• A-Musing
  This article may not make much sense if you don’t listen to the tune. The song was written for a firefighter’s convention band contest, and you may recognize the stunningly handsome young man in the black hat on keyboard (moi). Read more.
• Stump The Champs
  Each month this column will ask SRA’s Distinguished Faculty (the Champs!) to solve some tough problems in research administration. As every research administrator knows, research administration is about solving problems and coming up with solutions when the guidance is less than clear. Read more.
• Pulse
  Last week something new was added to the body of knowledge about research administrators… as a group, they exemplify the Boy Scout motto: “Be Prepared!” PULSE sent out a survey to ask what research administrators keep in their work-space “just in case.” Read more.
• Tech Bytes
  At some point or other you have been, or will be, asked to calculate Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs on a budget. Most of the time this is really straight forward; but every now and again it gets a little more complicated. Here’s how you might deal with a couple of issues using your friendly, neighborhood MS Excel®. Read more.
• Views From the Top
  The Education and Professional Development Committee (EPDC) is pleased to announce that SRA International has been approved and authorized to provide Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Programs! Ellen Lupinski, Director of Meetings and Education, was instrumental in leading the request for approval from the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). Read more.

• Western/Midwest Sections Joint Meeting in Long Beach, CA, May 14-18, 2011
• Alabama Pre-Chapter Meeting to hold Inaugural Meeting at Auburn University - Montgomery, June 3, 2011
• 2011 SRA Allegheny Chapter Meeting at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, June 3, 2011
• Delaware Valley Chapter Meeting to be held at the University of Pennsylvania, June 13, 2011
• Registration Open: 2011 SRA International Annual Meeting in Montreal, October 22-26, 2011

• Northeast Section News
• Southern Section News

• 2011 SRA Annual Meeting Exhibitor and Sponsor Opportunities
• The SRA International Symposium Call for Papers and Posters is Now Open
• NYC Research Administrators Networking Group
• Ohio Chapter Bylaws Changes
• Ohio Chapter Meeting Recap
• The 2011 SRA International Award Nominations Are Open

• In Next Round of Budget Negotiation, Big Cuts for Health Research Coming
• Budget Freeze Forces NIH to Slash Electronic Grants Staff
• Utah's Great University Technology Commercialization Experiment
• Reasonable Royalty Damages: The “25 Percent Rule” Is Dead!
• Service That Captures Tweets for Research Restores Archiving Function
• Education Researchers Call for More Independence for Federal Agency That Supports Them

• The Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) 2011 National Conference
• Academics To Get €10M In Grants For Commercialisation (Europe)
• BBSRC to Ease Neuroscientists’ Concerns Over Funding
• CIHR Pre-Announcement of a Request for Applications on Implementation Research on Hypertension in Low and Middle Income Countries (Canada)

• Open Positions Listed on SRA's Career Center