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Volume 14, Number 1/2005 KATHY F. ATKINSON F. KATHY

Where in the world are UD students? UNIVERSITY NEWS he University is ranked No. 1 HEARD ON THE GREEN...... 2 in study abroad participation among the nation’s public NEWEST FRANCIS ALISON AWARD...... 10 T institutions of higher education, according to a report by the MARY HEMPEL REMEMBERED...... 11 Institute of International BETWEEN THE COVERS...... 11 Education (IIE). The report, released in SUSAN STROMAN November and based on statistics HONORED ON CAMPUS...... 12 for the 2003-04 academic year, BLOGGING CLASS...... 14 evaluates study abroad participation as a percentage of ADVANCED NURSING PROGRAM...... 15 undergraduate degrees conferred at doctoral research institutions. HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS...... 17 In that category, UD ranks first among public universities and 12th overall, with 32.1 percent

FEATURES LAURA DEVENNEY participation. Laura Devenney, CHS ’05, won the Center for International Study’s 2004-05 Georgetown University, a photo contest for this photo of UD students on a mountain in New Zealand. private institution, had the highest ON RESEARCH...... 18 percentage of participation at 64.3, students on study abroad trips, milestone 2003 program that followed by fellow private and we believe that their traveled to Antarctica, UD institutions Dartmouth College participation is a primary reason students now study in all seven REPORT OF PRIVATE (53.3), Pepperdine University for the success of our programs. continents. SUPPORT...... 35 (52.4) and Duke University (50.7) “The University is deeply “Our objective is to make the Among the top 20 universities indebted to the donors who have opportunity to study abroad in percentage of participation, UD made possible increases in the available and affordable to all UD FIGHTIN’ ranks fourth overall—after number of study abroad students,” Rich says. BLUE HENS Michigan State, Boston and scholarships. However, we The report was part of Open TODAY...... 75 Georgetown universities—in the recognize that additional Doors 2005, an annual survey on total number of students taking scholarship support is a key issue international education published part in study abroad, with 1,303. for there to be further growth in by the IIE with funding from the The University’s numbers are the number of students who U.S. Department of State’s Bureau PARENT TIMES...... 100 even higher for 2004-05, with participate.” of Educational and Cultural 1,477 students studying abroad, UD pioneered the concept of Affairs. The survey shows that ALUMNI STORIES Provost Dan Rich says. study abroad, offering the first U.S. students are heading abroad “The provision of study abroad U.S. program in 1923, when eight in record numbers, with an JEWELRY FIT FOR A opportunities for University of students sailed to France for a increase of 9.6 percent over the MUSEUM...... 29 Delaware students is a high year of study. This school year, the previous year of the study. More priority,” President David P. University is offering more than 70 information is available on the Roselle says. “We are very grateful programs in numerous academic web site [www.opendoors. to the faculty who accompany the subjects and 35 countries. With a iienetwork.org]. ◆ ROCK CLIMBING CULTURE...... 30 Students create niche garden

ven Winterthur Museum, waterside garden and shade HIP-HOP famed for the beauty of its garden, which is the JOURNALIST...... 31 E extensive gardens, has areas demonstration garden. that are more utilitarian than Krawczyk drew up the plans inspired. That is until Carol and then she and her students SANTA BABY’S BUSIEST Krawczyk, assistant professor of began implementing the shade MONTH...... 32 plant and soil sciences, and garden over a three-day period. “It ALUMNI BAND’S SENIOR TRUMPET...... 33 students in her landscape design was a real opportunity for active and landscape construction details learning for my students— classes worked their magic on one translating a paper plan into ALUMNI NEWS such location and created a actuality and creating and delightful garden for GardenFair learning what is involved in HOMEWORD...... 103 weekend, held Sept. 16-18. creating a garden,” she says. The site was a combination The asphalt driveway was KRISTI KIICK...... 13 barn/garage with an asphalt turned into a flagstone patio. CLASS NOTES...... 108 driveway, which was transformed Krawczyk located a huge hollow in a few days’ time into a tree stump on the Winterthur GREG DREW Carol Krawczyk, assistant professor delightful shade garden retreat. grounds, which was moved to the of plant sciences, left, and student Krawczyk was approached this site and became the focal point of Chris Morrow work on a shade summer to create “Three Gardens the patio. Netting covered the garden retreat at Winterthur Museum. of the Piedmont” for DuPont, pond to deter birds from fishing using the company’s GreenVista expeditions. A large variety of patio, and a walkway was COVER BY BARBARA BROGE Products—a sunshine garden, a plants and shrubs edged the constructed. ◆

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Hundreds join ‘Stop the Hate March’

ore than 300 students of hate crimes,” he said. “I from across campus took don’t have any theories for M part in a “Stop the Hate why that is, but this march March,” a University-wide shows that students are taking awareness-raising event held a stand against such crimes.” Nov. 1 in response to recent As students from all corners hate crimes taking place on of campus arrived in groups of and around campus. 50 or more, chanting peace Organized by the Office of slogans, bearing candles and Residence Life and facilitated waving handmade signs by several campus groups— denouncing hatred, the including La Raza, SAFE message outside the Trabant (Students Advocating for University Center was clear: Freedom and Equality) and Crimes of hate will not be MSN (Minority Student tolerated or ignored on Network)—the event began campus. with brief candle-lighting “I think it’s a good idea to ceremonies as students from send a very clear message that residence halls congregated in this sort of behavior cannot go common areas, lit each others’ any further,” Michal Masango, candles and marched en masse an MBA student from to the Trabant University KEVIN QUINLAN Cameroon, said. “If you sit back Center Patio to participate in the and allow it to go on without rest of the evening’s educational engage in acts of hatred and bias- junior political science and women’s taking a firm stand, it creates a and awareness-building events. motivated threats and behavior studies major from Milford, Del., breeding ground for more of the Reports of a serious assault and will be confronted, prosecuted and said. “I think that by taking a stand same behavior,” she said. several criminal mischief incidents expelled from our community,” we’re showing that we know what’s “I think combating hate and hate on campus, including several Roselle wrote in his letter. going on and are not going to let it crimes starts at a personal level,” instances of racist and anti-Semitic As part of a developing slide. Marching shows numbers, Jacqueline Winslow, a graduate graffiti on walls, first led to an Oct. University-wide campaign, a web unity and solidarity, and there are student in communication from 20 letter sent by UD President site also has been created to offer also many groups on campus who Newark, said. “I work in the Office David P. Roselle to the University contact information for reporting are taking a stand.” of Residence Life, and I know there community stating that UD “must hate crimes, [www.udel.edu/PR/ Billy Collins, a senior English are a lot of opportunities for and will have a zero tolerance for zerotolerance]. major from New Castle, Del., who students to educate themselves on hate.” Students who took part in the is also involved in the campus gay ways to handle differences and learn “There is no place at the march voiced their concerns. rights and awareness group, tolerance. It is very hard to hate University of Delaware for those “I know people who have been HAVEN, echoed this sentiment. “In someone once you make an effort to whose credo is meanness and whose victims of hate crimes, and I want the past several years, the campus get to know and understand him or method is intimidation. Those who to show my support,” Tya Pope, a has seen an increase in the number her.” ◆

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Encouraging new teachers in hands-on learning

he University has been undergraduate elementary awarded a $2.2 million grant education majors, a group of T by the National Science inquiry-based science and Foundation to study the education courses intended to help development of elementary and education majors reshape their middle school teachers during understanding of learning. A key their transition from college into goal of the curriculum is to help the classroom. prospective teachers change from a The funding will be used to view that learning is simply the examine changes in the teachers’ transmission of knowledge understanding of science and through lectures and drills to one education over a five-year period, that focuses on the creation of Deborah E. Allen according to Deborah E. Allen, UD knowledge through inquiry-based associate professor of biological projects. UD named to sciences and principal investigator The purpose of the grant is to graduate students and elite Truman for the project. use a cross-disciplinary team of undergraduates to study the effects Research will focus on UD’s UD faculty, teachers from of this innovative curriculum on group reform-based curriculum for kindergarten through grade 12, the students who experience it. ◆

ith two current Truman Scholars, UD has not just Senegal this fall to participate in a three- one, but two more named week program. In addition, two W exchange Senegalese graduate students scholars than many prestigious universities throughout the will arrive in fall 2006 to begin country, Louis Blair, executive tips off work toward master’s degrees in secretary of the Truman sport management and will Scholarship Foundation, said he University of Delaware serve as graduate assistants with when he presented Truman will cooperate with the the UD men’s and women’s Scholarship Honor Institution T National Basketball basketball teams and within the Award at a University awards Association (NBA) on an sport management major. ceremony in October. educational sports exchange In September 2006, the UD Blair said that every school program with the West African men’s and women’s basketball has talented people, but only nation of Senegal. staffs, along with current and schools with an exceptional The exchange, which will former NBA players and team president and faculty become a occur in the fall of 2006, will be personnel, will travel to Senegal Truman Honor Institution. supported by a $326,000 grant as part of Basketball Without Congress established the from the U.S. Department of Borders Africa, where they Truman Scholarship Foundation State to the University’s will take part in coaching in 1975 in memory of Harry Department of Health, clinics and in the NBA’s global

Truman, the 33rd president. Since Nutrition and Exercise Sciences. ROBINSON MATT campaign to raise awareness 1977, 2,328 Truman Scholarships Through the NBA’s international Kenneth Blakeney, UD assistant men’s about HIV/AIDS education have been awarded nationwide. basketball instruction and basketball coach, plays with a youngster in and prevention. Dakar, Senegal. UD has been awarded a grant community relations outreach Finally, over the course of With 15 Truman Scholars by the Department of State and is working with selected at UD since the foundation program, Basketball Without the National Basketball Association to conduct the program, Robinson will began, the University joins only 49 Borders Africa, UD will work an educational sports exchange program with work with the Senegalese other institutions that have received with the nonprofit organization the African nation. Basketball Federation to develop the honor in the foundation’s 30- Sports for Education and youth basketball leagues and to year history. Economic Development in Senegal associated with participating in secure grants and corporate Senior Dalit Gulak, a foreign (SEEDS) and the Senegalese sport to the youth of Senegal,” sponsorship to expand the sport in languages and literatures major Basketball Federation. “This is a Matthew J. Robinson, associate that country. and one of two UD students named great opportunity to work with the professor of sport management Robinson and David Barlow, a Truman Scholar in 2005, was on NBA and SEEDS to develop and program director of UD’s associate professor of health, hand for the ceremony. The other positive relationships with the International Basketball Initiative, nutrition and exercise sciences, 2005 Truman scholar is senior basketball community in Senegal, says. have implemented a similar Tom Isherwood, an international but, more importantly, it is a chance The funds brought six coaches program with Turkey, which relations major. ◆ to promote the positive benefits from Senegal to the United States began in 2003. ◆

No wires worries.” Wireless access now is Trabant University Center and the available at 340-plus locations in Morris Library. required 102 buildings on UD campuses “We have wireless capability statewide. pretty much anywhere users would ith an increasing number During the summer, several expect it to be,” Dan Grim, of students using portable Problem-Based Learning executive director of IT-Network computers, UD’s classrooms were made wireless and Systems Services, says. “These W accessible, and Memorial Hall are mainly in the commons spaces Information Technologies- Network and System Services became the first academic building in academic areas and residence continues to expand the number with complete wireless capability halls, where students tend to of wireless locations on on UD’s Newark campus. Arsht gather.” thecampus. Hall, on UD’s Wilmington campus, For maps of wireless locations Known as “OZones,” the also has complete wireless or information about system wireless-capable locations afford capability. Outdoor wireless requirements, set-up and UD users a network that has “zero locations include the patio areas of wireless computing policies, visit wires, zero waiting and zero the Perkins Student Center, the [www.udel.edu/wireless]. ◆

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Recipe takes the cake— and $100,000

lumna Sharon Collison, check—6 feet long—for $100,000 CHEP ’90, who teaches with a real one to follow,” A nutrition concepts at UD, Collison says. loves to cook and to experiment To see the prize-winning with cooking. It paid off big time recipe, go to [southernliving when her chocolate-coffee cookoff.com]. cheesecake with mocha sauce won the grand prize of $100,000 on Sept. 22 in the Southern Living magazine cook-off. Her recipe was one of three nationwide selected in the “Southern Desserts” category for which she won $1,000 as a semifinalist. She and her husband, Joe, were flown to Birmingham, Ala., where the magazine is located, for the final cook-off. “Soon after Joe and I arrived, where we stayed at a lovely resort, I was taken to the Southern Living kitchens because Sharon Collison I had to make part of my recipe in advance,” Collison says. “The As an undergraduate, Collison next day, all of us were cooking majored in food science, and she for an hour and a half. All I had received her master’s in nutrition left to do was make the sauce, so in 1994. She is taking the initial I had lots of time to be nervous. steps toward entering a doctoral After the cooking was complete, program in biomechanics. ◆ our dishes were taken from the kitchens and presented to the judges, who were Southern Living editors. “When the announcement was made, I was shaking and crying so that the celebrity chef, Tyler Florence, who made the award, said later he had to hold me up.

They presented PHOTOS COURTESY SOUTHERN LIVING MAGAZINE me with a large Chocolate-coffee cheesecake with mocha sauce

Partnership professional development meetings and classroom-based coaching. Three to enhance Centers of Excellence will be created, according to Carol Vukelich, Head Start Hammonds Professor in Teacher Education at UD and director of the new $3.3 million, three-year Delaware Center for Teacher reading project, funded by the Education. Teachers can come to A U.S. Department of Education, those centers to learn about ways to will serve 225 children in northern deliver a high-quality, research-based Delaware and their teachers through program that has a positive impact a partnership between the University on young children’s language and and New Castle County Head Start Inc. early reading development. The Delaware Early Reading First “The teachers with whom we will project, which will support learning be working already are good teachers in 12 classrooms in three New Castle who are providing their young County Head Start centers, involves learners with language and early the Delaware Center for Teacher reading activities,” Vukelich says. Education at UD, in cooperation “Their children already are with colleagues from the achieving. Our goal is to provide University’s Department of these teachers with a powerful Individual and Family Studies. professional development program so The project aims to prepare that they are not just good teachers, teachers through ongoing they are excellent teachers.” ◆

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Recipes from Vita Nova, the fine-dining restaurant operated on campus by HRIM students, are available for the first time this year in a limited-edition cookbook, Taste of Class. The recipes are from executive chef Joe DiGregorio, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, and sous chef Debbie Ellingsworth. The full-color cookbook includes nearly 100 recipes, divided into sections on appetizers, soups, New for 2006, this spiral-bound desk calendar includes important dates in the salads, meats, fish and seafood, poultry, pasta, sauces and side dishes, breads University’s academic year while celebrating UD’s Hotel, Restaurant and and desserts. Institutional Management (HRIM) program, named one of the top 10 hospitality Several of the recipes include wine recommendations from the Bouchaine programs in the U.S. Photographs inside capture HRIM students working at Vita Vineyards of Napa Valley, Calif. The vineyard is owned by Tatiana and Gerret Nova, the popular student-run restaurant on campus, and cycling through five Copeland, who donated a state-of-the-art wine cellar to Vita Nova. hotel management positions at the new Courtyard Newark—University of The cookbook was designed by Molly Chappell, an art director in UD’s Office Delaware, the recently opened Marriott hotel on the Laird Campus. The of Public Relations. Photography is by Jon Cox, a part-time faculty member in calendar, designed by Lane McLaughlin, an art director in UD’s Office of Public the Department of Fine Arts and Visual Communications. Relations, is available for $19.95 at the University Bookstore. The book may be purchased for $24.95 through the University Bookstore.

