Researchers from the University-based Institute for Social Research will begin training South Africans in social science research methods this summer.
The three-year program, developed with the Human Sciences Research Council in Pretoria, South Africa, hopes to train South Africans, especially black researchers and women, to carry out high-level social and behavioral science research.
Beginning June 2, up to 15 South African scholars will begin training at ISR in the institute's instructional programs.
"The apartheid era in South Africa introduced many distortions into census and population-based surveys conducted by government agencies," ISR Director Daniel Featherman said in a statement.
"The legacy of distortion handicaps contemporary democratization at a moment when rapid and profound changes demand careful scientific analysis of population trends and socioeconomic inequalities," Featherman continued.
Michigan Sea Grant is operated by Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, and is one of 29 sea grant programs dedicated to promote understanding and utilization of the Great Lakes and oceans.
Moll has studied and published articles on the Great Lakes. His primary research interests are phytoplankton biology and biostatistics. Moll's research has taken him as far as the African nation of Gambia.
"As director, I hope to further invigorate the Michigan Sea Grant College Program," Moll said in a statement.
The University is one of 37 research universities, federal laboratories and private companies that will provide computing facilities and technical expertise for the National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure.
NPACI plans to provide scientists with high-speed networks, application software and technical expertise needed for NPACI's national computer infrastructure.
On March 27, the National Science Foundation agreed to negotiations with the University of California at San Diego for an approximately $30-million-per-year, five-year funding package to establish NPACI.
-Compiled from staff reports.