UD in the News, July 30, 2007

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11:08 a.m., July 30, 2007--A roundup of recent news items about UD, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

Ian Appelbaum, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, was featured in a July 30 EE Times story on advances in spintronics.

Ed Kee, a vegetable crops specialist with UD's Cooperative Extension Service, is the author of a new book, Delaware Farming, which was featured in a story in the July 30 Delaware State News.

Jean Pfaelzer, professor of English, is the author of Driven Out: The Forgotten Wars Against Chinese Americans, which was reviewed in the July 29 New York Times.

Susan Cobey, who has a UD bachelor's degree in entomology, was featured in a story in the July 29 Sacramento Bee for her work with honeybees. She is leading a new bee-breeding program at the University of California Davis.

Jim Sherman, UD baseball coach, and Bob Hannah, former coach, were quoted in a July 29 News Journal story about the induction of Cal Ripken Jr. into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Nichole Sherry, who has a UD bachelor's degree in agriculture and is heads groundskeeper at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, was featured in a story in the July 28 Baltimore Examiner.

Muqtedar Khan, assistant professor of political science and international relations, was quoted in a July 28 Bloomberg News story about an arms sale proposed by President George W. Bush.

Wendy Carey, a coastal processes specialist for the Delaware Sea Grant Marine Advisory Service, was quoted in a July 26 WBOC-TV story about a breach in the sand at Prime Hook Refuge.

Cory Whaley, an extension agent with UD's Cooperative Extension Service, was quoted in a July 25 News Journal story about dry conditions in Delaware.

Allen Barnett, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Christiana Honsberg, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, were highlighted in a July 24 News Journal story for their work in achieving a record-breaking combined solar cell efficiency of 42.8 percent from sunlight at standard terrestrial conditions. Also, the work and a new DuPont-UD consortium was cited in a July 30 Chemical and Engineering News story.