So You Want to Start an Institutional Biosafety Committee

Introduction: The number of institutions engaging in research with potentially biohazardous materials has increased, indicating a need for newly formed Institutional Biosafety Committees (IBCs) in the United States and for similar biorisk management committees located outside the United States. Our institution identified the need for an IBC due to the growth of pertinent activities on campus. Objectives: This article shares our experiences creating a new IBC at our institution from September 2017 to April 2019. Our lessons learned and approaches to the challenges faced may be helpful to others finding themselves with similar needs. Methods: In this case study, we outline IBC membership, documents, relationships with federal agencies and within the institution, creation of registration forms, and the review process. Along with our account, we have included links to helpful resources from federal agencies. Results: At the time of the submission of this article, we have established our IBC and reviewed two registrations. Conclusion: This case report demonstrates the successful creation of an IBC that works for our current institutional needs.

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Water Use Monitoring for Irrigation in the United States: A Case Study in Alabama and Lessons Learned for Achieving Sustainability

The Professional Geographer ◽

10.1080/00330124.2020.1730194 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 72 (3) ◽

pp. 433-447

Author(s):

Philip L. Chaney ◽

Jarrett Roland ◽

Meredith Moore ◽

Christopher G. Burton

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Water Use ◽

The United States ◽

Lessons Learned

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Gendered differences in emigration and mobility perspectives among European researchers working abroad

MIGRATION LETTERS ◽

10.33182/ml.v7i1.178 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 33-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Elisabeth Scheibelhofer

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Qualitative Research ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Social Relations ◽

The United States ◽

Research Strategy ◽

The Future ◽

Highly Skilled

This paper focuses on gendered mobilities of highly skilled researchers working abroad. It is based on an empirical qualitative study that explored the mobility aspirations of Austrian scientists who were working in the United States at the time they were interviewed. Supported by a case study, the paper demonstrates how a qualitative research strategy including graphic drawings sketched by the interviewed persons can help us gain a better understanding of the gendered importance of social relations for the future mobility aspirations of scientists working abroad.

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‘A Routh O’ Auld Nick-Nackets’ – the antiquarian collection of John Rae

Scottish Archaeological Journal ◽

10.3366/saj.2014.0054 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 36-37 (1) ◽

pp. 163-183

Author(s):

Paul Taylor

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Nineteenth Century ◽

Social Context ◽

Moral Education ◽

The United States ◽

Representative Case ◽

National Museums ◽

The Individual ◽

The University

John Rae, a Scottish antiquarian collector and spirit merchant, played a highly prominent role in the local natural history societies and exhibitions of nineteenth-century Aberdeen. While he modestly described his collection of archaeological lithics and other artefacts, principally drawn from Aberdeenshire but including some items from as far afield as the United States, as a mere ‘routh o’ auld nick-nackets' (abundance of old knick-knacks), a contemporary singled it out as ‘the best known in private hands' (Daily Free Press 4/5/91). After Rae's death, Glasgow Museums, National Museums Scotland, the University of Aberdeen Museum and the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, as well as numerous individual private collectors, purchased items from the collection. Making use of historical and archive materials to explore the individual biography of Rae and his collection, this article examines how Rae's collecting and other antiquarian activities represent and mirror wider developments in both the ‘amateur’ antiquarianism carried out by Rae and his fellow collectors for reasons of self-improvement and moral education, and the ‘professional’ antiquarianism of the museums which purchased his artefacts. Considered in its wider nineteenth-century context, this is a representative case study of the early development of archaeology in the wider intellectual, scientific and social context of the era.

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Shale Resources, Parks Conservation, and Contested Public Lands in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park: Is Fracking Booming?

Case Studies in the Environment ◽

10.1525/cse.2019.002121 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Miriam R. Aczel ◽

Karen E. Makuch

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

The United States ◽

Federal Agencies ◽

Cultural Significance ◽

Theodore Roosevelt ◽

Natural Beauty ◽

Theodore Roosevelt National Park ◽

Bakken Shale

This case study analyzes the potential impacts of weakening the National Park Service’s (NPS) “9B Regulations” enacted in 1978, which established a federal regulatory framework governing hydrocarbon rights and extraction to protect natural resources within the parks. We focus on potential risks to national parklands resulting from Executive Orders 13771—Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs [1]—and 13783—Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth [2]—and subsequent recent revisions and further deregulation. To establish context, we briefly overview the history of the United States NPS and other relevant federal agencies’ roles and responsibilities in protecting federal lands that have been set aside due to their value as areas of natural beauty or historical or cultural significance [3]. We present a case study of Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) situated within the Bakken Shale Formation—a lucrative region of oil and gas deposits—to examine potential impacts if areas of TRNP, particularly areas designated as “wilderness,” are opened to resource extraction, or if the development in other areas of the Bakken near or adjacent to the park’s boundaries expands [4]. We have chosen TRNP because of its biodiversity and rich environmental resources and location in the hydrocarbon-rich Bakken Shale. We discuss where federal agencies’ responsibility for the protection of these lands for future generations and their responsibility for oversight of mineral and petroleum resources development by private contractors have the potential for conflict.

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