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 From
the Dean
I’m pleased to announce that we’ve recruited two new faculty members who will move to campus as soon as the Bioscience Research Building is ready for occupancy. Chris Buck, who studies the papillovirus and has developed a method for generating infectious papillomavirus capsids, will become an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics. Chris holds a B.A. from the University of Colorado in Molecular Biology and a Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he worked with Robert Siliciano. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology at the National Cancer Institute. Cristián Castillo-Davis will join us as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology. He is interested in the evolution of development from a genomic perspective and will be generating both new genomic data and developing statistical and computational methods to analyze existing data. Cristián holds a B.S. degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University and a Ph.D. from Harvard University, where he worked with Dan Hartl. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow with Jun S. Liu in the Department of Statistics at Harvard.
Dr. Daphne Soares (BS'96, Biological Science; PhD'02, NACS) will also be joining the College in Fall 2006, as an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department. She completed her doctorate with Dr. Catherine Carr and is currently a postdoc in the lab of Dr. William Jeffery, as well as Associate Director of the Grass Laboratory, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. Daphne, a recipient of a 2004 Young Investigators Award
from the International Society for Neuroethology, studies the sensory neurobiology of crocodilians and fish.
I am pleased to announce that Stephen Wolniak has accepted the position of Interim Chair of the Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics for a two-year term. I look forward to working with Steve in sustaining the momentum of the department in research, teaching and outreach.
Congratulations are due to Amy Brown in Entomology, who was recently promoted to full Professor.
We welcome John Fourkas and Amy Mullin, who are moving from Boston this month to join the faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry as full Professors. John’s laboratory will be housed in the Clark School of Engineering until his laboratory in the new wing of Chemistry and Biochemistry is complete.
The Maryland Center for Integrated Nano Science and Engineering, a joint effort of The College of Life Sciences, the Clark School of Engineering and the College of Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, received accolades in the Small Times micro- and nanotechnology rankings. The University of Maryland was ranked #1 in nanotechnology research, #1 in nanotechnology education, and #2 in micro research.
 Our most recent initiative to support and increase diversity in the College is the formation of a chapter of NOBCChE (National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers). Representatives from the national organization, the DC chapter, the College, the Departments of Chemistry/Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering and several students met last month to initiate the formation of a chapter.
A number of searches are underway in the Dean’s Office as the result of staff graduating or taking the next step in their careers. We are currently searching for an Assistant Dean for Finance, Director of New Student Programs, Advisor and Assistant to the Dean for Public Relations. We welcome applications from members of the College, as well as other qualified candidates from on or off campus.
This is the last newsletter that Meredith Brittain will be preparing because she is moving on to become a Managing Editor at the publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Meredith has done a fabulous job of developing our public relations activities, and she will be greatly missed. We wish her the best in her next position.
Norma
Allewell
Professor and Dean
 Academic
Calendar and Upcoming Events
June 4: Alumni Hall of Fame Dinner
June 28-30: Joint Symposium on Food Safety and Nutrition, Inn and Conference Center, University of Maryland University College. Jointly organized by the Central Science Laboratory (CSL), York, UK, and the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN). More information: http://www.jifsan.umd.edu/csl2005.htm.
September 24: Academically Talented Open House
September 30: Visit Maryland Day
October 10: Visit Maryland Day
October 22: Academically Talented Open House
November 11: Visit Maryland Day
November
17: Bioscience
Research and Technology Review
Day. More information: www.bioscienceday.umd.edu.
LFSC contact: Gene Ferrick (gene@umd.edu)
February 20, 2006: Open House for Juniors
April 29, 2006: Maryland Day
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Faculty
Recognition and In
the News
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send faculty news items to gene@umd.edu.
 Dr. Amy Brown, Entomology, has been awarded promotion to the rank of professor effective July 1, 2005.
Dr. Jonathan Dinman, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, with postdoc Ewan Plant and graduate student Jonathan Jacobs, published the following paper in PloS Biology:
Ewan P. Plant, Gabriela C. Perez-Alvarado, Jonathan L. Jacobs, Bani Mukhopadhyay, Mirko Hennig and Jonathan D. Dinman. A Three-Stemmed mRNA Pseudoknot in the SARS Coronavirus Frameshift Signal. PloS Biology. 2005 3: 172-184.
