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Clockwise from right: Economics Associate Professor Michael Jones, leading the Nonprofit Leadership Initiative. IT Assistant Professor Jess Kropcynzski, A&S Psychology Professor Farrah Jacquez and CECH Associate Dean Kathie Maynard, leaders of the Community Change Collaborative.

A hearty Bearcat welcome back! Can it be? The first day of classes is nearly here! We hope you got some rest because the wheels of Research2030 are turning and with significant increases in research activities across all UC colleges, units and campuses, we’re not about to slow down. In just one year, the Digital Futures building opens. The collaborative research space is not just for UC but our entire community. There, many of the Research2030 initiatives will come to life, under one roof, and that includes the Community Change Collaborative, C³, which just announced its first cohort of action teams, as well as Nonprofit Leadership Initiative, which has started matching up UC faculty and staff with local nonprofits. Here’s to a fantastic year of research and discovery! And a reminder to check out UC’s COVID-19 public health webpage for return-to-campus information related to the coronavirus.

Sept. 8-10: Waiting on the World to Change virtual conference Calling all bioethicists, clinical investigators, research support staff, research sponsors, contract research organizations, government regulators, institutional review board members and administrators and members of the clinical research community. This three-day conference addresses issues related to:  Ethics of engaging patients in research Considerations of a research participant and caregiver Citizen science and how it fits with traditional research Regulatory updates including practical guidance on the Common Rule Conducting reviews on emergent health issues/outbreaks Note: The registration deadline is Aug. 31.

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Technology Takes the Wheel Education Series We're headed down the road toward a future of transportation with connected and autonomous vehicles, technology that will greatly impact society, including our cities, rural communities, commerce and agriculture. Sponsored by AAA, the University of Cincinnati and DriveOhio, Technology Takes the Wheel is a free virtual seminar that centers on the vision and planning taking place to create safe, inclusive and interconnected autonomous transportation systems of the future. Join us!

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Aug. 18: Machine Actionable Data Management Plans And The Dmptool Sept. 8: R Introduction Workshop Sept. 14: ESRI’s StoryMaps Sept. 21: Series: R Introduction Workshop (first of two) Sept. 29: Series: R Intermediate Workshop (second of two) Sept. 29: Writing a Good Data Management Plan Full Calendar Life hack: Register your ORCID ORCID stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID. Think of it like a research social security number: a permanent, unique identifier that you can associate with your work to resolve any uncertainty about authorship. With ORCID you can also remove author ambiguity, especially for those with common names or who have changed their name over the course of their career. You can build an online profile of your scholarly works. Plus, certain publishers and granting agencies require that applicants have an ORCID. Register directly on the website, it's free and takes around 30 seconds. Requests from UC's burgeoning Cincinnati Ethics Center The University of Cincinnati has been busy this summer working to create the Cincinnati Ethics Center, a place that will become the region's epicenter for ethical expertise; a trusted resource providing tools, facilitating conversations and conducting scholarly activities to create a more inclusive, just, equitable and livable community, in Cincinnati and beyond. As center leaders get going, they have a couple of requests. First, they invite you to consider subscribing to the center's new YouTube Channel, where you'll find discussions about ethics with university leaders and other videos that enhance awareness, promote civil discourse and justice. Second, if you work with any undergraduates who might thrive in the Ethics Bowl course PHIL 3015, this year's team is looking for more members. Last year, UC’s first-ever team took home first place in APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl. The class meets 6-8:50 p.m. on Tuesdays and is taught by Daniel Mattox. Keep watching for more news about the Ethics Center, which will have a physical home in Digital Futures when the building opens next year.

UC research in the news UC infectious disease expert says the variant is concerning Students create innovative designs for upcoming Digital Futures Complex UC political scientist cited as expert in new kind of warfare Talking to science deniers and skeptics is not hopeless (we see you UC Center for Public Engagement with Science)

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