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Obituary of Professor Mauro Francaviglia

Mauro Francaviglia was born in Torino, on 22nd June 1953 and passed away in Cosenza, on 24th June 2013. He graduated, magna cum laude, in Mathematics at the University of Torino in 1975. He held the position of Full Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Torino since 1980, when he was 27 years old. He was considered an extremely valid researcher and he was one of the best Italian Mathematical Physicists of his generation. Mauro started his research activity in General Relativity, as a classical relativist, and his scientific interests covered a wide range of topics, including the application of Differential Geometry in Mathematical Physics, Classical Mechanics, Field Theories, Calculus of Variations, Symmetries and Conservation Laws, Quantization, Thermodynamics and, in late years, Extended Theories of Gravitation. Author of over 250 papers, three monographs and 11 encyclopedia long entries, Editor of 19 volumes of Proceedings and Director of two CIME courses. He organized 20 national and international conferences, among which several national conferences in General Relativity and the World Conference GR14 (Florence, 1995). He has been the Director of several national and international research projects and he held over 300 invited lectures at various institutions in Italy and abroad. He supervised several successful Ph.D. students. Mauro has been a member of the Scientific Council of GNFM-CNR (1980–1996), a co-founder (1984) and Managing Editor of “Journal of Geometry and Physics”, a co-founder (1990) and President (1990–1996 and 2008–2012) of the Italian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation (SIGRAV). He was a life member of the

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Alberto Abbruzzese (1952–2011) Scientist who studied from amino acids to nanoparticles in anti-cancer therapy

Alberto Abbruzzese (1952–2011) Scientist who studied from amino acids to nanoparticles in anti-cancer therapy

Process of Scholarship of Teaching Has Been Successful in Mashad University of Medial Sciences

Background: Medical Education has dramatically evolved in the past decades, and scholarly behaviors have gained popularity. In this study, scholarship-of-teaching activities from Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS) were evaluated for the first time in this country. Methods: Data related to all applicants who were nominated for promotion to associate and full professor positions were studied retrospectively from 2009 to 2011. All scores had been approved by MUMS scholarship committee. Results: In total, 85 teaching faculty members received scholarship score including 77% male (77%). Majority was from medical (61%) and dentistry (27%) faculties and mainly promoted to associate professor position (78%). Mean age of the promoted faculty members from faculty of Pharmacy was significantly lower. Most scores were obtained from preparing and implementation of L&CP (41%) and implementation of new educational methods (30%). The time elapsed from starting the scholarship evaluation program was significantly correlated with total score (r=0.245, Sig. 0.025) and implementation of new educational methods. Conclusions: Setting of a minimum mandatory score for scholarly teaching has been effective and should be stressed in future.

Reflexões sobre uma trajetória na Terapia Ocupacional

This text is part of the memorial presented as a requirement of the contest for full professor position in Occupational Therapy at the School of Medicine from the University of Sao Paulo. The reflections presented aim to trace the trajectory contextualized in different periods and institutions where the writer has worked, and how they have blended with the academic development of Occupational Therapy itself. The text also seeks to discuss the solidification process of the writer's training as a researcher and the results arisen thereof. These courses were built on research and culminated in the Mental Health and Work search line and its interfaces with Occupational Therapy. Across the text, the academic and scientific development in the field of occupational therapy is reflected and, finally, discussions are pointed out on the necessary consolidation of the area in research and graduate studies and, therefore, in the dissemination of knowledge by publications indexed and relevant to the field. The text is both a personal account and a true representation of the profession development in Brazil in the past thirty years.

Does Gender Matter for Academic Promotion? Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment

Several countries have recently introduced gender quotas in hiring and promotion committees at universities. This paper studies whether these policies increase the presence of women in top academic positions. The identification strategy exploits the random assignment mechanism in place between 2002 and 2006 in all academic disciplines in Spain to select the members of promotion committees. We find that a larger proportion of female evaluators increases the chances of success of female applicants to full professor positions. The magnitude of the effect is large: each additional woman on a committee composed of seven members increases the number of women promoted to full professor by 14%. Conversely, when committee members decide on promotions to associate professor positions, we do not observe any significant interaction between the gender of evaluators and the gender of candidates. If anything, in this case a larger share of female evaluators is associated with fewer successful female applicants. The evidence is consistent with the existence of ambivalent sexism.