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An outpouring of support for hurricane victims

rom numerous fund-raising the south side of Memorial Hall, events to admissions with campus volunteers F assistance to research distributing green ribbons to expertise, the University students and community community rallied during the fall members. Recipients were asked semester to help the victims of to write messages on the ribbons hurricanes that devastated the to survivors of the hurricane, and Gulf Coast this year. then install them in the garden to Several freshmen who had been show solidarity and encourage admitted to UD but opted to reflection and awareness of those attend Tulane University in New in need. Orleans now have enrolled at UD All during the semester, after Tulane was evacuated when student organizations sponsored a Hurricane Katrina struck. variety of creative fund-raising Housing and academic officials at activities for hurricane victims. UD helped streamline the process These ranged from benefit for the displaced students. concerts and sporting events to Also in September, the Disaster collections of such needed items Research Center began as baby formula and diapers to dispatching researchers to study the UD Chorale’s recording of a

issues related to the response to the DUANE PERRY new song, “Big Easy on My widespread devastation wrought by Mind,” with profits from the Katrina. Students and staff went to local officials. Norris said faculty and in support of those who are accompanying sheet music donated such stricken cities as New Orleans, and graduate student conservators rebuilding their lives. to hurricane relief. Baton Rouge and Biloxi, as well as from UD plan to continue working The same week as the vigil, a Additionally, English Prof. Ben Houston, where many evacuees with Gulf Coast conservators to number of UD offices, including Yagoda, with support from the were moved into shelters. restore items onsite in the Campus Life and Residence Life, Office of Public Relations, organized Additional expert assistance came devastated communities and in the launched a fund-raising drive called a faculty auction to assist Dillard from art conservationists at UD. In laboratories at UD and at Giving on The Green to help University in New Orleans as the mid-September, Debra Hess Norris, Winterthur Museum. hurricane victims. Throughout the private, historically black, liberal Henry Francis du Pont Chair in University efforts on behalf of week, students sold $1 raffle tickets arts institution struggles to restore Fine Arts and chairperson of the hurricane victims included a Sept. for a long list of prizes donated by its campus, which sustained heavy Department of Art Conservation, 12 interfaith candlelight vigil held area merchants, raising $8,665 to flood damage. UD faculty members was invited to join a delegation of on the north lawn of The Green and send to victims of Hurricane donated numerous items and archivists who traveled to the Gulf attended by more than 300 members Katrina via the American Red Cross. services to the online auction, which Coast to review some of the of the UD community. The vigil was For a week beginning Sept. 16, a was held throughout November, hurricane damage and help advise held in memory of those who died ribbon garden was established on with proceeds donated to Dillard. ◆

UD Catholic chaplain now a monsignor

ather Michael Szupper, as he rejoice in this testament to an classes for children taught by UD has been known to the campus outstanding priest of God.” students and three Masses F community for more than 40 UD President David P. Roselle throughout the day. years as the chaplain to UD Catholic calls the new monsignor “an icon,” In 2003, Szupper received the students, was installed Nov. 27 as a adding, “His more than 40 years of University’s Medal of Distinction, monsignor, one of six in active service to the University community the highest award bestowed on ministry in the Diocese of is unprecedented in length, devotion citizens of the state and region for Wilmington, which serves 220,000 and quality. During all of those contributions, professional success Catholics. years, members of the University’s and significant service. He says the Szupper first learned about the student body, staff, faculty and other other honor he remembers most honor when he was asked to meet religious leaders have benefited from fondly occurred during Mass on his with Bishop Michael Saltarelli to his wise counsel, leadership and 70th birthday, when the back door discuss the campus ministry at model behavior. of the Oratory opened and who Washington College, one of “We are very fortunate that should strut in but YoUDee. The Szupper’s responsibilities for Father Szupper has been a member University mascot came up to the campus ministries at colleges and of the University community, and altar holding a bunch of birthday universities in the diocese. “We we were absolutely delighted to balloons. “It was a wonderful briefly talked about Washington learn of the well-deserved Papal surprise,” says Szupper, who has College, and then the bishop said, order that he is henceforth to be kept a photo of the presentation. ‘By the way, you have been named a known as Monsignor Szupper.” A large part of the ministry is monsignor,’” Szupper recalls. The soft-spoken priest has been a counseling, and he and Kim Zitzner, KATHY F. ATKINSON F. KATHY “I was stunned and still am. When presence on campus since he began Monsignor Michael Szupper who is associate chaplain, both are anyone addresses me as ‘monsignor,’ his ministry at UD in 1964. At the judicial advisers within the I wonder, ‘Whom are they talking time, there was no St. Thomas More says, “I asked the tailor if it could be University system. about?’ But, the bishop’s nominating Oratory, so he said Mass in a variety blue for Delaware, but he was not “Basically, students want to be me to become a Chaplain of His of locations from movie theatres to a amused.” heard and recognized as individuals, Holiness is a statement and synagogue. The Oratory was built in Szupper says Mass at 12:30 p.m., and each has his or her own story to affirmation on his part of the 1974 as part of a diocesan building Mondays through Thursdays, tell,” Szupper says. “Scripture tells importance of campus ministries.” campaign, giving Catholics in the followed by his main meal of the day us Jesus walked with people, talked “That Monsignor Michael campus community a central place at The Scrounge, where he with people, listened to people and Szupper has been designated a to worship. informally talks and interacts with broke bread with people. We try to Chaplain to His Holiness is a Becoming a monsignor will not students and others. “If I miss a day, do the same, but we never work significant recognition of his long change Szupper and his service as the staff at The Scrounge ask where miracles.” and dedicated ministry to the chaplain, he says. However, when I am,” he says. Saturdays, there is a “Maybe we do, and we just don’t community of the University of he was fitted for a new cassock with Mass in the late afternoon, and know it,” Zitzner says. ◆ Delaware,” Saltarelli says. “We purple piping, buttons and sash, he Sundays are busy with religious —Sue Moncure

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Residence hall dedication pays tribute to a founding father

he first federally mandated for peace,” Russ said. “Moreover, as Constitution Day was marked a legal matter, he believed that T in a distinctive fashion at UD, perhaps a functioning government with a ceremony that included a should be created before announcing ribbon-cutting to dedicate George the new birth of the new nation. Read Hall, named for a Delaware Therefore, it was only after long, founding father and signer of both careful consideration that Read the U.S. Constitution and the concluded independence was the Declaration of Independence. proper course of action.” The Sept. 17 gathering took place Read’s sense of fairness also between the north and south wings played a key role in drafting the of George Read Hall, the Constitution, Russ said, as well as in University’s newest, state-of-the-art establishing protection for the rights residence hall, located on the Laird of small states. Campus. Students, faculty and “He was particularly concerned administrators came together to that smaller states, like Delaware, observe the occasion and hear have adequate power in the new remarks by UD President David P. government, and thus argued

Roselle and a talk by Jonathan Russ, DUANE PERRY passionately in favor of equal UD assistant professor of history, George Read Hall, the University’s newest residence hall, is on the Laird Campus. representation for all the states in who paid tribute to Read. the U.S. Senate.” “We gather this morning to his community,” Russ explained. in Philadelphia for the first time in “His was a remarkable life,” Russ celebrate this beautiful new “Nevertheless, Read was not afraid 1774,” Russ said. “And, it was this concluded, “and it is indeed fitting University residence hall; to honor to risk all of this and to speak out body that drew up the Declaration that this grand structure be named one of our first alumni, George against English authority when he of Independence in 1776.” in his honor. In the years to come, Read, for whom this building is thought a matter merited such voice.” Russ said the circumstances of thousands of students will call this named; and to mark the nation’s Russ recounted Read’s role in the Read’s signing the Declaration of building home. To be sure, it will be first federally recognized 1765 Stamp Act Congress, a body Independence again showed his a temporary home for them, but a Constitution Day, established to that gathered to protest new English “principled character.” Read initially home that exists in a state and in a honor our government’s founding taxes that had been imposed upon opposed the measure, Russ said. country that was shaped by the document,” Roselle said. the Colonists. “He believed that all attempts at efforts of this man, George Read.” Before introducing Russ, Roselle “It was because of Read’s very peaceful reconciliation between the Constitution Day was established thanked Ayers/Saint/Gross, the success in the Stamp Act Congress Colonies and the royal authorities by Congress in December 2004 as a architectural firm; Whiting-Turner, that his fellow Delawareans elected should be exhausted before plunging day to be observed each Sept. 17 by the construction management firm; him as a representative to the into war, and feared that perhaps all federally funded educational and the several trade contract firms Continental Congress that gathered there remained unexplored avenues institutions ◆ —Becca Hutchinson who completed the project in less than 15 months, in time for the start of the fall semester. More than 500 students live in the new residence Student traces her ancestry to George Read hall. or one University student, in George Clymer, another Russ took the podium then, particular, the dedication of local founding father who saying, “Harvard. Yale. Princeton. George Read Hall had a signed the U.S. Dartmouth. Penn. Great schools, all, F special meaning. Meredith Constitution. with reputations for academic Elizabeth Clymer is a direct Although she says excellence throughout their descendant of Read. family anecdotes about the histories. And yet, none of them can Although Clymer, who has a famous ancestors were boast what we here at the double major in communication kept to a minimum in her University of Delaware can. Indeed, and women’s studies, knew of her home, she does cart around we have as part of our legacy a man famous ancestor, she says she did a certain amount of legacy whose witness to our nation’s birth not know of his connection to UD. with her name. is so unique that no other Still, she says, she felt at home “I was named after institution of higher learning in the the minute she stepped on campus George Clymer’s wife, United States can lay claim to such six years ago as a high school Elizabeth Meredith,” she an individual. That man was George junior from East Millstone, N.J. says, “and that was Read.” The sense of connection was so changed to Meredith Russ noted that Read was one of striking that it prompted her to opt Elizabeth for me, to keep only six men to have signed both the for early decision and forgo tours “M” as the first initial in Declaration of Independence and ATKINSON F. KATHY of other colleges, she says. my first name, for other the Constitution “and the only one Meredith Elizabeth Clymer “I didn’t pick Delaware family reasons.” of those to have secured an knowing that George Read was Clymer says that, while she outside the classroom. Involved advanced, formal education in affiliated with it,” Clymer says doesn’t plan to pursue a career in with planning admissions office Colonial America.” He spoke of now, “but I think it’s a happy either politics or law, she feels events that coincide with tours by Read’s education, career and early coincidence. I’d known that Read she’s received more than a name prospective students, Clymer also connection with UD, which “began was an ancestor of mine and that from her famous ancestors in both supports the student efforts behind at the age of 10, when, in 1743, he he was only one of the six leadership and writing abilities. the VDay organization, a nonprofit, came to the Rev. Francis Alison’s founding fathers who signed both “I do feel I’m a proficient writer, worldwide entity that distributes newly opened academy that the Declaration of Independence and I have leadership skills,” she funds to programs that work to eventually became the University of and the Constitution of the United says. “And, since I eventually hope stop violence against women. Delaware.” States, but it wasn’t until I read an to go into event planning, I think “It’s taken me awhile to learn Read went on to open his own article about how Read Hall got its these assets will serve me in good that Read was a student here, but law practice at age 20 and was name that I learned Read had stead with marketing and I’m glad he was,” Clymer, who named attorney general of attended the University.” organizing and delegating tasks.” plans to attend graduate school Delaware’s three counties by the Clymer, who can trace her By logging approximately 20 next year, says. “The founding time he turned 30. lineage to George Read through six hours a week at UD’s Office of fathers were great, inspired men, “It was a prestigious appointment generations on her father’s side, Admissions, Clymer already is and I’m humbled that I can claim that brought with it security, also is a direct descendant of testing some of these abilities descendancy.” ◆ deference and a prominent place in

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The record-breaking Class of 2009 ow to recognize a first-year average entering freshman at UD UD student? has SATs above 1200.” H Find someone named The new students come from 35 Jessica or Michael who has a grade- U.S. states, including Alaska and point average (GPA) of 3.52 or Hawaii, and nine foreign countries, higher, made 1200 or more on her with 1,125 from Delaware, followed or his SATs and is involved in by the next largest numbers from sports and/or community service. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New That student will most likely be York and Maryland. part of the record-breaking 3,536 Once again, the largest number students who make up the Class of of freshmen, 1,279, are enrolled in 2009. More than 500 entering the College of Arts and Sciences, freshmen have high school GPAs of followed by 569 undeclared majors, KATHY F. ATKINSON F. KATHY 4.00 or above, 200 scored over 1400 478 in the Alfred Lerner College of New Student Convocation was held in the Bob Carpenter Center for the 3,536 on their SATs, and two had perfect Business and Economics, 347 in the first-year students. SAT scores. College of Engineering, 337 in the “Average SAT scores and the College of Human Services, largest increase in Hispanic students. are 78 Jessicas, beating out Lauren number of students with grade Education and Public Policy, 327 in More than half of the Class of by 10 and trouncing former point averages of 4.00 or higher the College of Health Sciences and 2009 participated in volunteer or favorite, Jennifer, by 27. Michael coming to the University of 113 in the College of Agriculture community service and in sports and Matthew tied last year, but this Delaware as freshmen this fall have and Natural Resources. before coming to UD. year, 102 freshmen are named reached new levels,” according to A higher proportion than ever Jessicia and Michael are the most Michael and 79 are Matthews. Lou Hirsh, UD admissions director. before are part of minority groups— popular male and female names There are 14 pairs of twins “This is the first year that the more than 15 percent—with the coming to campus this fall. There enrolled. ◆

A helping hand for On the right track to safety homeless boys reg Sweeney, children in the o increase student AS ’09, has shelters, most awareness about won two of whom came T train safety issues, a G new poster with a list of prestigious national from single- awards for parent families safety tips and community service with no male precautionary practices for founding Cub role model, and has been placed in Scout Pack 506, heard someone various campus and the first scout pack say what great community locations. on the East Coast role models the The “Trains of exclusively for scouts made for Thought” poster, homeless boys. the boys, he sponsored by the And, to top it all said he thought Delaware off, he was it would be a Undergraduate featured as the good idea to Student Congress and “Person of the start a Cub the CSX Corp., urges SARAH SIMON Week” on Oct. 14 Greg Sweeney Scout pack for pedestrians and by ABC-TV’s World them. motorists to “Use News Tonight. He Xtreme caution” Sweeney is one of only five approached Brother Ronald when approaching young adults chosen nationwide to Giannone, director of the any railroad crossing receive a 2005 National Caring Ministry of Caring in and to remember Award and scholarship from the Wilmington, who gave him a that railroads are Caring Institute and one of 10 to $200 budget and a meeting private property receive a $5,000 Yoshiyama Award place and asked a volunteer to and that walking for Exemplary Service to the place ads in church bulletins. on or near them is Community from the Hitachi Sweeney was able to pull extremely Foundation. together the people and resources dangerous. The National Caring award is needed to start Pack 506, which The safety given to five persons from ages 9 to today serves 16 to 18 homeless campaign was 99 who best personify caring and boys. “For most of them, it is prompted by four would be worthy role models for the only thing they can count serious accidents during the others. The Yoshiyama Award goes on in their lives. It gives them 2004-05 academic year involving to 10 high school seniors across the consistency,” Sweeney says. pedestrians and trains, including safety tips and warnings, including nation based upon service to the Over the years, he has helped the death of an 18-year-old a reminder that trains may be community, the opportunity for obtain donated T-shirts for the freshman, who was fatally struck by closer than they appear, that they longer-term social change and the youngsters, Boy Scout Council a train on the CSX Railroad trestle are wider than most people think relevance of these activities to scholarships for them to attend near Cleveland Avenue and North and that a train traveling at 55 addressing profound community summer camp, free Chapel Street on Sept. 12, 2004. mph can take as long as a mile and and societal problems. transportation to their weekly The train safety project team a half to stop. Pack 506 began in Wilmington, pack meetings and a tutoring produced the slogan, “Stay off the Posters and cards were Del., when Sweeney was 12 and service for those needing extra tracks,” and the “Trains of distributed by the Newark Police encountered children in homeless help in school. Thought” poster was designed by Department and displayed by local shelters through an Eagle Scout More than 100 homeless boys Monroe Givens, associate director businesses and on UD buses, and project being conducted by his have become Cub Scouts of creative services in UD’s Office 10 street signs have been posted brother, Matt Sweeney, BE ’07. through Pack 506, which now of Public Relations. The posters near the three railroad grade When Greg Sweeney saw the has 12 volunteers. ◆ highlight eight important train crossings in Newark. ◆

