Note from the Editor | New Ways of Thinking When thinking about what to write for this month’s Note from the Editor, I couldn’t help thinking about the saying, “April showers bring May flowers,” but I felt like I had already said this before. Sure enough, in April 2021, I started my Note from...
View from the Top | The Learning Never Stops Spring is in full force, and so are the numerous educational and membership offerings. There truly is something for everyone to meet professional development and budgetary needs. For me, however, nothing beats a live in-person event. The energy...
Making Compliance Work for You One RA’s take from a recent iSession describes how compliance needs to be second nature in the research administration field. Know what it is, what is required and how to show evidence of it! Employ best practices, avoid pitfalls, and pass the annual audits! ...
Monthly Poll | Work-Life Balance On June 10, our esteemed colleague, Gloria Greene is going to be presenting at the Alabama-Mississippi SRAI Chapter Meeting about Work-Life Balance. She would appreciate bringing some data into that presentation from you, the membership. Gloria read this...
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Note from the Editor | Spring Whirlwind April is generally a crazy, busy month for research administrators, whether because of processing research grants, attending professional development activities, or onboarding new employees. It is, therefore, quite fitting that this month’s Catalyst ...
View from the Top | It’s Good to See You Again As I write this April column, my thoughts are on my upcoming trips to Philadelphia and Phoenix for the Spring Section meetings and the first in-person Research Leadership Intensive in over two years! By the time you read this, these meetings...
Takeaways: Research Administration 2040! One RA’s take from a recent iSession describes how research administration has evolved over the years—going from paper to paperless, office work to work from home, and from transaction-based to integrated data analysis—leading the way to dynamic...
Note from the Editor | Problem Solvers Research Administrators are problem solvers. In our profession we search for answers, often developing a whole list of questions to help us determine the problem that needs to be solved. We are constantly learning and evolving to handle new situations and...
View from the Top | Spring is in the Air Regardless of which groundhog you believe, Spring is definitely in the air as we get close to our Spring Section meetings in Philadelphia, PA and Phoenix, AZ. These are live, in-person events and I will be at both. I am looking forward to connecting...
Teaching a Research Administrator to Fish… We have all heard the adage about teaching someone to fish as opposed to handing someone a fish. As a research administrator are you handing out fish or teaching someone to fish? Teaching someone to be a research administrator is an important...
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