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Karen R. Rosenberg, anthropology, with Wenda R. Trevathan, "The Evolution of Human Birth," in Scientific American, pages 77-81, November 2001.
Herbert E. Allen, civil and environmental engineering, with Yuefeng Lu, EG 2000 PhD, "Partitioning of Copper onto Suspended Particulate Matter in River Waters," in The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 277, pages 119-132; Allen et al., "Biotic Ligand Model of the Acute Toxicity of Metals, Technical Basis," pages 2383-2396, and "Application to Acute Copper Toxicity to Freshwater Fish and Daphia," pages 2397-2401, in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 20.
Eric B. Kmiec, biological sciences, with research associate Christina Johnson and G.D. May, "Chloroplast Lysates Support Directed Mutagenesis via Modified DNA and Chimeric RNA/DNA Oligonucleotides," in Plant Journal, vol. 27, no. 3, pages 267-274; with research associate Michael C. Rice, graduate student Michael Bruner, laboratory coordinator Kirk Czymmek, "In Vitro and In Vivo Nucleotide Exchange Directed by Chimeric RNA/DNA Oligonucleotides in Saccharomyces Cerevisae," in Molecular Microbiology, vol. 40, no. 4, pages 857-868; and with Rice and Czymmek, "The Potential of Nucleic Acid Repair in Functional Genomics," in Nature Biotechnology, vol. 19, no. 4, pages 321-325, a review.
Gary Laverty, biological sciences, et al., "Aldosterone Suppresses Expression of an Avian Colonic Sodium-Glocose Cotransporter," in American Journal of Physiology, vol. 281, pages R1041-R1050.
Benigno Aguirre, sociology and criminal justice, "The Internationalization of Collective Behavior: Lessons from Elian," in Cuba in Transition, Proceeding, Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of the Cuban Economy, vol. 10, pages 254-264; and "Social Science and Severe Weather Warnings," in Storms, vol. 1, pages 98-108, Routledge, London.
Larry Peterson, music, "The Married Man Online," in Bisexuality in the Lives of Men: Acts and Fictions and in The Journal of Bisexuality, vol. 1, no. 2/3, 2001.
Tim Detwiler, finance, with G. William Baily, "The Three-Cornered Hat: A Fantasy Dance," in The Risk Management Association Journal, July/August 2001.
PRESENTATIONS
Leslie F. Goldstein, Hugh M. Morris Professor of Political Science and International Relations, "The Rule of Law: Do We Know It When We See It?" at Law and Society Association annual meeting, July, Budapest, Hungary; and panelist, "Author Meets Critics: Leslie F. Goldstein, Constituting Federal Sovereignty," at American Political Science Association annual meeting, September, San Francisco.
Michael C. Rice, biological sciences, "Targeted Gene Repair Using Synthetic Vectors" and Eric B. Kmiec and Howard B. Gamper, biological sciences, and David Corey, poster presentation, "Dissassociation of RecA Synaptic Complexes by Reverse Strand Exchange: Implications for the Design of Gene Repair Vectors," at Genome Medicine: Gene Therapy for the Millennium meeting, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, Rome, Italy.
Two members of the Department of Mechanical Engineering made invited presentations at the third Canadian International Composites conference, Aug. 21-4, Montreal: Jack R. Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, with graduate student S. Xiao, "On the Use of Mid-Plane Asymmetric Laminates for Adhesively Bonded Joints in Composite Structures" and Tsu-Wei Chou, Jerzy L. Nowinski Professor of Mechanical Engineering, with graduate student E.T. Thostenson, "Carbon Nanotube Polymeric Composites: A Review."
J.T. Sims, plant and soil sciences, with research associate R.O. Maguire, Frank J. Coale and Regis R. Simard, "Assessing and Managing the Risk of Subsurface Phosphorus Transport to Surface Waters," Sims and Maguire, "Observations on Leaching and Subsurface Transport of Phosphorus on the Delmarva Peninsula, USA"; and Sims and Coale, "Impact of Phosphorus-Based Nutrient Management Regulations on Farm Operations: The Maryland (USA) Situation," at International Phosphorus Transfer to Water workshop, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, Plymouth, England; and Sims, "Environmental Applications of Soil Phosphorus Chemistry: Integrating Science into Agri-Environmental Policy," at Institute of Plant Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Sept. 6, Zurich, Switzerland; and "Agricultural Phosphorus and the Environment: A Perspective on Science, Management and Policy," at Swedish Agricultural University, Sept. 21, Uppsala, Sweden.
