2005-09-23

Science Friday Minutes - 2005-09-23

Present: JohnI, LoriW, PeterB, MarkS, CharlieP

Summer Research People

• JohnI - 6 weeks for JohnI, 6 weeks for two students
• LeslieB - 4 weeks for LeslieB, 4 weeks for 2-3 students
• BrentS - nothing
• BillH - nothing
• PeterB - only if NIH is funded, in which case he will have funds, 3 students
• CharlieP - hopefully on sabbatical
• JimR - unknown
• MarkS - 4 weeks for MarkS, 4 weeks for 2 students
• LoriW - F/K during May Term, 0 weeks for LoriW, 4 weeks for 2 students (Dreyfus grant)
• MikeD - 8 weeks for 2 students
• CorinneD - 4 weeks for CorinneD, 4 weeks for two students
• Geoscience?
• Physics?
• Mathematics?
• We need to track Ford/Knight support (students and faculty) as well.

Equipment

• Start-up funds for new hire in Biology (anatomy/physiology)
• Start-up funds for new hire in Chemistry (organic/biochemist)
• Need to know about these by November 1st or so
• Talk to departments at Science Division lunch to identify equipment needs

Facilities - Questions for Science Division

• 1) What does interdisciplinary mean to the sciences at Earlham? What spaces can we share? Think outside the box, 10-15 years from now.
• 2) Environmental Science, what does it mean to us and how should it manifest itself in new facilities?
• 3) Retired and emeriti office space. Maybe carrels in the science library? Larry Strong model, part-time retired model, other models? Sabbatical replacement office space.
• 4) Collection space (mostly a Geosciences and Biology question)
• 5) Adjacency
• 6) Computer labs, centralized and de-centralized.
• 7) What should the library do for the science division?
• 8) What's wrong with our current large lecture spaces? What's right with them?
• 9) Planetarium. How many institutions like Earlham offer astronomy? A planetarium? If it existed could it be used as a large lecture space for other sciences?
• 10) What major scientific equipment is coming down the road?
• 11) Wood and metal shops.

Next Week

• More of the same.