Tom Schaller, Political Science, in the Capital News Service
Tom Schaller, assistant professor of political science, anticipates that African-American votes for the U.S. Senate could splinter if Del. Anthony G. Brown, D-Prince George’s County, enters the race, hurting the prospects of Kweisi Mfume’s candidacy. Schaller provided this commentary in “Big Senate Field Could Mean Splintered Vote,” by the Capital News Service, on September 16.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/nat/sep05/354323.asp
UMBC Alumni and Faculty Served on Panel at the 24th Annual Conference of the Council for Opportunity in Education
UMBC was well-represented on a panel at the 24th Annual Conference of the Council for Opportunity in Education held in Washington, D.C., on September 18-21, 2005.
Panelists for the session entitled “Retrospectives of McNair Alumni: What Facilitated their Success?” included Brian C. Thompson, Business Services administrator of the UMBC Graduate School; David J. Fagan, part-time instructor for UMBC’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics; Syreeta L. Tilghman, postdoctoral fellow at Tulane University; and Kamili M. Jackson, materials engineer at Swales Aerospace supporting a Materials Engineering Branch of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Thompson and Jackson are alumni who participated in UMBC’s McNair Scholars Program as undergraduates. Jackson also participated in the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program. Fagan and Tilghman participated in the McNair Scholars Program at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville as undergraduates, and Tilghman participated in PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP Program, led by UMBC, while completing her doctoral program at UMB.
The Panel was convened and facilitated by Ms. Cynthia M. Hill, Associate Provost at UMBC.
9/23/05
Kate Laskowski, Biology, Wins First Place at 9th European Workshop on Insect Parasitoid
Kate Laskowski ’06, biology major with a minor in chemistry, won the first place award at the 9th European Workshop on Insect Parasitoids. She was honored above the remaining presenters, who are all graduate or post-doctoral students. Laskowski presented, "The Role of Parasitoid Wasps as Agents of Selection on Natural Populations of Drosophila.” The conference was held September 5-9 at Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales.
Rella Kaplowitz, Psychology, Joins Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Board of Directors
Rella Kaplowitz, ’06, is one of five students nationwide who joined Hillel’s Board of Directors, which governs the largest Jewish campus organization in the world. Kaplowitz, a psychology major, is the co-chair of the Student Initiative Committee. There are more than 80 representatives on the Board of Directors, which is comprised of representatives from the Council of Jewish Federations and federation leadership, B'nai B'rith International, college students, Hillel professionals, faculty, and delegates at-large. Five students are chosen annually to join the board.
http://www.hillel.org/hillel/newhille.nsf/0/F5A598362F48721C852570820049EF6E?OpenDocument
9/15/05
Fow-Sen Choa, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Issued Patent for “Low Crosstalk Optical Gain Medium and Method for Forming Same”
Fow-Sen Choa, professor of computer science and electrical engineering, was issued a patent for “Low Crosstalk Optical Gain Medium and Method for Forming Same.” The patent, US 6,944,197, issued on September 13, 2005, can be viewed in its entirety on the US Patent and Trademark Office's web site at http://www.uspto.gov. If you would like more information about patents, copyrights, trademarks, or start-up companies, please visit the Office of Technology Development, located at 5523 Research Park Drive Ste. 310, or call us on ext. 5-1414.
Piotr Gwiazda, English, to read his book of Poems at the Baltimore Book Festival
Piotr Gwiazda, assistant professor of English, will read from his book of poems, “Gagarin Street,” at the Baltimore Book Festival at historic Mount Vernon Place, 600 block, North Charles Street, Baltimore. The reading takes at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Creativity Cafe Stage. A reception follows at The Engineers Club, the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion in Mount Vernon. For more information on the festival, go to: http://www.baltimorebookfestival.com.
Anthony Johnson, CASPR, Named Science Spectrum Trailblazer
Anthony Johnson, director of CASPR, has been named a Science Spectrum Trailblazer. This award is given to top minorities in science. Johnson, along with Dr. Hrabowski, UMBC president, were to receive the honor at a recognition luncheon during the Minorities in Research Science conference being held September 15-17, 2005 at the Baltimore Convention center. The list of awardees can be found at:
http://www.ccgmedia.com/admin/press_release/1122929417/PR%20-%20Science%20Spectrum%20Trailblazers.pdf
Johnson was also scheduled to serve as a panel member for the Plenary Sessionentitled, "Minorities in the Mix: If Not Now, When?" A description ofthe session and panelists can be found at: http://ccgmag.com/emerald/seminar_display.php?id=18
9/9/05
Patrick Arnold, History, Will Speak to the New Hampshire Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution
Patrick Arnold, graduate student of history, will speak to the New Hampshire Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution in Manchester, N.H., where he will be installed as a member. Arnold will provide remarks, including his family history and his thoughts on civic participation and this particular time in our nation’s history. For more information on the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) or the New Hampshire Chapter, visit http://www.sar.org or http://www.nhssar.org
Marcia Frank Peri, Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery, Receives NHPRC Electronic Records Research Fellowship
Marcia Frank Peri, archivist for the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery, has been named a 2005-2006 National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) Fellow. The fellowship will support Peri’s research on “Determining Current Practices for College and University Electronic Records Management Programs.” Lisl Zach, assistant professor in the School of Information and Library Science at Louisiana State University, is also working with Peri. All recipients will discuss their research plans for the coming year at the second annual NHPRC Electronic Records Fellowship Symposium at Duke University on Nov. 18.
