astronomy

Sally Rockey

Sally Rockey is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Sally Rockey rather than just read about it. In short: Sarah (Sally) Jean Rockey (born February 13, 1958) was the inaugural executive director of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, an organization that funds innovative agricultural research efforts through private/public partnerships. Prior to this position, Rockey was deputy director for Extramural Research at the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH), overseeing research administration for t…

Key takeaways

Sally Rockey belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Sally Rockey to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Sally Rockey from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Sarah (Sally) Jean Rockey (born February 13, 1958) was the inaugural executive director of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, an organization that funds innovative agricultural research efforts through private/public partnerships. Prior to this position, Rockey was deputy director for Extramural Research at the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH), overseeing research administration for the largest research program in the world.

Early years Rockey is the third of four children of Ann Kaserman Rockey and Lee Cady Rockey. She moved often as a child as her father was transferred through his job at General Electric. When she was ten, her family settled in Lake Lucerne in Bainbridge, Ohio. She graduated from Kenston High School in 1976, attended Bowling Green State University for two years and transferred to the Ohio State University where she received three degrees, a BS in Zoology and a Masters and Ph.D. in Entomology. After graduation she held a postdoctoral position at the Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin.

Career Rockey's career in research and grants administration began in 1986 at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service where she held a variety of positions prior to appointment as the head of the Competitive Grants Program and finally the agency's Chief Information Officer in 2002. She moved to NIH in 2005 to apply her skills in research administration to the large biomedical research portfolio. She oversaw many complex initiatives while at NIH and gave special attention to workforce issues, as promoting the next generation of scientists has been a linchpin of her career. Rockey was considered a leader in research administration and has used her various positions to further the application of science to real world problems. While at NIH, Rockey used this position to advocate for greater transparency in NIH administration, establishing the blog "Rock Talk" as a platform for communicating with the community of biomedical researchers receiving NIH extramural funding and with the general public. The Rock Talk blog was pioneering for the Federal government, as one of the first blogs to accept public comments and was the subject of a feature in Nature magazine. Rockey has also published commentary on scientific career development and, with NIH Director Francis Collins, on managing financial conflicts of interest in scientific research. Rockey retired from Federal public service after 30 years and returned to her roots in agriculture when she was appointed as the first executive director for the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research. FFAR funds innovation to advance agriculture through public-private research partnerships. Rockey was considered one of the central voices globally for promoting agricultural sciences as a way to improve people's lives and worked closely with Congress, Federal agencies, and other significant organizations on agricultural science funding and policy issues. Rockey served for five years as the vice-president of the Human Frontiers of Science Program, and international research program located in Strasbourg, France. Rockey has given hundreds of talks on various topics during the course of her career and has been featured on radio, podcasts and occasionally television. Rockey has 13 research publications and numerous other public commentaries, editorials, or focus pieces.

Awards and honors Joseph F. Carrabino Award, National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) 2014 “For Significant Contribution to Research Administration” Presidential Rank Award (2004). Fellow of the Entomological Society of America (2017)

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Sally Rockey

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Sally Rockey claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Sally Rockey before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Sally Rockey ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Sally Rockey

In research: Sally Rockey appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Sally Rockey in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Sally Rockey is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1958 births, Bowling Green State University alumni, Chief information officers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Sally Rockey outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Sally Rockey in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Sally Rockey means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Sally Rockey matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Sally Rockey?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Sally Rockey.