Tom Benediktsson of English was a judge for a Fiction Contest
for Lawyers sponsored by the New Jersey Law Journal. Attorneys,
law students and in-house counsel were invited to submit short stories
or first chapters of a novel on any topic of general fiction.
Lora Billings of Mathematical Sciences received $79,191 from DARPA
(U.S. Defense Department) to fund research that will produce accurate
models that capture the emergent dynamics of disease propagation. The
results will provide strategic planners new biodetection and control mechanisms.
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| Mary English |
Following a national search, Mary English of Classics and General Humanities has been named editor of The Classical Outlook, a scholarly periodical of the American Classical League and the largest circulating classics journal in North America. Offices for the publication will be housed in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. This year English also received an AbleMedia Silver Chalice award for her article "Using Authentic Latin Poetry in Lower Level Language Classes" published online on Classics Technology Center (CTCWeb). "English's superior teaching techniques empower Latin teachers to help their students read Latin poetry from the get-go," said CTCWeb Editor-in-Chief Wendy Owens.
University Police Chief Paul Cell has been named to the advisory
board of the Passaic County Police Academy.
Joseph Donnelly of Health Professions, Physical Education, Recreation
and Leisure Studies has received $84,376 from the New Jersey Department
of Health and Senior Services to fund the sixth year of Project HOPE (Helping
Others Through Peer Education), a program designed to provide abstinence
sexuality training to school advisers and teachers who will then disseminate
information throughout the schools.
Michael Jones and Arup Mukherjee of Mathematical Sciences
have received $52,217 from the National Science Foundation to support
the development and implementation of a sophomore-level transition course
integrating linear algebra, discrete dynamical systems and differential
equations in the department.
Naomi Liebler of English discussed Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 and John Donne's The Flea with students in an English class at the Livingston Alternative School. Her visit was part of the school district's participation in the New Jersey Network for Educational Renewal.
"The Face in the Mirror," authored by Julian Keenan of
Psychology, hit bookstores this summer. Published by HarperCollins, the
book explores Keenan's search for the origin of consciousness.
Carol L. Nurse of Sprague Library has been named a fellow in the
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Leadership and Career Development
(LCD) Program, and received a grant to participate in the program. The
LCD Program is designed to increase the number of librarians in underrepresented
racial and ethnic groups in positions of influence and leadership in research
libraries. The LCD program year has several components, including two
five-day institutes, a mentoring relationship with a leader in the library
profession, research project development, and three Web-based courses.
The ARL is a not for profit membership organization comprising the leading
research libraries in North America.
Jeffrey Toney of Chemistry and Biochemistry received $20,000 from
the Society for Biomolecular Screening to purchase equipment to be used
in a new graduate laboratory course, Biomolecular Assay Development.
Jacalyn Willis of Science and Mathematics received $90,000 from
NJSSI/Rutgers University to fund the fifth year of the Regional Center
designed to spread science, mathematics and technology reform in Bergen
and Hudson counties.
Linda Wise of Early Childhood, Elementary and Literacy Education
has been chosen as a recipient of the Lehman Urban Teacher Education (LUTE)
Award, which recognizes the graduates of Lehman teacher education or counselor
education programs who have made outstanding contributions in urban education
and are examples of the "competent educators dedicated to promoting
justice, equity, and caring in urban schools."
Bill Valladares of Publications led a cartooning workshop this
summer at Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center. Valladares, who is the
editorial cartoonist for The Montclair Times, has had his work
published in The Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year for the past
three years.
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