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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1996)
Biology professors receive fellowships ■ uuuufcHHti*: The pfesiigtous awards w*ti allow me ihree recipienis to travel and continue their research efforts , By Andrew Parmentier ■^^iwKp'icw Whiptyni* Thraw University ptnluHun iwmily received Gugganhetm fellowship*. which are given to approximately 1*10 artist*. w h«l*r« and scientists across th« country every year for outstanding research AU three recipient* are faculty member* in the biology department and are part of a eery small lid of scientist* from the West Coast to receive the award, Roderick (apaldi, head of the biology depart ment. said the research these professors liave done {treatly adds to the experience I Intversity student* have In the classroom, “These faculty members, in addition to bringing an incredible enthusiasm to the classroom. provide an excellent environment fur undergraduates and graduates to do research." Capeldi said lanice Week*, a neurologist, has been at the Uni vmsity for seven years She specialism in hormones and how they affect the nervous system and the neurological basis of behavior She will use the fel lowship lo travel to the lenmn Csmsr Research Gmtm In Heidelberg where the will collaborate with fellow scientists. Week* wit) that with ill of I he Ikum facing t(u (lent*, having faculty of thi* caliber should be a hrtghi spot within iht Unlvtnily community 'These awards are « testament to lh« quality of faculty at the University amidst federal funding cut# and legislation that continually work against students “ she said Philip DeVries. assistant professor of biology, c ame ftom the Museum of (omparalive Zoology at Harvard few than two years ago to leech at the (Ini varsity *A» a researcher. I am #1111 getting used to teach ing about nature in a classroom." DeVries said He teaches tropical ecology and tropical diver sity to undergraduate and graduate students and said thi# grant will allow him to travel and con tinue his research Russell I amir another fellowship recipient at the University, is a professor of theoretical and applied population in biology According to his colleague*. Land* is considered one of the premier theoretical evolutionists in the world The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foun ds I ion is in its 72nd year and it# fellowship# are considered to b* among the country's premier ace demk award* They are based on peat achievements and the promise for future accomplishments Woman receives fine, year in prison for faking her own death ROSKBURG (AP) — A Mg* departed from state guideline* Monday and sentenced a 61 -year old Winston woman to a year m prison for stealing $33,000 in an insurance maun that included fak ing her own death "Thu moat I'm supposed to sentence you to it 20 day* in tail,'- Douglas County Circuit lodge hum Suit* told Marie Gard ner. "t juat can't swallow that “ Sail* also sentenced Gardner to serve two years of probation and repay the Insurance and credit card companies she defrauded Garner pleader! guilty March 18 to on* count of aggravated theft. Authorities said she had writ ten false note* from her doctor to her creditors in JOHtt claiming she was disabled by the disease lupus and an insurance plan kicked in paying off her credit card*. The scam came apart later when a compliance officer from the Insurance company told Social Security the had received a copy of Gardner's death car tifkale. and the person from Social Security taut the had fust talked to Gardner Neighbors near site of Bill Gates’ future home getting rattled MEDINA. Wath f AP) — Ufa isn't always easy near the con struction site of Bill Date*1 $35 million future home One woman said her house has been rattled, and last week a glass crac ked in her china chest Her neighbor recall* the day 50 cement trucks drove by her house But far the m«et part, netghbur* in this affluent suburb east of Seattle across Lake Washington •ay Gates lias gone out of his way to be nice to them The Microsoft billionaire ha* had i onstmitim dust washed off their cars, paid for home repairs and throw* an annual party for the neighborhood, (Ute*' crew* even wash and sweep the *!reet every day "I think (.ate* ha* bent river backward," Mid Robert Romano, a physician who live* five hows •• worth of the Calm property "If someone ho* a complaint, he * fUed II," "The crew l* nice, and they amt do enough for you," mid the woman whose dtshe* were rat tied lost week by vlbralton* from construction. When a glass cracked. Cate*' c rew members packed up the teat of her dishes They sent her flowers when she was in the hospital and put in a new hot water heater for her when the old one sprang a leak Romano says a twites' crew pumped concrete Into his water front bulkhead and did some landsc aping lor him at no charge Even so. after nearly sis years of noise, dirt and traffic, some neighbors have their gripes Tib awful tired of this, " Mid a woman who did not want her name published, "i'll fust be so happy when it's finished " <tcr 104 tier 105 tier 204 tier 20* LEARN GERMAN THIS SUMMER HUM U AH («hRMAN (iKH IIH IOS 0"1 credits mch 9 OOI2.20 Ml WHF lu«»c 24 luh 19 cm 42719 106 FM 90012 20 Ml Will July 22 Suguu 1<> ern 4X7iO 106PR SECOND YEAR GERMAN GER 204.20S 06 credit* mh 9 0011 SO Ml Will June 24 July 19 cm 42?5I 214 IK 90011 SO Mt'WHF July 22 Augmt 16 in 42"S2 214 IK GERMAN FOR TRAVELERS GER 199 02 imJM» June 23-211, 1996 cam 41683 106 Ft •An intensive A fun filled way to obtain the UnxuaKc dull* net ewiary to survive the minute you step off the plane Tht* daw will explore such topic* a» • nuking it through customs • exchanging currency • deciphering the train station • finding a place to way • ordering your favorite meal with flair and confidente GERMAN LAMil AGfc RETREAT («m 4UH 01 credit August 2-Ji cm 4VIOH catpooi to lodge near Jasper Organizational meeting July SO or Aug J 0 50pm 215 FR Improve your (emmi by total unmtrww in a kkuI rather than classroom setting tram to use your <*crnun by taking part to conversations.smgalong*,games darning and .orals ALLES At F t»£I Tt H’ For further information call the II of O. Department of German* 1 <% Literature* M6-405I or see http //dark wing uorefton rduZ -manu/ ’96 Grads This is your chance to write for the ODE* Tell us your best college memory m a letter ^ of 1 SO words or less V Be sure that ^ • Yo«f name t* on the leftei • Ail events reported ire verifiable • The letter « addressed to Nicole Kfueyer • We receive me letter by a p m . May 31 Several submissions will be selected for print All tetters will be edited for grammar and style Potentially libelous tetters will not be printed EiiieraU -*JCO IMU*eO S' • JIM iuoer* CMe?!03.tWl)M6MII Who! can I do with a General Science MAJOR? A Workshop and Social for curtent and potential General Science majors Tuesday, May 21,5-6:30pm Gerlinger Nall UO Career Center representative. Beth Swank wt!i provide tips on finding jobs in 'hot' areas for General Science majors. 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