly are third year conservator students. For more information please visit the Preservation Conservation Studies Webpage or contact Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa, Director, The Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record. Friday, Oct 1, 10:30 AM - 12 Noon, ACES 2.302 (Avaya
Auditorium), Dr.
Astro Teller,
Building a New Kind of Body Monitoring Company around Machine
Learning. This lecture is part of the CS Lecture Series, hosted by Dr.
Peter Stone. One trillion dollars of US healthcare costs per year are directly
attributable to people's lifestyle choices and our country spends less than 5%
of that addressing this issue. What if there was an unobtrusive, accurate way
to gather the physical and mental states of people in their natural environments,
in real time and over long periods of time? If such information could be obtained,
we could start to address the fundamental issue in health and wellness: behavior
modification. This talk is a tour through five years of challenges and discoveries
building a wearable body monitoring business using machine learning techniques.
The talk will cover challenges gathering data, building body state models, validating
the models with the medical community, and will place AI within the larger context
of the company, BodyMedia, and
the healthcare, wellness,
and fitness industries.
Dr. Teller is the CEO of BodyMedia, Inc. and is
A respected scientist, seasoned entrepreneur, and award-wining novelist, Dr.
Astro Teller's endeavors all grow out of a passion for the transformative nature
of intelligent technologies. Dr. Teller is
currently the CEO of BodyMedia, Inc, the leading company in unobtrusive wearable
body monitoring. Past work has taken Astro through a previous
CEO position, teaching and researching at Stanford University, numerous patents,
a Hertz fellowship, a range of technical and non-technical articles and books,
and $22M in raised capital. Dr. Teller holds
a BS in computer science and an MS in symbolic and heuristic computation, both
from Stanford University. Dr. Teller completed his Ph.D. in computer science
at Carnegie Mellon University. For more information, please visit the event
Webpageor contact Dr.
Peter Stone or Lisa Kleinman.
The fee for the one-day course is $160 for full time students not currently employed. This fee includes all three books, Visual Explanations, Envisioning Information, and The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, and the 15" x 22" Napoleon's March poster. The books alone are worth the fee and the lecture would be worth the fee without the books. Dr. Tfte's picture is on the Wall of the 5th floor of the iSchool from when he was a guest lecturer. For additional information and registration, please visit Dr. Tufte's course Website. Also we have a brochure on the course in the Ph.D. office. Dr. Tufte has been a symposium speaker in our school and has eve watering presentations. Iif you have not attended one of Dr. Tufte's lectures I strongly recommend you attend this one. Thursday, Oct 7, 6:30 - 8:30 PM, UT Club, TX Ex Business Network, Gregg W. Knaupe, The New Hospital District In Travis County. The new hospital district in Travis County was approved by Travis County voters in the March 2004 elections. Come learn more about why we needed it, how it passed, and what it means for the future of healthcare in Austin. Gregg W. Knaupe is the Vice President of Public Affairs for the Texas Hospital Association where he is responsible for federal relations, HOSPAC (the political action committee of THA) and various state issues. Prior to his employment with THA, Gregg practiced law with the Austin based law firm of Davis & Wilkerson where he represented hospitals in litigation matters and before the Texas Legislature and Congress. Pre-pay discounts for registrations prior to 12 noon on October 4, 2004 are $12 for Texas Exes members and $15 for non-members; registrations after then or at the door are $15 and $18 respectively. For more information please visit the event Website or contact Walt Esquivel. Thursday, Oct 21, 5-6:30 PM, Jes A115 (CEC Library), Take Your Degree and Run With It. A career exploration workshop that is cosponsored by the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) and Career Exploration Center (CEC). Did you sprint down the career path toward academia, and then wonder whether it's the right direction for you? In this 90-minute workshop you will assess where you are, where you are going, and learn how to explore other career paths outside academia. Seating is limited to 30 people. To reserve a seat, go to the OGS Workshop Website. For more information plase visit the Workshop Website or contact Lynne Levinson, CEC, via email or phone, 471-1217. ThursdayOct 28 - Sunday, Oct 31, all day, State Capital, Texas Book Festival. What better way is there to celebrate the Halloween weekend than to attend the Texas Book Festival? Among the many authors attending this year will be Joyce Carol Oates, John Graves, Rick Riordan, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, H.W. Brands, Kimberley Willis Holt, and S.E. Hinton. And while you are there, consider being a part of this great event by volunteering. It takes over 800 volunteers to successfully manage the festival and we could sure use your help. Volunteer time slots are for about 2-3 hours and then you're free to enjoy the festival at your leisure. It's a great way to meet some of the authors in person and get a nifty t-shirt, all for free. For more information, please visit the festival Website or contact Marsha Saucier, TBF Volunteer Co-Chair Sunday, Oct 31 - Saturday, Nov 6, Archives week. During this time, we will be having speakers discuss matters related to government archives, security and access. As of now, Sarah Rowe-Sims will be speaking about the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission Records and the legal battle surrounding the opening of these records of a anti-civil rights state agency. Dr. Doty will also be speaking to us about information policy as it regards government archives. Of course, we always