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diff --git a/handbook.md b/handbook.md index e1a77f3..8b19839 100644 --- a/handbook.md +++ b/handbook.md @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ --- title: "WPI Faculty Handbook" version: 3.0 +date: DATE --- ------------------------------------------------------- @@ -3032,9 +3033,9 @@ days from your Official Hire Date in order to receive benefits for the remainder of the calendar year. WPI reserves the right to change its benefits package at its sole discretion. - Please contact the Benefits Partner in Human Resources, Division for - Talent and Inclusion office at benefits@wpi.edu or 508-831-5470 if - you have any questions. + Please contact the Benefits Partner in Human Resources, Division + for Talent and Inclusion office at benefits@wpi.edu or + 508-831-5470 if you have any questions. 3. **Protections.** WPI guarantees it shall not retaliate against you based on your exercise of the full range of academic freedom, as @@ -3045,14 +3046,14 @@ reappointment or termination decisions. Additionally, WPI guarantees your access to the grievance procedures as set forth in the [WPI Faculty Handbook](https://handbook.wpi.edu/). - WPI is committed to maintaining a positive work environment and - promoting a workplace free from discrimination and harassment to - support the academic and research mission of the University and - ensuring all members of our community can contribute to their - fullest potential. For WPI's Notice of Non-Discrimination, [click - here](https://www.wpi.edu/about/policies/notice-of-non-discrimination). - All new hires will be required to complete training on the topic of - Anti-Discrimination, Harassment, and Sexual Harassment. + WPI is committed to maintaining a positive work environment and + promoting a workplace free from discrimination and harassment to + support the academic and research mission of the University and + ensuring all members of our community can contribute to their + fullest potential. For WPI's Notice of Non-Discrimination, [click + here](https://www.wpi.edu/about/policies/notice-of-non-discrimination). + All new hires will be required to complete training on the topic + of Anti-Discrimination, Harassment, and Sexual Harassment. 4. **Initial Appointment for New Hires.** New hires shall be appointed by the Department Head and/or Program Director, with approval of the @@ -3249,9 +3250,9 @@ within 30 days from your start date in order to receive benefits for the remainder of the calendar year. WPI reserves the right to change its benefits package at its sole discretion. -Please contact the Benefits Partner in Human Resources, Division for -Talent and Inclusion office at benefits@wpi.edu or 508-831-5470 if you -have any questions. + Please contact the Benefits Partner in Human Resources, Division + for Talent and Inclusion office at benefits@wpi.edu or + 508-831-5470 if you have any questions. 3. **Protections.** WPI guarantees it shall not retaliate against you based on your exercise of the full range of academic freedom, as @@ -3262,14 +3263,14 @@ reappointment or termination decisions. Additionally, WPI guarantees your access to the grievance procedures as set forth in the [WPI Faculty Handbook](https://handbook.wpi.edu/). -WPI is committed to maintaining a positive work environment and -promoting a workplace free from discrimination and harassment to -support the academic and research mission of the University and -ensuring all members of our community can contribute to their fullest -potential. For WPI's Notice of Non-Discrimination, [click -here](https://www.wpi.edu/about/policies/notice-of-non-discrimination). -All new hires will be required to complete training on the topic of -Anti-Discrimination, Harassment, and Sexual Harassment. + WPI is committed to maintaining a positive work environment and + promoting a workplace free from discrimination and harassment to + support the academic and research mission of the University and + ensuring all members of our community can contribute to their + fullest potential. For WPI's Notice of Non-Discrimination, [click + here](https://www.wpi.edu/about/policies/notice-of-non-discrimination). + All new hires will be required to complete training on the topic + of Anti-Discrimination, Harassment, and Sexual Harassment. 4. **Initial Appointment for New Hires.** Initial appointments of Professors of Practice will be for 5 years. The initial @@ -3936,9 +3937,9 @@ include but are not limited to the following: strategies to colleagues at WPI and beyond; * Adaptation of approaches, techniques, and strategies by other faculty members, programs, and institutions; -* Feedback on teaching innovations from faculty peers. +* Feedback on teaching innovations from faculty peers; * Feedback on scholarship from peers in the scholarly community and/or - beneficiaries of the scholarly work. + beneficiaries of the scholarly work; * Invited keynotes and other invitations to speak or share teaching materials or scholarly work personally or in a public venue, conference, or workshop; @@ -7416,7 +7417,7 @@ electronic or paper documents, software, multimedia or audiovisual materials, and photographs. For purposes of this policy, intellectual property is divided into two categories: -+ 2.1 "Patentable intellectual property" ([Section ++ 2.0.1 "Patentable intellectual property" ([Section 2.1](chapter-9.html#chapter-9-section-II2.1)) shall include, without limitation, all inventions, discoveries, know-how (despite the fact that these may not benefit from patent protection) and discoveries or @@ -7424,14 +7425,14 @@ other material that is patentable under US law (whether or not produced in the US), as well as all software that is excluded from "copyrightable material" (whether or not patentable under US law). -+ 2.2 "Copyrightable intellectual property" ([Section ++ 2.0.2 "Copyrightable intellectual property" ([Section 2.2](chapter-9.html#chapter-9-section-II2.2)) shall include, without limitation, all creative works, electronic or paper documents, software, multimedia or audiovisual materials, and photographs, and any other materials that may be copyrightable under US law (whether or not produced in the US). -+ 2.3 All research lab notebooks, data sets, data images, gene ++ 2.0.3 All research lab notebooks, data sets, data images, gene constructs, reagents, animal, human and plant cell lines, model organisms remain the exclusive property of WPI.