Swiss national MD-PhD-program: an outcome analysis.

This study aims at a first evaluation of the outcome of the Swiss national MD-PhD program during the last 16 years. One hundred and twenty six former and current students in the Swiss national MD-PhD program were surveyed via a Web-based questionnaire in September 2007. Twenty-four questions assessed information regarding participant demographics, information on the PhD thesis and publication activity, current positions and research activity, as well as participant's opinions, attitudes and career goals. Eighty questionnaires were received from 126 MD-PhD students and graduates (63.5% response rate). The responders consisted of present students (36%), former graduates (56%), and dropouts (8%). The percentage of women in the program was 23%, and the average duration of the program was 4.2 +/- 1.4 years. Research interests were predominantly in the fields of neuroscience, immunology, molecular biology and cancer research. A considerable portion of the MD-PhD graduates had an excellent publication record stemming from their PhD research work, and 89% were planning to continue a research-orientated career. Over 50% of those MD-PhD graduates completing their thesis before 2002 had already reached an assistant or full professor position at the time of the survey. Nearly all participants considered the MD-PhD training helpful to their career and high quality standards were assigned to the acquired practical and intellectual skills. However, criticism was expressed concerning the general mentoring and the career related mentoring. Moreover, general mentoring and career related mentoring were significantly less well perceived in research groups employing more than seven PhD students at the same time. The MD-PhD students and graduates surveyed were satisfied with their education and most of them continued a research-orientated career. Regarding the overall positive evaluation, this study supports the view that MD-PhD graduates are well qualified for a successful career in academic medicine.

Swiss national MD-PhD-program: an outcome analysis.

This study aims at a first evaluation of the outcome of the Swiss national MD-PhD program during the last 16 years. One hundred and twenty six former and current students in the Swiss national MD-PhD program were surveyed via a Web-based questionnaire in September 2007. Twenty-four questions assessed information regarding participant demographics, information on the PhD thesis and publication activity, current positions and research activity, as well as participant's opinions, attitudes and career goals. Eighty questionnaires were received from 126 MD-PhD students and graduates (63.5% response rate). The responders consisted of present students (36%), former graduates (56%), and dropouts (8%). The percentage of women in the program was 23%, and the average duration of the program was 4.2 +/- 1.4 years. Research interests were predominantly in the fields of neuroscience, immunology, molecular biology and cancer research. A considerable portion of the MD-PhD graduates had an excellent publication record stemming from their PhD research work, and 89% were planning to continue a research-orientated career. Over 50% of those MD-PhD graduates completing their thesis before 2002 had already reached an assistant or full professor position at the time of the survey. Nearly all participants considered the MD-PhD training helpful to their career and high quality standards were assigned to the acquired practical and intellectual skills. However, criticism was expressed concerning the general mentoring and the career related mentoring. Moreover, general mentoring and career related mentoring were significantly less well perceived in research groups employing more than seven PhD students at the same time. The MD-PhD students and graduates surveyed were satisfied with their education and most of them continued a research-orientated career. Regarding the overall positive evaluation, this study supports the view that MD-PhD graduates are well qualified for a successful career in academic medicine.