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Newest Alison Professor seeks smaller, stronger magnets

eorge Hadjipanayis, Richard B. greater, he says. Murray Professor of Physics “Other interesting applications G and chairperson of the for magnetic nanoparticles are Department of Physics and biological uses, such as the delivery Astronomy, has been named the of drugs into the body by attaching 2005 winner of the Francis Alison them to particles about 10 nanometers Award, the University’s highest in size and Magnetic Resonance faculty honor. Imaging contrast enhancement,” The University’s Board of Hadjipanayis says. “Researchers Trustees established the award in have found that the use of such 1978 to recognize the scholarship, particles has helped detect prostate professional achievements and cancer at a very early stage.” dedication of the UD faculty. Nanoparticles also can be used “All of us at the University of for hyperthermia treatment of Delaware are delighted that Prof. cancer, in which particles are Hadjipanayis has been named the placed in a specific area and Alison Professor, the highest award activated by magnetic force outside for faculty at our institution. His the body to generate heat in the record of service, teaching and selected area. research clearly justifies his having In his career, Hadjipanayis has been accorded this honor,” UD advised 20 graduate students and President David P. Roselle says. published more than 400 papers. In Tom Apple, dean of the College of addition to his intensive research Arts and Sciences and professor of program, he led the development of chemistry, says Hadjipanayis is a a modern magnetics laboratory that first-rate scientist whose work in is fully equipped with state-of-the- nanomaterials has received art magnetometers and a high- international acclaim. resolution scanning and transmission “He has made many fundamental electron microscope. He has written contributions to our understanding several chapters in books and of the microstructure of magnetic organized and directed international

materials. As chair of our physics ATKINSON F. KATHY conferences, including three NATO and astronomy department, he George Hadjipanayis, Richard B. Murray Professor of Physics and chairperson Advanced Study Institutes. He also of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, was named the 2005 winner of the provides outstanding leadership. He regularly teaches courses in Francis Alison Award. has promoted excellence, and he has magnetic materials and electron created an environment of microscopy and a NATO Advanced collaboration to achieve our goals in University of Delaware. Even as the and smaller magnets,” he says. Research Workshop. teaching and research. George is chair, I still teach. I volunteered to “We are trying to go to the next The founder and current director certainly deserving of our most teach because I love it. I advise grad generation of magnets: High- of the Consortium for Advanced revered faculty award,” Apple says. students and hold weekly meetings. temperature magnets are needed by Magnets, Hadjipanayis has received “I was astounded to learn that I It’s hard work for me, but I believe the U.S. Air Force, which is nearly $13 million in research am the recipient of this year’s it’s a duty,” he says. changing hydraulic systems to grants and contracts. award,” Hadjipanayis, who joined Hadjipanayis says he is a electromagnetic systems for the Born in Cyprus, Hadjipanayis UD in 1989, says. “I was ecstatic. I proponent of collaboration across more-electric planes, and magnets received his bachelor’s degree at the feel humbled to be one of the different academic areas for the very close to engines become very University of Athens in 1969. His recipients. I’m very happy.” benefit of students. “We have hot,” Hadjipanayis says of his early work in magnetic materials He delivered the 2005 Francis excellent resources scattered across research, which is funded by a $2.4 was at the University of Manitoba Alison Inagural Lecture, speaking physics, chemistry, chemical million grant from the Air Force in Canada, where he earned his on “The Magic of Magnets,” in engineering and materials science. I Office of Scientific Research. master’s and doctoral degrees. November. believe students gain from the In another $3.7 million grant A postdoctoral fellow at the collective resources that grow from funded by the Defense Advanced University of Nebraska from 1979- Dedicated teacher the academic interaction of the Research Projects Agency, UD 80, Hadjipanayis worked for During his four-year tenure as various units,” he says. magnetics researchers are working Kollmorgen Corp. in Radford, Va., chair of UD’s physics and astronomy Hadjipanayis says UD’s to develop high-performance from 1980-82, joining a team to department, Hadjipanayis not only Undergraduate Research Program is nanocomposite magnets based on improve the magnetic properties of has spearheaded the merger of the key to tapping the potential of exchange-coupled soft and hard cobalt and iron-rich magnets. He Bartol Research Institute with his budding scientists as active phases. later led the efforts to develop a department through the academic participants, while giving them an Hadjipanayis says grants totaling cobalt-free permanent magnet, program review process, but he has opportunity to further explore and $400,000 from the National Science which resulted in the discovery of continued to teach “Introduction to pursue their interests. He also has Foundation and Seagate, a major neodymium-iron-boron Magnetism,” “Introduction to worked closely with St. Mark’s High computer data-storage device supermagnets. Electron Microscopy,” “Physics School, the Charter School of manufacturer, are funding research He returned to academia as an Research Talks” and “Fundamentals Wilmington and Newark High into high-anisotropy magnetic assistant professor at Kansas State of Modern Physics.” School, among others, to provide nanoparticles and nanocomposites. University in 1982. “My challenge is to make my high school students opportunities The goal is to write data on smaller Hadjipanayis was named a fellow department better, both in scholarly to gain valuable experience by and smaller particles that, in turn, of the American Physical Society in work and in education programs,” working in UD’s magnetics are more thermally stable. The 2001 and a fellow of the University Hadjipanayis says. “My goal is to laboratory. result would enable the manufacture of Delaware Center for Advanced move the department into the upper of smaller, high-capacity magnetic Study in 2000. He was named quartile of physics departments in Cutting-edge researcher data storage disks made of iron- Richard B. Murray Professor of the U.S. All that is possible because The focus of his current research platinum, which research shows can Physics in 1999 and won UD’s Arts the University has a commitment to in permanent magnets is to make remain stable at three nanometers. and Sciences Best Scholar Award in scholarly work and teaching. stronger magnets. “The stronger they The potential gain in storage 1998. He was a Humboldt Senior “I have been enjoying my work, are, the smaller the volume of the capacity can be up to seven terabits Fellow at the Max Planck Institute both in research and teaching, and magnet you need to use. In this era per square inch, from 50 gigabits per in Stuttgart, Germany, from 1998- I’m very happy that I came to the of miniaturization, you need stronger square inch, an increase 143 times 2000. ◆ —Martin Mbugua

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In Memoriam Mary J. Hempel helped shape UD’s image ary J. Hempel, assistant charities. series of slides to the institution she loved so to the president and Members of on screens completely.” director of the Office of the UD flanking the John Brennan, who worked MPublic Relations at the University, community and lectern with Mary since 1972 and now died Sept. 30. She was 58. of Mary’s family highlighted has been appointed to succeed Mary joined the UD staff in attended a some of the her, spoke of her devotion to the 1971 as an associate news editor, memorial many projects printed word, as a voracious becoming news editor in 1972. service Oct. 11 Mary had reader, a trained journalist and She was appointed director of the at the Bob overseen, from a gifted writer and editor. He then-Office of Information Carpenter photos recalled her ability to write and Services in 1979. In 1997, she was Center to showcasing the edit materials from brochures to named assistant to the president celebrate her campus in speeches to proposals and to and director of the Office of life. They different seasons evaluate photos and designs in Public Relations. remembered her to colorful order to select those with the Under her leadership, the as a loving Mary J. Hempel banners and most impact for a particular Office of Public Relations grew sister and aunt, vibrant murals purpose. from a small news bureau to a a generous colleague and a on display at various University “All this boils down, of course, multifaceted public relations unit talented professional locations. Images of magazines, to an ability to communicate,” that produces several publications communicator whose tireless brochures and calendars produced Brennan said. “And, Mary was a and the University’s online news dedication to the University was by the Office of Public Relations master at that.” site, UDaily, and also handles matched by an ability to find and of public-awareness and He also praised Mary’s interest media relations, photography, in innovation and her desire advertising and marketing, as well always to find fresh, new ways to as the University mascot— Mary supervised the birth and development of cover a story or present the YoUDee. Under her guidance, the University’s message. “She was office has received several awards The Messenger and continued to nurture and not interested in repeating herself, for excellence. and she certainly knew that Among her many contributions oversee its growth over the years. readers were not interested in to the University, Mary seeing the same thing over and supervised the birth and humor in the world around her community-outreach campaigns over,” Brennan said. development of The Messenger and and a willingness to share her created by the office were on Robert R. Davis, vice president continued to nurture and oversee laughter with others. display, along with photos of UD for University development and its growth over the years. Longtime friends who spoke at buses wrapped in artwork and of alumni relations, who worked A member of numerous the service shared memories of YoUDee engaged in assorted with Mary for almost 30 years, University committees, Mary was Mary and reflected on her legacy antics. called her “a creative genius at a dynamic contributor to many as a helper, mentor and In his remarks at the service, seeing the whole picture and then areas of the University and a enthusiastic supporter of the President David P. Roselle noted putting to task the people and valued adviser to many on the University’s goals and cheerleader Mary’s key role in the projects resources to get the job done.” campus. In 2002, she received the for its accomplishments. Her shown in the slides, in addition to Born in Clinton, Iowa, Mary Downtown Newark Partnership’s niece, Alison Roath March, AS numerous others. “When you earned bachelor’s and master’s first Outstanding Volunteer ’98, recalled that, even as a child, access UDaily, think of degrees in journalism from the Award for an individual from the she knew her aunt loved two Mary....When you walk on The University of Missouri at University. She also was an active things above all—her family and Green, stop and read the historical Columbia. In graduate school, she volunteer with Delaware Hospice her job. Mary, March said, loved markers; those are Mary’s words,” participated in the Graduate and the local chapter of the March the beauty, energy and diversity of he said, calling such tangible Reporting Program, serving as of Dimes Birth Defects the UD campus. reminders “only a few of the Washington, D.C., correspondent Foundation, among other Before the service began, a lasting contributions Mary made for several newspapers. ◆

BetweenBetween thethe coverscovers Gretchen Bauer, associate Lee Beetschen, EG ’64, under Susan L. Miller, professor of Anthony Varallo, AS ’92, This professor of political science, pen name Morgan C. Lee, The sociology and criminal justice, Day in History, University of with Scott D. Taylor, Politics in King’s Con, Cherokee Books. Victims as Offenders: The Iowa Press. Southern Africa: State and Paradox of Women’s Violence Richard A. Davison, retired Stanley Weintraub, adjunct Society in Transition, Lynne in Relationships, Rutgers professor of English, with professor of English, Iron Tears, Rienner Publishers. University Press. Jackson R. Bryer, The Art of the Free Press. Susan M. Chase, CHEP American Musical: Thomas Pauly, professor of Ben Yagoda, professor of ’95/PhD, Within the Reach of Conversation with the Creators, English, Zane Grey: His Life, His English, The Sound on the All: An Illustrated History of Rutgers University Press. Adventures, His Women, Page: Style and Voice in Brandywine Park, The Friends University of Illinois Press. Rudi Matthee, professor of Writing, paperback edition, of Wilmington Parks. history, The Pursuit of Pleasure: Julie Johnson Sussman, AS Harper Resource Press. ◆ Drugs and Stimulants in Iranian ’82, with Stephanie Glakas- History, 1500-1900, Princeton Tenet, Dare to Repair (Your University Press. Car), Collins Press.

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Honors for a bright Broadway light

music, dance and performances of monologues by that’s new to her like movies. theatre. PTTP students. “Brooks has let me have free rein,” In presenting the Earlier in the day, Stroman met she said of The Producers, her first honorary degree, P. with 26 PTTP students for a film. “He really believes in me; he’s Coleman Townsend, a question-and-answer session. She become my impresario.” member of the told them about the first time she When asked if she has plans to University Board of met Brooks, who wrote and directed direct more films, she said that she’s Trustees, praised the original 1968 movie The been approached to make the 2000 Stroman as “one of Producers and then produced the Tony Award-winning dance play musical theatre’s 2001 Broadway musical version of Contact: The Musical, which she greatest treasures, one it, when he worked with Stroman. developed and directed with John of Delaware’s most “He launched into ‘That Face’ a Weidman, into a movie. celebrated citizens and song from the second act of The Another student asked what she one of the University Producers,” she told the students. looks for when she hires an actor. “I of Delaware’s most “Then, he danced past me around look for people who are fearless, who distinguished the room and ended up on the sofa. want to jump into the pool with me. graduates.” When he finished the song, he said, It’s wonderful to work with actors Past recipients of ‘Hello, I’m Mel Brooks.’” who will take chances,” she said. the honorary degree Stroman told students she grew “Even though Uma Thurman [in the DUANE PERRY include artist Jamie up “in a house that was always movie version of The Producers] was “In New York City, when you walk past a theatre that Wyeth, documentary filled with music” and that she not a singer or dancer, she wasn’t is dark, it feels like a death. So, to actually be at the film director Ken attended dance classes “all of my afraid of being lifted off a desk or site of an arts center and see a theatre being born Burns, Supreme Court life.” She became involved in sliding across a room.” was very emotional. It gave me the chills,” Susan Justice Sandra Day community theatre, choreographing Stroman told them when she’s Stroman said as she received an honorary degree O’Connor and former and directing, and shortly after she involved with a play or trying to from the University. President George H.W. graduated from UD, she applied for come up with an idea for one, she Bush. a dancing job in New York City. does research. “If I’m doing Crazy ive-time Tony Award-winning Townsend cited some of “They picked one non-Equity for You, I do research about the choreographer Susan Stroman Stroman’s career highlights, card girl, and I was it,” she said. 1930s. For Showboat, I tried to find F received an honorary doctor of including her Broadway debut as She worked as a singer/dancer out what society was like then,” she humane letters degree from the choreographer for Crazy for You, in after that, she said, “but you can’t said. University in an October ceremony which she worked with her late have a split focus in the theatre. You Students asked about the attended by faculty, staff, alumni husband, producer and director have to be one thing or the other, so differences between working on and friends. Mike Ockrent. Stroman won her I chose dance.” plays and film. “We celebrate all those who first Tony for choreography for that Her first big break came when “You never feel the pressure of perform and create, and we also show and a second Tony for the she was hired to choreograph the costs in theatre, but you do when congratulate the rest of us who help revival of Show Boat. Further stage off-Broadway revival of Flora the you’re making a movie,” she said. make up an appreciative audience,” triumphs included Trevor Nunn’s Red Menace, Stroman said. Her “There’s more camaraderie in UD President David P. Roselle said revival of Oklahoma! and the hit work was seen by producer/director theatre; you are all in it together. at a reception and dinner for revival of The Music Man. Hal Prince, who hired her to direct But in film, you work with the Stroman, a 1976 UD graduate. “Then, the blockbuster the dance sequences for his New shooting crew, then they’re gone. The event followed a visit to collaboration with Mel Brooks—The York City Opera production of Don You work with the editing crew, and Morris Library, a meeting with Producers, for which you won a Giovanni. She got her first break on they’re gone. In theatre, you invest students in UD’s Professional Tony Award for best director and Broadway when she was hired to in relationships, in the team; it’s so Theatre Training Program (PTTP) best choreography; Drama Desk choreograph Crazy for You. heartfelt. Film is a more technical and a hardhat tour of the Center for Award for outstanding director of a “I’ve had shows that have run medium.” the Arts construction site at Amstel musical and outstanding and shows that haven’t, and even In answer to another question, Avenue and Orchard Road. Roselle choreography; Outer Critics’ Circle though some weren’t financial Stroman said she’s never doubted told those gathered for the dinner Award for best choreography and successes, they were creative her choice of career. that Stroman had earlier made a best director; and Astaire Award for successes. I’ve taken a piece of each “I can only do this,” she said. “I major gift to the Center for the Arts best choreographer,” Townsend show and carried it with me,” she can only be in the theatre. I go to and said, “Susan, we are deeply said. He also recalled Stroman’s said. plays all the time. I’m inspired by grateful for your assistance.” induction into the alumni Wall of Stroman said her career hasn’t the actors I see and the stories that I For Stroman, the event served as Fame in 1993 and her return to UD been hampered by others telling her feel.” ◆ —Jerry Rhodes, AS ’04 a personal homecoming and an as a Winter Commencement speaker what she can’t do, even in a medium and Barbara Garrison example of the University’s in 1994. commitment to the performing and “In your Commencement address creative arts. to our students, you said, ‘There is “My time here as a student was a great truth in imagination,’” wonderful time, and I love being Townsend said. “For your many here now,” she said. “The time I professional achievements and for spent here today walking around the your gift of imagination, we salute campus is the highlight of my year.” you and present you with the She expressed her appreciation University’s highest honor, the for the construction of the Center honorary degree, doctor of humane for the Arts in an era of reduced letters.” budgets for the arts and the closing “I am so honored to be here of many theatres nationwide. tonight, and I can’t thank you “In New York City, when you enough,” Stroman said. “Art walk past a theatre that is dark, it nurtures the soul, and that is how feels like a death,” Stroman said. you find yourself. That is the way “So, to actually be at the site of an education works.” arts center and see a theatre being After the degree presentation, a born was very emotional. It gave me short clip from the new movie the chills.” The Center for the Arts, version of The Producers, directed by

she said, will serve and inspire Stroman and scheduled for release DUANE PERRY future generations of students to in mid-December, was shown. The Award-winning Broadway choreographer and director Susan Stroman, AS ’76, achieve their dreams in the realm of evening was capped by engages PTTP grad students in a question-and-answer session.

