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 "
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