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UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 27, April 17

                                   
                           Faculty and staff
     
Publications
     George F. W. Haenlein, animal and food sciences, with
L.S. Hinckley of University of Connecticut, "Goat Milk
Somatic Cell Count Situation in USA," in European
Association of Animal Science publication, Rome, 1996; with
R. Rubino of Small Ruminant Experiment Station, Bella,
Italy, "Goat Milk Production Systems: Sub-systems and
Differentiation," in Proceedings of Sixth International
Conference on Goats, Beijing, China, vol. 1, pages 9-15;
"Nutritional Value of Dairy Products of Ewe and Goat Milk,"
in International Dairy Federation publication, Brussels,
1996; and "Status and Prospects of the Dairy Goat Industry
in the United States," in Journal of Animal Science, vol.
74, pages 1173-1181.
     Heinz-Uwe Haus, theatre, "An Interview by Robert von
Hallbert," in Literary Intellectuals and the Dissolution of
the States, pages 45-51, Chicago Press 1996.


Presentations
     Anthony Seraphin, mathematical sciences, "Intermittent
Events in Canopy Flows," at Association of American
Geographers 93rd annual meeting, April 1-5, Fort Worth.
     Dennis Jackson, English, "'Pornography' and 'Obscenity'
and the Everlasting Enigmas They Engender," keynote speech
at the President's Forum Session, 28th annual College
English Association conference, April 4, Baltimore.
     Joachim Piprek, materials science, "Temperature
Sensitivity of 1.55 micron Vertical-Cavity Lasers: Better
than Edge-Emitters?" at Center for Photonics Research, April
3, Boston University.
     Laurence S. Kalkstein, geography, "Heat Waves and
Mortality," at conference on potential human health effects
of global climate change, March 10, Dirksen Senate Office
Building, Washington, D.C.
     Linda Bucher, nursing, "MI: Access to Treatment: Why
the Delay?" at conference on trends in trauma/
cardiovascular nursing, April 6-10, Philadelphia.
     Two members of the Department of Foreign Languages and
Literatures made presentations at the Northeast Modern
Language Association Convention, April 5, Philadelphia:
America Martinez-Lewis, "The Magic of Latin America's
Reality" and Susan McKenna, "Dual Exclusion: The Peripheries
of Poverty and Gender in the Short Fiction of Pardo Bazan."
     Peter G. Roe, anthropology, "The Art and Cosmology of
the Body in Amazonian Ceremony," a keynote address at the
Peabody Museum of Natural History, April 12, Yale
University.
     Tsu-Wei Chou, Jerzy L. Nowinski Professor of Mechanical
Engineering, an invited lecture, "Transient Elastic Wave
Propagation in Textile Structural Composites," at ninth
international conference on fracture, April 1-5, Sydney,
Australia.
     George F. W. Haenlein, animal and food sciences,
"Status and Prospects of Mountain Farmers Making Sheep and
Goat Cheese," at first international conference on sheep and
goat farmstead and speciality cheese industry, June 13-21,
Metsovo, Greece; "Feeding Goats for Improved Milk and Meat
Production," at national seminars on goat industry
development, Taipei, Research Institute at Hsin Hua, Ken
Ting and Heng Chun Research Station, Taitung, Chiayi,
Tainan, and National Taiwan University, July 8-18; "Training
for the Production and Judging of Quality Farmstead Cheeses,
Yoghurt and Butter," at 13th annual meeting of American
Cheese Society, Aug. 1-6, Hyde Park and Poughkeepsie, N.Y.;
"Dairy Products Quality, Standards for Internal Market and
Export" and "Strategies for Dairy Production and Dairy
Processing Development in Rumania," at international
symposium for the improvement of Eastern European dairy
industry, Bucharest and Brasov, Rumania, Oct. 16-27; and
"Cooperative Research and Education Programs and Techniques
for Developing Countries," at annual livestock improvement
seminar, Jan. 3-11, University of Colima, Mexico.
     
     
     
     
Happy anniversary

20 Years
     Carol Sue Drass, Facilities Management, building
services, April 18, 1977
10 Years
     Marvin N. Duffy, Information Technologies Media
Services, April 22, 1987
     Joyce M. Evans, marine studies, April 20, 1987
     Sarah R. Goodchild, physics and astronomy, April 22,
1987
     Barbara K. Necarsulmer, business and economics, April
20, 1987
     Dee Anna Smith, budget office, April 20, 1987
5 Years
     Chris Beebe, marine studies, April 20, 1992


Service
     Bryant F. Tolles Jr., museum studies, was appointed
series editor and chairperson of the editorial committee for
the publications program of the American Association for
State and Local History.
     Peter G. Roe, anthropology, was named guest curator for
the exhibit "Fragments of the Sky: The Art of Amazonian
Rites of Passage," April 12-Nov. 8 at the Peabody Museum of
Natural History, Yale University.
     
     
Awards
     Several professional staff members received awards for
their entries in the 1997 First State Communications Contest
sponsored by the Delaware Press Women: David Barczak, Tracey
L. Bryant and Pamela L. Donnelly, marine communications,
first place awards for print media advertising, public
relations printed materials and achievement/ research; Lane
McLaughlin, visual media design, Cornelia Weil and Mary
Hempel, public relations, first place award for
magapaper/tabloid, the UD Messenger; Ginger Pinholster,
public relations, and Keith Heckert, visual media design,
with Rebecca Herman, graphic artist, first place award for
public relations printed materials in a four-color magazine,
Beyond Bricks and Mortar; and Ed Okonowicz, public
relations, first place award in the fiction, short story,
book form category, In the Vestibule.
     George F. W. Haenlein, animal and food sciences,
received the award of honorary editor-in-chief of the
international monthly journal Small Ruminant Research and a
distinguished service award  from the International Goat
Association at its international conference in China.
Haenlein founded the journal, published by Elsevier Science
Publishers in Amsterdam, and edited it for nine years.
     
