Below is an announcement for a conference on teaching survival skills and ethics. There are a limited number of conference fellowships available from the sponsors to fund travel, food, and housing expenses. If any faculty from SUNY Oneonta are interested in attending, and can get a fellowship, please contact me, I might be able to fund the registration fee. Jim Greenberg, Director TLTC. ****** snip below ******* From: Survival Skills & Ethics Program, U of Pitt [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Mon 2/20/2006 3:46 PM To: Subject: 12th Annual Conference on Teaching Survival Skills & Ethics Wešre writing to inform you of the availability of fellowships to support the attendance of individuals at the 12 th Annual Conference on Teaching Survival Skills and Ethics to be held June 11-16, 2006, in Snowmass, Colorado. This 5-day trainer-of-trainers conference, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health, is designed to prepare faculty and administrators to establish or improve instruction in the responsible conduct of research and in professional development (e.g., writing research articles and grant applications; making oral presentations and teaching; funding employment; hiring, supervising, and mentoring). Members of the conference faculty include Gary Comstock (Professor and Director of the Research Ethics Program, North Carolina State University), Debra Parrish (Partner at Parrish Law Offices, specializing in research integrity and intellectual property law), David Jensen (professional career counselor and contributor to Science Next Wave), Jeffrey Kahn (Professor and Director, University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics), Julio Ramirez (Professor, Davidson College), Craig Wilcox(Professor of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh), and Clayton Wiley (Professor of Pathology and Director of MD/PhD Program, University of Pittsburgh.) Individuals attending the conference will receive an extensive set of lecture outlines, ethics cases, student handouts, readings, slides, and a comprehensive bibliography. Attendance is limited to 50 persons and applications are considered on a rolling basis. More information on the conference, including the application form, is available on our website http://www.survival.pitt.edu/events/trainer.asp. There are a number of conference fellowships available, which cover travel, lodging, food, and all but $350 of the registration fee. Please let us know if there is any additional information you would like us to provide. We hope that you or one of your colleagues will be able to participate in the conference. Sincerely, Beth A. Fischer and Michael J. Zigmond Co-directors, Survival Skills and Ethics Program University of Pittsburgh Hieber Building , Suite 202 3500 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh , PA 15213 Phone: 412-578-3716 Fax: 412-578-3790 [log in to unmask]