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Kristi Kiick, AS ’89 Assistant professor of materials science and engineering

have very vivid memories of attending the University of Delaware. I benefited “I enormously from the Honors Program, asas wellwell asas fromfrom thethe dedication,dedication, supportsupport andand confidenceconfidence ofof mymy professorsprofessors inin mymy major,major, chemistry,chemistry, asas wellwell asas inin otherother disciplinesdisciplines ofof interestinterest toto me,me, particularlyparticularly sciencescience education.education. “These“These experiencesexperiences providedprovided anan excellentexcellent UD home page foundationfoundation forfor mymy graduategraduate studiesstudies andand [www.udel.edu] havehave servedserved meme wellwell asas II havehave developeddeveloped mymy ownown researchresearch andand teachingteaching programsprograms Undergraduate inin thethe DepartmentDepartment ofof MaterialsMaterials ScienceScience admissions andand EngineeringEngineering atat UD.UD. EvenEven now,now, almostalmost (302) 831-8125 2020 yearsyears afterafter II attendedattended UDUD asas anan undergraduate,undergraduate, thethe UniversityUniversity continuescontinues to support my career development in Graduate studies to support my career development in importantimportant ways,ways, providingproviding outstandingoutstanding (302) 831-8697 resourcesresources andand facilities.facilities. StartingStarting mymy careercareer asas aa facultyfaculty membermember herehere hashas beenbeen excitingexciting andand rewarding.rewarding. I’mI’m delighteddelighted thatthat II havehave beenbeen ableable toto joinjoin thethe facultyfaculty atat thethe institutioninstitution wherewhere II tooktook somesome ofof mymy veryvery firstfirst scientificscientific steps,steps, andand II looklook forwardforward toto whatwhat mymy researchresearch groupgroup willwill achieveachieve herehere inin thethe future.”future.” ◆◆

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Blogs go mainstream Internet tool gains respect in the boardroom and classroom

o, you think you might like to give skydiving a try, or you S want to talk about why Philadelphia sports teams can’t seem to catch a break. Maybe you’re interested in exercise and health tips, Spanish pop music or the Civil War. Or, maybe you just want to delve more deeply into the mysterious doings of TV’s Desperate Housewives. For a mix of information, opinion and chat on all these topics, and approximately 80 others from wedding planning to backpacking, you can turn to a new resource— student-produced blogs that were created as part of a business administration class. The class, “Information Technology Applications in Marketing,” requires students to create their own blogs, or personal web logs, on a topic of their choice. “We asked the students to choose topics they were passionate about, not just interested in,” Anu Sivaraman, assistant professor of

marketing, says. “We think that ATKINSON F. KATHY passion is reflected in the work they Anu Sivaraman says the blogs, or web logs, her students have created and maintained as a course requirement are among have done, which is on a par with the best she’s seen on the Internet. some of the best blogs I’ve seen anywhere.” Blog creation first became a most explosive outbreak in the restaurants and a variety of travel Massachusetts school and the course requirement during the information world since the Internet blogs, describing destinations from importance of her involvement in a spring 2005 semester. The topic is a itself.” It noted that companies are Vietnam to Antarctica. supportive Jewish youth group. recent addition to the curriculum in hiring people to monitor blogs to Natalia Bernardino, BE ’05, says “I also use the site to include the Lerner College of Business and learn what is being said about their Hurricane Katrina was dominating factual information about Jewish the news at the time she was holidays and religious observances,” beginning her class project. She Kritz says. “I’ve received so many “Because blogs are being used more and chose the disaster as the subject of positive comments and questions more in business, we thought it was time that her blog, using the forum to recount from people who were interested in our students get trained in this field.” personal stories of survivors, to what I wrote that it’s been a great update news and opinions on the experience for me.” —Anu Sivaraman government’s response to the For Nguyen Dinh, BE ’06, life hurricane and to provide readers experiences also were her Economics, Sivaraman says, own businesses and about their with information about inspiration in creating her blog. reflecting the fact that blogs are competitors, as well as to create organizations that were helping Until she came to the United States becoming an increasingly important blogs. with relief efforts. four year ago to attend college, Dinh marketing tool. Also teaching the “Because blogs are being used “People seem especially interested had lived in Vietnam, where her course is Alex Brown, an instructor more and more in business, we in individual human interest stories family still lives. She says she in marketing, who introduced thought it was time that our and in ways they can help,” wanted to share information about Sivaraman to the concept of students get trained in this field,” Bernardino says. “I want to keep the her country, and about Asia in blogging. Sivaraman says. “It’s a very blog going, to continue to follow general, with Americans who might Blogs are known to many marketable skill to have when you what is being done.” not know much about the history, Internet surfers either as personal go for that first job interview.” The timing of the fall semester culture and beauty of the region. journals in which the writers detail Students created their blogs from class also suggested a blogging topic “I try to mix my own experiences the often-mundane aspects of their scratch, adding links to related web for Katie Wallace, BE ’05, who is with information so that it can be a lives or as unedited forums in which sites, photos, animation and an planning a July wedding in Mexico. travel guide to Asia,” Dinh says. bloggers can express their opinions assortment of other enhancements. “Destination weddings, how to plan “It’s been very interesting for me to on a variety of political topics. Sivaraman says the students in the them and tracking my own progress learn about this new tool for But, blogs also are being used by class also have seen the project as a seemed like a perfect subject,” she communication. I think you can established businesses to reach community-building exercise, in says. In addition to her personal make a lot of friends and hear a lot audiences informally and to counter which their classmates and others experiences, Wallace’s blog includes of different opinions through blogs.” negative publicity from mainstream from throughout the University can tips from a professional wedding Sivaraman says the class covers media or other blogs. Business Week add their own comments, ask planner and links to a variety of various information technology magazine, in a recent article titled questions or participate in online travel sites. topics in addition to blogging, “Blogs Will Change Your Business,” discussions about the blog’s topic. Shayna Kritz, BE ’06, also used including small-business Internet reported that 9 million blogs exist Sivaraman says she and Brown personal experiences as the starting marketing strategies and on the Internet, with 40,000 new have been impressed by the quality point for her blog. In Kritz’s case, it international considerations in ones being created daily. and the diversity of the blogs. Topics was an account of her childhood global Internet marketing. The article, which also served as have included cigarette smoking, and teenage years as an observant The blogs can be viewed at the the magazine’s introduction of its supporting those in the military, Jew in a secular and largely Gentile class web site, [http://buad477fall5. own blog, called the new weightlifting, movie and theatre environment. She writes of feeling blogspot.com/]. ◆ communications tool “simply the reviews, recipes, a guide to local like an outsider in her —Ann Manser, AS ’73, CHEP ’73

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Program’s convenience an Rx for RNs

ver since Michelle Collins in four years. advantage for the patient,” Boettler Many other students are nurse graduated from UD with a “During that time, with each says. “The more a nurse knows, the educators who hope to continue in E bachelor’s degree in nursing, year—in fact, with each course they better the patient care will be.” that role. Plowfield says that points she has known that she wanted to take—their knowledge base and the The nurses enrolled in the out another benefit of the program. earn an advanced degree someday. quality of patient care they provide program are motivated and “The nursing shortage that the But, she says, between working in will increase,” School of Nursing enthusiastic, according to Amy United States is experiencing today various nursing specialties and her director Lisa Plowfield says. Johnson, an associate professor of is in many ways a nursing faculty responsibilities as a wife and She says interest among nursing at UD who also works part shortage,” she says. “Nurse mother, the time never seemed right Christiana Care employees has been time at Christiana Hospital as a education programs can’t expand to return to school. high, with more than 100 nurses certified neonatal nurse. Johnson and accept more students if they All that changed this fall when attending sessions held last summer helped recruit and interview don’t have enough qualified faculty Collins, CHS ’91, enrolled in a to explain the program. In the end, prospective students for the to teach them.” graduate nursing program the 29 students applied under the program, and she says they The University is trying to ease University is offering at Christiana School of Nursing’s usual graduate represent a broad cross section of the shortage in Delaware by Hospital. The clinical master of admissions standards, and 20 were nursing specialties and ages, preparing more graduate-level nurses science degree in nursing is an selected to participate in the on-site although most have many years of who can help educate new nurses, established program on campus, but program. The others decided to professional experience. at UD and at other institutions in this semester marks the first time it enroll in the University’s traditional “They’re all really excited about the state, Plowfield says. is being offered at the hospital. nursing master’s degree program, this opportunity and about the At Christiana Care, Boettler says, Called the Christiana Cohort taking two courses a semester on convenience,” Johnson says. the goal is the same. program, it came about when campus. “Instead of getting in their cars at “We feel that having this graduate Christiana Care, which operates the The program “is clearly a win- the end of a shift and driving to program with the University will hospital and other health-care win for everybody,” says Carol Newark, they can just go downstairs help us develop our future leaders facilities in Delaware, asked UD’s Boettler, Christiana Care’s manager to where their class is meeting. The from among our own employees,” School of Nursing to provide an on- for patient services education. She hospital has gone out of its way to she says. “We feel that we’re site graduate program for interested says the hospital approached UD facilitate this. They even provided a ‘growing our own,’ and that’s a big employees. Christiana Care because it wanted to promote pizza dinner one night when the benefit.” requested that the program focus on graduate education among its nurses students had to arrive early for adult health, a field that enables and realized that nurses often have, class.” A small specialty for the students to choose from a wide not just demanding jobs, but also Another advantage of the smallest patients range of specialties. family responsibilities that make it program is attending class with In addition to the collaboration “When I heard about this difficult for them to schedule colleagues, Collins says. “I already with Christiana Care, the School of program, I knew the time was right classes. know half the students, and I see Nursing is offering another graduate for me to go back to school,” Collins “With this program, the them regularly at work,” she says. nursing specialty as part of a three- says. “Not only was it my alma University gets more enrollment in “It makes it feel just that much state consortium. mater, but the classes were so its graduate programs, and nurses more of a supportive learning The Neonatal Education convenient, and Christiana was have a convenient opportunity to do environment.” Consortium began in 2004 at paying for it as an employee benefit. something they may have wanted to Many of the students are bedside Thomas Jefferson University in It just seemed tailor-made for what I do for a long time,” Boettler says. nurses who want to continue in Philadelphia and now also includes wanted.” “For Christiana Care, we have their present specialties, Johnson UD and the College of New Jersey. The nurses who are enrolled in happier nurses who are excited to be says. The program’s focus on Funded by a federal grant, the the program attend class one learning, and we hope that will help clinical adult health gives students consortium seeks to address the evening a week at the hospital. us retain them as employees.” the flexibility to choose an area of high rate of infant mortality in the Plans call for the students to take Patients benefit, too, she says. interest from such specialties as greater Philadelphia region by three classes each year, enabling “Having a master’s-prepared cardiology, orthopedics or educating more neonatal nurse them to earn their master’s degrees nurse at the bedside is a great rehabilitation. practitioners. “This is a very specialized field, with a relatively small number of students, so it isn’t efficient for the University of Delaware to run an entire program ourselves,” Plowfield says. “By partnering with Jefferson, we can help keep this specialty alive in the state of Delaware.” Students who enroll in the program at UD take their core academic courses on the Delaware campus and then go to Jefferson to complete the program, taking specialized clinical coursework there. Their degree is awarded by UD. Full-time students can complete the program in 15 months, while part-time students will earn their graduate degree in two to four years. “We are delighted to have the opportunity to collaborate with Jefferson in the education of neonatal nurse practitioners,” Betty Paulanka, dean of the College of Health Sciences, says. “This partnership will help us to meet a critical need for advanced practice nurses in Delaware. This need could not be met without sharing resources with Jefferson’s nursing KATHY F. ATKINSON F. KATHY Michelle Collins, CHS ’91, is among the first 20 students to enroll in the clinical master of science degree in nursing now faculty.” ◆ being offered at Christiana Hospital. —Ann Manser, AS ’73, CHEP ’73

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illy Price Glass, professor contributions to the field of behavioral Bemeritus of geology, was presented neuroscience. Stanton also recently the prestigious Barringer Medal and attained fellowship status in the Award at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. Meteoritical Society in September, in recognition of “outstanding work in ommunity Connectors, a the field of impact cratering or work Cprogram sponsored by UD’s that has led to a better understanding Center for Disabilities Studies, of impact phenomena.” Glass, who received a Christopher Reeve retired from UD July 1, continues to Foundation Quality of Life grant of work with graduate students and $5,000 to improve the well-being of teach. persons living with spinal cord injuries or other types of paralysis. ewel Walker, Edward F. and Community Connectors is an JElizabeth Goodman Rosenberg interactive program in which Professor of Theatre, was awarded a undergraduate and graduate students 2005 Barrymore Award for serve as mentors, partners and liaisons Choreography and Movement for his with youths and adults living with original creation, Tuesday. The piece disabilities. recently was performed by the Amaryllis Theatre Company in d Kee, director of agriculture for Philadelphia, where it was directed by EDelaware Cooperative Extension Stephen Patrick Smith, an alumnus of and an instructor in plant and soil UD’s Professional Theatre Training sciences, and Carol Vukelich, Program. director of the Delaware Center for Teacher Education and the avid Usher, associate professor Hammonds Professor in Teacher Dand associate chairperson of the Education, received the 2005 Ratledge Department of Biological Sciences, Family Awards for Delaware Public was honored in September with a Service. The awards were established National Faculty Mentor Role Model to recognize the contributions of Award from Minority Access Inc., for University community members to expanding the pool of minority benefit all Delawareans. researchers through mentoring and supporting minority students. eborah Andrews, professor of DEnglish, received the Meada wo departments received high Gibbs Outstanding Teacher Award Trankings in a recent issue of from the Association for Business Chemical and Engineering News for Communicators, in recognition of her the number of their graduates. UD’s work as a teacher and as the editor of Department of Chemistry and Business Communication Quarterly, Biochemistry is ranked 13th out of which focuses on the teaching aspects 631 bachelor’s degree programs in the of business communications. nation, tied with Purdue University. The Department of Chemical he University’s Sexual Offense Engineering is ranked third in the TSupport (SOS) Program was doctoral degree category. honored in November with the 2005 Delaware Governor’s Outstanding Arno Loessner, associate Group Volunteer Service Award for its G. professor in the School of Urban 30 years of work providing support for Affairs and Public Policy and faculty the victims of sexual assault, date rape, fellow in the Center for International date rape drugs and other dating Studies, received a Fulbright award for violence. a November visit to Babes-Bolyai University in Romania, where he ames Kolodzey, Charles Black focused on teaching and advising in JEvans Professor of Electrical and the university’s master’s degree Computer Engineering, has been program in public administration. awarded a highly competitive IBM Faculty Award, which recognizes ark Stanton, associate research quality and its relevance to Mprofessor of psychology, was the industry. Kolodzey studies emitters 2005 recipient of the Pavlovian and detectors of signals in the Investigator Award, a prestigious terahertz frequency range, which he international award given annually by has described as the “final frontier” in the Pavlovian Society for distinguished the study of electromagnetic waves. ◆