end Archives Week with the Archives Clinic at the Austin History Center . Here, we ask members of the community to bring in their preservation and maintenance questions and do our best to provide them with solutions. For more information, please visit the SAA Website or contact Mary Ann Mardock, SAA Student Chapter President. Saturday, Nov 13 - Thursday, Nov 18, Providence RI, ASIST Conference. The information society, especially after recent world events, is displaying an increasing tension between forces that encourage and discourage integration and cooperation. A major focus of this conference will be on conflicts and solutions involving many national and international information cultures, including social, professional, educational, and technological interests. These themes and others will be explored by plenary and invited speakers and through refereed presentations. Submissions on a wide variety of information and technology topics are solicited, including (but not limited to):
For further information and registration visit the conference Website. Thursday, Nov 18, 5:30 - 7 PM, Jes A115 (CEC Library), Perspectives on Conscious Careering. This is the first workshop in an experiential series that will delve into the connection between work, purpose, meaning, and fulfillment. This 90-minute inquiry into perspectives on work gleaned from both Eastern and Western philosophies will serve as an introspective foundation for your next steps in conscious careering. Seating is limited to 30 people. To reserve a seat, go to the OGS Workshop Website. For more information plase visit the Workshop Website or contact Lynne Levinson, CEC, via email or phone, 471-1217. Sunday, Nov 21, 4-6 PM, Bates, Choral Arts Society, Romantic Voices. Dr. James Morrow conducts the UT Choral Arts Society in Anton Bruckner, Mass in E Minor, Johannes Brahms Begräbnisgesang, and Leonard Bernstein, Chichester Psalms. Admission is $16.00 General Public, $13.00 Faculty/Staff, and $10.00 Students. For fmore information visit the Music Department Events Calendar, call the music events hotline, 471-5401, contact the music department by phone, 471-0806, or contact Dr. James Morrow via email or phone., 471-0806. Wednesday, Dec 1, 6:30 - 8 PM, Jes A115 (CEC Library), Take Your Degree and Run With It. A career exploration workshop that is cosponsored by the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) and Career Exploration Center (CEC). Did you sprint down the career path toward academia, and then wonder whether it's the right direction for you? In this 90-minute workshop you will assess where you are, where you are going, and learn how to explore other career paths outside academia. Seating is limited to 30 people. To reserve a seat, go to the OGS Workshop Website. For more information plase visit the Workshop Website or contact Lynne Levinson, CEC, via email or phone, 471-1217. Tuesday, Dec 7, 4:30 - 6 PM, Jes A115 (CEC Library), Take Your Degree and Run With It. A career exploration workshop that is cosponsored by the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) and Career Exploration Center (CEC). Did you sprint down the career path toward academia, and then wonder whether it's the right direction for you? In this 90-minute workshop you will assess where you are, where you are going, and learn how to explore other career paths outside academia. Seating is limited to 30 people. To reserve a seat, go to the OGS Workshop Website. For more information plase visit the Workshop Website or contact Lynne Levinson, CEC, via email or phone, 471-1217. Friday, Dec 17, 9-10 PM, Bates, Gerre and Judith Hancock, Holiday Concert. Organ works. Gerre and Judith are senior lectures in organ and sacred music in the Music School. Tickets are $28 and are available from the UT Performing Arts Center box office, 471-1444, or online. For fmore information visit the Music Department Events Calendar, call the music events hotline, 471-5401, or contact the music department by phone, 471-7764. Sunday, Jan 23, 3-5 PM, Bates, Erik Mellenbruch, Great Organ Series Benefit Concert. Eric is the Organist at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Austin. Admission, Great Organ Season Pass $44.00 , $14.00 General Public, $10.00 Student. For fmore information visit the Music Department Events Calendar, call the music events hotline, 471-5401, or contact the music department by phone, 471-7764. Monday, Feb 28, 8-10 PM, Bates, Choral Arts Society, Quintessentially French. Dr. James Morrow directs the UT Choral Arts Siciety in Gabriel Fauré, Requiem, Louis Vierne, Messe Solennelle, and César Franck, Psalm 150. Featuring Judith and Gerre Hancock will be at the organ. Admission is $16.00 General Public, $13.00 Faculty/Staff, and $10.00 Students. For fmore information visit the Music Department Events Calendar, call the music events hotline, 471-5401, contact the choral department by phone, 471-0806, or contact Dr. James Morrow via email or phone., 471-0806. Sunday, March 6, 3-5 PM, Bates, Bradley Welch, Great Organ Series Concert. Bradley is the organist at the Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Dallas and the 2003 winner, of the Dallas Internationall Organ Competition. Admission, $14.00 General Public, $10.00 Student. For fmore information visit the Music Department Events Calendar, call the music events hotline, 471-5401, or contact the music department by phone, 471-7764. Monday, May 2, 8-10 PM, Bates, Combined Concert, Classical Perfection. Mozart Mass in C Minor, (The Great) and Beethoven Choral Fantasy. Dr. James Morrow conductsthe UT Choral Arts Society, UT Chamber Singers,and the UT Symphony Orchestra in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mass in C Minor, K. 427 (The Great), and Ludwig van Beethoven, Choral Fantasy. Featuring Anton Nel, piano. Admission is $16.00 General Public, $13.00 Faculty/Staff, and $10.00 Students. For fmore information visit the Music Department Events Calendar, call the music events hotline, 471-5401, contact The music department by phone, 471-0806, or contact Dr. James Morrow via email or phone., 471-0806.
