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Margaret Davis, Regents' Professor of Ecology, retired in May.
The impact she has had on EEB and the University will no doubt continue
to be felt here, while her plans to keep up her research will ensure her
continuing impact on the field of paleoecology.
Congratulations to Ruth Shaw, for her award for $119,969 from
the National Science Foundation for "Spontaneous Mutation Affecting Quantitative
Traits in Arabidopsis".
Congratulations to Robert Sterner, James Cotner, and Sarah Hobbie,
for their award of $849,944 from Arizona State University (NSF Prime) for
"IRCEB: Biological Stoichiometry from Genes to Ecosystems."
Congratulations to Bud Tordoff, former Director of the Bell Museum
of Natural History and Professor Emeritus of EEB, who was awarded the prestigious
"University of Minnesota Outstanding Community Service Award." He received
the award for promoting species preservation and conservation, most notably
by leading the recovery effort to reestablish a viable population of Peregrine
Falcons to the Midwestern U.S., including Minnesota.
Congratulations to Karen Oberhauser for her award of $76,668
from the State of Minnesota Higher Education Services Office for "Monarchs
in the Classroom Summer Workshop."
Congratulations to EEB graduate students Christine Alfano, Lauren
Fischer, Jim Russell, and Tanya Smutka who received NSF Predoctoral
Fellowships this year. Honorable Mentions went to EEB graduate studnets
Marlene Haas and Colleen McLinn.
Congratulations to Robert Sterner and Patrick Nunnally
for their award of $20,000 from the State of Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency for "Minnesota Environmental Trends -- Upper Mississippi Basin."
Philip Regal was quoted about genetically modified foods in the
March 17-19 USA Weekend.
David Tilman is quoted in the December 1999 supplement to Nature
on the importance of lifestyle changes in solving major global environmental
issues.
Congratulations to Sarah Hobbie who has been awarded a McKnight
Land-Grant Professorship for 2000-02. She is one of twelve University of
Minnesota faculty "in the early stages of their career" to receive this
award this year.
Congratulations to Regents Professor Emeritus Eville Gorham who
will be awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth Science at a ceremony
in Philadelphia April 27, 2000. He is one of 10 scientists selected to
receive the prestigious Franklin medal. Eville is being honored for his
work on the geochemical carbon cycle.
Beginning in the Fall of 1999, the University of Minnesota is offering
a Joint Degree Program for students interested in combining a law degree
with one of a broad range of graduate degrees in health and the life sciences.
For information call the Joint Degree Program at 612-625-3487 or e-mail
them at jointdegr@tc.umn.edu.
Their web site is under construction at http://www.law.umn.edu/jointdegree/
Congratulations to Robert Sterner for his award of $45,569 from
the NSF for "Trace Metal Limitation of Phytoplankton Productivity: Combined
Immunological, Geochemical, and Growth Assay Approaches in Lake Superior."
Congratulations to Sarah Hobbie for her award of $214,816 from
the NSF for "Collaborative research: Moist acidic versus nonacidic tundra:
Why does the vegetation composition differ and what are the consequences
for ecosystem carbon storage?"
Congratulations to Frank Barnwell who joined the ranks of the
University's Academy of Distinguished Teachers.
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