Posted on Jan 9, 2004

The deadline for proposals to the
Internal Education Foundation in two categories – student-initiated research
projects and “educationally innovative projects” – is Friday, Feb 13.

Proposals for student-initiated
research projects must have the written approval of a faculty advisor who has
agreed to supervise the project. The proposals should be submitted to the
Dean's Office (S100, Science & Engineering
Building) on forms available there,
or on the web at http://www.union.edu/Academics/AcademicAffairs.

Forms for Faculty Research
Projects are also available in the Dean's Office (S100) or on the web site.

Transportation costs should
reflect the best rates available. Students planning to do interviews must show
that arrangements have been made. If research includes work with human
subjects, the proposal must have approval from the Human Subjects Research
Committee.

IEF guidelines are available in
the Dean's office. For more information, contact Kathy Basirico, administrative
assistant to the dean of arts and sciences.

The Faculty Development Committee
is soliciting proposals for faculty research and scholarship activities.
Applications and guidelines are available in Dean Charlotte Borst's office
(S-100, S&E) or on the web at http://www.union.edu/Academics/AcademicAffairs.

The deadline for submission of
proposals is Friday, Feb. 13.

Questions concerning the Faculty
Research Fund or the Humanities Faculty Development Fund should be directed to
Dean Borst.

Transportation should reflect the
best rates available. If research includes work with human subjects, proposals
must have approval from the Human Subjects Research Committee.

Posted on Jan 9, 2004

Christina Sorum, dean
of faculty and professor of classics, was a panelist in a session titled “Mission
and Achievement in Historical Perspectives” at a recent conference – “Liberal
Arts Colleges in American Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities” –
sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies.

Posted on Jan 9, 2004

James Kenney, professor
of economics, received the State Farm Teaching Excellence Award, which
recognizes a faculty member who has incorporated technology into the classroom.
The award was presented by Joseph Curtin, president of the Independent College
Fund of New York, which cosponsors the award.

Posted on Jan 9, 2004

Christine Henseler,
assistant professor of Spanish, has had her book, Contemporary Spanish Women's Narrative and the Publishing Industry
(University of Illinois
Press, 2003), selected as a CHOICE Outstanding
Book of the Year. Also, she was editor of a book, En Sus Propias Palabras: Escritoras Espanolas Ante El Mercado Literario
(Ediciones Torremozas),
which has just been published in Spain.

Posted on Jan 9, 2004

George Butterstein,
the Florence B. Sherwood Professor of Life Sciences, has published a paper in General & Comparative Endocrinology titled
“Rapid suppression of testosterone secretion after capture in male American
alligators (Alligator mississippiensis).”
The paper was with Val Lance of the San Diego Zoo; and Ruth Elsey
and Phillip Trosclair of the Louisiana Department of
Wildlife and Fisheries. Butterstein was a researcher at the zoo last year.