Dr. Douglas Gill, Biology, is quoted in a May 13 Montgomery County Sentinel article about the reappearance in Arkansas of the ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird thought extinct for the last 60 years: “It's the most exciting report I've heard in my lifetime…. It means that we have another chance to save [the woodpecker]. It may not work, but we have another chance to save a spectacular species.”
Dr. David Inouye, Biology, has been appointed to a new National Research Council committee that will begin work this summer: NRC Committee on Status of Pollinators: Monitoring and Preventing their Decline. In addition, Dr. Inouye is quoted as a pollination expert in a May 13 Baltimore Sun article. He comments on the recent findings of scientists who videotaped the blooming of bunchberry, declared to be the fastest motion ever recorded in a plant (its petals open in less than a thousandth of a second, forcefully shooting pollen into the air).
Dr. Margaret Palmer, Entomology and Biology, is interviewed in a May 1 Annapolis Capital article about her team’s study of more than 37,000 stream restoration projects, which was reported in the April 29 issue of Science. “We found in the vast majority of projects, monitoring wasn't done,” she observes in the article. As the story notes, “Considering stream restoration is a booming business fueled primarily by tax dollars, that's an important gap in information. Dr. Palmer's team estimated more than $1 billion is spent annually across the country on stream restoration projects." In addition, a May 5 Annapolis Capital editorial on the need for follow-up on river restoration projects refers to the Palmer lab study, and a May 13 United Press International (Sci-Tech Today) article also quotes Dr. Palmer on the subject. For more press reaction to the Science article, see the news item in the May LFSC newsletter and http://www.nrrss.umd.edu/InTheNews.htm. For more general information on the project, go to www.nrrss.umd.edu. Dr. Palmer’s UM coauthors on the Science article, postdoc Dr. Emily Bernhardt and graduate student Brooke Hassett, also cowrote with Dr. Palmer “Restoring watersheds project by project: Trends in Chesapeake Bay tributary restoration,” which appears in the June 2005 issue of Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment.
The research conducted in the lab of Dr. Arthur Popper, Biology, on high-frequency hearing in American shad is discussed in the May 14 issue of Science News (p. 315). See http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20050514/bob9.asp (scroll down to “Biological Arms Race”). As the article notes: “Shad in a lab tank will turn and swim away from a device emitting low-volume frequencies between 70 kHz and 110 kHz, which are characteristic of foraging dolphins, says Popper. As the sound intensifies, the shad form a tight school at the far side of the tank. At sound levels typical of a dolphin at close range, the fish scatter in a panic and even leap from the water.”
 Dr. Elizabeth Quinlan, Biology, received a 3-year, $225,000 grant from the Whitehall Foundation for "Molecular Mechanisms of Long-Term Memory Maintenance."
Dr. Ann Smith, Dr. Richard Stewart, Dr. Patricia Shields and Dr. Robert Yuan, all of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, published “Introductory Biology Courses: A Framework to Support Active Learning in Large Enrollment Introductory Science Courses" in the Summer 2005 issue of Cell Biology Education.
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Conservation Graduate Program and Faculty Win Awards
The President’s Commission on Ethnic Minority Issues (PCEMI) awarded the Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology (CONS) graduate program the Instructional Unit Minority Achievement Award for 2004-05. This award recognizes the fact that, in the 15 years since its inception, students from 26 countries have enrolled in CONS and that the program typically has a significant enrollment of students from Hispanic and other ethnic groups. Dr. David Inouye, Biology, directs the program.
Dr. Inouye and Dr. James Dietz, Biology, are joint recipients of the 2005 Distinguished International Service Award. The award recognizes their efforts in training international students for leadership positions through the CONS program (now 39 international students from 26 countries) and international research activities. A scholarship is awarded in the name of the recipient(s) each year to a meritorious University student with international interests.