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O N R ESEARCH Tiny bombs that target tumors

niversity of Delaware he says, the nanobomb route is researchers are opening a probably the only way to use U new front in the war on nanotubes without any cytotoxicity, cancer, bringing to bear new as the nanotubes are destroyed nanotechnologies for cancer completely. detection and treatment and Current surgical techniques are introducing a unique nanobomb that not precise, and cancerous cells can literally blow up breast cancer often are left behind. In addition, tumors. cancers in some part of the body, Balaji Panchapakesan, assistant such as arteries and veins, professor of electrical and computer sometimes are considered engineering, recently has reported inoperable. Nanobombs can be used on the discoveries in the journals to target any remaining cancerous NanoBiotechnology and Oncology cells and can be used in any part of Issues. the body, allowing the creation of He is the lead investigator for a nanobomb therapy for a wide variety team that also includes Eric of cancers, Panchapakesan says. Wickstrom, professor of biochemistry He calls the method far better and molecular biology at Thomas than modern chemotherapy, which Jefferson University in Philadelphia, is nonselective, kills normal cells as and his student Greg Cesarone; UD well as cancerous cells and leads to a engineering graduate students Shaoxin decline in the quality of life for the Lu and Kousik Sivakumar; and UD patient. “This is valuable in patient postdoctoral researcher Kasif Teker. management, pain management and Panchapakesan says this basic overall quality of life,” he says. research is in the very early stages of Another advantage, inquiry and will take extensive Panchapakesan says, is that the testing and years of clinical trials nanobomb is a “very simple before the nanobombs could technique.” He adds, “We are just actually be used in medical getting started in this area. There is applications to treat human beings. plenty of work ahead to successfully “Make no mistake, we are translate this into clinical medicine.” focused on eradicating cancer,” In addition to treatment, he says Panchapakesan says, explaining that he believes the nanobombs are the result of nanotechnology can work over the past two years with provide new tools for

carbon nanotubes, which are atoms ATKINSON F. KATHY cancer diagnosis of carbon arranged in tubular form. Balaji Panchapakesan and his colleagues have through the use of tiny Originally, he says, the research team developed a promising method of cancer detection and nanosensors. was looking at the use of the carbon treatment. Laser light (right) ignites bundles of “In the future, my nanotubes as drug delivery vehicles. nanotubes, which explode like tiny cluster bombs. vision is that people will Because they are smaller than a have at-home kits that single cell, the nanotubes can provide generated by the light is dissipated cancer cells can detect cancer. After for the highly selective injection of by surrounding air. In bundles, the that are close work, they will be able drugs into individual cells. heat cannot dissipate as quickly and by. to go to a clinic, be But, as they undertook various the result is “an explosion on the The treated with nanobombs experiments, the researchers made a nanoscale,” Panchapakesan says. nanobombs and go home,” startling discovery, Panchapakesan says. When the UD researchers saw the are superior Panchapakesan says. “When you put the atoms in different explosions, they realized it might be to a variety While the initial shapes and forms, they take on possible to use the microscopic bombs of current experiments are on different properties at the nanoscale,” to kill cancer cells. They re-created the treatments breast cancer cells, he he says. “We were experimenting with explosions in solutions including water, because they also is working to the molecules and considering optical phosphate and salt, which meant the are powerful, extend the method to and thermal properties, and we found nanobombs could be used in the selective, prostate cancer and we could trigger microscopic human body. In fact, the explosions non-invasive, pancreatic cancer. explosions of nanotubes in a wide were even more dramatic in saline nontoxic and He also foresees variety of conditions.” solutions, Panchapakesan says. can incorporate current technology, nano-bio-robots or nano-surgical Explosions in air of loosely packed “The nanobomb is very selective, including microsurgery. tools that can be placed inside the nanotubes have been seen before in very localized and minimally An advantage over other carbon body to remove tumors in areas an oxygen environment, creating invasive,” he says. “It might cause nanotube treatments being previously inaccessible using ignition. However, the work reported what I would call nanopain, like a considered by scientists is that with traditional treatment methods. by Panchapakesan uses the localized pin prick.” nanobombs, the carbon nanotubes The team’s findings are the result thermal energy imbalance to set off He believes the nanobomb holds are destroyed along with the cancer of interdisciplinary research in such explosions that are intrinsic in nature. great promise as a therapeutic agent cells. Once the nanobombs explode fields as cancer biology, physics, Panchapakesan says the for killing cancer cells, with particular and kill cancer cells, macrophages can electrical and computer engineering nanobombs are just that—tiny emphasis on breast cancer cells, effectively clear the cell debris and and chemistry, Panchapakesan says. bombs on the nanoscale. “They because its shockwave kills the the exploded nanotube along with it. “Interdisciplinary research provides for work almost like cluster bombs,” he cancerous cells as well as the Other treatments retain the fresh perspectives and brings about says. “Once they are exposed to biological pathways that carry carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles new ideas,” he says. light and the resulting heat, they instructions to generate additional intact. If the material finds its way to Funding for the research was start exploding one after another.” cancerous cells and the small veins the kidney or accumulates in the provided in part by the Department The bombs are created by that nourish the diseased cells. Also, blood vessels, the nanoparticles of Defense’s Congressionally bundling the carbon nanotubes. it can be spread over a wide area to might cause blockages and create Directed Medical Research With a single nanotube, the heat create structural damage to the problems, Panchapakesan says. Also, Program. ◆ —Neil Thomas, AS ’76

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A step-by-step study of arthritis risk

hether you’re walking the knee, using magnetic resonance that space was filled with cartilage. pilot study of women, who develop across your living room, imaging (MRI) to assess any thinning Now, using MRIs, the actual osteoarthritis more frequently than W taking a leisurely stroll in or deterioration. Although most cartilage can be seen on the images, men. The 15-20 women in the the park or running a marathon, researchers and clinicians use X-rays allowing for more precise study represent a range of ages every step you take hammers your to estimate cartilage loss, Hudson measurements of deterioration, from their 20s to their 70s. He knee with some degree of force says MRIs are a more accurate tool. Hudson says. MRIs also have the plans to assess the shape and from your body weight. Over the In explaining how cartilage advantage over X-rays of not density of their bones, the amount course of a lifetime, this repeated diminishes over time, he compares it exposing research subjects to of knee cartilage and the force stress almost inevitably leads to to the thickly cushioned insole of a radiation. They have been too that’s put on their joints as a result damage—often in the form of new pair of sneakers. As a person expensive to use in previous of their gait. By studying those osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint wears those sneakers day in and day research, but as the cost has come factors over time, he says, he hopes d disease that causes pain and out, the pounding of his or her feet down, they have become a more to gather sufficient data about stiffness. slowly begins to flatten out the air practical tool, Hudson says. osteoarthritis markers to move on “We expect to see denser bones pockets of the cushion, making the He says he became interested in to a large-scale study. and thinner cartilage as a person insole stiffer and less able to absorb studying bone shape and a person’s “Eventually, I think, my research ty ages, and both those conditions are the shock of walking. Eventually, the gait in relation to osteoarthritis by will take me back to children, how markers for osteoarthritis,” David insole becomes thin and stiff and observing his physical therapy their skeletons develop and how Hudson says. “There’s no doubt that begins to crack. patients who had the disease, as they walk,” Hudson says. “If a osteoarthritis is related to age. It’s a In the same way, Hudson says, well as his own grandmother’s certain type of bone structure or wear-and-tear condition.” cartilage around the knee breaks condition. gait is a true risk factor, then maybe a Hudson, CHS ’99M, ’04PhD, down from years of absorbing stress. “I noticed in those patients and in the chance of developing assistant professor of health, As it breaks down, the tibia, the my grandmother that their leg osteoarthritis can be addressed at a nutrition and exercise sciences, is major bone in the lower leg, bears structure seemed to change as their very early age. But, that’s research nd using new tools to track the more of the brunt of the stress. osteoarthritis progressed,” he says. for the very long term.” ◆ development of osteoarthritis. A Hudson is investigating whether the Hudson’s current work involves a —Ann Manser, AS ’73, CHEP ’73 physical therapist for 13 years before top of that bone, just below the returning to UD to earn graduate kneecap, begins to thicken in degrees in biomechanics and response and also becomes less able movement science, Hudson says he to absorb the shock. If so, that hopes to find ways to detect early thickening would cause the cartilage y signs of the disease. By doing so, he to break down even faster as the ” says, it will be possible to devise stress on it increases. better methods of preventing or “We don’t know which is delaying its progression or affected first, the bone or the minimizing its effects. cartilage, but we know it’s a vicious Getting older and being cycle,” Hudson says. “If you get overweight already have been osteoarthritis in your knees or your identified as risk factors for hips, it can really immobilize you. It osteoarthritis, but Hudson says he can be devastating.” hopes his research can identify The disease is increasingly the ll additional ones. subject of research, at UD and “The more risk factors we can elsewhere, especially because, as the r identify for developing osteoarthritis, Baby Boom generation ages, the the more we can do to mitigate it,” incidence of osteoarthritis is he says. “Tracking whether the expected to grow. To study cartilage bs bones are getting denser and/or the breakdown, researchers traditionally amount of cartilage is decreasing have used X-rays of the knees. can be a gauge of knee health. I’m Because X-rays don’t show the researching whether those changes cartilage itself, those studying the can show if you’ve already disease have measured the area developed osteoarthritis or if you’re between the top of the tibia and the heading that way.” bottom of the kneecap and assumed Hudson’s research focuses on the shape of the bones above and below the knee, as well as the “twist” that occurs within those bones during walking or other movements. “There’s a big variation in bone

shape, even within a ATKINSON F. KATHY group of healthy David Hudson uses an ultrasound machine to measure the amount of torsion, or people,” he says, or “twist,” in a tibia he is examining (above). citing such common conditions as so- called “bowlegs” Hudson uses MRI technology to study images of the knee (left) and assess the and “knock-knees.” deterioration of cartilage that can help track the development of osteoarthritis. He also studies the cartilage around 76

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O N R ESEARCH A hard look at software

o computer users rely two to sites that are under construction. heavily on there spell- “What consumers think of the D checking software? site then affects how likely they are Andrea Everard thinks they do— to continue on it, to use it again or especially since those programs to buy things from it, so the often fail to recognize some research can provide useful common mistakes, including information for online marketing,” incorrect homonym use, such as Everard says. “two” and “there” in the preceding The lesson for businesses using sentence. the web for marketing, she says, is “People are far too trusting of to “test, test, test” every new site on computers,” Everard, assistant as many focus groups and as many professor of accounting and different types of consumers as management information systems in possible before activating it. If people the Lerner College of Business and think there’s an error, even if there Economics, says. “A spell-checking isn’t, they give the site a low rating, program is certainly a good she says. screening tool for writers, but it “It’s all about perception, which is misses many errors.” subjective,” she notes. “That’s even Everard, much of whose research more reason to do a lot of testing focuses on human-computer before going live. Marketers should interaction (HCI), conducted lab make their sites as perfect as they tests in which she and her can.” colleagues asked volunteers to In addition to exploring how proofread an error-filled letter on a consumers are influenced by computer screen. One group of presentation flaws, Everard’s research subjects was able to use the spell- looks at the effects checking software, while the other of online advertising. Not surprisingly, was told not to use it. she says, consumers are turned off by “We found that when people pop-up ads that interrupt their had the spell-checker on, they were reading on a web site. But, she also

much less likely to read the letter has found that viewers find “pop- ATKINSON F. KATHY carefully,” Everard says. “In fact, under” ads, which appear after a web Andrea Everard studies aspects of human-computer interaction, including native English speakers who relied site is closed and so do not interfere the use of spell-checking software and reactions to pop-up ads. on a spell-checking program didn’t with the use of the site, just as do any better at proofreading than bothersome. people who weren’t fluent in “Apparently, people are still she was born in Africa and lived and religious restrictions on their English.” annoyed at having to do something most of her life in cosmopolitan movements and professional In addition, the researchers found extra [close the pop-under ad] Montreal, where she spoke English interactions with men—to become that when a spell-checking program before continuing on with their next at home and French in school. That employed and productive by notes a possible error and offers an task,” she says. background, she says, might be telecommuting. alternate spelling, people tend to In general, Everard has found what has led to her interest in “All over the Arab world, men accept the suggested revision even if that banner ads, displayed across exploring different cultures. are learning IT skills and then leaving it is incorrect or nonsensical, Everard the top of the web site, are the “I started my research in cross- for jobs in Japan, the United States says. least irritating to consumers. She cultural issues by looking at the or western Europe,” she says. “So, Everard began the spell-checking also is looking at whether the adoption of technology in South just like in wartime, it’s going to research at the University of subject matter of an ad affects America, specifically in Uruguay and fall to women to pick up the Pittsburgh’s Katz School of Business, consumers’ perception of it. specifically examining the productivity and do those jobs where she earned her doctoral Someone researching real-estate differences in technology in that at home.” degree in 2003, working with Prof. listings of homes for sale, for country and the United States,” she In addition to benefiting their Dennis Galletta and fellow example, might find an ad about says. nation’s productivity, telecommuting researchers Alexandra Durcikova and mortgage rates helpful rather than For the past two years, the focus from home could enable Arab Brian Jones. Since joining the UD an intrusion. An ad on an unrelated of her international work has women to make use of their skills faculty later that year, she has topic, however, might be viewed shifted to the Arab world. and education without violating extended her HCI research to with annoyance. Everard currently is working on restrictions on such activities as examine such questions as how “I find that HCI is an area of her third article with Mohamed El driving, going out alone or speaking spelling and other types of errors on information technology that’s fun to Louadi, a colleague who now lives face to face with men, Everard says. a web site influence consumers, as research,” Everard says. “It’s not in his native Tunisia, on information She adds that if women are working well as how consumers react to highly technical, like programming, technology in the Arab world. The with computers in their homes, their advertising on the web. and so most people can relate it to two have collaborated on studies children—particularly their “When it comes to errors that their everyday lives. involving the digital divide, or the daughters—will become familiar people perceive on a web site, “I want to have useful findings, disparity in access to computer with the technology, as well. we’ve learned that it’s not, ‘Three rather than doing research just for technology, between the West and Arab women have not yet started strikes, and you’re out.’ It’s ‘One the sake of research. This isn’t the the Arab world, as well as within telecommuting in great numbers, strike, and you’re out.’ People are kind of research that will save the Arab world, where the wealthy but the trend has started to take very unforgiving if they encounter someone’s life, but I feel that I’m Gulf states have vastly different hold in Tunisia and is expected to presentation flaws, and they have a coming up with information that technological resources and expand, Everard says. very poor opinion of the site if they marketers and companies can infrastructure than the region’s “If people say that women aren’t find, or just perceive, even one actually use.” other nations. interested in technology, then we flaw,” Everard says. Those As Everard continues her work She and El Louadi also are say: Bring the technology into the presentation flaws might be spelling with HCI, she also is researching examining ways in which home, and they will become much mistakes, but they also might be cross-cultural issues in information information technology (IT) can be more interested and also proficient,” design problems, such as missing technology. The daughter of an brought into homes, enabling Arab she says. ◆ photos or links that direct the user English father and Austrian mother, women—who often face cultural —Ann Manser, AS ’73, CHEP ’73

