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Prof. Gary Davis, Dept. of Physics & Engineering Physics, has received approval from the Canadian Space Agency for a new satellite experiment. The Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) will be launched by the European Space Agency in 2007 on a mission called the Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope, to study a range of astrophysical problems including galaxy formation in the early universe, star formation in our own and nearby galaxies, and the formation and evolution of our planetary system. The SPIRE instrument is being designed and built by a multinational consortium of universities and research labs, primarily European; Canada’s contribution to SPIRE will be a cryogenic shutter mechanism and personnel for the instrument operations team, at an estimated cost of $2.8 million.
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Geological Sciences Prof. Robin Renaut will present research findings on "Recognition and Impact of Hydrothermal Springs in Continental Rift Sedimentation" at the 35th annual meeting of the Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, in New Brunswick, New Jersey March 13-15.
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Dr. Baljit Singh, Assistant Prof. of Veterinary Anatomy, has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2000 Young Faculty Participation Award, by the American Association of Anatomists. The award, along with a $500 honorarium, will be presented at the AAA’s annual meeting in San Diego, Calif. on April 18.
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Rev. Canon Bill Christensen, Principal of the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad, will receive an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Trinity College in Toronto, at the spring convocation on May 9. The award recognizes Christensen’s service over the past eight years as a professor and principal and vice-chancellor of the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad, and his 30 years of ministry to the church, secular, ecumenical and interfaith communities. Trinity College, affiliated with the U of Toronto, is where Christensen received his theological education prior to ordination in the Anglican Church.
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Marcello Martinez, a graduate student originally from Argentina and now completing his PhD in the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, recently won the WCVM’s Hope Haanen Memorial Scholarship in Dairy Science. Martinez, called an "outstanding" graduate student by his supervisors, is pursuing research into the manipulation of ovarian follicular dynamics for the purpose of timed artificial insemination. He has also been an academic athlete on the U of S Huskies soccer team, and went to national finals with a local first division team.
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Mechanical Engineering Prof. Kamiel Rezkallah was advised in January he has been listed in the directory, 2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 20th Century, published by the International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England. The honor is for Rezkallah’s "outstanding contribution in the field of Microgravity and Space Science". The Centre forwarded a plaque with citation, along with a medal for the recipient. Rezkallah is currently working on projects including a proposal to establish a Canadian Microgravity Centre at the U of S, and planning of experiments to be flown on the International Space Station.
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Kara Exner recently began a part-time position in the Organization and Employee Development unit of the Human Resources Division, with responsibilities including organizing the Human Resource Managers’ Information Series and raising awareness of campus programs and services which support employees in balancing work and life. Previously, Exner was Recruitment Communications Officer in the Office of the Registrar.
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Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences Prof. Dr. Roger Turnell has been awarded the Year 2000 Fellowship for Studies in Medical Education, for two years, by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Only one of these is awarded each year, after a national competition. The award will allow Dr. Turnell to pursue full-time studies in Adult and Continuing Education in the College of Education. Until last June he was head of the Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences Dept. He has assumed the position of Assoc. Director for Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development.
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Assistant Psychology Prof. Kimberly Noels, along with three colleagues from other universities, has been awarded the Modern Language Association of America’s Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize for the article "conceptualizing Willingness to Communicate in L2: A Situational Model of L2 Confidences and Affiliation". The $500 prize is awarded annually for outstanding research in the teaching of foreign languages and literatures.
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Assistant Prof. of Community Health and Epidemiology Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine was awarded $250,000 from the National Health Research and Development Program for children’s health research. Announcement of the grant was made by Health Minister Allan Rock in January.
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Civil Engineering Prof. Emeritus Clifford Smith has been selected by the Engineering Institute of Canada to receive the Julian C. Smith Medal, a senior award of the Institute, at the annual EIC awards banquet March 6 in Ottawa. Only two such awards are made each year, "for achievement in the development of Canada". Prof. Smith taught at U of S from 1958-91.
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Dr. Femi Olatunbosun, Head of the Dept. of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, presented a technical report commissioned by the United Nations Population Fund, at the third African Population Conference in Durban, South Africa in mid-December. His report on "The Role for Universities in the Provision of Family Planning Services", presented indicators to help universities promote reproductive health in developing countries. The conference was co-sponsored by the UN Development Program, the UN Population Fund, the World Bank, the World Health Organization and the Organization of African Unity.
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Dr. Morris Altman, Prof. and Head of the Dept. of Economics, has been awarded a $27,852 grant from the Law Commission of Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to study "The Labor Market in Transition: Public Policy Perspectives Through Different Theoretical Prisms". The study will look at how expected economic changes can be dealt with to minimize economic and social costs and maximize benefits to individuals. The study, announced in December, is one of the first five studies under a new joint LCC/SSHRC initiative to fund multidisciplinary papers on law reform – this year focusing on economic relationships.
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Crop Development Centre Prof. Brian Rossnagel is the new recipient of the W.J. White Professorship in the Dept. of Plant Sciences, for a three-year term. The professorship allows the holder to further his or her own studies in plant sciences. Rossnagel was chosen based on his successful career as a feed barley and oat breeder with the Crop Development Centre. With CDC since 1977, he has released 20 feed barley varieties and six oat varieties, and has been active in technology transfer.
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Prof. Len Findlay, Director of the English and Humanities Research Unit, will be the next Northrop Frye Prof. of Literary Theory at the U of Toronto, during the second term of the 2000-01 academic year. His seminars and public lectures will explore the topic "Intellectuals and Freedom: From Millennial Canada to Enlightenment Europe". The professorship promotes original enquiry in literary study. The holder teaches 12 weekly seminars and gives two public lectures.
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Mechanical Engineering Prof. Madan M. Gupta has co-edited a recently released book, "Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems: Theory and Applications", published by Academic Press. The book, for graduate students, researchers and industrial users in the field, presents a wide-ranging look at the field of soft computing, which attempts to learn methods of fuzzy logic from nature that will allow for the development of cognition and intelligence in machines. The aim is robotic systems that can think and act in unstructured environments, for applications in manufacturing, mining, agriculture, space, ocean exploration and health sciences.
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Three U of S officials and a colleague from Mozambique were in Ottawa Feb. 3 to receive one of the Canadian International Development Agency’s first Awards of Excellence, for the joint College of Dentistry and Mozambique Health Ministry project, Training for Primary Oral Health Care in Mozambique, 1989-97. Dr. Murray Dickson, College of Dentistry, Dr. Asit Sarkar, U of S International, and Dr. Gordon Barnhart, U of S International, joined Antonio Tanda, Mozambique Ministry of Health, to receive the award for the CIDA-backed project, which included teaching, curriculum development, research, and establishment of a training centre, to build Mozambique’s training of primary oral health-care personnel.
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Dr. S. Hayes was appointed Head of the Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology earlier this academic year, for a three-year term.
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Geological Sciences Prof. Dr. Robert Kerrich received the Willet G. Miller Medal at the 1999 Royal Society of Canada Awards in late November. Kerrich was the first to document chemical and isotopic mass transport associated with pressure solution and the chemical reactions controlling subcritical stress corrosion cracking in rocks. He developed what is now regarded as the standard model of accretionary metamorphic fluid-generated lode gold deposits.
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Women’s and Gender Studies Prof. Diana M.A. Relke recently had a book published by U of Calgary Press – Greenwor(l)ds: Ecocritical Readings of Poetry by Canadian Women. The book rewrites the literary history of Canada from a feminist view.
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