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NEWS December
2001
"News from
the College of Life Sciences at the University of Maryland,
College Park"
NEWS
ITEMS
- The
Dean's Message
- Upcoming
Events
- Faculty
Recognition
- In
the News
- Internship
& Opportunity Day
- Funding
Alerts
- How
to Post Your News Here
FROM
THE DEAN
In a few short weeks, a remarkable
semester will draw to a close. We have all had our
lives and perspectives changed by the events of September
11. In addition, we remember what will hopefully be
the only tornado to ever strike the campus, the opening
of the Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts,
the remarkable success of our football team and Nelson
Mandela's lecture. Within the College, we welcomed
Dr. Doug English to Chemistry and Biochemistry, celebrated
the construction of the new Chemistry wing, and led
the campus in planning a successful Bioscience Research
and Technology Review Day. What will the New Year
bring?
One of 2002's events that can be predicted
is the College's second annual clean up. You'll recall
that last year we filled many dumpsters and dedicated
many old pieces of equipment, including a remarkable
number of refrigerators, to the dump. Four faculty
members who made truly notable contributions were
rewarded with freshly painted offices, new computer
jacks and other prizes. Clean up week in 2002 is scheduled
for the third week of January. Prizes will again be
rewarded. Experience the joy of simplifying your life
and improving the quality of your environment!
On a more serious note, I am delighted
to announce that Dr. Earlene Armstrong has been awarded
a Presidential Awards for Excellence In Science, Mathematics
and Engineering Mentoring by NSF. Earlene will participate
in a symposium and be honored at a ceremony at the
White House next week. I am delighted that the remarkable
success of the PRAEP program that Earlene developed
to prepare students for University-level mathematics
and physics is now receiving the recognition that
it deserves. Congratulations, Earlene!
Congratulations also to Dr. Millard
Alexander (Chemistry/Biochemistry) who has just published
a paper in Science, to Dr. Irv Forseth, whose textbook
"Introductory Ecology" is about to appear,
and to Dr. Doug Gill, who has received support from
the Geological Survey for his restoration work at
the Chester River Field Research Center.
Happy holidays to all!
Norma Allewell
Dean
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
Closure
December 24: President Mote has announced
that the University will close on
December 24, 2001. The closure is in gratitude for
the campus community’s
efforts in navigating a very challenging semester.
Schedule of Classes
December 11: Last day of classes
and last day for withdrawal or leave of
absence from the university
December 12: Study Day
December 13-19: Final Exams
Events
December 7, January 18, 22, 24: Orientation
Days for Spring 2002.
December 11: Collective Bargaining
Election. An election for non-exempt employees concerning
collective bargaining will be held in the Colony Ballroom
of the Student Union from 4:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Details
concerning the election should be available in your
departmental office.
December 19: Commencement Ceremony
for the College of Life Sciences.
Procession begins at 6:30 p.m.
December 20: University Convocation
January 14 - 18: Clean Up Week! The
second annual LFSC clean up week will be held in January
before classes begin. Start marking your old equipment
for removal!
February 18, March 8, April 8 and
19: Spring Open Houses
February 28 - March 2: Graduate Diversity
Program Visitors. We will host faculty from historically
black institutions who are interested in visiting
the University and meeting with faculty.
March 11: Junior Science & Humanities
Symposium
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FACULTY
RECOGNITION
Dr. Millard H. Alexander,
Chemistry & Biochemistry is the author of a paper
that appeared in the October 26 edition of Science,
entitled "Fully State-Resolved Differential Cross
Sections for the Inelastic Scattering of the Open-Shell
NO Molecule by Ar." The co-authors are Dr. Hiroshi
Kohguchi of the Institute for Molecular Science and
Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan, and
Dr. Toshinori Suzuki, also of the Institute as well
as PRESTO, the Japan Science and Technology Corporation.
Dr. Earlene Armstrong has
won a highly prestigious and competitive $10,000 "Presidential
Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering
Mentoring" from the National Science Foundation.
The award honors Earlene for her superb work in student
mentoring, including the development of her highly
successful Pre-freshman Academic Enrichment summer
program.
Congratulations Dr. Armstrong!
Dr. Douglas E. Gill, Biology,
and the Geological Survey, USDA, have a Cooperative
Agreement for Doug's work on the restoration of native
grasslands at the Chester River Field Research Center.
$80,000 has been allocated for the next two years.
This funding comes on top of $20,000, and free housing,
equipment, personnel time, etc. donated for the research
project by the owner of the property, Dr. Henry F.
Sears.
After four years of work, Dr.
Irwin Forseth, Biology, is pleased to announce
that his textbook, "Introductory Ecology,"
is being published this month by Blackwell Science,
Ltd. Co-authored with Peter Cotgreave, the text introduces
students to the basic principles of ecological science
as it is relevant to today's world, and in a manner
that does not overwhelm them with detail and jargon.
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IN
THE NEWS
With her hair colored Maryland red, Dean Norma
Allewell joined the Provost and other Deans in
a celebration of the success of the Terrapin Football
Team. The dyed red locks of Dr. Allewell and others
were caught on the evening news of channels 4 and
13. Coach Ralph Friedgen noted that this kind of mutual
support of academics and athletics is a rare and valuable
phenomenon. .
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INTERNSHIP
& OPPORTUNITY DAY
The LFSC & AGNR Internship and
Opportunity Day was a great success. Held on November
28 in the Colony Ballroom, over 500 students connected
with 63 employers in biotechnology, research, federal
government, medicine, conservation, environment, agriculture
and business. Both student and employer evaluations
were positive. We understand that two chemistry/biochemistry
companies have expressed interest in returning for
on-site interviews.
Our appreciation for a successful
day goes out to Christy Botdorf and Mark Kenyon of
the Career Center, Bobbi Donley and Dr. Kaci Thompson
of the Dean’s Office, Gail Yeiser from AGNR,
and Dr. Bryan Eichhorn from Chemistry & Biochemistry.
Our thanks also goes to the students from the Student
Services Office and the additional staff from the
Career Center.
If you know anyone who is looking
for employment refer them to the following web sites.
ACS
job site
MDBio
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FUNDING
ALERTS
List of
Funding Alerts - The list of funding alerts is
lengthy.
Community of Science Database of
Funding -
If you want information about the Community of Science
database of funding sources go to the Office of Research
Administration and Advancement at http://www.umresearch.umd.edu/ORAA/.
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How
to Post your NEWS!
If
you would like to share your accomplishments or other
news, please send a note to Gene Ferrick at gferrick@deans.umd.edu.
Future issues will initially be at the beginning of
each month .
Maintained by
Gene Ferrick - gferrick@deans.umd.edu.
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