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Delaware’s roads scholars

hen David Ames looks at input, with applicants encouraged to The draft version of the CHAD As the researchers fine-tune the a road, he sees a story—a seek residents’ support and personal manual, titled Let Your Road Tell Its manual, they also are seeking Scenic W beginning and an end, recollections about the road. Story, now is being field-tested by and Historic Highway status for a connected by a plot. The plot might “People don’t usually think of Ames’ students, who visit various specific Delaware road that has its be based on history or architecture something that was built in their roads throughout Delaware and own story to tell. The New Castle or culture, but the director of UD’s lifetime as historic, but a 50-year-old apply the guidelines as if they were County government has contracted Center for Historic Architecture and road could certainly qualify,” Ames community members starting the with CHAD to apply for the Design (CHAD) says it’s there, if says. “We take so much for granted, process from scratch. Plans are for designation for Philadelphia Pike, a passers-by know where and how to but once you really see something the manual to be finalized by the five-mile stretch of urban roadway look for it. and know more about it, you have a end of the year. that runs from Wilmington to the Now, Ames and his student new context.” Ames says the guide is specifically Delaware-Pennsylvania line and research assistants are working to The project’s researchers have designed to be useful whether a represents more than three centuries help others learn to see roads in new spent three years developing the road is in a rural or an urban area, of history. ways that can reveal their manual, and a related Power Point whether it is in northern or southern Originally known as Kings significance. Using the National Highway, Philadelphia Pike was built Scenic Byways Program and in Colonial times and became part of Delaware’s Scenic and Historic a post road running from Boston to Highways Program as their starting the Carolinas. In the early 19th point, the researchers are developing Century, it became a private turnpike a guide for citizens, community and then, during World War I, was groups and municipalities to research bought by New Castle County and roads that they find interesting. again became a public road. Ames The goal is to encourage and says the researchers found that it enable those interested parties to played an important role in that war, obtain official designation as Scenic when the nation’s railway system and Historic Highways for significant collapsed from overuse and truck roads in Delaware. Such designation convoys became the main method of can help promote, preserve and transporting materials and supplies. enhance a roadway and the land Ames says Philadelphia Pike also is alongside it. historically significant because of its “Our research has been focused engineering. Delaware—thanks on putting together the material in a largely to the pioneering efforts of form that local people can use to T. Coleman du Pont in building research roads in their Du Pont Highway (U.S. Route 13) communities,” Ames says. “We the length of the state—“was in the want it to be a step-by-step guide forefront of highway design” in the that helps people answer the early 20th Century, Ames says. question: What story does this road Philadelphia Pike is lined with historic tell? And, it has to be a story that’s properties, as well, including 18th- visible to travelers as they go along and 19th-Century houses and the the road.” former Phoenix Steel plant (now Designation as a Scenic and Historic Highway must be based on one or more of six specified “intrinsic qualities,” Ames says. Those categories are scenic, historic,

natural (referring to the land ATKINSON F. KATHY formations visible from the Scenic roads, like this one near the UD campus, are easy to recognize, but roadway), cultural, recreational and David Ames says a road doesn’t need pretty scenery to be significant. archeological. “Roads with a primary intrinsic quality that’s scenic are what we call presentation that can be shown to Delaware and for whichever ‘Oh, wow!’ roads,” Ames says. community organizations and at of the six intrinsic qualities is “They’re conventionally beautiful, public meetings, under a contract predominant. and everyone driving along them from the Delaware Department of In addition to explaining would probably agree that they’re Transportation. The department the research and application beautiful. Some of the other types of manages the state’s Scenic and process for Scenic and intrinsic qualities aren’t as obvious. A Historic Highways Program, which Historic designation, the road that goes through an urban, was established in 2000. manual also details the next industrial area might have a The program is Delaware’s step, which is the preparation fascinating history, but most travelers counterpart to the National Scenic of a “corridor management wouldn’t think it’s pretty.” Byways Program, which the Federal plan” to enhance and That’s where research comes in, Highway Administration describes as preserve the road’s Ames says, and the manual the “a grass-roots collaborative effort significance into the future. Ames CitiSteel), one of the oldest still- center is developing aims to teach established to help recognize, says this is particularly important as operating steel mills in the United people how to research a road, how preserve and enhance selected roads development tends to take over and States. to evaluate its primary intrinsic throughout the United States.” Since change the character of areas “We’ve had community meetings quality needed for Scenic and 1992, the national program has around the state. where people told us about their Historic designation, how to provided funding for about 1,500 “Sprawl is affecting everything, favorite spot along the road and document key aspects of the road in state and nationally designated and it’s particularly devastating to their memories of it,” Ames says. words and photographs and how to byway projects in 48 states. In scenic views,” Ames says. “We’re “Between the historic research and use standard terminology to Delaware, two road systems—in the very concerned about that, especially the interaction with the community, nominate it for the designation. The Brandywine and Red Clay valleys— because roads are magnets for it’s been a very interesting project.” ◆ process also emphasizes community have received official designation. development.” —Ann Manser, AS ’73, CHEP ’73

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O N R ESEARCH Red Planet shaped by familiar forces

orman Ness, retired professor Connerney of alternating different direction than a later flow. at UD’s Bartol Research NASA’s Goddard stripes indicate As the new crust is pushed out N Institute, and a team of Space Flight a “flipping” of and away from the ridge, stripes of NASA scientists have discovered Center in the direction of alternating magnetic fields aligned additional evidence that Mars once Greenbelt, Md., the magnetic with the ridge axis then develop. underwent plate tectonics, the slow says. field from one Transform faults, identified by shifts movement of the planet’s crust, like The new map stripe to in the magnetic pattern, occur only the present-day Earth. supports and another. in association with spreading centers. A new map of the distant planet’s expands on the Scientists have To see this characteristic magnetic magnetic field made by the Mars 1999 results, seen similar imprint on Mars indicates that it, Global Surveyor spacecraft reveals a Ness, who stripes in the too, had regions where new crust world whose history was shaped by retired from crustal magnetic came up from the mantle and great crustal plates being pulled UD in June, field on Earth. spread out across the surface. When apart and smashed together. says. “Where Stripes form new crust comes up, old crust Scientists first found evidence of the earlier data whenever two plunges back down—the exact plate tectonics on Mars in 1999. Those showed a plates are being mechanism for plate tectonics. initial observations, also done with the ‘striping’ of the pushed apart by Connerney says the concept of Mars Global Surveyor’s magnetometer, magnetic field molten rock plate tectonics provides a unifying covered only one region in the in one region, rising up from framework to explain several Southern Hemisphere. The data were the new map the mantle, Martian features, including the taken from differing heights above the finds striping such as along magnetic pattern itself. Also, the crust while the spacecraft performed elsewhere,” he Earth’s Mid- Tharsis volcanoes lie along a straight an aerobraking maneuver. says. “More DUANE PERRY Atlantic Ridge. line. These formations could have Norman Ness, who came to UD after a The new high-resolution magnetic importantly, the As the plate formed from the motion of a crustal distinguished career with NASA, holds a field map, the first of its kind, covers new map shows model of the Voyager I spacecraft. spreads and plate over a fixed “hotspot” in the the entire surface of Mars and is based evidence of cools, it mantle below, just as the Hawaiian on four years of data taken in a features—transform faults—that are becomes magnetized in the direction islands on Earth are thought to constant orbit. Each region on the a ‘telltale’ of plate tectonics on of the Earth’s strong global field. have formed. surface has been sampled many times. Earth.” Since that field changes direction a The results were published in a “The more measurements we Each stripe represents a magnetic few times every million years, on recent edition of the Proceedings of obtain, the more accuracy and spatial field pointed in one direction, either average, a flow that cools in one the National Academy of Science. ◆ resolution we achieve,” Jack positive or negative, and the period will be magnetized in a —Martin Mbugua Mechanical engineer learns from failure

nette Karlsson is not afraid Research Young computer to do the coal or using batteries, proponents of failure. In fact, the Investigators same complex of the technology say. A assistant professor of Program. Her grant calculations Hydrogen fuel cells contain plates, mechanical engineering has built a of $360,000 was repeatedly, she says. each made of a proton exchange successful research career on a awarded for her “The coatings I membrane sandwiched between two foundation of failure. work in investigating work with have sides of carbon. The cells take in “I’m interested in seeing how a novel approach to multiple layers, hydrogen and air, create electricity and structures and materials fail, because establishing lifetime each with its own produce only water and heat, with no that’s the only way to understand material function,” Karlsson greenhouse-gas or other emissions. how to design better ones—ones that performance for says. “To develop a In collaboration with Michael won’t fail,” Karlsson says. “I have two multilayered coated model, you need to Santare, professor of mechanical main projects right now, and in some structures. separate out the engineering, Karlsson’s fuel cell ways they’re very different from each “We start by essentials. I start research focuses on the membrane, other because one involves hard conducting with a very simple which she says is one of several ceramic coatings, and the other experiments on gas model, with just issues under investigation by involves a soft polymer membrane. turbines, which can one layer, and then scientists seeking ways to make fuel “What the projects have in be stationary [in gradually add layers cells operate more efficiently and for common is that they both deal with power generating Anette Karlsson studies the ways and complexity.” longer periods of time. She adds that how materials fail.” plants, for structures and materials fail. Right now, she a combination of mechanical failure Karlsson’s longer-running research example] or mobile says, such coatings and chemical degradation leads the project concerns the coatings placed [such as aircraft engines], to see how on aircraft engines are considered a membrane to fail eventually. on gas turbine engines to protect they fail,” Karlsson says. “From back-up system: If they’re removed, “In our lab, we’re testing the the components against the high there, we develop numerical the engine still functions. The goal of membrane under various environmental temperatures at which such engines computer models to try to predict her research is to design longer- conditions, such as different operate. Her newer research interest what will happen based on the lasting and more protective coatings. temperatures and humidity levels,” is hydrogen fuel-cell technology, in thousands of cycles that a turbine Karlsson also is one of numerous Karlsson says. “Then, we can put those which she is exploring the reasons a goes through. You have to match researchers in the College of factors into our model and see how thin polymer membrane in the cells the experiments with their Engineering who are working with and why the membrane fails.” breaks down over time. In both theoretical calculations.” various aspects of hydrogen fuel Karlsson joined the UD faculty in cases, her work seeks to find ways If successful, she says, these cells, a technology that has the 2002. Before earning her doctorate to slow the degradation of materials numerical models eliminate the need potential to create clean, economical from Rutgers University in 1999, she and extend their useful lives. to run experiments over and over to power that does not consume fossil worked as an engineer at Saab In 2004, Karlsson was one of 26 test the lifespan of coatings. By fuels. Automotive engines, power Aerospace in Sweden, where she scientists nationwide who were predicting the rate at which coatings plants and even laptop computers also investigated materials failure in recognized with a grant from the become deformed and fail, the might someday operate using fuel aircraft. ◆ prestigious U.S. Office of Naval models also eliminate the need for a cells instead of burning gasoline or —Ann Manser, AS ’73, CHEP ’73

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Confronting fears, changing lives

esearchers in the videotaped so the Department of clients can see R Psychology have themselves behaving demonstrated that a in different ways in highly effective social situations. technique for treating “We want to help social anxiety can be them see that many . exported from where it of the things they’re c was developed and doing in terms of taught successfully to their safety behaviors less experienced are actually therapists, allowing for counterproductive n widespread use of the and getting in their method. way,” Moser says. “Such ‘dissemination’ “We want them to of practice techniques become more from specialty clinics to externally focused in the community would the way they provide treatment behave.” opportunities for more Simons says the people who suffer from videotape itself is t the disorder,” Robert “a powerful tool” Simons, professor of because it shows l psychology, says. clients that they He says UD are not behaving researchers have used stupidly, as they the method to treat ATKINSON F. KATHY had feared, but that seven people, many of Prof. Robert Simons (right) and doctoral student Jason Moser are conducting research using a new instead they look very whom made “enormous treatment for social anxiety that has proved highly effective in helping patients change their behavior. much like everyone changes in their lives” as else. a result. “I don’t want to “Clients have to a use the word work hard during the “We decided to test it at interaction,” Moser says. ‘miraculous,’ but in some cases, the treatment,” Moser says. “They’re Delaware,” says Simons, who spent The treatment begins with the results were close to that. In cases confronting their fears during every a 2001 sabbatical at Penn when the therapist educating the client about where it was successful, it really session.” treatment was being developed. how common social phobias are made a difference in how people The UD research has shown that “Both the lab at Penn and our and the various ways people cope were able to function,” Simons therapists other than those who clinical group here are interested in with them. Simons says the two says. developed the technique can learn manualized, empirically validated aspects of social anxiety are an Social anxiety, he says, is and use it effectively with clients, treatments. Those are treatments extreme internal focus of attention, different from mere shyness. In Simons says. that have been demonstrated to in which individuals are so worried people for whom fear of social “The goal is not to make work and that consist of specific about their behavior and about situations has become a phobia, someone anxiety-free but to bring techniques that are documented in embarrassing themselves that they their extreme anxiety severely their anxiety levels down into the such a way that they can be are unable to pay adequate restricts their lives, he says. People normal range,” he says. “This is a explained to and then implemented attention to other people, and so- d who suffer from the condition may very effective treatment for a by others.” called “safety behaviors.” Those are be afraid to talk to a clerk in a disorder that’s prevalent and that He says the University was actions the individual takes in social store, to ask or answer a question doesn’t usually go away on its own.” particularly interested in situations to try to feel more in class, to eat in the lunchroom Simons says he would like to participating because the treatment comfortable, but they often where they work or even to answer continue and expand the research by was new and because social anxiety backfire. their home telephone. working with additional clients. The is a relatively common condition. For example, Moser says, a “Some of those things might be therapists have worked with Jason Moser, who had been a person may be so worried about just a little scary for them, but other University students and also with research assistant at Penn and now saying something wrong in a group things—like speaking at a business members of the community of all is a doctoral student at UD, has that he or she spends long periods meeting or attending a big party or ages, including at least one teenager, assisted Simons with the project for of time thinking about exactly how having house guests—are through UD’s Psychological Services the past year. to phrase a comment. As a result, t terrifying,” Simons says. In addition Training Center. The center is a During that time, seven the conversation often moves on, to limiting them socially, the anxiety community-based mental-health individuals have completed the and the person never has a chance can prevent sufferers from applying clinic that serves as the psychology treatment program at UD, with to participate. for jobs or promotions and harm department’s training facility for Moser and a few other clinical In the treatment sessions, them financially as well, he says. graduate students enrolled in the graduate students serving as therapists have the clients confront al Edna Foa, director of the department’s clinical training therapists. Simons says that all their fears, beginning with the least University of Pennsylvania’s Center program. seven clients made improvements. frightening situations and gradually for the Treatment and Study of “We would like to get the word Four of the seven did especially well working up to more difficult ones. e Anxiety, and her associates spent out that this is a treatment we can in overcoming their anxiety. Overall, Meeting weekly, for about an hour years of research in developing a do,” Simons says. “It’s an effective the UD clients showed a 50 percent or 90 minutes at a time, therapists 16-week treatment plan for those service we can provide to the reduction in their symptoms of have accompanied a client to a who suffer from social anxiety. The community, and it’s a good clinical social anxiety, a result that is store while the client asks the clerk center tested the treatment skill for our own students to learn.” identical to that found by the Penn for information. They have brought e method, found it effective and For more information about researchers. other students and faculty members wanted to explore whether it could participating in the treatment, “Some of them improved so into a room, allowing the client to be implemented in other settings if contact Simons at (302) 831-2389 much that they actually seek out practice making conversation in a practitioners were trained to or e-mail [[email protected]]. ◆ opportunities now for social group. Some sessions are administer it. —Ann Manser, AS ’73, CHEP ’73

