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| Volume 10, Number 11 | February 7, 2003 |
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Franklin named V-P Research
Following a national search, Dr. Steven Franklin, a University of Calgary expert in environmental remote sensing, has been appointed U of S Vice-President Research, effective July 1. The five-year renewable appointment was announced Feb. 5 by President Peter MacKinnon. Franklin will succeed Acting Vice-President Research Bryan Harvey who will resume his position as Co-ordinator of Agricultural Research. Franklin is currently Special Assistant to the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) at the U of C, where he has been a driving force behind a new project that involves first-year students and other undergraduates in research activity. "We are delighted to recruit someone of Dr. Franklin's outstanding research talent and managerial experience to our senior leadership team," said MacKinnon. "His firsthand experience with strategic research planning and with new approaches to integrating research into undergraduate learning will help build success in all our research, scholarly and artistic work." Franklin will also be appointed a full-time professor with tenure in the U of S Department of Geography. Franklin, who received the Best Paper Award in 2000 at the 22nd Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, is a distinguished researcher in environmental applications of satellite and aerial remote sensing, technology that can map, survey and monitor the Earth. His areas of investigation have included forest ecology and wildlife management. In 2001, he published a book on remote sensing and a second volume will be published this year. Franklin studied geography and environmental management at the University of Waterloo, receiving his PhD in 1985. He was an NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellow and taught classes in remote sensing at Memorial University of Newfoundland from 1985-88. In 1988, he joined the U of C. As head of the Geography Department from 1995-98, he led the team that established a strategic marketing plan for the U of C. As associate dean of research in the Faculty of Social Sciences, he led the faculty in providing input to an institution-wide research strengths document, which became the basis of the U of C Strategic Research Plan. Franklin has been involved in the development of four new U of C collaborative degree programs and was responsible for an initiative to increase opportunities for undergraduate research across the curriculum. In 2002, he was awarded the U of C's Faculty Distinguished Research Award. "I am very pleased to be offered this opportunity to serve the U of S in this capacity and am looking forward to coming to Saskatoon," said Franklin. "I hope to contribute to the continued success of the wide range of research, scholarly and artistic enterprises in this respected and dynamic university."
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