January 2022
RCR Course Automatic Emails
Automatic emails are now being distributed from UK RCR to new research personnel/graduate students and to personnel/graduate students notifying them of the mandate or reminding them to complete the required course. Individuals will receive a reminder every 2 weeks until an individual is in compliance. Please see the RCR webpages for more information and step-by-step instructions:

  • Responsible Conduct of Research & Scholarly Activity (RCR) homepage [HTML]
  • Getting Started webpage for step-by-step instructions [HTML]
  • RCR FAQs [HTML]

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Update on Compliance by College
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As of January 26, 2022, we have 73.6% compliance across all colleges.

Thank you to all who have completed the training!

*Reminder: RCR training is annual. If you have completed the Basic course, a Refresher course must be completed yearly by your certificate expiration date to stay in compliance.
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In the News
Managing up: how to communicate effectively with your PhD adviser
Your supervisor has a vested interest in your success. Set the right tone and communication style when you meet with them.

December 10, 2021
Nature | Career Column
By Lluis Salo-Salgado, Angi Acocella, Ignacio Arzuaga Garcia, Souha El Mousadik, & Augustine Zvinavashe

"When you start a PhD, you also begin a professional relationship with your PhD adviser. This is an exciting moment: interacting with someone for who you might well have great respect and admiration, but who might also slightly intimidate you.

The will have their own management style, but 'managing up' is important, so you need to identify the style that will help you to thrive academically, and communicate that to your adviser.

In September, we ran a panel discussion for new graduate students in the department of civil and environmental engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge."
Who's on first? Duking out scientific paper authorship order

December 13, 2021
Stanford | Scope 10K
By Krista Conger

"It's been over 80 years, but Abbott and Costello's famous comedic skit "Who's on First" lives on in our collective memories. Their increasingly ridiculous conversation about baseball and the name of the player on first base can still reliably produce a giggle in many circles.

But in the lab, questions about order can be anything but a laughing matter - particularly when it comes to the list of authors on a scientific paper. Many nonscientists don't realize that, traditionally, the most important places on the roster are the first - indicating the person who conceived of and performed most of the research discussed in the paper - and the last - a hallowed place reserved for the senior scientist in whose laboratory the research was conducted."
U.S. Department Health and Human Services (HHS)
The Office of Research Integrity (ORI)
Research Misconduct Case Summaries
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