Dr. David Inouye, right, receives the Instructional Unit Minority Achievement Award from UM President
C. D. Mote on behalf of the CONS graduate program.
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Congratulations to those members of the College exempt and non-exempt staff and administrators recently recognized by the University for their years of service on campus:
5 Years: Farida Farida, Sara Moran, Farzad Sanami-Hesari, Raju Shah, Linda Zappasodi
10 Years: Cathy Beard, Curtis Gilliam
20 Years: Lisa Bradley, Gene Ferrick, Mary Grimley, Karen Shipley
25 Years: Carol Diaz, Yiu-Fai Lam, Jo Ann Smith
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Record Number of LFSC Students Graduates
This spring, approximately 400 students graduated from the College of Life Sciences, the largest graduating class the College has ever produced. This number is an increase of roughly 10 percent over the largest previous LFSC graduating class. Thirty-five members of this group graduated cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude, which was also a record for the College.
The 299 bachelor's, 12 master's and 19 doctoral graduates who participated in the College’s May 22 graduation ceremony were an enthusiastic group. They, along with College faculty and staff, enjoyed the commencement address by Steven Meltzer, Esquire, a partner with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP and a member of the College’s Board of Visitors, and the student commencement speaker, Brad Hersh. 
In his motivational address, Mr. Meltzer spoke of the importance of character, courage, curiosity, creativity and collaboration for the College’s graduates. In addition, he noted, “You have the vision of using your chemical or life sciences education to save lives and enhance the quality of our lives. We have shown by choosing careers in discovery and helping others that we have passion for both doing good and doing well. All of us certainly have the determination to use our education to improve the world in some small way. And we owe it to ourselves to be optimistic, to never be afraid of failure.” (Click here for Mr. Meltzer’s full speech.)
 Brad Hersh, a Neurobiology and Physiology major from New Jersey, connected with the graduates by remembering experiences they had shared: “We have kept each other awake while sitting side-by-side in countless lectures; we have entertained each other in lab while waiting for a 2-hour reaction to take place; we have been part of study groups that saw both the sunset and the sunrise ….” (Click here for Brad’s full speech.) In his speech, he credited Dr. Bill Higgins, Biology, with influencing him to think about his true desires, which led Brad to the field of dentistry. Brad will attend the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry in Philadelphia in the fall.
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Undergraduate
Student Recognition
Please send student news items to gene@umd.edu.
College Park Scholars: Academic Showcase and Spring Fest
Two College Park Scholars activities happened at the beginning of May. On May 6 at theScholars Academic Showcase in the Cambridge Community Center, more than 250 second-year College Park Scholars participated in poster displays, platform presentations, and panel discussions.
Two days before the Academic Showcase, about 75 freshmen and 30 sophomores, in addition to faculty and staff, attended the College Park Scholars’ Spring Fest celebration. The group wasn’t able to have its annual Oktoberfest celebration last fall because of poor weather, so festivities were postponed until spring. This year Spring Fest was also Sophomore Sendoff, a chance for the freshmen to say goodbye to the sophomores. Faculty and staff who participated included Dr. Bill Higgins, Biology; Dr. Philip DeShong, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Dr. Reid Compton, Biology; Dr. Mike Raupp, Entomology; and Ms. Eden Garosi and Mr. Gene Ferrick of the Dean’s Office.
 
Left: (From left to right) CPS-Life Sciences sophomores who presented posters included Sara Rowland (Biological Sciences: GENB), Parth Modi (Biological Resources Engineering) and Suchithra Narayan (Biological Sciences: PHNB). Right: (From left to right) Vy Tran (sophomore, Neurobiology and Physiology), Lovy Kim (freshman, Letters and Sciences), Brett Lally (freshman, General Biology) and Nikki Modi (freshman, Letters and Sciences) look forward to a Spring Fest feast.
