Environmental Reform: The Next Generation Project
...hon, team leaders include John Gordon, former F&ES dean and the Pinchot Professor of Forestry; Carol M. Rose, the Gordon Bradford Tweedy Professor of Law and Organization at the Law School; E. Donald Elliott of the Law School; and Todd Strauss, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Management Science a...Purdue Researchers Track Oil Spill's Effects On Sea Otters
...unded to pre-spill numbers. Snyder and Alan Rebar, dean of Purdue's School of Veterinary Medicine and a veterinarian who has studied healthy and sick California sea otters, will present data on the otter studies today (Thursday, 11/20) in Albuquerque, N.M., at a meeting of the American College of Veterina...UF Researchers Investigate Phenomenon Of Seizure-Alert Dogs
...or these traits," said Charles Courtney, associate dean for research and graduate studies at the UF veterinary college. "After we reviewed (Reep's) proposal, we felt this was a great opportunity to study in more detail how these dogs act with patients who have epileptic seizures," said Kristen Enciz...Penn State Erie's Sea Grant To Focus On Ecology, Economic Development
... and development," says Dr.Robert Light, associate dean and associate provost. Light will bedirector of the Sea Grant for the first two years. As a Coherent Area Plan, the initial focus of the Sea Grantwill be on extension, education and communications, rather thanresearch. Studies will include...Virologists Track New Influenza Threat
... Virologist Virginia Hinshaw, dean of the Graduate School and a UW-Madison influenza expert, said there are 15 different types of influenza distinguished by variations in their surface proteins. People and other mammals ...Lactose-Intolerant People Should Drink More Milk, Expert Says
...se intolerant really aren't, says Dennis Savaiano, dean of Purdue University's School of Consumer and Family Sciences. The problem, Savaiano says, is that dairy foods can be difficult to digest, and people who don't eat these foods often enough haven't acclimated themselves to the foods. According to the ...UF Researchers Use Gene Therapy To Prevent Hypertension, Organ Damage
...id Raizada,a professor of physiology and associate dean of graduate education in UF'sCollege of Medicine. "We've shown that, through gene therapy, we can prevent hypertension anddamage to the target organs up to at least 120 days in rats. While thisparticular study would not be performed in a clini......o veterans of the 'triglyceridewars,'" says Gotto, dean of the Cornell University Medical School, New YorkCity. "It's also in agreement with another trend in heart attack riskmanagement, namely, the concept of global risk assessment." Triglycerides are the form in which fat exists in meats, chees...Rice Names Matthews Dean Of Natural Sciences
...r Kathleen S. Matthews has been named dean of the Wiess School of Natural Scienc...nsey, who completed a 10-year term as dean of the Wiess School. Kinsey will continue to teach and conduct research at Rice as the ...Animal And Human Health Symposium Scheduled At Virginia Tech
...nership," byEyre. A veterinary pharmacologist and dean of the college since 1985, Eyre isone of the nation's leading veterinary educators. He is active with numerousnational veterinary medical organizations and is a member of the AmericanVeterinary Medical Association's Council on Government Relations. ...Researchers Discover The Pattern Of Inheritance Of Non-Chromosomal DNA
...sorof molecular biology and oncology and associate dean of the SouthwesternGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences, also contributed to this study. Itwas funded in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health and TheRobert A. Welch Foundation.......effects ofsoil pollution." Wall, associate dean for research in the College of Natural Resources,noted that the two million or so species already classified comprise anestimated 4 percent to 10 percent of all living organisms. They are the "easyones," she said. "We've looked at what birds ...New Company Formed Through Licensing Of Cardiac-Hypertrophy Technology From Texas Institutions
...nce Center, Fort Worth, research and biotechnology dean Dr.Robert Gracy, said joint ventures such as ManTex Biotech's partnership with thetwo institutions will be a model for biotechnology advances in the nextmillennium. "The joining of these academic institutions with the biotechnologyindustry makes good......ral government. Alan B.Bennett, UC Davis associate dean and a specialist in tomato genes, describes thelatest developments in genetic engineering of fruit, while Davis professor JamesMurray summarizes genetic enhancement of livestock. Susanne Huttner, directorof UC's Systemwide Biotechnology Research and...Tip Sheet: Papers Of Interest, 95th Annual Meeting, Association Of American Geographers
...lth, Dr. Nancy D. Lewis, a geographerand associate dean of the college of social sciences at the University ofHawaii, and doctoral candidate Liem Tran have analyzed the relationship betweenclimate data recorded at 36 Pacific stations, the Southern Oscillation Index(SOI), a measure of ENSO conditions, and ...... to produce ACTH," Dr.Melmed stated. An associate dean and professor of medicine at University of California-LosAngeles (UCLA), Dr. Melmed is a principal investigator funded by the NationalInstitutes of Health. He has served as editor in chief for a number of scholarlypublications, including Pituitary, E...Researchers suggest new mechanism to explain DNA charge transfer process
...Dr. Gary B. Schuster, lead author of the paper and dean of Georgia Tech's College of Sciences. "We think this answersthe question of how charge transfers through DNA, at least in a broad-brush way." The new charge transport model, dubbed "phonon-assisted polaron-like hopping," could help scientistsbette......eUSC Board of Trustees; and Stephen J. Ryan, M.D., dean of the Keck School ofMedicine. Other founding members will be named at a later date. Keck Family Gifts The W.M. Keck Foundation is one of the nation's largest philanthropicorganizations. Established in 1954 by the late William Myron Keck, founder o......ustries see what can be done,"said Thomas Keinath, dean of Clemson1s College of Engineering and Science. "It's a wonderful time to be at Clemson." The National Science Foundation established CAEFF as one of the nation1selite Engineering Research Centers in 1998. CAEFF is the only nationalEngineer......erving on the UDteam are William Saylor, associate dean for research and a professor of animalscience; Edward Odor, poultry pathologist; and Conrad Pope, veterinarypathologist. "Over the next few years, our challenge in Delaware is to reduce phosphorus inpoultry litter, especially," Malone says. "Tremendo...