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  • If you are using Thunderbird:
    1. Go to Edit -> Account Settings.
    2. Select “Server Settings” under the account you are trying to fix (generally username@bu.edu).
    3. Change the “When I delete a message” setting to “Remove it immediately”.
    4. Delete messages as necessary.
    5. You may now need to quit and restart Thunderbird.
    6. Go back to the account settings and change the deletion setting back to “Move it to the Trash folder”.
    7. Also, be sure to empty the trash (under File).
  • If you are using MacMail
    1. Open Preferences.
    2. Go to Accounts.
    3. Uncheck “Move deleted messages to the Trash mailbox”.
    4. Delete messages as neccesary.
    5. You may now need to quit and restart MacMail.
    6. Go back and Recheck the “Move deleted messages to the Trash mailbox”.
    7. Also, be sure to empty the trash (under Mailbox -> Erase Deleted Messages).
  • If you are using WebMail, this does not actually move messages upon deletion but instead marks them for deletion. Simply delete as necessary and click “Purge Deleted” (upper right corner, under the navigation arrows).
  • If you are using another email client, you can use log in via WebMail and follow the above directions or contact Paul S for further assistance
  • Develop state-of-the-art technology and infrastructure that supports research and scholarship
  • Increase grant-funded research activities, including funding for research centers of excellence
  • Increase cross disciplinary research activities within and outside the University
  • Expand faculty scholarship activities (e.g., publications, presentations)
  • Increase the reputation of the faculty as experts in urban and community-based scholars and researchers

Some of these goals (increasing funded and cross disciplinary research and scholarship activities) are at least partly addressed through strategies described above for fostering a strong intellectual learning community. Here we focus on Goal 1 which is most pressing for SSW at this time.

Goal 1: To develop state-of-the-art technologies and other infrastructure supports, we propose to:

  1. Improve and upgrade computer technology for SSW faculty and students.
    • Connect SSW faculty researchers and students to technology/data services available within the university system and launch services where needed.
    • Explore how other BU schools/departments have funded their computer labs and to identify appropriate SSW funding strategies for this purpose.
    • Increase the size of the SSW computer lab to house additional computers.
  2. Increase staff technical support for faculty and students.
    • Revise job descriptions of current open departmental support staff positions to require more technical skills. This plan, currently in progress, will provide a more centralized plan that contains a balance of highly and less skilled staff to support faculty.
    • Arrange training for existing support staff in producing federal and foundation grant proposals and other relevant skills.
    • Hire additional computer support staff member linked to the University computer support system.
    • Provide each faculty member with consultation from a technology expert to help them develop an optimal technical environment that promotes their research agenda.
  3. Increase grant support staff (e.g., associate dean for research, statistician, grant writer).
    • Identify statistical consultants from other BU schools/departments who are available to collaborate with SSW faculty.
    • Identify strategies (e.g., infrastructure and/or center grants, pooled funds from existing grants) to enable SSW to hire senior level research staff.
  4. Seek gifts/endowments, foundation and/or federal funding to support research infrastructure activities.
    • Invite a representative from OSP to discuss public and/or private funding for research infrastructure grants in social work or related fields.
    • Organize interdisciplinary teams to develop proposals for center grant funding in areas relevant to SW.
  5. Improve access to scholarly materials.
    • Survey faculty needs and propose a method of implementation to Mugar library staff.
    • Identify funds and mechanisms for obtaining existing datasets relevant to research agendas for current faculty.

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