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On December 15, Dr. Francesco Brock receives $16,500 from Scarlata, the Consul General of Italy (Toronto), presented a cheque for $16,500 to Brock University to fund a Consul General of Italy for one-day conference on the teaching of Italian language and culture at the high school level. Inclement Weather .Italian language conference The grant, awarded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is the Policy revised result of a request from Brock Brock University recently Professor Anthony Mollica. revised its policy for dealing with "Brock University is pleased to inclement weather. Key tenets of receive these funds and we look the policy now include the forward to holding this important University's commitment to conference for educators," said maintain services despite inclement weather in recognition Michael Manley-Casimir, Dean of that Brock can not completely Brock's Faculty of Education. "The close as we have students living conference will focus on the in residence and many staff are development of Italian culture, therefore considered essential. contemporary methodologies in Provision is made for cancelling second-language teaching, as well as classes prior to 6 am and, in the sessions on new technology and case of evening classes, by 3 pm. present-day Italy." Staff considered non-essential will Brock is one of three universities in have the option of using earned Canada to offer methodology courses leave at such times. in Italian. Use of the media, Internet and The conference is expected to be the University's e-mail facilities, as well as the switchboard auto held this spring. Although the focus attendant will enhance how will be on the teaching of Italian at quickly and effectively any the secondary school level, members change to the University's status of university departments across the The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Toronto) recently awarded Brock University is communicated. $16,500 to fund a one-day conference on the teaching of Italian language and culture province will be invited to attend. To familiarize yourself with the at the high school level. Taking part in the cheque presentation were, from left, Also to be invited are teachers full policy please see: http:// Michael Manier-Casimir, Dean, Faculty of Education, Dr. Francesco Scarlata, the involved in the instruction of Italian www.BrockU.CNsecretariat! Consul Genera of Italy (Toronto), Carlo Coen, Director of the Italian Cultural as an international language at the admin/closure.html Institute, Brock President David Atkinson, Giuliana Dal Praz, Assistant Director of elementary level. the Italian Cultural Institute and Brock Professor Anthony Mollica. WED N E 5 0 A Y A N U A R Y 2 200 0 A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario Brock professor receives $53,000 grant for research into anticancer drug design The Cottrell College Science Awards College Science Awards program. pancratistatin. This "systematic program has granted Dr. James The successful renewal of this grant synthesis" is key to understanding the McNulty, of Brock University's will allow the Brock research team to anticancer activity of pancratistatin. Department of Chemistry, $53,000 to purchase some much-needed "The overall goal is to obtain the support his research into the synthesis equipment and to continue their simplest chemical structure that of a natural product that possesses studies toward identifying the exhibits the full spectrum of anticancer potent anticancer properties. This minimum structural requirements of activity," explains McNulty. "The research will lead to a better this particular drug and to help approach being undertaken at Brock understanding of a current pre-clinical identify its biological target. may also allow for the preparation of candidate drug and could lead to McNulty, along with his research much larger quantities of the active advances in the chemotherapeutic team at Brock, is studying drug needed for clinical studies." Distinguished Service Awards treatment of certain types of cancer. pancratistatin, a complex alkaloid The Cottrell College Science Awards Brock President David Atkinson presented The project was initiated after a obtained from certain plant bulbs of program supports basic research in Distinguished Service Awards to Carol successful peer reviewed grant, in the amaryllis family. The project is chemistry, physics and astronomy at Mcintosh (top) and Rosamund Battye during 1997, from Tucson-based Research concerned with defining the exact public and private, predominantly the President's Annual E!;&oog last month. Corporation which funds the Cottrell chemical configuration of undergraduate universities. The awards recognize their outstanding contributions to the University. Mcintosh is the Co-ordinator of Printing Services. Battye is the Co-ordinator of the Department of Reagent named for Chemistry Professor Child and Youth Studies and also co ordinates the concurrent BA/BEd and BSc/ Professor Ian Brindle, of Brock's effects can be seen," says Brindle. 