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Today’s Agenda

Today’s Agenda. 9:30 – 9:45 a.m. Introduction : Continuing the momentum (Jordan) 9:45 – 11:15 a.m. Current progress and plans for the future The financial situation and outlook (Jordan) Faculty search updates and the teaching interview process (Jordan, Search Committees and Discussion)

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Today’s Agenda

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  1. Today’s Agenda • 9:30 – 9:45 a.m. Introduction: Continuing the momentum(Jordan) • 9:45 – 11:15 a.m. Current progress and plans for the future • The financial situation and outlook (Jordan) • Faculty search updates and the teaching interview process (Jordan, Search Committees and Discussion) • New initiatives, centers and partnerships (Jordan) • Facilities update: space adjustments, changes in service offices (Drew) • Development opportunities (Zack) • 11:15 – 12:30 p.m. The Academic Program • Graduate Program (Nick) • Undergrad Program (Fred) • Mentoring (Jordan) • 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch and discussion with the Dean • 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. The priorities process (Issues and Discussion) • 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Adjunct professor policy (Issues and Discussion) • 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Revamping the Introductory Sequence (Illinois) • 3:30 – 3:45 p.m. Summary & other issues (Opportunities & Challenges)

  2. Introduction • Our department continues to move forward toward our goal of continually improving our academic excellence.We are: • Actively recruiting top-new faculty and working to develop the excellent people that we already have. • Expanding important linkages on- and off-campus. • Working to improve our educational programs. • Attract more undergraduate majors and higher quality graduate students and • Finding new ways to disseminate information about the success of our people and programs

  3. First Things First

  4. “We need an AMO program to make the Basketball team proud”– Bill Phillips

  5. US News 2002 Graduate Rankings • 1.Cal-Tech (5.0) and MIT (5.0) [3] • Harvard (4.9), Princeton (4.9), Stanford (4.9) [1], Berkeley (4.9) • Cornell (4.6), Chicago (4.6) • Illinois (4.5) • Columbia (4.3), Santa Barbara (4.3) • Yale (4.2) [10] • Maryland (4.1) [14], Michigan (4.1), Texas-Austin (4.1) [14] • 16. UCLA (4.0) [14], San Diego (4.0) [18], Washington (4.0) [14] , Wisconsin (4.0) [18] • 20. Johns Hopkins (3.9) [21], Colorado (3.9) [25], U-Penn (3.9) [18] • 23. SUNY-Stony Brook (3.8) [21]

  6. Condensed Matter / Low Temperature 1. Illinois • MIT • Cornell • Berkeley • Santa Barbara • Harvard and Stanford • Princeton • Chicago • Maryland

  7. AMO/Plasma MIT Colorado Stanford Harvard Michigan Rochester Berkeley Texas-Austin Cal-Tech Princeton ELEMENTARY PARTICLE / NUCLEAR Stanford MIT Cal-Tech and Berkeley 5. Princeton 6. Harvard 7. Chicago 8. SUNY-Stony Brook and Washington 10. Cornell Other Specialties

  8. TOP 20 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES in COMPUTER SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT  MIT WISCONSIN   CORNELL  MICHIGAN  PRINCETON  BERKELEY   STANFORD UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CALTECH   UCLA  TEXAS Physics 13th, Applied Mathematics 11th, Computer Science 12th Mathematics 16th

  9. Current Financial Situation • State Budget is unclear in terms of raises • University has taken some cuts - “Cost Containment” • This year (FY ’02) $75k • Next year base reduction of $133k (total) • At the end of this FY we estimate a DRIF balance of ~ + $300k • Next year the estimated expenditures exceed income by $250k • DRIF balance will be ~$50k

  10. Current Financial Situation (cont) • Why the deficit? • Cost Containment ($133k) • Lower Salary Savings • Failure of Lab fee ($125k) • Lack of retirements • Hiring of faculty • TA/RGA salaries • We raised salaries $2k • No real impact on State Budget – • We reduced TAs • Overhead elimination for summer RA support of TAs– • Need to negotiate for more and permanent support

  11. Update on Searches - Confidential • Dean’s position • Only hire someone so good we would do it even if we didn’t have the money • So far so good…

  12. Update on Searches - Confidential • AMO • We are negotiating Rolston and Orozco • Both are very interested • Start-up costs will be more than we have • Trying to estimate lab renovation costs • Will talk to LPS about some support • Burnett coming on May 9 for talk (be there) • Keith is Chair of Atomic and Laser Physics at Oxford • He is a Fellow of the Royal Society • He is interested in two years

  13. Update on Searches - Confidential • CM- Nano • To get resources we require a real superstar • Didn’t get one (but LPS did) • Search called off for this year • Opportunities to add adjunct faculty at LPS • Condensed Matter Theory • We will make an offer to Oleg Tchernshyov • Lattice QCD • Decided not to make an offer • Will search again later

  14. New Initiatives, Centers, Partnerships • CM Theory Center • Part of SDS retention • Physics leveraged a small $30k 8 to 1 to make a $240/yr center • $30K each from Physics, CMPS, Grad School, Provost • $120k match from LPS • Will help with CM theory hire and overall program • New postdocs, visitors, grad students • External Board • Anderson (Princeton), Halperin (Harvard), Laughlin (Stanford), Stormer (Columbia), Tsui (Princeton)