 Recipients of UM Awards
University Medal (2 of 5 finalists):
- Giselle Lopez (senior majoring in Biological Sciences-Physiology and Neurobiology, and Spanish Language and Literature)
- Ramya Swamy (senior majoring in Biological Sciences-Cell and Molecular Biology and Genetics, and Psychology)
Oswald Prize, 18th Annual Professional Writing Program (PWP) Writing Contest (recognizing excellent writing in the medical professions): Ling Chen (graduating senior majoring in Biochemistry)
Omicron Delta Kappa Top Ten Freshmen:
- Lauren Errington (freshman majoring in Physiology and Neurobiology)
- Andrew Heck (freshman majoring in Biological Sciences: Ecology and Evolution)
- Daozhong Jin (freshman majoring in CBMG)
Omicron Delta Kappa Fall 2004 Initiates, Undergraduate:
- Rachel Hines (senior majoring in Physiology and Neurobiology)
- Julie Lowe (senior majoring in Physiology and Neurobiology)
- Jaime Moore (senior majoring in Physiology and Neurobiology)
Omicron Delta Kappa Spring 2005 Initiates, Undergraduate:
- Kristin Harris (senior majoring in General Biology)
- Hojun Li (senior majoring in Biochemistry)
- Joshua Lieberman (senior majoring in Microbiology)
Kirwan Award (nominee): Julie Tran (junior majoring in Physiology and Neurobiology)
La Raza Unida Award: Jaime Moore (senior majoring in Physiology and Neurobiology)
The William L. Thomas Student Government Association Award (nominee): Alden Gross (senior double majoring in Psychology and Biological Sciences)
Mary McLeod Bethune Award (nominee): Titilope Oduyebo (senior majoring in Physiology and Neurobiology)
Wilson H. Elkins Award: Alden Gross (senior double majoring in Psychology and Biological Sciences)
Sally Sterling Byrd Award: Judith Kopinski (senior majoring in Physiology and Neurobiology)
Member of the Maryland Medallion Society and Byrd/Elkins Finalists:
- Alden Gross (senior double majoring in Psychology and Biological Sciences)
- Bradley Hersh (senior majoring in Physiology and Neurobiology)
- Judith Kopinski (senior majoring in Physiology and Neurobiology)
- Jaime Moore (senior majoring in Physiology and Neurobiology)
- Ramya Swamy (senior double majoring in Psychology and Biological Sciences)
National Scholarship Winners
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship:
- Eric. I. Newman (junior, Biochemistry)
- Honorable Mention: Sean Sheffler-Collins (junior, Biological Sciences)
Gates Cambridge Scholarship: Finalist: Kathleen Daly (senior, Biological Sciences)
Chemistry and Biochemistry Awardees
Robert Battista Award: Hojun Li
American Institute of Chemists Award: Matthew Joseph Elrick
Chemical Society of Washington Award: Ling Xin Chen
The Hypercube Award: Tamami Pisano
Leidy Foundation Scholarship: Burhan Abid Sadiq
Merck Index Award: Sarah Ann Slavoff
CRC Press Freshman Achievement Award: Musaddiq Javvad Awan
Alpha Chi Sigma Award: Bryan Craig Dickinson
Nathan Drake Award: Jordan Emily Halsig
The Isidore and Annie Adler Chemistry Scholarship: Noa Z. Barnoy
The G. Forrest Woods Memorial Scholarship (which goes to an undergraduate Biochemistry major): Azize Sahin
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship: Eric Ian Newman
Robert Rowan Memorial Award: Monique Koppel
Departmental Honors: Daniel K. Burden (Honors in Chemistry), Ling Xin Chen (Honors in Biochemistry), Hojun Li (Honors in Biochemistry), Milton J. Liu (Honors in Biochemistry), Giselle Y. Lopez (High Honors in Biochemistry)
Confirmed Freshmen for Fall 2005
The following information about confirmed Fall 2005 freshmen is current as of 5/21/05:
Number of freshmen: 394
Average GPA=4.00; Average SAT=1300
Banneker Key full scholarship confirms: 16
-Major info: CEBG=6; GENB=3; PHNB=5; ECEV=1; BCHM=1
-Residency: MD=14; PA=1; NY=1
-Average GPA=4.31; Average SAT=1468
Partial merit scholarships: 108 (added to the 16 Banneker Keys, we have 124 students on merit scholarships)
College Park Scholars: 123
Honors Program: 122
Gemstone (these students are also in the above Honors count): 36
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Graduate Student and Postdoc
Recognition
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send graduate
student and postdoc
news items to gene@umd.edu.