IN MEMORY OF LAURO MORTEN

There are people you can not forget. Lauro Morten was one of them. At a first glance he looked like a rough man, forged in the tradition of mountain people. Indeed, he loved mountains and he spent most of his energy to understand their evolution. He was always enthusiastic in planning new field excursions in every part of the world. We remember his company during long trips on minibus and the lively discussions in the field. We appreciated his honesty and directness in scientific discussion. His scientific career lasted over 40 years and contributed to the improvement of the Italian petrologic community. His first work, dated 1971, dealt with the ultramafic xenoliths collected in the Tertiary volcanics from the Lessini Mts. area. The study of mantle rocks, both as xenoliths enclosed in basaltic volcanics and exposed as orogenic ophiolitic peridotite massifs, was his main research interest that he carried out until his last days. In 1986 he accepted a full professor position at the University of Calabria in Cosenza, where he organized and chaired the Fourth International Eclogite Conference (1993). In those years he addressed other research topics, including the granulite rocks of the Catena Costiera and the ophiolitic units occurring in northern Calabria. In Calabria he was appointed as Head of the Department of Earth Sciences and he was also in charge of the courses for the diploma degree in Geological Sciences. He was deeply involved in the establishment and cultural growth of a local petrological school, which benefited from his brilliant and generous teaching. In his last years Lauro Morten served as full professor of Petrology and Petrography at the University of Bologna. He went back to the basement of his beloved Nonsberg range. His most recent research was devoted to mantle metasomatism and crustmantle interactions. In particular, he always encouraged his post-graduated students to be scientifically critical, honest and thoughtful. Even after he was diagnosed his illness, he continued to work in cooperation with scientists from all over the world. His family, colleagues, students and friends miss his cleverness and company. Thanks a lot, Lauro, for communicating your love of the beauty of rocks and the Nonsberg range, where you now rest in peace.

Alexander von Humboldt und die Berufung Jacob Jacobis an die Wiener Universität1

“Die freie Leistung des Genius kann in keine Formel eines Contracts gefast werden” (Jacobi) On February 5, 1850, the Austrian emperor Franz Josef appointed C.G. Jacob Jacobi to the position of full professor at the University of Vienna. Thanks to the efforts of Alexander von Humboldt, however, the world-famous Prussian mathematician remained in Berlin and continued in his position as a salaried member of the Academy of Sciences.This paper describes the history of Jacobi’s appointment in Vienna and his ultimate rejection of it.

Naoshi Fukushima (1925–2003)

On 25 June 2003, the geomagnetism and solar‐terrestrial physics community lost a pioneer and a leader in the study of the current system in the near‐Earth environment. We all were saddened to learn of the passing of Naoshi Fukushima in Tokyo at the age of 78. The 1990 recipient of AGU's Waldo E. Smith Medal, Fukushima was a life member of AGU who joined in 1960.Fukushima was born on 19 January 1925. He was educated at the Imperial University of Tokyo, soon to become the University of Tokyo, where he received his bachelor's degree in geophysics in 1947. In 1953, he obtained a doctorate degree from the graduate school of the University of Tokyo. His doctoral thesis, titled “Polar Magnetic Storms and Geomagnetic Bays,” was highly influential for years to come. From 1951, he was an academic staff member, reaching the position of full professor in 1965 at the Geophysical Institute and Geophysics Research Laboratory (GRL) of the University of Tokyo. He had been the director of the GRL since 1973. During his tenure at the University of Tokyo, Fukushima was also a visiting fellow at a number of institutions around the world, including the University of Göttingen,the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and the University of Oslo

Faculty position for full and visiting professor

The School of Nursing is seeking candidates for Full Professor in Nursing Administration and Visiting Professor with expertise to complement the majors of the Nursing Practitioner Master Program which are administrative, community, and adult health (gender and ethnicity focus). Candidate should also have a teaching experience and a history of funding an research agenda.Candidates for Full Professor Position contact the University website: www.uff.br To apply for the Visiting Professor position, send your curriculum vitae an a research plan to:Isabel Cristina Fonseca da Cruz, PhD, RN - Program Coordinator Escola de Enfermagem Universidade Federal Fluminense Rua Dr. Celestino, 74 - Niterói 24020-091 - RJ - Brazil

Faculty position for full and visiting professor

The School of Nursing is seeking candidates for Full Professor in Nursing Administration and Visiting Professor with expertise to complement the majors of the Nursing Practitioner Master Program which are administrative, community, and adult health (gender and ethnicity focus). Candidate should also have a teaching experience and a history of funding an research agenda.Candidates for Full Professor Position contact the University website: www.uff.br

Demographic Inertia and Women's Representation among Faculty in Higher Education

We use population projection methods to show how the age and sex structure of a field can severely limit women's representation in tenure-track and full professor positions. Our results illustrate the difficulties researchers face when they use data on representation to assess levels of discrimination against women in hiring and promotion.