  15. Update on Searches - Confidential • Particle Theory • James Wells – Turned us down (They will bring another choice forward) • Why did Wells go to Michigan (See letter) • Michigan is committed to making HEP number one • Strong support for theory center (> $250k/yr for HEP) • Two chaired professorships in HEP Theory • Great facilities – new offices, secretarial support, etc • Lots of recent hires in both theory and experiment • DoE Support – (vs NSF) • Top students and post-docs (who become faculty) • Bottom Line – it takes money to have a top program

  16. New Initiatives, Centers, Partnerships • String Theory Center • Part of Gates retention • Physics leveraged $30k into $90k • New postdocs, visitors, grad students • Moving to strengthen ties with Math • Joint Seminar • They are considering the idea of hiring in String Theory

  17. New Initiatives, Centers, Partnerships • CASP Agreement with Goddard • Center for Astronomy and Space Physics (CASP) • Beginning of a bigger partnership with Goddard • First new step • Joint Gravitational Wave theory hire (LISA) • GSFC is putting up half the resources for six years and half the start-up • College/University will kick in toward the rest

  18. Development • Zack

  19. Endowed Professorships • Where there are no criteria: • We need a process for selection • We need to decide: • Reward, Recruitment, Retention • Term (renewable?) • Suggested Process

  20. Charitable Gift Annuity • You give a fixed amount to the University • They guarantee a fixed rate of return for life • With reduced taxes • Why do people do it? • Provide for themselves/or a family member • Higher rate of return • Giving to something you believe in • If you gave $10k at age 70 • Annuity rate would be 7.2% but w/ tax saving = ~10% • Rate goes up with age (80 yield is 8.9% (13.%)) • Other options available

  21. Education • Nick • Fred

  22. Mentoring • What is mentoring? • Mentoring is a one-to-one relationship based on encouragement, constructive comments, openness, mutual trust, respect, and a willingness to learn and share. • What do good mentors do? • The mentor is a model, a motivator and a counselor to the student. The mentor’s responsibilities include: • helping the student set long-term career goals and short-term learning objectives; • helping the student understand the organizational culture; • recommending and/or creating learning opportunities; • transferring knowledge in areas such as communication, critical thinking, responsibility, flexibility, and teamwork; • pointing out strengths and areas for development; • answering any questions;

  23. Physics Specific Mentoring of Students • Undergraduates • Provide guidance in choosing: • Courses • Research opportunities • Future plans – Grad Schools, Career choices • Help develop study skills and work ethic • Get them involved in research • Help them make contacts • Steer them to colleagues • Help them develop their resumes

  24. Physics Specific Mentoring of Students • Graduate Students • Helping them develop • Critical thinking skills • Research tools and skills • An overview of the field • Communications skills • Presentation skills • Interpersonal skills • Giving them opportunities to • Give talks • Go to conferences • Develop an identity

  25. Mentoring Post-Docs • Help them hone their skills • Give them opportunities: • Seminars • Conferences • Personal contact with visitors • Work with them to develop an identity • Choice of problems is critical • Teaching can be important • Give them opportunity • Give them guidance

  26. Mentoring Faculty • Helping new faculty: • Setting up a research program • Proposal writing • Working with students • Learning the climate of the Department / University • Making sure they are progressing toward tenure • Provide guidance • Monitor their assignments – teaching, committees, etc • Be an advocate for them • Teaching • Help them establish a teaching ethic • Attitude, Introspection,…

  27. CURRENT VOTING (RESEARCH) GROUPSfor Priorities Committee elections • CONDENSED MATTER (EXPT) [7] • Anderson, Bhagat, Drew, Fuhrer, Park, Webb, Williams • CONDENSED MATTER (THEO) [4] • Das Sarma, Einstein, Korenman, Yakovenko • ELEMENTARY PARTICLE (THEO) [7] • Becker, Gates, Greenberg, Kim, Luty, Mohapatra, Pati • HIGH ENERGY (EXPT) [6] • Baden, Eno, Hadley, Jawahery, Roberts, Skuja • NUCLEAR PHYSICS (EXPT) [5] • Beise, Chang, Chant, Kelly, Roos • NUCLEAR PHYSICS (THEO) [5] • Banerjee, Cohen, Griffin, Ji, Wallace • PLASMA (EXPT) [6] • Boyd, Ellis, Goldenbaum, Lathrop, Losert, Roy • PLASMA (THEO) [7] • Antonsen, Chen, Drake, Hassam, Liu, Ott, Sagdeev • SUPERCONDUCT CENTER (EXPT) [6] • Anlage, Greene, Lobb, Ramesh, Venkatesan, Wellstood

  28. COMBINED ACTUAL VOTING GROUPINGS • GENERAL RELATIVITY [4] • Paik (expt), Brill (theo), Hu (theo), Jacobson (theo) • SPACE + COSMIC RAY [6] • Space Physics 4 • Gloecker (expt), Hamilton (expt), Mason (expt), Papadopoulos (theo) • Cosmic 2 • Goodman (expt), Sullivan (expt) • DYNAM SYSTEMS + IPST + QUANTUM + PHYS EDUCATION [7] • Dynamical Systems 1 • Dragt (theo) • IPST/Physics 3 • Dorfman (theo), Fisher (theo), Kirkpatrick (theo) • Quantum 1 • Alley (expt) • Physics Educ. 2 • Hammer (theo), Redish (theo)

  29. Excerpt From UM Adjunct Policy “The appointee shall have such expertise in his or her discipline and be so well regarded that his or her appointment will have the endorsement of the majority of the members of the professorial faculty of the academic unit. (Plus the Dean) … normally, the number of adjunct appointments shall comprise no more than a small percentage of the faculty in an academic unit.”

  30. General Discussion

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