Postdoc Dr. Emily Bernhardt and graduate student Brooke Hassett cowrote with Dr. Margaret Palmer, Entomology and Biology, “Restoring watersheds project by project: trends in Chesapeake Bay tributary restoration,” which appears in the June 2005 issue of Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment. For information about the press reaction to the Science article they wrote with Dr. Palmer, click here.
Postdoc Ewan Plant and graduate student Jonathan Jacobs published the following paper with Dr. Jonathan Dinman in PloS Biology:
Ewan P. Plant, Gabriela C. Perez-Alvarado, Jonathan L. Jacobs, Bani Mukhopadhyay, Mirko Hennig and Jonathan D. Dinman. A Three-Stemmed mRNA Pseudoknot in the SARS Coronavirus Frameshift Signal. PloS Biology. 2005 3: 172-184.
Annette May Meredith, a graduate student in the MEES program, received an 11-month, $9,500 grant from USDA's Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program for “Promoting Pollinators on Maryland's Working Landscapes.”
Dr. Shannon Murphy, a new postdoc in the lab of Dr. Robert Denno, Entomology, received a 2-year, $120,000 grant from the National Parks Service and the Ecological Society of America for “The Effects of a Nutrient Pulse versus a Nutrient Press.” The grant was awarded to Dr. Murphy to join Dr. Denno’s lab specifically and to work on nutrient press-pulse effects on food-web dynamics in intertidal marsh communities.
Dr. Leslie Ries, a postdoc in the lab of Dr. Bill Fagan, Biology, received a 2-year, $10,000 grant from NSF for “Trends in North American Butterfly Distributions.”
Jennifer Siani, a BEES PhD candidate in the lab of Dr. James Dietz, was awarded a 2005 General Research Grant of $12,000 from The Leakey Foundation for her research, "Parent-Offspring Conflict in Wild Golden Lion Tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia). In addition, Jennifer received the 2005 Animal Behavior Society Student Research Grant and the 2005 American Society of Mammalogists Grant-In-Aid of Research.
Dr. Michael Smith, who has been a postdoc in the lab of Dr. Arthur Popper, Biology, for the past three years studying the effects of anthropogenic sound on fishes, has been appointed Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the department of Biology at the University of Western Kentucky starting August 2005. Dr. Smith was first supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing training grant, and then he received his own NIH National Research Service Award. While at UM, Dr. Smith received several grants for his research on hearing.
Center for Teaching Excellence Graduate Student Awards
The following LFSC graduate students received awards at the Center for Teaching Excellence’s Distinguished TA awards ceremony in May:
Allison Coffin (PhD, Biology, May 2005) and Seth Coleman (PhD, BEES/Biology, August 2005) were recognized as graduates of the University Teaching and Learning Program.
The following students were honored as Distinguished Teaching Assistants for the 2004-2005 academic year:
- Biology: Brian Coyle, Robin Hill, Carrie Long, James Sikes and Brad Woland.
- Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics: Ann E. Field, Maria Virginia Sanchez Puerta
- CONS: Terri Lynn Kempton
 Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduate Excellence Awards
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry held its 2nd annual Graduate Excellence Awards in Teaching and Research ceremony and picnic in mid-May to honor the accomplishments of the Department's graduate students. This year, Wendy Heiserman won the Albertus Magnus Award, given to an outstanding teaching assistant in a 100-level course. William McElroy was awarded the James Stewart Award for an outstanding TA in an upper-level course. The Department also gave Research Excellence Awards to Emren Nalbant Estenturk, a 4th-year student in the lab of Dr. Bryan Eichhorn, and to W. Michael Seganish, a 4th-year student in the lab of Dr. Philip DeShong. In addition, Matthew Harney, a 3rd-year student in the lab of Dr. Lawrence Sita, was chosen to be the first recipient of the G. Forrest Woods Memorial Scholarship (which is designated for a graduate student in the Chemistry program). Emren, Mike and Matt all presented excellent seminars on their research. The awards ceremony was followed by a picnic cookout in the G. Forrest Woods Atrium and Courtyard.
