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Academic Senate

Merced Division

Committee on Research (COR)

Duties

The Committee on Research (CoR) formulates and advises the Chancellor or Chancellor’s designee on the Senate’s position on all matters pertaining to research in the Division. This includes matters relating to research and research safety policy, and the review of proposed and existing research units. CoR maintains liaison with the University Committee on Research Policy (UCORP).

For a complete description of CoR’s duties please see the committee’s bylaws.

AY 20-21 Meeting Schedule, Agendas, and Minutes

2020-2021 Membership

Kara McCloskey, Chair, School of Engineering, UCORP representative
Jason Sexton, Vice Chair, School of Natural Sciences
Tao Ye, School of Natural Sciences
Ma Vang, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
Brad LeVeck, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
Dong Li, School of Engineering (Spring 2021 only)
Miguel Carreira-Perpinan, School of Engineering (Fall 2020 only)
David Ardell, School of Natural Sciences (Spring 2021 only)

Ex-Officio (non-voting):

Marjorie Zatz, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development
Robin DeLugan, Senate Chair, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
LeRoy Westerling, Senate Vice Chair, School of Engineering

Corresponding System Committee:

University Committee on Research Policy (UCORP)

Office of Research:

UC Merced Office of Research

Grant Recipients

Contact:

Simrin Takhar

Principal Analyst

209-228-4369

stakhar@ucmerced.edu