{"id":2993,"date":"2023-05-31T12:20:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T17:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/open\/?p=2993"},"modified":"2023-05-31T12:20:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T17:20:24","slug":"open-book-may-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/open\/open-book-may-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"OPEN Book – May 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome New ORED Team Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Charlotte Straley<\/strong>, Proposal Budget Coordinator II (Pre-Award), Sponsored Programs, started on May 30.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been working at the Office of Sponsored Programs for the past few years as a student and am excited to join the team full-time after graduating! I majored in Actuarial Science, with minors in math, film studies, and English. As you can probably guess by my minors, I love watching movies and reading. My favorite genres are fantasy and comedy. In addition, I enjoy spending time outdoors hiking and camping. I’m looking forward to meeting everyone at the office and learning more about research administration!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hannah Kahler, <\/strong>Assistant Director (Post Award), Sponsored Programs, started on May 15.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hi! I’m Hannah Kahler. I’m joining OSP after spending 12 plus years learning and growing in the grants\/finance area within IANR. My most recent position was supporting a business center team and their units as a Business Manager.\u00a0 I live in Lincoln with my two kiddos Delia (6.5) and Emmett (9.5) and husband Tracy (old). We also have a Boxer dog named Leto (13) and a Maine Coon cat named Eleanor (7 mons). A special tradition my husband started for our family is a weekly movie and homemade pizza night. Food brings our family joy, so we cook a lot. Another way we bring joy to our family is camping and an annual Fall trip to Maine.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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William Johnston<\/strong>,\u00a0On-call employee, Nebraska Innovation Studio, started on April 26.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Will enjoys helping members get their project to completion. He is a former Division I Diver for the University of South Dakota and has the special talent of performing standing backflips.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Farewells<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Chyvonne Gibson’s <\/strong>last day at Research Compliance Services was May 16.  Chyvonne accepted a position at the University of California, Santa Barbara.  In the interim, please contact Sara Quinn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

McKenna Schneider’s <\/strong>last day at Research Compliance Services was May 19.\u00a0 McKenna accepted a position at the UNL Public Policy Center as a Training & Outreach Specialist. \u00a0In the interim, please contact Sara Quinn.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KUDOS to Our Colleagues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Office of Proposal Development Team Wins National Award<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Office of Proposal Development (Pictured above left to right:\u00a0 Jaclyn Tan, Tisha Gilreath Mullen, Matthew Dwyer, Katie Pelland, <\/strong>and Amanda Bohlin<\/strong>) received a 2023 Innovation Award from the National Organization of Research Development.

NORDP’s Innovation Award, “Recognizes individuals, groups, or teams; functional units; or organizations who leverage unique skills or resources to kick-start innovation in research development in ways that generate evidence of promise or demonstrable results.”

OPD’s award celebrates the team’s work with the NSF CAREER Club and was presented during NORDP’s 15th annual conference in Arlington, VA, on May 10.

Learn more about OPD’s Innovation Award and some of the outcomes associated with their NSF CAREER Club by reading the story available\u00a0here<\/a>.

Congratulations Amanda, Matthew, Tisha, Katie, and Jaclyn!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kate Engel<\/strong> named NIC’s Interim Executive Director<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kate Engel has been named interim executive director of the Nebraska Innovation Campus Development Corporation, the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation owned by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.

“Our university is fortunate to have Kate taking on this important leadership role during this time of transition for Innovation Campus,” said Bob Wilhelm, vice chancellor for research and economic development. “She has been instrumental to NIC’s success from the beginning and is well-respected in the community for her ability to build relationships between the university and NIC’s current and prospective partners. I appreciate her ability to identify the resources that faculty innovators, startups and groups need to succeed, ultimately leading to increased economic development opportunities for Nebraska.”\u00a0 Congratulations, Kate! >>full story<<<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cheryl Horst<\/strong> presenting at NIC Partner Lunch\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cheryl Horst<\/strong>, Associate Director and IP Counsel for NUtech Ventures presented during the NIC Partner Lunch & Learn on May 24.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kathy Pinkerton<\/strong> pictured her granddaughter Maia, and daughters Sarah and Christine.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Kathy Pinkerton<\/strong>, with the Institutional Animal Care Program. She graduated with her Master’s Degree in Applied Science in May. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Plains Area Animal Welfare Workshop was hosted May 2-4, 2023 at the US Meat Animal Research Center located near Clay Center, NE.\u00a0 Kelly Heath<\/strong>, IACP Director and Attending Veterinarian was an invited speaker and presented on Research and Lab Animal Health Management<\/em>.\u00a0 Bayliegh Bohn<\/strong>, IACP Facility Manager was also an invited speaker and presented on Best Practices for Managing Lab Animal Facilities.<\/em>\u00a0 Drs. Anna Fitzwater<\/strong> and Melissa Bausch<\/strong> also attended the workshop, finding the opportunity to network with the USDA ARS attendees valuable.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kate Engel (left) and Joy Eakin (right)\u00a0\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kate Engel<\/strong>, Interim Director, NIC and Joy Eakin,\u00a0<\/strong>Entrepreneurship Program Manager, NUTech Ventures, facilitated The Three Cs of Purposeful Partnerships<\/em> workshop at the UNL All Staff Conference on May 22. The session focused on 3 C’s: communication, collaboration, and coordination.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do you know someone who should join our team? Share these opportunities!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n