National Scholarship Winners
Gates Millennium Scholarship: Judy Che (BEES graduate student)
Fulbright: Anthony Dvarskas (MEES graduate student)
NSF awards: Honorable Mention: Claudia Bonin (NACS graduate student), Alana Doty (BEES graduate student)
Pelczar Award for Excellence in Graduate Study
 Allison Coffin, who graduated with a Ph.D. in Biology this semester, has won the 2005 Michael J. Pelczar Award for Excellence in Graduate Study. This campus award recognizes not only excellence in research and teaching, but also contributions outside the academic discipline. The Pelczar award includes $1,000 and a plaque. Alli’s doctoral research was supervised by Arthur N. Popper, Biology, and Dr. Matthew Kelley (NIDCD/NIH). In January 2006, she will begin postdoctoral research with Dr. Craig Hawryshyn (currently at the University of Victoria) at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
Alumni
News
For
more alumni notes, check out the Alumni
Notes web page. Please
send alumni notes to gene@umd.edu.
Dr. Gail Patricelli (PhD'02, Biology) is featured in a Nature news feature about using robots to mimic animals in animal behavior research. Dr. Patricelli first used robots while a student working with Dr. Gerald Borgia, Biology, as part of her doctoral research on courtship signalling between male and female satin bowerbirds. Several students in Dr. Borgia’s lab are currently using similar robots in experiments in their studies of bowerbird courtship. In her current research as an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Davis, Dr. Patricelli built a robot of a female sage grouse to monitor grouse’s mating signals.
 Dr. John Straub (BS’82, Chemistry), a Professor of Chemistry at Boston University who specializes in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and Biophysics, has received Boston University’s Metcalf Award for Teaching Excellence. See http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news/releases/display.php?id=939 for more information.
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Gifts
to the College, Recognized with
Thanks
A very special thank you to Dr. Millard Alexander, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, for his generous gift of $130,000 to support research in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Corporate and foundation support: Bayer CropScience LP, $25,000 (Department of Entomology General Fund); the McLaughlin Gormley King Company, $9,000 (Department of Entomology General Fund)
Annual
Fund Gifts and Pledges
Support of the annual fund of
the College of Life Sciences is
essential to the progress of the
College, and we thank those who
have stepped forward in this important
effort. Gifts are to the Dean's
Fund except as noted.
Dr. Mark A. Liberman* (BS'81,Zoology); Ms. Sandra Amponsaah Adomako, (BS'97, Biological Sciences), Department of Biology Gift Fund; Ms. Caroline L. Ashton (BS'77, Botany), Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics; Mr. Douglas C. Bailey (MS'78, Botany), Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics; Margaret Elizabeth Barry, D.D.S. (BS'97, Biological Sciences), Scholarships; Dr. Charles Fitzhugh Beam, Jr. (PhD'70, Chemistry), William J. Bailey Fellowship; Mr. Fred S. Bell, III (BS'69, Chemistry); Mrs. Susan B. Bernhardt, (BS'69, Zoology), Dr. Robert B. Bertram, PhD'93(Bontany), Dr. Joseph J. Bosik (PhD'71, Entomology); Mrs. Debra T. Bostick (BS'72, Biochemistry),The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Award Fund; Mrs. Christine H. Boyd (MS'76, Zoology); Mr. David R. Bright (BS'78); Dr. Robert E. Broadrup, D.D.S. (BS'62, Zoology), Zoology Scholarship Fund; Mr. Harold M. Cassell (BS'66, Zoology); Mrs. Jean M. B. Chambers (BS'81, Chemistry); Ms. Emily Elizabeth Clements (BS'98, Microbiology); Ms. Patricia A. Coggeshall (BS'75, Biological Sciences); Mr. & Mrs. Ronald F. Culp (BS'71, Zoology), UMF Scholarships – LSC; Ms. Maureen R. de Souza (MLS'82, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics); Mr. Daniel J. Dyke (BS'79, Zoology), Scholarship Fund; Mr. John