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Nov. 17
2003
In this issue:

- Professor studies impact of forest fires.

- Win a gift certificate to the Bookstore. Can you answer this week's trivia question?

- Students visit nursing home and bring smiles to residents' faces. See Photo Gallery. - NJ Transit OKs purchase of new buses. This and more in News.

Star of stage and screen Olympia Dukakis (front, center) held a masterclass for theater students on Nov. 7 before she kicked off TheatreFest's new Conversations Series. Click here to see more photos.

Professor examines impact of forest fires on environment
The California fires might be the recent hot topic, but Gregory Pope of Earth and Environmental Studies has been talking about forest fires for the past two years. It was during a field trip to Colorado that Pope thought about studying the long-term effect of fires on the environment. (Full Story and Photo)

Students help promote Montclair State
If you happen to see 18-year-old Edwin Borquez walking around campus and wonder why the freshman broadcasting major looks familiar, it's because you've probably seen his face before. Only it was a lot bigger and you were driving your car down Rt. 46 East in Totowa. (Full Story)

Equipment helps keep faculty and students
on cutting edge of research
Jeffrey Toney is conducting research he hopes will result in inhibitors that target antibiotic resistance. His research recently received a boost when Merck Institute of Science Education donated an Applied Biosystems DNA Sequencer to the College of Science and Mathematics (CSAM). (Full Story)

University inducts 32nd Hall of Fame class
Former athletes men's basketball point guard Nick Matarazzo, softball All-American Linda Giarrusso, offensive lineman Bobby Franks and two-time regional All-American Gus Moramarco are the newest inductees into the Montclair State University Athletic Hall of Fame at a ceremony Nov. 13 at the Valley Regency in Clifton. (Full Story and Photos)

School of Business dedicates Khubani Room
A ceremony marking the dedication of the A.J. and Poonam Khubani Room will he held today, Monday, Nov. 17, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Partridge Hall, Room 113. The room is being dedicated in the name of alumnus A.J. Khubani, '84, and his wife, Poonam, who gifted money for the renovation of the room in the School of Business. (Full Story)

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