Robin Elliott, occupational health and safety, "Using Your Web Site to Promote Safety," at 89th annual National Safety Congress and Exposition, Sept. 26, Atlanta.
David Northmore, psychology, with graduate student Shawn Gallagher, "A Moldel Tectum: Attention, Synchrony and Behavior," at fourth international workshop on neural coding, Sept. 10-14, Plymouth, England.
Margaret Andersen, sociology and criminal justice, "Whitewashing Race: A Critical Review of 'Whiteness Studies,'" at University of Massachusetts Alumni Lecture Series, Oct. 11, Amherst, Mass.
Herbert E. Allen, civil and environmental engineering, with Christopher A. Impellitteri, EG 2000 PhD, "Organic Matter Control of Soil-Soil Solution Partitioning" and with Impellitteri, Jennifer K. Saxe, EG '98PhD, and W.J.G.M. Penijnenburg, "A Novel Predictive Model for Copper and Zinc Concentrations in the Earthworm, Eisnia andrei," at sixth international conference on biogeochemistry of trace elements, July 30-Aug. 2, Guelph, Ontario; and "It Is Easy to Determine Total Metal, So What Is Wrong in Using It for Environmental Assessment?" at Society of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety World Congress and sixth European Conference on Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Aug. 20-24, Cracow, Poland.
Barbara Hughes-Lampros, Professional Theatre Training Program, served as costume director at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in the summer.
Robert R. Jordan, Delaware Geological Survey, "Geology of White Clay Creek Valley," at Coalition for Natural Stream Valleys Inc. annual meeting, Oct. 10.
Susan Sweeney, theatre, vocal and text coach for Merry Wives of Windsor, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Richard II and Uncle Vanya, American Players Theatre. She also performed the narrations for Landis & Co.'s touring production of Cinderella.
James L. Morrison, leadership and consumer studies, "Skills for the Changing Economy: Helping in the Most Challenging Job Market," at Statewide Inservice Day Conference, Oct. 12, Polytech High School, Felton.
Bill Browning, theatre, "Virtual Portfolio–Nuts and Bolts" and "Color in Light in Computer Models," at United States Institute for Theatre Technology national conference, Long Beach, Calif.
Tina Sheing, Professional Theatre Training Program, served as assistant director on the Brandywiners' production of Evita.
Clinton White Jr., accounting, "ASAP and Security and Control in Enterprise Systems," an invited presentation at the workshop on teaching innovations and enterprise systems, Oct. 4, Toronto.
Joyce Hill Stoner, art conservation, "The Metaphysical and the Physical: Controversies about the Cleaning of Paintings," at the British Museum, Sept. 12, London.
William W. Boyer, Charles P. Messick Professor Emeritus of Public Administration, invited lectures, "Asia's Influence on Public Administration in the West," Oct. 8, Cheonan College of Foreign Studies, and Oct. 9, Dongshin University; and "Democratization and Terrorism," Oct. 11, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea.
Al Cavalier, Ralph Ferretti and Gary Allison, education, "IEP Development: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," in-service day, Kirk Middle School, Christina School District.
Marian Lief Palley, political science and international relations, "Women's Policy Leadership in the United States," Oct. 3-12, while a visiting scholar at Zaporizhzhe State University, Ukraine, and "How to Establish a Reasonable Political Agenda for Women," at Kirovograd State University.
Mary Ann McLane, medical technology, invited presentations, "Cancer Markers in Clinical Practice," Oct. 9, at Teleconference Network of Texas, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, and "Natural Killer Cells" and "Cell Surface Receptors," at Northwest Medical Laboratory Symposium, Region IX, American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, Oct. 10, Portland, Ore.
SERVICE
Benjamin Steiner, sociology and criminal justice, was one of several scholars featured in the most recent issue of the Chicago Reporter, an investigative monthly that identifies, analyzes and reports on social, economic and political issues in metropolitan Chicago. The article drew on Steiner's publication, "Death Sentencing in Black and White: An Empirical Analysis of Juror Race and Jury Racial Composition in Capital Sentencing," which appeared in Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law.