F. Fulkerson, Jr. (BS'91, Biochemistry), The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Award Fund; Dr. William C. Fuqua, Jr. (PhD'91, Microbiology), Scholarship Fund; Ms. Ilene L. Gerardi (BS'82, Zoology); Dr. Sherita Hill Golden (BS'90, Biological Sciences); Mr. Steven A. Harris (BS'82, Zoology); Dr. Kenneth M. Hoffman (BS'66), The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Award Fund; Ms. Jeannine M. Hollis (BS'81, Microbiology); Dr. Lewis M. Horzempa (PhD'77, Chemistry); Dr. David Hussong (PhD'86, Microbiology; BS'74, Microbiology), Department of Microbiology Gift Fund; Dr. Albert J. Klavon (PhD'75, BS'68, Albert Klavon Scholarship Fund); Dr. Oscar Klioze (PhD'49, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical), Scholarship Fund; James E. Krochmal, D.D.S. (BS'71, Zoology); Ms. Gail Ann Langellotto (PhD'2002, Entomology), Gahan Scholarship Fund; Dr. Stephen L. Law (PhD'76, Chemistry); Dr. Thayer C. Lyon, Jr. (PhD'75, Microbiology); Dr. William J. Marek (BS'60, Zoology), Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics; Ronald Mark Mathias, D.D.S. (BS'85), Edwin K. Matthews (BS'94, Biological Sciences); Dr. Teresa A. McTigue (BS'84, Zoology); Dr. Susan E. McWhirter (BS'89, Zoology); Dr. Elizabeth M. Middleton (MS'76, Zoology; BS'67, Zoology); Ms. Libby Mikesell (BS'79), Zoology and Cell Biology Fund; Dr. Beverly A. Mock (PhD'83, MS’80, Zoology), Department of Microbiology Gift Fund; Raymond P. Morgan II (PhD'71, Zoology); Mr. Charles S. Muir (BS'63, Biological Science); Mrs. Susan A. Neal-Lyman (BS'75, Microbiology); Mr. Paul A. Ossi (BS'70, Biological Science), Mrs. Elizabeth A. Patton (BS'03, Chemistry), The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Award Fund; Shauna M. Paylor, M.D. (BS'89, Biochemistry), The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Award Fund; Dr.James C. Peterson (PhD'80, Chemistry); Dr. Linda D. Rhein (PhD'76, BS'70, Chemistry); Mr. John M. Roman (BS'79, Biochemistry); Mr. Jerome Ross (BS'57);, Mr. James A. Ryan (BS'73); Dr. Vernon D. Schinski (PhD'75, Zoology); Dr. Eric W. Schneider (PhD'78, Chemistry), The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Award Fund; David P. Smack, M.D. (BS'85, Zoology); Ms. Charley M. Smalls (MS'72, Zoology); Mr. F. Gregory Smith (BS'77, Biological Science), Scholarships; Ms. Kim M. Sterrett (BS'87, Chemistry); Mr. John F. Van Ness, Jr. (BS'92, Microbiology); Dr. John M. Venditti (MS'57, Zoology); Ms. Alice A. Wade (BS'74, Zoology); Ms. Ann S. Witzig (BS'76, Biological Science); Dr. H. J. Zwally (PhD'69, Physics), Scholarship Fund
* Colonnade Society ($1,000 or more)
If
you are interested in learning
more about supporting the College
of Life Sciences, please contact
Bruce Shatswell, Assistant Dean
for Development and Corporate Relations, bashatswell@umd.edu,
301-405-0295.
College Teams with Apple to Host Dinner for Biotech Leaders
In celebration of technological innovation, the College of Life Sciences, together with Apple Computer, hosted about 100 leaders in the biotech industry in an event at the brand new Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center on May 19. The theme for the event was “Innovative Technologies for Emerging Biotech Companies.” Leaders in research and technology spoke to the crowd of about 100 about the competitive advantages of integrating the right tools for research in the early stages of a company’s growth and how innovative technologies can speed time to insight and discovery without getting in the way of research. Participants also explored mutually beneficial research and training program partnerships.
Speakers at the dinner included Dr. Steven L. Salzberg, Horvitz Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, and Director, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; Dr. Elizabeth Kerr, Director, Science and Technology Markets, Apple Computer; and Mr. Alan Goates, Director of the Bioinformatics Department, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, CA. Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a leading drug discovery and development company, focused exclusively on therapeutic targets.
