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Staff Values People and Community: We value and respect each person, both as an individual and as an integral part of this and other communities. Excellence and Responsibility: We hold ourselves to high standards of quality, responsibility, and accountability in our work. Collaboration: As an ensemble, we value mutuality, group process, shared decision-making and open communication. Diversity: We believe in the importance and complexity of honoring and learning from diversity. Honesty and Integrity: We aim to be straightforward and sincere in our communications and interactions with others. Learning: We hope to nurture individual and organizational growth that is rooted in experience, intentional reflection and multiple ways of knowing. Commitment to a Shared Vision: We derive continual inspiration from our mission and sense of common purpose. Celebration: We take time to acknowledge and appreciate one another and our accomplishments. Creativity: The dynamic context of our work requires a commitment to thoughtful exploration and a willingness to take risks. Advancement of Social Equity: Social justice and civic values are core values for each of us, as well as at the heart of our mission as a center.

the mechanisms of publishing come to stand in for the larger and more complex processes of creating, vetting, and circulating knowledge

if we examine the work that humanists are doing—in something like the way that scholars in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) have done for science—by looking at their culture of material practices, then the familiar framework of “publishing” does not serve us well

to publish this scholarship requires that we add some new dimensions to our ideas of “publishing.”

Legislating morality, unlike improving social services like health and education, is nearly costless for politicians. It is also extremely popular

In addition to winning votes, however, laws such as the criminalization of homosexuality can also be used opportunistically against both the public and political opposition

The anti-homosexuality bill reflects popular sentiment in Uganda, where 90 percent of respondents said that homosexuality was “never justified,

Defining Public Scholarship Any definition of public scholarship must balance both the Universitys obligation to establish and maintain reciprocal relations with communities, service providing agencies, industries, and civic organizations in Minnesota and the world with the Universitys core commitments to academic freedom and basic research and cutting-edge scholarship and creation.

Defining Public Scholarship. At the level of the institution, public scholarship means optimizing the extent to which University research informs and is informed by the public good, maximizes the generation and transfer of knowledge and technology, educates the public about what research the University does, and listens to the public about what research needs to be done. This scholarship contributes to the intellectual and social capital of the University and the State (and larger regions), and includes (but is not limited to) the transfer of knowledge and technology that contributes to improved quality of life for significant portions of the populous.

Abstract Although substantial areas of agreement exist regarding the characteristics of effective community–university partnerships for research, there is little empirical research on the relationship between the characteristics of such partnerships and their outcomes. In this study, we explored the relationship between partnership characteristics and partnership outcomes. Analyses of the relationships between partnership dynamics and perceived benefits show that (1) effective partnership management is associated with increased research on a community issue, problem, or need; (2) co-creation of knowledge is associated with improved service outcomes for clients; and (3) shared power and resources are negatively associated with increased funding for community partners’ organizations. Our findings suggest that effective partnership management and opportunities for the co-creation of knowledge are practices that are worthy of deliberate cultivation within community–university partnerships for research.