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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Establishment, Outpost Office, Geneva, Switzerland — Center for Educational Development, Medical Center

(25) The Chancellor at the Medical Center has recommended that an office of the Center for Educational Development 1 be established near the World Health Organization ( W H O ) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Since 1969 the Center has served as an officially designated "Collaborating Center in Medical Education" of the World Health Organization. In this role the Center has provided major assistance to the W H O in establishing a worldwide network of regional and national health professions teacher training centers, has produced a series of reference documents on educational program planning for developing countries, and has cooperated in designing or conducting selected educational research and development projects. T h e office will facilitate more direct and continuing collaboration in international activities of the College of Medicine. T h e proposed costs of $42,010 are being funded from institutional and W H O funds. The Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Vice President for Administration recommend approval. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d by t h e following v o t e : Aye, M r . F o r s y t h , M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . L e n z ,

Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Walker.

Contract with University of Chicago, Operator of Argonne National Laboratory

(26) The Dean of the College of Engineering at Urbana-Champaign has recommended the execution of a contract with the University of Chicago, Operator of Argonne National Laboratory, whereby Argonne National Laboratory would provide the services of Dr. Torben O. Brun of their staff to perform certain services for the Department of Physics at Urbana-Champaign during the period August 21, 1975, through July 20, 1976. Dr. Brun will supervise graduate students working on the research project being conducted under a National Science Foundation grant, "Superconductivity in Metal-Hydrogen Systems," for which Professor C. B. Satterthwaite is the Principal Investigator. Professor Satterthwaite will be on leave without pay during this period. Dr. Brun will also present seminars and consultation services to graduate students. Argonne National Laboratory will provide the services of Dr. Brun for 50 percent time during the period August 21, 1975, to January 5, 1976, for 100 percent time during the period January 6, 1976, to May 20, 1976, and 50 percent time for the period May 21, 1976, through July 20, 1976. The cost to the University for these services will be a total of $19,477. Funds are available in the 1975-76 operating budget of the Department of Physics ($16,964) and from a National Science Foundation grant ($2,513). The Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign recommends that the contractual arrangement described above be authorized. The Vice President for Academic Affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Howard, authority was given as recommended by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz,

1 The Center for Educational Development, formed by Board action in December 1969, by the combination of the Office of Research in Medical Education and the Center for_ the Study of Medical Education, is responsible for fundamental research in medical education; assistance to the faculty in development of curriculum strategy; instructional and evaluation methods; instruction of new faculty members ^in the educational process; and the planning, organizing, and conducting of programs of continuing medical education.