 
Left: Terry Chase, MS (BS’93, Biological Sciences), President of Chesapeake PERL (Savage, MD) and Co-Chair of the College's Board of Visitors External Relations Committee; Dr. John Holaday, Chairman of the Board, Harvest Bank of Maryland (Rockville, MD); Dr. Shawna C. Willey, Director of the Betty Lou Ourisman Breast Health Center at the Lombardi Cancer Center (Washington, DC); and Dr. Leo Einck, Founder and President of Sequella, Inc. (Rockville, MD), network at the Apple dinner. Right: One of the event's speakers, Dr. Steven L. Salzberg, Horvitz Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, and Director, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, listens as Dr. Norma Allewell, Dean, addresses the audience.
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ITG Summer Projects
 The College Information Technology Group (ITG) will be involved in many projects over the summer. A few of these projects are listed below and represent what good things can happen when we work together across the College and partner with other organizations.
- The instructional computer facility in Plant Sciences 1121 will be renovated and updated. The facility will have 25 to 30 workstations and will be available on a limited basis in the fall and fully functional in Spring 2006.
- Apple Hardware Volume Purchase. Over 60 units have been preordered, with the anticipation of a 15% to 20% cost reduction.
- Redesign of the College website with assistance from University Marketing and Communications.
- Wireless deployment throughout all our buildings. This is the result of cooperation between our College as a whole and OIT. Student tech fees are helping to fund this initiative.
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Articulation Agreement with Montgomery College-Germantown Signed
The Biological Sciences Program at Shady Grove has recently signed an articulation agreement with the Biotechnology AAS degree program at Montgomery College-Germantown. Under this agreement, selected students who successfully complete the Biotechnology AAS will now have a clear path to a four-year degree by applying to our Biological Sciences degree program at the Universities at Shady Grove. The articulation was several years in the making and took the efforts of representatives of the three institutions that are involved: USG, MC-GT and College of Life Sciences. Thanks to Bob Infantino and Joelle Presson for their hard work.
Summer Research Fellowship Program
 The College of Life Sciences welcomes the 2005 fellows to its Summer Research Fellowship Program (for seven weeks beginning June 5), part of the Graduate Partners Program. The Summer Research Fellowship Program offers outstanding undergraduates from partner institutions an opportunity to participate in mentor-guided research projects at the University of Maryland. Fellows carry out research under the guidance of a faculty mentor. This research, conducted on an individual basis or as part of a research team, offers the fellows an excellent opportunity to learn important skills essential for academic research. In addition to lab research, the fellows actively participate in the Summer Seminar Series designed for student researchers. These weekly seminars and workshops are sponsored by the Maryland Center for Undergraduate Research.
The summer 2005 fellows are:
- Tamara Butler (of Xavier University, LA) will be working with Dr. Michael Doyle, Chemistry and Biochemistry.
- Jasmin Cordy (of Oakwood College, AL) will be working with Dr. Elisabeth Gantt, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics.
- Kyla Hardaway (of Fayetteville State University, NC) will be working with Dr. Steven Hutcheson, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics.
- Cynthia Lawrence (of Fayetteville State University, NC) will be working with Dr. Kenneth Frauwirth, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics.
- Victor Leslie (of Morehouse College, GA) will be working with Dr. Mary Ann Ottinger, Animal and Avian Sciences.
- Sharon Lewis (of Tuskegee University, AL) will be working with Dr. Barbara Gerratana, Chemistry and Biochemistry.
- Danielle Smart (of North Carolina A&T State University, NC) will be working with Dr. Fatimah Jackson, Biology (affiliate).
- Awharitefe Urhuogo (of Georgia State, GA) will be working with Dr. Eric Haag, Biology.
- Kara Van Eden (of North Carolina A&T State University, NC) will be working with Dr. James Culver, Center for Biosystems Research.
- Sing-Lei Wang (of Fayetteville State University, NC) will be working with Dr. Shunyuan Xiao, UMBI-Center for Biosystems Research.
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