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O N R ESEARCH Energy project gets its day in the sun

broad consortium led by UD and 50 percent new, very high approach, considering developments in could receive nearly $53 in production, The award to performance a number of areas, including materials A million in funding—with the Barnett says. crystalline silicon engineering, bio-inspired materials and bulk of the money coming from the The VHESC solar cell platform self-assembly at the nanoscale. Defense Advanced Research Projects would have the UD-led project and then adding “This project requires the Agency (DARPA)—to more than immediate multiple consortium to invent, develop and double the efficiency of terrestrial application in is the largest innovations. They transfer to production this solar cells within the next 50 the high- had been working breakthrough solar cell. One rarely months. technology on very high gets an opportunity such as that,” The University’s Consortium for military, which in the history efficiency solar Barnett says. “Engineering is the use Very High Efficiency Solar Cells, increasingly relies cells long before of science to develop products for which consists of 15 universities, upon a variety of learning of the the benefit of mankind, and this is a corporations and laboratories, could electronics for of solar DARPA program. classic case. Furthermore, it will lead receive up to $33.6 million from individual An important to extraordinary student experiences DARPA, if all options are awarded, soldiers and the energy research. new feature is at all levels.” and another $19.3 million from UD equipment that based on novel In addition to UD and the corporate and corporate team members. members, the consortium includes Those corporate members may the National Renewable Energy include DuPont, BP Solar, Corning Laboratory; Purdue, Harvard, Yale Inc., LightSpin Technologies and and Carnegie Mellon universities; Blue Square Energy. the universities of Rochester, The consortium is being led by California Santa Barbara and New Allen Barnett, principal South Wales; and the Georgia and investigator and research Massachusetts institutes of professor in the Department of technology, all subject to successful Electrical and Computer negotiation of subcontracts. Engineering, and Christiana UD offers one of the nation’s Honsberg, co-principal broadest research programs in investigator and associate photovoltaics, and it is developing professor of electrical and one of the nation’s most complete computer engineering. courses of study for solar power The award is the largest in the systems. It is home to the Institute history of solar energy research, of Energy Conversion, a according to Rhone Resch, multidisciplinary laboratory devoted president of the Washington, to the research and development of D.C.-based Solar Energy thin film photovoltaic solar cells, and Industries Association. “I applaud the High Efficiency Solar Cell DARPA for recognizing the Program in the Department of tremendous potential of solar Electrical and Computer energy to provide reliable Engineering. electricity to our troops in the Barnett earned a doctorate in CARLOS ALEJANDRO field and to improve our energy Christiana Honsberg and Allen Barnett stand in front of a machine that makes high electrical engineering from security here at home,” Resch says. performance solar cells. Barnett is holding a laptop with a conventional commercial solar Carnegie Mellon University and is a “The University of Delaware is cell. The new project hopes to make devices that will recharge a laptop in an hour. fellow of the Institute of Electrical very excited by the support and Electronic Engineers, which provided by DARPA and our awarded him its William R. Cherry corporate partners for this important supports them. It also is expected that approaches to the integration of the Award for outstanding contributions research,” UD President David P. the solar cells will have a large optical, interconnect and solar cell to the advancement of photovoltaic Roselle says. “We look forward to number of commercial applications. design to provide for affordability and science and technology. He also won taking a lead role in this project, “When successfully completed, the also flexibility in the choice of materials UD’s Karl W. Böer Solar Energy which is one we believe will provide Very High Efficiency Solar Cell and the integration of new Medal of Merit in 2001 for for a wholesale advance in the technology will be a breakthrough in technologies as they are developed. “pioneering high-performance, thin- efficiency of solar cells.” providing portable power to the soldier “By integrating the optical design crystalline silicon solar cells, founding Provost Dan Rich notes that solar in the field,” Douglas Kirkpatrick, with the solar cell design, we have and leading a world-class enterprise energy research has a long history at program manager for DARPA, says. entered previously unoccupied design for the commercialization of solar the University and called the newest “Solar-generated electricity is a high space that leads to a new paradigm electric products and outstanding project “significant.” value energy source,” Barnett says. about how to make solar cells and continuing service to the solar “This project is of vital importance, “This award provides another critical how to use solar cells, and about electric power community.” given the need for alternative sources step as solar electric power moves into what they can do,” Barnett says. Honsberg earned a bachelor’s of energy,” Rich says. the commercial mainstream.” A key part of the project is not degree in electrical engineering in The DARPA program calls upon the “The creation of affordable, high- just developing high efficiency solar 1986, a master’s degree in 1989 and consortium to develop and produce efficiency solar cells is a challenge in cells but making the transition from a doctorate in electrical and 1,000 Very High Efficiency Solar Cell that it presents not a single problem the laboratory to production and the computer engineering in 1992, all (VHESC) prototypes that are but a complex set of interrelated marketplace. Barnett says he believes from UD. She was an associate affordable and that operate at problems,” Honsberg says. “We the consortium will be successful professor in the Centre for efficiencies of at least 50 percent. believe that with the support because of the participation of Photovoltaic Engineering at the Currently, high-end solar cells operate provided by DARPA, and with the corporations already involved in University of New South Wales from at a peak efficiency of 24.7 percent, large pool of knowledge and manufacturing in the field and 1993-2000 and an associate and solar cells off the production line creativity within the consortium, we because he and several other team professor of electrical and computer operate at 15-20 percent efficiency. will be able to achieve that goal.” members have experience in bringing engineering at Georgia Institute of The consortium’s goal is to create To achieve high efficiency in less high-technology products to market. Technology before joining the UD solar cells that operate at about 54 than five years at low cost, Barnett Honsberg says the scientific research faculty in 2004. ◆ percent efficiency in the laboratory and Honsberg have proposed using a teams will take an interdisciplinary —Neil Thomas, AS ’76

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Research that counts for horseshoe crabs

n magine you are 17 years old and high-salinity coastal habitats. s have just graduated from high Bradley’s research was designed d Ischool. You are standing before to help scientists determine whether Delaware’s House of Representatives, artificial hardening of the shoreline, trying to make your voice heard on an a method used to combat beach issue about which you are passionate. erosion, may inadvertently facilitate Three years ago, Abigail Bradley, the spread of invasive species. Her currently a senior in the Science and results also will be used in her senior Engineering Scholars Program at UD, honors thesis, which explores the e found herself in just that position. marine ecology of rocky, intertidal She was there to deliver a speech to habitats of the Delaware Bay. a the legislators urging them to “Even though my high school d declare the horseshoe crab the research focused on the horseshoe s state’s official marine animal. crab, I began to get interested in “It was a good experience but a other areas of marine ecology, te little bit intimidating,” Bradley, who is especially that of invasive species, majoring in biology with a while working in Dr. Miller’s lab,” concentration in ecology and Bradley says. “The construction of a organismic biology, says. “Everyone new rock jetty at Roosevelt Inlet in was really nice, though, and the bill the Delaware Bay in spring 2004 ended up getting a unanimous vote.” seemed like a great opportunity to Her interest in the horseshoe crab study the colonization of different and marine ecology began several species to this new habitat.

years earlier, while she was in junior RACHAEL DICKEY “Only soft-bottom habitats, such high. She had attended the Abigail Bradley (above) collects purple sea urchins from a tide pool during her as sand beach and marsh, occur University’s Coast Day, which summer research fellowship in California. Below, she and Douglas Miller naturally on the Mid-Atlantic coast. measure water temperature and salinity in the Delaware Bay region. celebrates research at the College of Therefore, when riprap is artificially Marine Studies, and signed up to help UD scientists conduct the next two years of high school. Sommerfield, assistant annual horseshoe crab survey. At the same time, Bradley says, professor of From that point on, she says, she her interest in and knowledge of oceanography, for a was hooked. She continued to assist horseshoe crabs grew. She learned summer. She says with the horseshoe crab count, and that the crab has a compound in its these opportunities d as a high school sophomore, she blood that is used to test drugs for gave her a richer f conducted an investigation into the infectious bacteria and that research experience and d nesting sites of horseshoe crabs for a conducted on the crab’s eyes has understanding of project that went on to win first resulted in much of what is known marine studies that place in the Sussex County, Del., today about the function of human she could apply to her Science Fair. She also won the eyes. The horseshoe crab also is own research. President’s Environmental Youth important to the ecology of “Abigail is the Award and a DuPont Science Delaware Bay beaches, which host most dedicated Challenge Award for her research. the largest spawning of horseshoe undergraduate I a “Since I lived so close to the crabs in the world. have ever come College of Marine Studies, I got in After graduating from high across,” Miller says. touch with the college to ask about school, Bradley initiated the process “She has a very y a device that could measure the size to establish the horseshoe crab as realistic idea of s of sand grains on the different Delaware’s official marine animal by what marine horseshoe crab beaches,” Bradley sending an e-mail to Gov. Ruth Ann biology is and what n says. “The college put me in touch Minner. To her surprise, she says, she is involved in with [then graduate student] received an enthusiastic reply from conducting Christine Muir, who showed me how the governor herself, suggesting that research.” - to use the equipment. She was Bradley contact her local The summer BOB BOWDEN g incredibly helpful and also met with representative. after her sophomore year, Bradley was emplaced, native species may me several times to go over my And, so, in July 2002, Bradley accepted into the College of Marine not be as competitive as exotic project, showed me how to use the made history as she stood next to Studies’ annual summer intern ones that have already adapted University’s library system to do Minner as the bill was signed into program, largely sponsored by the to the rocky intertidal environment literature research and taught me law. To recognize Bradley’s role in National Science Foundation through elsewhere.” some of the general marine ecology this process, Minner and the its Research Experiences for Last summer, Bradley completed relevant to my project.” Delaware Department of Natural Undergraduates (REU) program. The another REU fellowship at the Bodega When Bradley finished her Resources and Environmental fellowship allows undergraduates to Marine Laboratory of the University of d project, she says, Muir spoke with Control presented her the Delaware design and complete an original California at Davis, with a project Douglas Miller, associate professor Young Environmentalist of the Year research project under the guidance focused on the effects of temperature and Muir’s adviser, who offered the Award. of a faculty mentor. on kelp forest ecology. high school student a full-time Bradley, who enrolled at the Working with Miller, Bradley “I cannot imagine a more summer job in his lab. She started University in August 2002, has been monitored the colonization of the effective way of actualizing my awe out by assisting graduate students, able to continue her involvement with Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus of science and nature than the m but as she learned more about the the College of Marine Studies and to sanguineus, in an area where riprap summer research fellowships I issues they were studying and the take advantage of UD’s opportunities had recently been placed. The Asian participated in in my sophomore and r techniques being used, Miller for undergraduate research. In shore crab is an invasive species in junior years of college,” Bradley says. encouraged her to become more addition to working for Miller, she the Delaware Bay region and is “Even more rewarding is the sense independent. He also encouraged worked for Katharina Billups, assistant typically found on rocky substrates of wonder that I experience when her to use the equipment for her professor of oceanography, for such as riprap, groins, jetties, piers, conducting my research.” ◆ 76 own studies, which she did over the several years and for Christopher mussel beds and oyster reefs in —Kari K. Gulbrandsen, EG ’91M

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O N R ESEARCH Putting on the pressure for safer foods

hink of store-bought orange Kingsley contacted Hoover. juice that tastes just like fresh- A short time later, the two T squeezed, lasts longer than formed what Hoover calls a “loose fresh and is as safe as, or safer than, collaboration,” a non-funded specific pasteurized OJ. This possibility is cooperative agreement between the closer to reality than to science USDA and the University. Hoover fiction, thanks to a partnership shares his mastery of high pressure between the U.S. Department of and the high-pressure unit he Agriculture (USDA) and the acquired in 2003 from Avure Inc., University of Delaware. while Kingsley shares his expertise in Since 2000, USDA molecular viruses and aquaculture. biologist David H. Kingsley and “At this point, we have proven Dallas G. Hoover, UD food that high pressure is effective in microbiologist and professor in the inactivating hepatitis A,” Kingsley animal and food sciences says. “The tricky part is dealing with department of the College of Norovirus. Because it cannot be Agriculture and Natural Resources, replicated in the lab, we can only have been working together in the test genetically related strands of the lab. They are evaluating the virus. We have tested the feline effectiveness of high-pressure version of the virus and have treatment for inactivating food- successfully inactivated it. The next borne viruses in shellfish and other step is to test the true Norovirus in foods, while preserving the humans.” uncooked character and flavor. If Kingsley says they have not yet their research is successful, Kingsley acquired funds to begin a human says, the USDA may support the use volunteer research study. “One of high pressure in commercial human volunteer costs $11,000. You applications. need about 30 people,” he says. “A number of foods you buy in “That’s a lot of money.” the grocery store have been In the meantime, Hoover and prepared using high pressure, Kingsley say they will continue including some brands of their research, defining the guacamole, yogurt smoothies and parameters of what affects ready-to-eat lunch meats,” he says. inactivation, including such factors “High-pressure treatment effectively as temperature of a food, salinity, eliminates food-borne bacteria such acidity or fat content. as Listeria and Vibrio—and, as we “I think it’s just a matter of time

are showing, food-borne viruses— DANIELLE QUIGLEY before the use of high pressure really yet keeps the food raw, thus Dallas Hoover (left) and David Kingsley are collaborating to evaluate the snowballs,” Kingsley says. “The maintaining its natural qualities that effectiveness of high pressure in eliminating food-borne viruses. technology today is such that the are altered by industry standard process is more cost-effective.” processes such as heat.” The large commercial version of Hoover and Kingsley are studying the high-pressure unit Hoover and ways to use high pressure that will water, and high pressure—6,000 who was working under Farkas as Kingsley are using would cost a food eliminate hepatitis A and Norovirus times that of atmospheric pressure— an assistant professor, had doubts manufacturer about $1 million. But, in shellfish and other foods. is applied to the package. about the hypothesis and was afraid Kingsley says, in the long run, the Norovirus, the No. 1 virus of food- “That much pressure is the the research might hurt his career, machine would cost a food company borne illness in the United States, is equivalent of three elephants he says. On the contrary, Hoover very little. common in shellfish. The food-borne standing on a dime,” Kingsley says. today is known worldwide for his “Some food manufacturers virus causes viral gastroenteritis, Once the package housing the research into high-pressure estimate the cost to pressure-treat infecting 20 to 25 million people virus has been treated, Kingsley treatment of foods. their products at about 5 cents per each year. attempts to infect a cell with the “At first, I thought it was a crazy pound of meat and 7 cents per liter “A lot of people really like to eat virus. Whether the virus is able to idea,” he says, “but he was the of juice,” he says. “This could end raw shellfish; in fact, they insist on infect the cell determines the head of the department, so I up costing the consumer a few more it,” Kingsley says. “Shellfish live in effectiveness of the pressure. showed up every day and worked as cents. In Japan, where consumers estuaries in which boats are Using high pressure to prepare a technician in these pressure tend to care more about quality than prevalent and into which septic foods is not a new idea. According treatments. We peddled the idea to cost, they already have pressure- tanks may leak. Shellfish are bio- to Kingsley, the method has been various industries, eventually treated, tastes-like-fresh-squeezed concentrators, which means they around since the turn of the last achieving credibility. Since then, I orange juice on store shelves.” take up everything they see, thus century, when a West Virginia have worked on pressure research Hoover, who has worked with housing various bacteria and viruses. researcher sought to pasteurize milk exclusively.” high pressure for more than 20 Since you don’t cook raw fish, with pressure. However, because the Kingsley, who has worked for the years, is convinced it is the best way science must find an alternative technology at the time wasn’t USDA’s Microbial Food Safety to process food. method to inactivate those bacteria practical, the early attempts failed to Research Unit for five years, is an “When we go into grocery stores, and viruses. We believe that advance. That changed when expert in aquaculture and food- we expect all foods to be alternative is high-pressure Hoover arrived at the University back borne viruses. While attending an wholesome and safe,” he says. “But, treatment.” in the early ’80s. aquaculture meeting, he says, he safety doesn’t sell; taste does. High In the lab, Kingsley puts viruses Hoover says that the head of the heard about the use of high pressure pressure is superior to the heating into flexible packages and seals food science department at the time, to kill Vibrio in foods and was method of processing foods because them. Then, the package goes into a Dan Farkas, predicted that high intrigued. At a later meeting, the it is both safe and preserves the small pressure chamber the size of a pressure could inactivate bacteria possibility of using high pressure to quality of taste.” ◆ soup can. Pistons start pumping and pathogens in foods. Hoover, kill viruses was discussed, and —Jaime Cherundolo, AS ’03

