Date	Discussion Topic
Aug. 26	Orientation, Introductions, Goal-Setting Lora Wildenthal, Dan Wagner, Cyrus Mody
Sept. 2	Effective Presentations Tracy Volz (Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering)
Sept. 9	How To Write a Successful Proposal for Funding Michael Byrne (Psychology), Rebecca Goetz (History)
Sept. 16	Use of Human and Animal Subjects in Research Jim Pomerantz (Psychology) and Chris Smith (UT Medical School and Rice Veterinarian)
Sept. 23	Applying to and Succeeding in Graduate School TBA (Biochemistry and Cell Biology), George Sher (Philosophy), Kellie Sims-Butler (Scholarships and Fellowships)
Sept. 30	Graduate Student Experiences Varun Gauba (Chemistry), Amber Raley (Psychology), Kevin Morrison (English), Joshua Davis (J.D. 2006 UH Law Center)
Oct. 7	Research Experiences Roundtable RUSP students First Draft of Research Proposals due by 5:00 p.m. today, by email
Oct. 14	Midterm recess (No class meeting)
Oct. 21	Ethical Issues in Research Moshe Vardi (Computer Science)
Oct. 28	Patents and Copyrights in the University Dan Miller (Licensing Associate for Physical Sciences in the Office of Technology Transfer) and Nila Bhakuni (Director, Office of Technology Transfer)
Nov. 4	Oral Proposal Presentations Students
Nov. 11	Oral Proposal Presentations Students
Nov. 18	Oral Proposal Presentations Students
Nov. 25	Thanksgiving Break (No class meeting)
Dec. 2	Oral Proposal Presentations Students
Dec. 17	Final draft of research proposals due by 5:00 p.m. today, by email