Elizabeth City State University News August 2016 Dr. Linda Hayden named to national research team Elizabeth City State University faculty can always be found working on national research projects so it should come as no surprise to learn that Dr. Linda Hayden is once again working with the national scientific community. Working as part of a collaborative effort, Hayden is one of five researchers on a team that has just received a five year, $15 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant is to establish the Science Gateways Community Institute, or SGCI, a multi-institutional group that will focus on expanding the capabilities, number and sustainability of science gateways. The team is based at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California San Diego. Science gateways are user-friendly web portals that allow scientists of all levels to access research tools like supercomputers. The portal is designed to make advanced research tools accessible to all users. According to a press release from UC San Diego, the goal of the Science Gateways Community Institute is, "to increase the number, ease of use and effective application of gateways for the greater research and engineering community, resulting in broader gateway use and more widespread engagement in science by professionals, citizen scientists, students and more." ECSU, represented by Hayden, is joining Indiana University, University of Notre Dame, Purdue University, the Texas Advanced Computer Center at the University of Texas-Austin, and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in this effort. Hayden and ECSU will work on a Workforce Development project, designed to increase the number of gateway developers with a variety of training programs. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) 404-577-5158 (fax) Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/ 7th Biennial Membership Meeting: Register here http://hbculibraries.org/2016meeting-form.html for the October 10,11 Membership Meeting in Atlanta. Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30314-4207 www.auctr.edu<http://www.auctr.edu/> We will always provide service that exceeds the customer's expectation...Because We Care!