Mark Mankin, facilities, represented the state of Delaware Facility Management Professionals at the International Facility Management Association's world workplace conference, Kansas City, Mo.
AWARDS
John C. Kraft, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Geology, was presented the Outstanding Achievement Award by the University of Minnesota to distinguished graduates on Sept. 20. The award recognized him as an outstanding scientist, effective teacher and mentor and "articulate spokesperson" for public policies.
Leonard W. Schwartz, mechanical engineering, received the 2001 Roon Award of the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology Nov. 7 for a paper coauthored with Richard R, Eley of ICI Paints, "Interaction of Theology, Geometry and Process in Coating Flows." The paper was presented at the federation's conference Nov. 5 in Atlanta.
Cynthia E. Shermeyer, human resources, received the Outstanding Adult and Family Literacy Service Award, Sept. 14, from the Delaware Interagency Council on Adult Literacy, a statewide committee chaired by the lieutenant governor. She serves as a board member of the Delaware Coalition for Literacy.
Tracey Bryant, marine public education, won the top individual sweepstakes award from the National Federation of Press Women, based on the number of national awards she has received from the organization. Bryant received five first-place awards and one second-place award for web, advertising and public relations projects.
Suzanne Nanis and Kim Hirschenhofer, Information Technologies/User Services, won first place in a SCM SIGUCCS documentation competition in October for an instructional article, "Using Netscape Messenger Effectively."
NOVEMBER ANNIVERSARIES
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SANDRA M. DEAN |
FRANCINE D'ASARO |
JAMES SHAW |
KATHLEEN M. BALTHIS |
35 YEARS
SANDRA M. DEAN, Office of Vice Provost, Nov. 21, 1966
30 YEARS
WILLIAM F. RITTER, bioresources engineering, Nov. 16, 1971
25 YEARS
LYNDA L. RUGGERIO, Information Technologies, Nov. 22, 1976
20 YEARS
MELBA C. HAYNES, Facilities Management/academic custodial, Nov. 24, 1981
15 YEARS
CARL F. ASTI, Information Technologies/ University Media Services, Nov. 16, 1986
MARK A. BAKER, agriculture/Newark farm, Nov. 3, 1986
FRANCINE D'ASARO, computer and information sciences, Nov. 3, 1986
CHARLOTTE HEADLEY, Agriculture Research and Education Center, Nov. 3, 1986
ANITA Z. SCHWARTZ, Information Technologies/User Services, Nov. 17, 1986
JOANNE C. ZAMESNIK, library, Nov. 10, 1986
10 YEARS
CAROL L. EVELAND, Facilities/ custodial and pest control, Nov. 11, 1991
WILLIAM F. FITZPATRICK, administrative services, financial and insurance, Nov. 18, 1991
MARIA M. GARBAYO, art, Nov. 11, 1991
KAREN K. GUZMAN, Facilities Management/academic custodial, Nov. 1, 1991
JOHN J. JAVORSKY, Facilities Management/heating and cooling, Nov. 25, 1991
STEVEN O. KEELEY, bookstore, Nov. 18, 1991
SUSAN PHIPPS, Office of the Provost, Nov. 25, 1991
JOHN J. PULLELLA, Residential Conference Facilities/shops, Nov. 25, 1991
KENNETH W. SCHRADER, Facilities Management/operations and maintenance, Nov. 18, 1991
JAMES SHAW, education, Nov. 22, 1991
BARIE K. WHITE, Residential Conference Facilities/shops Nov. 11, 1991
5 YEARS
KATHLEEN M. BALTHIS, engineering, Nov. 18, 1996
CYNTHIA M. BOETTGER, animal and food sciences, Nov. 4, 1996
KIRK J. C. CZYMMEK, biological sciences, Nov. 25, 1996
MICHAEL W. HOLDREN, intercollegiate athletics, Nov. 18, 1996
WILFREDO SIERRA, Facilities Management/academic custodial, Nov. 18, 1996
ANGELA STRINGHAM, library, Nov. 6, 1996
