What is SARI?
The Scholarship and Research Integrity (SARI) program at Penn State is designed to offer graduate students
comprehensive, multilevel training in the responsible conduct of
research, in a way that is tailored to address the issues faced by
individual disciplines. The program is implemented by PSU colleges and
graduate programs in a way that meets the particular needs of students
in each unit. In general, SARI programs have two parts: an online
program to be completed in the first year of graduate study; to be
followed by five hours of discussion-based RCR education prior to
degree completion. The SARI Resource Portal provides information,
teaching tools, and links to other resources to support SARI program
activities, as well as access to an online training program provided by
the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI), which most
programs will use for first-year training.
Beginning with the incoming class of 2009, all graduate students at Penn State are required to complete the SARI requirements during their graduate program of study.
More about SARI at Penn State (Penn State's Scholarship and Research Integrity Resource Portal)
Penn State SARI Program Flyer [PDF 294K]
Meteorology's SARI Course (Meteo 591)
Meteorology's SARI course, "Development and
Ethics as a Graduate Student in the Atmospheric Sciences," will be taught during the fall semester of each year. This one-credit course is graded as
satisfactory (R) or unsatisfactory (C).
Meteo 591 is a requirement for:
- All first-year graduate students
- Undergraduates who
are headed for summer research experiences either inside or outside of the
Department of Meteorology
- Post-doctoral researchers and research
associates will be required to sit-in on it within their first year of arriving
here at Penn State, and their
participation will be documented by the instructor for the course.
Syllabus for Meteorology's SARI Program [PDF 47K]