     
Grants
     A. Scott Andres, Delaware Geology Survey, $37,309 from
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
Control, Division of Soil and Water Conservation, for
"Ground-water Recharge Mapping, Year 6, Milton and
Georgetown Quadrangles."
     Charles G. Boncelet Jr., Neal C. Gallagher, Charles
Black Evans Professor, Gonzalo R. Arce and David L. Mills,
electrical engineering, $241,255 from Lockheed Sanders Inc.
for "Advanced Telecommunications/Information Distribution
Research Program."
     Nancy W. Brickhouse, educational development, $12,000
from Spencer Foundation for "Girls' Engagement With/In
Science."
     Gweneth B. Brown, educational development, $80,000 from
state of Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth
and Their Families, for "Family Support Network."
     Rushad F. Eduljee, composite materials, an additional
$5,000 from University of Pittsburgh for "University of
Pittsburgh-MTAC."
     Kathryne L. Everts, plant and soil sciences, and Robert
P. Mulrooney, Cooperative Extension, $19,500 from
Pennsylvania State University for "Benefit of Fungicides and
Plant Resistance in Reducing Yield and Quality Loss and
Disease in Spinach."
     Joseph G. Farrell, marine studies, $34,700 from
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
Control, Division of Water Resources, for "Inland Bays
Citizen Monitoring Program."
     Marion C. Hyson, individual and family studies,
$163,611 from Delaware Department of Health and Social
Services, Division of Services for Aging and Adults with
Physical Disabilities, for "Division of Aging Adult Day Care
Center 1996."
     Thomas Ilvento, food and resource economics, $8,280
from University of Kentucky Research Foundation for "TVA
Rural Studies."
     Fleda B. Jackson, English, $1,000 from Delaware State
Arts Council for "Graduate Students' Poetry in the School
Program."
     Clifford B. O. Keil, entomology and applied ecology,
$8,880 from DuPont Co. for "Undergraduate Internship
Program, Stine Laboratory."
     James Kolodzey, electrical engineering, $14,600 from
Advanced Technology Materials Inc. for "Germanium Carbide
Substrates for Lattice-matched Gallium Nitride Growth."
     Limin Kung Jr., animal and food sciences, $21,401 from
Bioenhancement Systems Corp. for "The Effects of Animal
Behavior Modification Units on Performance of Lactating
Cows."
     Samuel C.K. Lee and Stuart Binder-Macleod, physical
therapy, $8,370 from Foundation for Physical Therapy for
"Force Optimization in Rat and Human Skeletal Muscle."
     John E. MacKenzie and Rodolfo V. Tanjuakio, food and
resource economics, $9,995 from Delaware Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, for "Forest Service 1996
Citizen Survey."
     John D. Meakin, mechanical engineering, $38,026 from
U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, for
"Study of Environmental Factors in the Corrosion of Bronze
Monuments and Statues."
     Judith L. Provencal and Harry L. Shipman, physics and
astronomy, $41,430 from Space Telescope Science Institute
for "Hydrogen, Interstellar Accretion, and Hot Helium Rich
White Dwarfs."
     David P. Racca, urban affairs and public policy,
$34,736 from U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S.
Geological Survey, for "National Spatial Data Infrastructure
Competitive Cooperative Agreements Program: Access and
Development of a Geospatial Framework for Delaware."
     J. Thomas Sims, plant and soil sciences, and Donald L.
Sparks, Distinguished Professor of Soil Science, $208,160
from U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Research
Institute, for "Geochemistry, Geostatistics, and Hydrology
of Phosphorus Losses in Agricultural Drainage in the
Atlantic Coastal Plain: Developing Improved Phosphorus
Management Practices for Surface Water Protection."
     Joy G. Sparks, Cooperative Extension, $50,077 from
state of Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth
and Their Families, for "Delaware Prevention Network
(DECCASA In-Service Training and Support)."
     Scott G. Stevens and Christopher B. Wolfe, English
Language Institute, and Mark W. Huddleston, political
science and international relations, $123,647 from U.S.
Information Agency for "Community Connections Development
Program for Ukrainian Legal Professionals and Local
Government Officials."
     Susan P. Whitney, entomology and applied ecology,
$6,700 from Pennsylvania State University for "Delaware
Pesticide Use Data Collection on Wheat and Barley."
     Robert H. Wood, chemistry and biochemistry, $109,313
from U.S. Department of Energy for "Development of an
Experimental Data Base and Theories for Prediction of
Thermodynamic Properties of Aqueous Electrolytes and
Nonelectrolytes of Geochemical Significance at Supercritical
Temperatures and Pressures."
     Richard P. Wool, composite materials, $80,000 from
National Science Foundation for "Chain Dynamics and
Structure of Polymer Interfaces."
     Joseph R. Scudlark and Thomas M. Church, marine
studies, $100,300 from the University of Maryland System,
Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies, for
"Atmospheric Deposition and Watershed Transmission of Trace
Elements in Western Maryland."
     James T. Sims, plant and soil sciences, $9,809 from VFL
Technology Corp. for "Evaluation of the Use of Synthetic
Topsoils in Landscape Restoration Projects."