Faculty position for full and visiting professor

The School of Nursing is seeking candidates for Full Professor in Nursing Administration and Visiting Professor with expertise to complement the majors of the Nursing Practitioner Master Program which are administrative, community, and adult health (gender and ethnicity focus). Candidate should also have a teaching experience and a history of funding an research agenda.Candidates for Full Professor Position contact the University website: www.uff.brTo apply for the Visiting Professor position, send your curriculum vitae an a research plan to:Isabel Cristina Fonseca da Cruz, PhD, RN - Program CoordinatorEscola de Enfermagem Universidade Federal FluminenseRua Dr. Celestino, 74 - Niterói24020-091 - RJ - Brazilor e-mail to: isabelcruz@uol.com.br

Demographic Inertia and Women's Representation Among Faculty in Higher Education

We use population projection methods to show how the age and sex structure of a field can severely limit women's representation in tenure-track and full professor positions. Our results illustrate the difficulties researchers face when they use data on representation to assess levels of discrimination against women in hiring and promotion.

A Brief Biography of Samir Amin

Samir Amin was born in Cairo in 1931 and was educated at the Lycee Francais there. He gained a Ph.D. in Political Economy in Paris (1957), as well as degrees from the Institut de Statistiques and from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques. He then returned home where he was attached to the planning bodies of Nasser's regime. He left Egypt in 1960 to work with the Ministry of Planning of the newly independent Mali (1960-1963), and following this, he commenced an academic career. He has held the position of full professor in France since 1966 and was for ten years (1970-1980) the director of the U.N. African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (in Dakar). Since 1980 he has been directing the African Office of the Third World Forum, an international non-governmental association for research and debate.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

Own-Price and Cross Elasticities of Demand for College Faculty

Budget problems in many states, together with declining public sector subsidies and level or falling enrollments, have significantly affected academic labor markets [10].' While a few fields have withstood these adverse influences due to increasing enrollments (viz., computer sciences), most have experienced either no growth or declines in the number of faculty positions. Even senior faculty positions have been vulnerable in institutions where whole programs and/or departments have been eliminated. A consequence has been that colleges face pressure to lower costs by substituting lower ranked (LRF) for higher ranked faculty (HRF). If cost is an important factor determining the distribution of faculty across ranks, we would expect an increase in the overall proportion of LRF over time since LRF are paid less than HRF and more easily terminated when budgets tighten.2 Alternatively, if institutional and/or demographic factors dominate the hiring decision then the proportion of LRF would be expected to decline. This is because existing faculty expect promotion to the senior ranks and hence will pressure their colleges to create additional upper rank positions. Moreover, since tenure places limits on the opportunities that colleges have to substitute LRF for HRF, position declines will, of necessity, come at the lower ranks. Finally, since the more prestigious faculty are usually in the senior ranks an institution wishing to upgrade is likely to hire HRF. What actually happened to the distribution of faculty among the several academic ranks in the academic year period 1967/68 to 1978/79 is shown in Table I. The data suggest that the proportion of HRF faculty has grown more rapidly than the number of LRF. For example, assistant professors account for less than 26% of the labor force in the fall of 1978 (down from 29% in 1967) while full professor positions rose from 21% to 25% of the total. The overall positive growth in the number of female positions is substantial while that for males is negative. Dramatic sex differences also exist between ranks. LRF growth is largely due to the hiring of females while HRF growth is largely due to the hiring of males. While

Leonard R. Ingersoll

Leonard R. Ingersoll, emeritus professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin, died on April 25 in his laboratory at the University after suffering a heart attack. His age was 77. Prof. Ingersoll was born in New York City and graduated from Colorado College in 1902. In 1905 he received his PhD in physics from Wisconsin and in the same year was named to that university's faculty as an instructor. By 1924 he had advanced through the teaching ranks to the position of full professor of physics.