coe-staff: Congratulations Beth Stormshak & Chris Murray: Cluster of Excellence Faculty Hiring Process

[Laura Lee McIntyre]

Dear all,

The COE faired extremely well in the competitive Cluster of Excellence Faculty Hiring Process. Two of the ten proposals identified as “high priority” by the Provost’s Office came from our College. Congratulations to Beth Stormshak and Chris Murray on their tremendous work!

Best,
Laura Lee


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Laura Lee McIntyre, PhD, BCBA-D
Professor & Co-Director, School Psychology
Associate Director, Child and Family Center
Prevention Science Institute
5208 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-5208
Ph: 541-346-7452
Fax: 541-346-0683



From: Provost Office [mailto:provost at uoregon.edu]
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 8:16 AM
To: Laura Lee McIntyre
Subject: Cluster of Excellence Faculty Hiring Process


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I am extremely pleased to announce the outcome of the 2014 Cluster of Excellence Faculty Hiring process.  In addition to congratulating the authors of the ten proposals chosen to form the high priority funding list, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all of the groups who submitted proposals and helped with the review process.

There were 34 proposals submitted to the Cluster Hire process, representing a very wide swath of the university.  The proposals were reviewed independently by three groups: the Research Advisory Board, the Faculty Advisory Council and the Academic Leadership Team.  Proposals were evaluated primarily on the basis of:

  1.  Ability to achieve national or international pre-eminence
  2.  Potential to build on and connect existing strengths
  3.  Strong likelihood of improving academic benchmarks.

Proposals were also reviewed on the basis of:

  1.  Enhancement of cross-disciplinary collaboration
  2.  Building a diverse and inclusive faculty and student body
  3.  Quality of hiring plans and potential to meet stated goals and priorities
  4.  Enhancing campus leadership in a field of study.



Based on the three independent reviews we have identified ten proposals as the highest priority list for Cluster of Excellence Faculty Hiring over the next three years.  There was substantial concurrence across the reviewers that these ten proposals had the highest potential for fulfilling the objectives for this first round of faculty hiring.  We will pursue funding for these proposals using all available sources and expect to fund several of them through a combination of philanthropy and institutional sources. The ten highest priority proposals, in alphabetical order, are:

  *   Center for Genome Function. Primary coordinator: Eric Selker.
  *   Faculty Cluster in Chemistry and Physics to Amplify Excellence in Energy and Sustainable Materials. Primary coordinators: James Hutchison and Andrew Marcus.
  *   Health Promotion, Obesity Prevention, and Human Development. Primary coordinator: Elizabeth Stormshak.
  *   Integrated Analysis of Biological Networks. Primary coordinator: William Cresko.
  *   Life at Nanoscale. Primary coordinators: Brad Nolen and Ken Prehoda.
  *   Neurons to Minds. Primary coordinator: Ed Awh.
  *   Prevention and Intervention Sciences in Special Education. Primary coordinator: Christopher Murray.
  *   Securing National Prominence in Volcanology, Volcanic Hazards, and Geothermal Energy. Primary coordinator: Paul Wallace.
  *   Sports Product Initiative. Primary coordinator: James Bean.
  *   Sustainable Cities Initiative Research Hub. Primary coordinators: Nico Larco and Marc Schlossberg.

The review committees and I found substantial merit among the proposals that did not make the high priority list.  Not making the top list does not mean those ideas for cluster hiring will be ignored.  Cluster Hire proposals not on the high priority list may still be funded through specific philanthropic gifts and we will be working with the Office of Advancement and individual schools and colleges to make sure that those ideas are part of our larger fundraising campaign goals.  The full list of cluster of excellence submissions will be an invaluable asset to us as we move forward.

Please join me in thanking all of the contributors to the process, as well as the many people involved in the review process.  And please join me in congratulating the ten excellent proposals that were chosen for high priority listing.

Sincerely,

Scott Coltrane
Senior Vice President and Provost
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