News Briefs

The monthly Board of Regents meeting will be Dec. 16, after the University Record has concluded its publishing schedule for the fall semester. To keep the community up to date with news from the board meeting, the Record staff will publish regent actions on its Web site, http://www.umich.edu/urecord, after the meeting.

Activities will begin at 2 p.m. with the panel discussion "New Technology, Libraries and Scholarship" in the Video and Performance Studio of the Duderstadt Center. The regents will move to the Lurie Engineering Center's GM Conference Room at 3:15 p.m. for the regular meeting agenda. Public comments will follow at 4:15 p.m.

People with disabilities who wish to attend the meeting and need assistance should contact the Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the University in advance at (734) 764-3883.

The regents' first meeting of 2005 has been moved from Jan. 20 to Jan. 26.

This issue of the University Record is the last for 2004. Publishing will resume Jan. 10, and will include a full roundup of the regents meeting and a complete Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium schedule.

December brings early paydays

Due to the holiday season, both the monthly and last biweekly payrolls for December will be distributed Dec. 23.

Senior psychology student to speak at Winter Commencement

Gjina Juncaj, a senior in psychology and pre-law, will serve as the student speaker for Winter Commencement. The ceremony is 2 p.m. Dec. 19 in Crisler Arena. Juncaj, from Sterling Heights, Mich., is a research assistant in the Center for Human Growth & Development, facilitator in the Women's Studies Program and office assistant in the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies.

CLOSUP calls for proposals

The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy has announced a funding opportunity to provide partial support for up to four major research projects focused on local, state and/or urban policy issues. The purpose of the CLOSUP Major Projects Program is to sponsor applied policy research that links the U-M research community with the state and local public policy communities. Priority will be given to projects that reach across traditional disciplinary boundaries; that involve researchers from multiple departments, schools or colleges—especially junior faculty—and that are of interest to both academic and policymaker audiences. Awards may be up to $25,000. Applicants are encouraged to attend a program information session at 4 p.m. Jan. 11 in the Michigan Room of the Michigan League. Proposals for fiscal year 2006 awards must be received by 5 p.m. March 1. Awards may begin on or after Sept. 1. For more information and application materials, visit http://closup.umich.edu or contact Elisabeth Gerber at ergerber@umich.eduor (734) 647-4004.

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