1999, at a joint meeting of the BEd programs. Department of Chemistry, has had a "What is also important is that the Federation of Analytical and reagent named for him. Occasionally, reagent allows us to measure these Spectroscopic Societies and the in the world of chemistry, some concentrations in the presence of Canadian Spectroscopic Society he OUA recognizes Brock specific compounds or particular interferences that previously led attended in Vancouver, Brindle reactions are used that carry the analysts to the erroneous conclusion presented the results of his group's rowing coaches name of the chemist who is responsible that an element, such as arsenic, is most recent work on a phenomenon Brock University rowing coaches, for significant research in that area. In absent when it is present at levels known as "the memory effect." The Joe Dowd and Winston Cook, were Brindle's case,. the reagent, L-cysteine, that can cause harm." paper, entitled "The Persistence of recognized by the Ontario University is a sulfur-containing amino acid that The Brindle reagent is first Memory," co-authored by graduate Athletics (OUA) as "Coaches of the Brindle and his research group use mentioned in the preface to a special student, Wendy Chen, and fourth Year" for men's crews. for the analysis of samples containing edition of the journal, Spectrochimica year honours students Amy Jones and Dowd and Cook led the Brock arsenic, antimony, and tin. The Acta (1996, 51 B, viii), dedicated to Sarah Overduin, describes a way to Badgers men's crews to the OUA reagent is now being used across the flow-injection analysis, which was eliminate the time-consuming memory team championships this season. world where people want to measure published in 1996. Recently, a effect in the analysis of samples Weeks later, at the 1999 Canadian low concentrations of these elements. reviewer described the use of Brindle's containing gold, mercury and silver. Championships held at the Henley "The reagent that we developed in reagent, by Alessandro d'Ulivo, from The reagent that is used for this Course, the Brock crews repeated my lab makes it possible for analysts the University of Pisa, Italy (journal of remedy was dubbed, "Brindle's their OUA win with a gold medal to measure these important elements Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, reagent No.2" by attendees at the performance to earn a national at concentrations where subtle toxic 1999, 14, 1269.). In October of presentation. championsh i p. Niagara College and Brock University sign agreements for Tourism and GIS programs Niagara College and Brock The Geographic Information Science establishment of a GIS concentration four-year Bachelor of Tourism program University signed two articulation agreement enables students to within its current honours Geography with up to seven and a half credits agreements that will allow students to complete concurrently an honours programs incorporating several GIS toward the 20-credit program. study at both institutions creating degree in Geography at Brock with a courses taught at Niagara College. "Students from both institutions will now have expanded opportunities and greater educational opportunities. The concentration in GIS, and a post A second agreement allows greater resources to complete their agreements, in effect immediately, graduate certificate in Geographic graduates from Niagara College's two education as a result of these include the Geographic Information Information Systems at Niagara year Tourism (Co-op) program to be agreements," said Terry Boak, Brock's Science (GIS) and Tourism programs. College. Brock has approved the eligible to enter directly into Brock's Vice-President, Academic. Brock Brieft Philosophical society FACULTY AND STAFF will hold symposium EDUCATION Yacowar reads from new novel The Brock Philosophical Society Rodger Beatty, Pre-Service Department, conducted the Niagara Children's Chorus Maurice Yacowar, former Dean of presents the Fifth Annual Spirituality, (NCC) Nova in two recent concerts entitled "0 Holy Night." They performed on Humanities at Brock, will be revisiting Science, Ethics Symposium, from Saturday, December 4 and Sunday, December 5, at St. Thomas Angl ican Church, the University to read from his recently January 20 to 22, at Brock University. St. Catharines. NCC Nova gave a performance at the Grantham Public Library, St. Catharines on Thursday, December 9. published novel, The Bold Testament. The symposium features two The reading, sponsored by the keynote presentations. On January Professor Ralph Connelly presented a keynote session for elementary teachers, Department of English Language and 20, George Ellis will present: "Number Sense: What Can We 'Count On' for the Next Century," at the South Literature, will be held in the Senate "Intimations of Transcendence: The Carolina Council ofTeachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting, in Hilton Head, S.c., Chamber, on Wednesday, January 19, cosmos and the underlying order," at November 18 to 20. at 7 pm, and is open to the public. 7:30 pm, in the Concordia Seminary Connelly also presented an elementary general session, "Sizzling School Starters," at This bawdy bible story takes the form Chapel.