President Susan A. Cole has been appointed by Acting Governor
Donald T. DiFrancesco to co-chair the World Class Economy Task Force.
She also recently was appointed to the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce
and serves as chair of the Liberty Science Center Facilities Committee.
Dennis Adams of Literacy and Educational Media had a book he co-authored,
Literacy in a Multimedia Age ,published by Christopher-Gordon Publishers.
He also co-authored a chapter, "Literacy, Learning and Media,"
in Future Courses: A Compendium of Thought about Education, Technology
and the Future, published by Technos Press.
George Antoniou of Computer Science co-edited a book, Advances
in Signal Processing and Computer Technologies, which is part of the
Electrical and Computer Engineering Series of the World Scientific and
Engineering Society (WSES) Press. The volume contains research papers
of 78 authors from 26 countries.
Anita Daniel of Sprague Library authored "Legislation and
Regulation," a chapter on Internet sites about federal and state
legislation and regulation that appeared in Government Online: One-Click
Access to 3,400 Federal and State Web Sites, published by Neal-Schuman
Publishers, Inc.
Kossi Edoh of Computer Science had his paper, "Chaotic Dynamics
in Josephson Junction," published in IEEE Transactions on Circuits
and Systems, Volume 48, Number 8.
Mark Kaelin of Health Professions, Physical Education, Recreation
and Leisure Studies received $165,035 from the National Institutes of
Health to continue funding "Detectives in the Classroom," a
three-year project that teaches scientific investigative techniques to
grade school children through the study of epidemiology. The study, now
in its second year, is designed to stimulate children's interest in science.
Anita Kubicka of Athletics has completed her service as a member
of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Softball Rules Committee.
As a charter member of the committee charged with creating rules for the
college game, Kubicka was instrumental in writing the first and subsequent
rules books.
John Smallwood of Biology and Molecular Biology received $12,000
from the Wilson Ornithological Society to continue the second year of
his editorship of the prestigious ornithological publication, The Wilson
Bulletin.
Antoinette Spiotta of the Psychoeducational Center received $686,709
from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services to continue
the early intervention services to at least 123 families in Essex County.
The program identifies developmental delays in young children and works
with the families to develop therapeutic early intervention strategies.