AS A CANDIDATE last year to represent the College of Arts and Sciences on the Honor Committee, I stated that I believed it was time to consider alternatives to the single sanction.
During the 2004-2005 fiscal year, the total amount of grants and contracts received by the University for research and development exceeded $314 million, said David Hudson, associate vice president for research and graduate studies. There has been a 6 percent increase over the previous year in the amount of funding available for research programs at the University, bringing the amount to an all-time high, Hudson said. Most financial support is awarded based on applications to the government, strengthened by the results of peer reviews by other universities. "Our peers think we're doing good stuff," Hudson said.
