To: All Faculty <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Charles F. Zukoski" <czukoski@uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: jeardley@uiuc.edu

 Subject: MASSMAIL - Critical Research Initiatives (CRI) Symposium

I invite you to attend the first Critical Research Initiatives Campus-wide 
Symposium which will be held on Friday, January 26th in the Beckman 
Institute Auditorium.   Our program will run from 2:00-5:00 p.m. and will 
feature presentations by five multi-disciplinary research teams whose 
projects were initiated with funding from the CRI Program.  A reception 
will immediately follow in the Beckman Atrium from 5:00-6:00 p.m.

The symposium will also serve to introduce the Critical Initiatives in 
Research and Scholarship Program (CIRS) which will replace the CRI as an 
ongoing annual competition administered by the Office of the Vice 
Chancellor for Research.  Identified as a campus strategic initiative 
during the recent UIUC strategic planning process, CIRS will fund multi-
disciplinary research teams whose projects address pressing problems in 
emerging areas of inquiry or scholarship.  CIRS-supported teams will 
explore innovative ideas, accelerate the translation of research advances, 
initiate bold new programs in the humanities, arts and social sciences-all 
with an eye toward advancing the international reputation of the 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Please visit the CIRS website (http://www.research.uiuc.edu/cirs) to learn 
more about the CIRS program or for more information regarding the 
symposium. 

Charles F. Zukoski
Vice Chancellor for Research

This mailing approved by:
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

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