In Vitro Technologies Ranked 12th as the Largest Bioscience Firm in Baltimore
In Vitro Technologies, a techcenter@UMBC emerging technology company and an incubator graduate, made the Baltimore Business Journal's Largest Bioscience Firms in the Baltimore Area list (ranked by number of Baltimore-area employees). In Vitro (http://www.invitrotech.com/) is number 12.

Uri Tasch, Mechanical Engineering, Receives Patent for New Invention
Uri Tasch, professor of mechanical engineering, received patent US 6,916,295, on July 12 for his invention, Method and System for Dynamic Recordation and Analysis of Animal Characteristics. The invention provides a new method and system for recording and analyzing animal characteristics. The patent can be viewed it its entirety on the US Patent and Trademark Office's web site: http://www.uspto.gov, click search under Patents (left side of the screen), under Issued Patents, click Patent Number Search, type in the patent number and press the search button. For more information about patents, copyrights, trademarks, or start-up companies, visit the Office of Technology Development at 5523 Research Park Drive Ste. 310, or call ext. 5-1414.

7/15/05

Shawn Bediako, Psychology, and Matthias Cinyabugama, Economics, Awarded Henry C. Welcome Fellowships
Shawn Bediako, assistant professor of psychology, and Matthias Cinyabugama, assistant professor of economics, are recipients of the Henry C. Welcome Fellowships, a competitive incentive program to help eligible Maryland universities recruit and retain a diverse and accomplished faculty. Welcome Fellows receive $20,000 over three years to support their research, publications and speaking engagements. The fellowship grant program is named for Henry C. Welcome, a former member of the State Board of Higher Education, the predecessor of the Maryland Higher Education Commission.

Barbara DiPietro and Richard Kimball, Public Policy, Authored A Report on Baltimore Homelessness
Public Policy Doctoral students Barbara DiPietro and Richard Kimball helped author “Baltimore City 2005 Census: The Picture of Homelessness.” In the report, the authors provide a summary of the census taken January 30, 2005 and identify methods to end homelessness in Baltimore. The report was a collaboration with Baltimore Homeless Services, Inc., the Center for Poverty Solutions and other service providers.

Charles Fey, Vice President for Student Affairs, Elected to Leadership Council of NASULGC
Charles J. Fey, vice president for student Affairs, has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Council on Student Affairs of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC). He will serve a three-year term on the Executive Committee and provide leadership on the issues confronting students in our universities and providing guidance to the overall organization and the Council of Presidents.

Freeman Hrabowski, President, Recognized as One of the Top Minorities in Science
Science Spectrum magazine has recognized Freeman Hrabowski, president of UMBC, as a Science Spectrum Trailblazer. The Trailblazers represent outstanding Hispanic, Asian American, Native American, and Black professionals in the sciences whose exemplary work have made a significant impact in the industry and their communities. The honorees, all selected by Science Spectrum editors, will be honored at a luncheon on Friday, September 16 in Baltimore at the Minorities in Research Science Conference, the premier awards and professional development event for minority professionals in a broad range of scientific fields.

Don Norris, Director of Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis & Research (MIPAR) To Speak at E-Democracy Conference
Don Norris, director of MIPAR and professor of public policy, will speak at the first International E-Democracy conference in Minneapolis on July 26-27. Sponsored by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the symposium will explore leading democracy trends around the world.

Ishita Shah, ‘05, wins the 2005 Nat L. Sternberg Thesis Prize
Ishita Shah, ’05 Ph.D, molecular and cell biology, won the 2005 Nat L. Sternberg Thesis Prize, a prestigious prize given annually for the best thesis in
prokaryotic molecular biology. She completed her thesis with Rick Wolf, professor of biological sciences. Visit http://meetings.cshl.org/nsaward.htm to read more about the award and the significance of Shah’s research contributions.

7/01/05

Piotr Gwiazda, English, Two Poems Published in Poetic Voices Without Borders
Piotr Gwiazda, assistant professor of English, has two poems featured in Poetic Voices Without Borders (Gival Press, 2005), an anthology that includes national and international poets in three languages (English, French and Spanish) from six continents.

Charles Milligan, CHPDM, Testifies Before U.S. Senate Finance Committee
Charles Milligan, director of the Center for Health Program Development and Management, gave testimony on state Medicaid financing before the US Senate Finance Committee on June 28. Milligan joined other panel members including Dennis Smith, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Kathryn Allen, Government Accountability Office; Barb Edwards, Ohio Medicaid director; and George Reeb, Health and Human Services.

Dan Norris, Director of Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis & Research (MIPAR) To Speak at E-Democracy Conference
Dan Norris, director of MIPAR and professor of public policy, will speak at the first International E-Democracy conference in Minneapolis on July 26-27. Sponsored by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the symposium will explore leading trends in democracy around the world.

Jim Pfrogner, former UMBC coach, wins the Senior National Association of Left-handed Golfers Championship
Former UMBC Cross Country and Track and Field Coach Jim Pfrogner shot rounds of 73-80-79 to win the Senior National Association of Left-handed Golfers Championship held earlier this month on the Moorlands Course of the Legends at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Last week, Pfrogner, 63, traveled to Dublin, Ireland to compete with over 300 golfers in the World Left-Handed Championships. He finished in second place in the Senior Division (55+) with a 72-hole score of 308.

Pfrogner, a member of UMBC’s Athletic Hall of Fame, coached the Retriever teams from 1973-2000. He was the 1998 Maryland State Senior Golf champion.

Renee van der Stelt, CAVC Projects Coordinator, and Calla Thompson, Visual Arts, Works Displayed at the Baltimore Museum of Art
The contemporary works of Renee van der Stelt, CAVC projects coordinator, and Calla Thompson, assistant professor of visual arts, can be seen at Artscape at the BMA Obersvation Deck through July 31. Renowned artist Gary Simmons selected the artists whose works examine the theme of vantage point.