U.S. Study Abroad Initiative

Name: U.S. Study Abroad Initiative
Start: 2009-06-01T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2009-06-01T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Center for Strategic & International Studies

Monday 1 Jun 2009, 10:00 → 19:00 Europe/Zurich

B1C (Center for Strategic & International Studies)

B1C

Center for Strategic & International Studies

1800 K St. NW Washington DC 20006, USA

Description

A one-day meeting sponsored by the University of Michigan and the Lounsbery Foundation focusing on the feasibility of creating a U.S. LHC Study Abroad Program in Geneva. Though the Meeting will focus on the specific case of undergraduate student research participation in the Large Hadron Collider Program in Geneva, the issues involved pertain much more broadly to overall U.S. national science policy, as more and more frontier research facilities are being located beyond the borders of the United States.

***Images from the CERN-Based NSF REU Summer Student Program.***

CSIS: [Home Page] [Contact] [Google Map] This Agenda: http://indico.cern.ch/event/StudyAbroad2009

Support

Steven.Goldfarb@cern.ch

Participants

Al Goshaw
Allan Lerner
Bill Valdez
Daniel Levin
David Abshire
Deborah Derrick
Donald Shapero
Downing A. Thomas
Elizabeth O'Malley
Fred Bernthal
Graham Harrison
Homer Neal
Howard Gordon
Howard Nicholson
Kathleen McCloud
Linda Blevins
M. Peter McPherson
Marta Cehelsky
Marvin Goldberg
Michael Tuts
Patricia Dehmer
Randal Ruchti
Robert Berdahl
Robert Megginson
Robert Samors
Sarah Eno
Stephen D'Arcy
Steven Goldfarb

- Introduction
  - 1
    
    Welcome
    
    President Lounsbery Foundation, Vice Chair, CSIS, Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, President, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress
    
    Speaker: Ambassador David Abshire
  - 2
    
    Nature of the Challenge
    
    Former Chair, HEPAP Subpanel Study on the Future of University High Energy Physics Programs, Former Member, U.S. National Science Board, Professor of Physics, University of Michigan
    
    Speaker: Prof. Homer A. Neal
    
    Slides
  - 3
    
    The Congressional Study Abroad Landscape
    
    President, APLU (formerly NASULGC) President Emeritus, Michigan State University Former Director, USAID
    
    Speaker: M. Peter McPherson
- Facility Examples with Anticipated Limited U.S. Undergraduate Student Access
  - 4
    
    The Large Hadron Collider, ITER and the WHO
    
    Professor of Physics, Notre Dame University, Former NSF Physics Program Officer, Former Outreach Coordinator, CERN CMS Experiment
    
    Speaker: Prof. R. Ruchti
    
    Slides
- Examples of Existing International Programs for Undergraduate Studies
  - 5
    
    Current CERN REU Program
    
    Speaker: Prof. Homer A. Neal
    
    Slides
  - 6
    
    International Undergraduate Programs at the NSF
    
    Speaker: Graham M. Harrison, Program Manager, International Programs, NSF
- 11:50
  
  Lunch
- Interest of Scientific Community
  - 7
    
    American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields
    
    Speaker: Prof. Raymond Brock
  - 8
    
    U.S. ATLAS Collaboration Board
    
    Speaker: Prof. Al Goshaw
    
    Slides
  - 9
    
    U.S. CMS Collaboration Board
    
    Speaker: Prof. Nick Hadley
    
    Slides
- Benefits and Operational Challenges of Study Abroad Programs
  - 10
    
    University of Michigan Programs
    
    Speaker: Associate Dean R. Megginson, University of Michigan
  - 11
    
    University of Illinois - Chicago ; Switzerland Program
    
    Speaker: Associate Provost A. Lerner, University of Illinois - Chicago
  - 12
    
    State Department: Host Country Issues
    
    Speaker: Representative from U.S. State Department / OSTP
- A LHC Study Abroad Proposal
  - 13
    
    A LHC Study Abroad Proposal
    
    Speaker: Dr. S. Goldfarb, University of Michigan
    
    Slides
  - 14
    
    Palestinian / Israeli Student Initiative
    
    Speaker: Dr. D. S. Levin, University of Michigan
    
    Slides
- 14:55
  
  Coffee
- Observations from University Consortia
  - 15
    
    Association of American Universities
    
    Speaker: R. Berdahl, President, AAU
  - 16
    
    Universities Research Association
    
    Speaker: F. Bernthal, President, URA
  - 17
    
    Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC)
    
    Speaker: Associate Provost A. Lerner, University of Illinois - Chicago
- Possible Funding and Operation Strategies
  - 18
    
    General Foundation Perspectives
    
    Speaker: Dr. Deborah Derrick, Program Officer, Gates Foundation
  - 19
    
    Management Perspectives
    
    Speaker: Mr. Steven D'Arcy, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
- Open Discussion on Next Steps
  
  Myron Campbell, Professor of Physics and Chair, University of Michigan,
  Associate Dean, LS&A;
  Homer Neal, University of Michigan