Who We Are Webpage The information on the Ph.D. student Webpage is slowly
growing. Names of all current Ph.D. students have been added. Your
other information is needed to complete it . Please send Don
a jpeg photo, information to post, and a link to your Website whenever
you can. What is this Webpage? Well, as we agreed in spring semester,
2002, we wanted to have a summary page with a list of all Ph.D. students
and links to more detailed information on each of us. The summary
page consist of a photo, name, academic interest, contact information,
and links to other pages. A detail
page repeats the summary information and provides, education,
a brief biography, and specialization. Students information should
be linked to each student's individual Website with their vita, resume,
and any other information they may wish to provide. If there is interest,
we can also add Ph.D. alumni to this list. There is an input form
that might work with your browser. Otherwise you can copy and paste. Research Method and Other Courses of Interest Research Method Courses. There are many research methods courses available in the university that may be suitable for meeting the iSchool Ph.D. research methods requirements. Lisa Kleinman has written an excellent summary that should be of particular interest. She describes her summary as follows, "yo, in case (like me) you were overwhelmed by the number of research methods courses that seemed available at UT, but were suspiciously vague in terms of description -- here is a list that I've compiled with/ course names & descriptions. the doctoral studies committee & your own advisor may be able to make further recommendations as to which would be specifically appropriate for you" (2003 Dec. 15, personal communications). Doctoral Committee recommendations will be posted on this Website as soon as they become available. Research Methods in Information Systems, MIS 381N.26. Earlier, Lisa provided us this information on a this course. "The Information Systems department in the Business School is interested in having more iSchool folk taking their courses. In particular, Ph.D. students may want to consider taking “Research Methods in Information Systems” taught by Alina Chircu. I took this class last year, and it provides an excellent survey of the multitude of different research methods (both qualitative and quantitative) as applied to understanding the effects of information technology. Alina is very flexible about the core focus areas, so if a whole bunch of people want to “study X”, she’ll find a way to incorporate it. If you’re a Masters student, you can take this course if you’re interested in subjecting yourself to reading a ga-zillion journal articles from the latest sexy issues of MIS Quarterly... which ain’t the “Miss Quarterly” that I was hoping for, let me tell you... The course is offered in spring 2004" (personal communications). Information provided by Lisa Kleinman. For more information about the course see the Course Webpage or contact Dr. Chircu" (2003 Oct. 31, personal communications). Graduate School Courses provide a unique opportunity for School of Information Ph.D. students because they provide a multidisciplinary atmosphere of learning. Students from across the campus attend these courses and share experiences and viewpoints form their own departments. Two courses of major interest to our programs are:
Check to Be Sure. Please do not forget however, that not all of the courses listed will be satisfactory to meet any particularly student's Ph.D. program requirements. "Since advancement to candidacy is contingent on faculty approval of a course of work, the student should consult regularly with their committee on matters of course selection" (School of Information, undated, Academic Programs, Ph.D.). Orientations New students (and even old) might appreciate the following
two Orientation Websites: Program Information General iSchool program information and Degree Requirements may be found on the iSchool Academic Programs Description Webpage for the Doctor of Philosophy in Information Studies. Lisa Kleinman provided an unofficial summary of the requirements to the participants in the Fall 2004 Ph.D. Orientation. Program milestones consist of development and approval of a Program of Work or Study, satisfactory completion of course work and a comprehensive doctoral examination including written, oral, and research components, presentation and approval of a dissertation proposal, research and completion of a dissertation culminating in a final examination consisting of defense of the the dissertation. Administrative progress through these milestones is described in the Checklist for the Doctoral Program (1993). Required content of the program of work or study is provided in the Guidelines for Development of the Doctoral Program of Study (ca. 1993). Lisa Kleinman and Don Drumtra have posted examples of their approved programs of study their Websites. Required content of the Annual Reviews is provided in the Annual Review of GSLIS Doctoral Students (2002) and the Annual Review of Ph.D. Students (draft, 2003). Don Drumtra has posted an an example of an approved Annual Review on his Website. The University of Texas and the UT Office of Graduate Studies provide the latest information on degree and administrative requirements requirements in three publications:
Information on professional associations, student governance organizations, email lists and and other forums of interest to Information school Ph.D. students is provided through the Ph.D. Forums link on the left. Included is information on email lists, Blackboard, Websites and other forums.
Ph.D. Colloquia The Ph.D. colloquia provide Ph.D. students the opportunity to share their work in a friendly environment. If someone would like to take the lead, we could have a Ph.D. Colloquia series sharing our current work with each other and professors who are interested in the Information School Ph.D. program. The last series we had was the Fall 2002 Ph.D. Colloquia Series. If you are interested in leading such a series, please contact Don Drumtra for his experience on leading the 2002 Colloquia Content Manager:
Don Drumtra |
||||
