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Friday, 19 April 2024

Supreme Court will not Hear Challenge to First to File Provision

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Jeffrey Waldin |

In the Order List published February 23 from the Supreme Court was notice that certiorari was denied in 14-366 Madstad Engineering, Inc V. Patent and Trademark, et al. Madstad Engineering was appealing prior decisions from the Middle District of Florida…

Oblivion is bliss

Oblivion is bliss

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Eddie Johnson Jr. |

In one of my favorite movies there is a sentiment that resonates for me this time of the year. “Your heart is like a clock measuring time. One’s emotional state determines the flow of time. It speeds it up or slows…

So You Want to Build A Relationship between Research Administration and the Public?

So You Want to Build A Relationship between Research Administration and the Public?

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Jeffrey Waldin |

Stories throughout the year demonstrated the need for political and public awareness in research administration. Federally sponsored research remains a target for budget cuts, however those discussions have progressed beyond the original sequester, with increasing congressional challenges to specific projects,…

Looking back – 2014 Grants Administration in Review

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Roger Wood |

If there is a single overarching – some would say overwhelming – topic for grants administrators in 2014, it would have to be Uniform Guidance. Published December 26, 2013 and effective December 26, 2014 (yes, that’s just a week or…

2014: A year of uncertainty in the Higher Education sector

2014: A year of uncertainty in the Higher Education sector

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Damian Davini |

2014 has been a year of uncertainty in the Australian Higher Education sector. The uncertainty continues as the Government’s planned reforms were recently voted down by the Senate. The Government plans to push on with an amended bill in attempt to…

The Pastor at PRIM&R

The Pastor at PRIM&R

Posted on December 16, 2014 by InfoEd Global |

Back in February, I shared an article about one of my favorite committee members, a Rabbi. He was a community representative who served for many years and offered invaluable insight during his tenure on the IRB at my former institution…

Compliance, all around us

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Matthew Tanner |

There are lots of us in the research compliance world; the thing that unites us is a the practice of understanding and approving proposed research, whether it involves the use of humans, animals, plants, or a myriad of other organisms,…

I Love it When You Call Me Big Da-ta

I Love it When You Call Me Big Da-ta

Posted on November 5, 2014 by InfoEd Global |

I am dying to know: how many of you caught that ever so subtle Biggie Smalls reference? Not that I’m a super huge fan of 90’s hip-hop; but, how can you not like Biggie? In any event, this was the…

Big Data – Consumers or Consumed?

Big Data – Consumers or Consumed?

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Roger Wood |

Big data is here and the question is whether we will consume it, or it will consume us? Likely, the answer will be a bit of both. The dystopian view of our big data future is somewhere between those imagined…

… but Boss YOU HAVE to send me to Hawaii.

… but Boss YOU HAVE to send me to Hawaii.

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Eddie Johnson Jr. |

I was watching a movie, which you would have not expected to have anything poignant to say, when one of characters said “It’s hard to fill a cup that is already full”. This concept of course is not new but…