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9636 Gudelsky Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
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Purpose
The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) and the Rockville Institute have come together to offer this dynamic,
interactive seminar series to stimulate an exchange of ideas among practitioners, researchers, policymakers, students, and the
public at large about contemporary social issues.
Social scientists and researchers at the forefront of their study areas will be on hand to present fact-driven, research-based
findings and implications on relevant and important issues and ideas. All are welcome to hear the panels of presenters and engage in a
discussion about the present circumstances of and what the future holds for these important social issues.
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Topics
Spring 2013
- LGBT Youth in Foster Care: Challenges and Strategies
(Thursday, March 14, 2013, 4:30 p.m.)
- What Is a Meaningful Use of an Electronic Health Record?
(Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 4:30 p.m.)
- Enhancing Learning in STEM Through the Creation of Master Teachers
(Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 4:30 p.m.)
Spring 2012
- Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Workforce
(Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at 4:30 p.m.)
- Tracking Adolescent Risk Behaviors: Promoting Healthier Teens in Maryland
(Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at 4:30 p.m)
Spring 2011
- Medical Errors and Patient Safety
(Monday, March 14, 2011, at 4:00 p.m.)
- Comprehensive Review of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) Policy
(Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at 4:30 p.m.)
- Teen Driving Safety Issues
(Monday, April 11, 2011, at 4:00 p.m)
- Educating Students with Disabilities
(Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at 4:30 p.m.)
Spring 2010
- Barriers to Employment for People with Mental Illness
(Thursday, March 4, 2010, at 4:00 p.m.)
- The Health Disparities Solution – Is It Merely Putting Theory into Practice?
(Thursday, April 1, 2010, at 4:00 p.m.)
- Innovations in Health Care Delivery
(Thursday, April 22, 2010, at 4:00 p.m.)
- Health Communication in the New Millennium
(Tuesday, April 29, 2010, at 4:00 p.m.)
Spring 2009
- Health Information Technology
(Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at 4:30 p.m.)
- Are Schools Using Effective Drug and Crime Prevention Programs?
(Thursday, April 16, 2009, at 4:30 p.m.)
- Performance-Based Compensation in Education
(Thursday, March 12, 2009, at 4:30 p.m.)
- Getting Ready for an Aging America
(Thursday, February 12, 2009, at 4:30 p.m.)
Fall 2008
Spring 2008
- Abused and Neglected Children in the U.S.
(Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at 4:30 p.m.)
- Preventing Childhood Obesity
(Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at 4:30 p.m.)
- Subsidized Guardianship
(Thursday, March 20, 2008, at 4:30 p.m.)
- Homelessness
(Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at 4:30 p.m.)
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Background
Universities at Shady Grove (USG)
USG is an innovative model for expanding access to quality higher education in the Montgomery County, Maryland, region. USG is not one university—it's eight of
Maryland's top public universities, all at one convenient location. USG collaborates with its partner institutions to offer more than 50 of the most popular upper-level
undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs on a full- and part-time basis.
USG links the region's growing and diverse student population with top-level programs that match their needs and those of the region. Strong partnerships with the
business, government, and civic communities keep USG in touch with workforce demands from business, nursing, and teaching to the rapidly expanding biotechnology and
information technology areas.
Rockville Institute
The Rockville Institute for the Advancement of Social Science is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to advancing the social sciences by performing research and
disseminating research findings to the public. Research areas that the Institute associates are active in include health care, education, employment and training,
criminal justice, Native American issues, racial/ethnic minorities, substance abuse prevention and treatment, and children and families.
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Brochure
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Videos
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- Enhancing Learning in STEM Through the Creation of Master Teachers
(Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 4:30 p.m.)
- What Is a Meaningful Use of an Electronic Health Record?
(Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 4:30 p.m.)
- LGBT Youth in Foster Care: Challenges and Strategies
(Thursday, March 14, 2013, 4:30 p.m.)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Workforce
(Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 4:30 p.m.)
- Educating Students with Disabilities
(Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 4:30 p.m.)
- Teen Driving Safety Issues
(Monday, April 11, 2011, at 4:00 p.m)
- Comprehensive Review of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) Policy
(Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at 4:30 p.m.)
- Medical Errors and Patient Safety
(Monday, March 14, 2011, at 4:00 p.m.)
- Barriers to Employment for People with Mental Illness
(Thursday, March 4, 2010, at 4:00 p.m.)
- The Health Disparities Solution – Is It Merely Putting Theory into Practice?
(Thursday, April 1, 2010, at 4:00 p.m.)
- Innovations in Health Care Delivery
(Thursday, April 22, 2010, at 4:00 p.m.)
- Health Information Technology
(Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at 4:30 p.m.)
- Are Schools Using Effective Drug and Crime Prevention Programs?
(Thursday, April 16, 2009, at 4:30 p.m.)
- Performance-Based Compensation in Education
(Thursday, March 12, 2009, at 4:30 p.m.)
- Getting Ready for an Aging America
(Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 4:30 p.m.)
- Abused and Neglected Children in the U.S.
(Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at 4:30 p.m.)
- Preventing Childhood Obesity
(Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at 4:30 p.m.)
- Subsidized Guardianship
(Thursday, March 20, 2008, at 4:30 p.m.)
- Homelessness
(Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at 4:30 p.m.)
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