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Sound methods of underwater communication

oncert halls, rock bands and Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse in the stereo equipment may Delaware Bay with meteorological and C commonly come to mind oceanographic sensors. These sensors c when acoustics is mentioned, but for continually record such data as air and Mohsen Badiey, professor of physical water temperature and the speed and ocean science and engineering direction of winds and currents as part (POSE) and director of the POSE of the Delaware Bay Observing Program at the College of Marine System. This system will be part of a Studies, the word has an entirely regional network located along the n different meaning. northeast Mid-Atlantic coast and tied Badiey is investigating the use of in to a national initiative to monitor acoustic systems, which involve the the coastal ocean. It provides yet transmission of sound waves, to another way to sample the physical communicate with different parameters of the ocean. underwater systems. Those systems Badiey also notes that the College include submarines and autonomous of Marine Studies plans to establish a underwater vehicles (AUVs), small, Coastal Ocean Dynamics Applications e submarine-like vessels that can Radar (CODAR) system for the operate without being tethered to Delaware Bay to look at the surface of the surface or to a ship. the bay and the adjacent coastal ocean “AUVs are going to revolutionize in real time. CODAR is a system that the way we sample the ocean,” can measure ocean surface currents Badiey says. “They are extremely remotely from shore and generate a versatile and can go places where Researchers working on board the Research Vessel Kilo Moana are (from left) map of surface currents within about Arthur Sundberg, Aijun Song, Mohsen Badiey and Jing Luo. They are testing ships can’t go—for instance, into a underwater communication systems in the Pacific Ocean near Kauai, Hawaii. 30 miles of the coast. hurricane. In addition, they are cost- At the same time, in a different u effective. You can send in an entire research project, the bay will be fleet of AUVs to take pictures and properties of the sound must be explores its environment by producing modeled for water waves and to collect data without having to tie up changed to minimize the effect that sounds and then listening for their determine how different wind fields a whole ship and the manpower the ocean has on it and to make the echoes. generate waves. The information needed to man that ship.” entire process more efficient.” The methods and techniques used garnered in these projects has Currently, the usefulness of AUVs Badiey is working on a project off in developing underwater applications to issues including fisheries is limited by the ability, or inability, of the coast of Hawaii to understand communication systems are evolving. management, oil spill response and scientists to communicate effectively how these variations in the ocean “Every time we go out to conduct a storm preparedness, and it can improve with them. Although R2-D2 and C- environment affect the propagation experiment at sea, it is like a brand- management of the Delaware Bay and 3PO, the fictional robots in Star of sound. The project is supported by new mission,” Badiey says. “It is very the adjacent coastal region. Wars, appear to think for the U.S. Navy and involves a number exciting and very intense.” For each The oceanographic community y themselves, AUVs must respond to of institutions, including the Applied trip to sea, he says, researchers test a has started establishing more and commands to complete their tasks at Physics Laboratory at the University new piece of equipment, which they more of these types of real-time various underwater sites. According of Washington; the Naval Research have designed and built using the observing systems, which provide to Badiey, the principles behind Laboratory in Washington, D.C.; the knowledge gained in previous work. information more efficiently and underwater communication are NATO Undersea Research Centre; This area of ocean science and economically than ever before, similar to the way in which cellular Science Application International communication engineering has just Badiey says. “There will always be d phones use electromagnetic waves Corp.; Scripps Institution of begun to capture Badiey’s interest. new sensors and new ways of to allow people to communicate Oceanography at the University of As an undergraduate, he earned measuring the temporal and spatial with each other on land. California San Diego; the University degrees in civil and mechanical variations of the environment around y And, just as cell phone services of New Hampshire; and Woods Hole engineering, where he realized that us,” he says. “But, pretty soon, we’ll were unreliable at first, Badiey says, Oceanographic Institution. mechanical systems were prone to get to a point that we will have the ability to communicate This project focuses on the problems with vibrations. His quest more information than we are able underwater also must be improved. transmission of sound in the shallow, to resolve this problem led him into to digest.” Electromagnetic waves cannot coastal environment. Previously, ocean the study of sound, which is a type Badiey says he believes that propagate through water, so sound acoustics focused on finding enemy of mechanical vibration. In graduate scientists who can analyze the waves must be used. As a result, submarines that were hiding in the school, he became interested in the collected data and use their e scientists at the surface can deep ocean. However, after the Cold mechanisms dealing with the knowledge to improve lives and communicate with underwater War, the emphasis shifted to finding interaction of water waves that prevent disasters are going to be n systems only by sending data and smaller objects, such as buried mines, induce dynamic pressure on the increasingly in demand. “I think the information through acoustic in the coastal seabeds and to using shallow water seafloor. Badiey says interdisciplinary nature of the POSE modems, in the same way that sound to study the ocean environment. that the field of ocean acoustics has program prepares our students with computers communicate with each “AUVs are not only smaller than changed dramatically over the last the skills needed to tap into this other with digital modems. submarines, but they also will be 20 years and is still changing. information technology age,” he says. “However, the ocean is a dynamic operated in waters of various depths “Mathematically, the vibrations— At the same time, he says, the environment,” Badiey says. “Its depending on the nature of the whether they are caused by college provides students with a physical properties, such as mission,” Badiey says. “As a result, mechanical waves such as water background in policy issues. “Our , temperature, salinity and current we need to use sound waves that waves and acoustics waves or students are learning to use direction and speed, change over have a frequency that is comparable electromagnetic waves—are all very technical information to better t, time and space. These spatial and to the size of the object that is being similar,” he says. “However, the manage the ecosystem, the coastal temporal changes in the ocean will, investigated.” resulting problems can be different waters, the beach erosion,” Badiey in turn, cause the transmitted sound According to Badiey, the principles when the waves pass through says. “All these are decisions that e intensity to fluctuate. used in ocean acoustics can be ground, water or even air.” need to be made to protect the “As a result, the transmitted compared to echolocation, which is Closer to home, Badiey has been environment for future sound signals must be encoded and used by mammals such as bats and instrumental in leading a team of generations.” ◆ 3 optimized. In other words, the dolphins. In echolocation, the animal marine scientists in equipping the —Kari K. Gulbrandsen, EG ’91M

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Jewelry fit for a museum he silver creations by offered at UD was her Cynthia Davis Gale, springboard to the New CHEP ’85, are museum York fashion industry. Tpieces—literally. “They had a wonderful Her intricate baubles are hand- program with the Fashion hammered by Indonesian crafters, Institute of Technology using an ancient process called that brought me to New repousse (pronounced rheh poe zay) York for the first time,’’ that is handed down from she remembers. “That generation to generation in Bali. exposure to New York It’s not the labor-intensive was invaluable. That’s silversmithing technique that makes where it all happened for Gale’s output official museum me. Just by providing pieces, though. It’s the licensing students with a lot of agreement. educational options, they Gale, a self-described museum really allow them to junkie, started out hawking her consider things they hand-finished silver jewelry at the might not have been Museum Store Association’s trade exposed to otherwise.” shows in the early 1990s. Her work She was able to study caught the attention of officials from for a year at the Fashion the Cleveland Museum of Art, and, Institute of Technology by the mid-1990s, one museum had in New York and still led to another. graduate—cum laude and Gale, 42, began basing her sleek on time. pieces on each museum’s art, Gale, who once ran working with curators to create daily on the UD campus, products that would have now runs in Manhattan’s institutional meaning. One is her Central Park, just a few Seven Families of Faiths bracelet doors away from the created for the National Cathedral Central Park West home in Washington, D.C. Dangling charms represent the seven major world religions. The pieces sell well to museumgoers because they distill

the essence of each institution and RUFINO GIOVANNI often are packaged with curatorial Jewelry designer Cynthia Gale says she tries to provide an accessory priced for information on the art that every pocketbook. inspired them. A piece sold at the Getty is based on art displayed there. Pieces created for family,” she says. “There and stretch rings runs from $3 to Washington’s Kennedy Center are are many people who about $18. Gale says she tries to patterned after the theatre’s Prayer produce in other have an accessory for every magnificent crystal chandelier. bead countries, and they’ve pocketbook. Gale’s company also pays a bracelet been there once or maybe “When I see a woman, I’m right royalty to the institution for each created for the they haven’t been there at away looking at her accessories,’’ piece sold at a litany of museums— National all. For me, it’s a lifestyle. I live Gale says. “A woman’s clothing Manhattan’s American Museum of Cathedral it. I’m at my factories. I’m with my covers the canvas, but it’s the Natural History, the National and a necklace workers. For me, it’s incredibly accessories that provide the details. Gallery of Art, San Francisco’s from the GeoArt important that I go there and that That is what makes her unique. We DeYoung Museum, J. Paul Getty collection my children get to know it. It’s very, want to do what we can to help a Museum, the Los Angeles County very special and unique.” woman to look unique.” Museum of Art, the Georgia she shares Her Cynthia Gale Signature One of Gale’s most popular pieces O’Keeffe Museum and Boston’s with her Collection, which includes pieces recently has been her Families of Museum of Fine Arts, as well as husband, from $40 to $600, incorporates Faiths bracelet. She says people have such cultural institutions as Lincoln Glenn, and repousse pieces in silver and, called in tears to order it. Center. their children, occasionally, gold. The reason, aside from the She just signed with Mount Ian and Isabelle. “I feel very Her GeoArt by Cynthia Gale ecumenical flair of the silver charm Vernon and got a peek at Martha fortunate,” she says. “Sometimes, collection, with pieces from $20 to bracelet, is that all the profits from Washington’s pearls. I’m overwhelmed at how lucky I am.’’ $250, is a sophisticated silver its sale are being turned over to In addition to museum shops, The family always spends July in grouping that is more popularly tsunami relief organizations. Gale Gale’s pieces can be found at high- the islands of Java and Bali, where priced. One of the best-selling items and the National Cathedral, which end retailers such as Neiman- Gale finds exotic gems such as from the line is the meditation ring commissioned the bracelet for its Marcus. Jane Fonda and Oprah cranberry pearls and blue topaz to that spins when the wearer fidgets on-site shop, are donating all profits Winfrey are among the celebrities incorporate into her designs. “I with it. It retails for $25 to $50. and royalties to organizations who wear jewelry designed by Gale. think it’s important to go to Her Geotrend collection of working in tsunami-ravaged Gale says a fashion program Indonesia each summer with my brightly colored stretch bracelets areas. ◆ —Kathy Canavan

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he careers of three crediting Maryann T University of Rapposelli of Delaware graduates recreation services are climbing with the with offering a great creation of Cartel deal of encouragement Productions, an and support. independent film “She was our boss company that is intent at the climbing wall, on bringing the but above all she was expanding rock our friend,” Bohm climbing culture into says. “She really cared the mainstream about what we were market. doing with climbing Fred Bohm, AG ’01, and supported us in Scott Moser, AS ’02, any way she could.” and Ed Rhine, AS ’02, The trio met other who met at UD and climbers on campus spent many hours on and began to spend the climbing wall in weekends and breaks, the Carpenter Sports and even a few Building, formed weekdays, on the road Cartel Productions in to prime climbing 2003 and soon spots from upstate thereafter released New York to North their first Carolina. documentary film, “We were out Hostile Takeover. climbing almost every Bohm is the weekend and decided director of filming and to film what we were also serves as head of doing,” Bohm says, public relations for the which eventually led company, which was to the creation of conceived while the Cartel Productions. three were still UD “At first we didn’t students. Moser works mean for it to become on Internet our careers, but as development time went on, it just [www.cartelclimbing. became more natural.” com] and doubles as PHOTOS COURTESY OF CARTEL PRODUCTIONS None of the three Fred Bohm, Scott Moser and Ed Rhine, who met at the climbing wall in UD’s Carpenter Sports Building, have screenwriter, and Rhine had majors that produced a rock climbing documentary, Hostile Takeover. serves as editor and provided any director of postproduction. background in film, with Bohm Hostile Takeover received an out with a clothing line and an inspiration from our own studying natural resource enthusiastic reception during interactive web site that keeps experiences, and so drawing on our management; Moser, geography and showings at the Flatirons Theatre in climbers updated with new upcoming lives as climbers occurs naturally.” French; and Rhine, geology. Boulder, Colo., at the Smith Rock climbing spots to check out.” Bohm says he believes the time is “Needless to say, most of our Climbers Carnival in Terrebone, The three developed a screenplay right for Cartel, with its focus on education on filming came the old- Ore., and at the second annual Red for the new film and began climbing. “Over the past few years, fashioned way, through trial and Rock Rendezvous climbing festival production in June, with a climbing has seen an explosion in error,” Bohm says. “We watched near Las Vegas, Bohm says. The film scheduled release in spring 2006. popularity,” he says. “More and other climbing films and decided we has been picked up by two “Building on the success of our first more, people are taking to individual could do a lot better than that. None international distributors, making it film, we have improved every aspect sports as opposed to professional of them really got you involved with available coast-to-coast and of our production process,” Bohm team sports. In our age of immediate the climbers and climbing lifestyle. worldwide. says. “The upcoming film has added personal gratification and We wanted to tell a story. We felt we A new film is in the works, as is talented actors, superior camera independence, we don’t want to rely had something worthy to say.” a DVD magazine and a clothing line. equipment, professional editing on other people for our recreation. Bohm says that, rather than sink “Film production is the primary software and an original, nuanced Climbing and other individual money into the company straight focus of Cartel, and our films strive screenplay.” sports allow us to accomplish our off, the three decided to let it to tell a story in a way that major Bohm says climbing lends itself to personal goals where we set and progress naturally. They began climbing production companies film because “it is a very aesthetic exceed our own limits.” expanding as publicity and income miss, that being a stylish post-MTV sport. It allows us, as The three friends were all were generated. portrait of the climbing lifestyle that cinematographers, to show the climbing enthusiasts before The approach has left them with the average climber can relate to and sport, as well as beauty of areas that enrolling at UD, and their interest solid footing and a clear trail as they a nonclimber can appreciate,” Moser most do not see. Climbing is the grew once on campus. They met and prepare to scale new and ever larger says. “Not wanting to limit our meat and potatoes of our lives. As spent many hours at the climbing challenges. ◆ —Neil Thomas, AS ’76 creative potential, we have branched all filmmakers do, we draw wall and eventually worked there,

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huck Creekmur, AS ’95, is aware because these men are the pioneers C that much has changed on in the business of hip-hop. They campus since he hosted a daily have proved to be the most hip-hop show on the campus radio successful because they’ve seized station WVUD, spinning A Tribe control of their destiny and path in Called Quest. life. I see that drive in those people, Today Creekmur, or “Jigsaw” as and I take that as a learning he is known to his friends and fans, experience.” is co-CEO of AllHipHop.com, along Because the pressure is on to with his high school friend, Greg maintain AllHipHop.com’s success, Watkins. He returned to campus Creekmur has become more during Homecoming 2005 to take involved in the business aspect of part in the second annual running the company. Four UD journalism panel, which allows graduates are now on staff at journalism alumni to share their AllHipHop.com, working in stories and accomplishments with publicity, marketing and editorial. current students. “I’m beginning to look at the web Both Creekmur and Watkins site from a business perspective. We were heavily into music when they have to work harder now and rush met at Glasgow High School in out the breaking news to stay ahead Delaware during the late ’80s. of the game,” Creekmur says. “I’m Eventually, their passion for hip-hop beginning to learn how to think and drive for success brought them business, think costs. It’s hard for together again after college to form me, since I’m a creative person, but the popular web site. my partner [Watkins] has kept me “I’ve always been a part of the focused.” hip-hop culture,” Creekmur says. Creekmur stays active in the hip- “Even before UD, music was part of hop community, refusing to fall me—it’s where I come from. Put behind the scenes now that success that together with my natural ability has found him. He served as a to write, and I found my calling.” panelist for the National Hip-Hop Born and reared in Wilmington, Convention in 2004, where he spoke Del., Creekmur entered UD as a on a number of issues, ranging from journalism major because a high money matters to stereotypical school teacher had encouraged him images. Creekmur and Watkins also to pursue writing. hosted the second Hip-Hop Summit “I knew that I needed an outlet in 2001, along with Russell for my creativity, and journalism Simmons and the Rev. Al Sharpton. allowed me to merge my two As hip-hop’s popularity continues favorite things as a kid, comics and to expand, Creekmur is predicting a hip-hop,” he says. return to the era of socially relevant While at the University, music. He says he believes hip-hop Creekmur searched for activities to will become more relevant to the fill his appetite for music. He general population, as the “gangsta worked on The Review, the student rap” genre begins to run its course. newspaper, as entertainment editor “There are new rappers today GREG DREW and hosted a hip-hop show on Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur’s passion for music and writing led to the with different perspectives on the WVUD every day from 3-5 p.m. creation of his popular web site AllHipHop.com. music, such as Kanye West and Despite his contributions to the Common, who are becoming more campus entertainment scene, commercially relevant. We will Creekmur says he became around the area. conceived it would be something I continue to see hip-hop become increasingly aware of a lack of After graduation, Creekmur could do full-time. I figured I would more business savvy and media diversity at the University. worked for a while at MBNA. He use it as a stepping stone to write for independent,” Creekmur says. He and Steve Julien, CHEP ’94, continued to write for independent a major publication,” Creekmur says. The pioneers of rap, such as Ice- another high school friend, took up magazines, freelancing at various AllHipHop.com was welcomed by T and Dr. Dre, are now adults, the challenge and restarted an publications while still maintaining the hip-hop community. Creekmur leaving the door open for new hip- alternative African-American the dream of owning his own and Watkins used their site as a hop artists to take the industry in a newspaper, The Pamoja, which is business one day. creative outlet for themselves and different direction, he says. Swahili for “united.” They distributed Since the center of the music for hip-hop fans, who could express “Rap is still a very young culture, the paper around the University and industry is in New York City, their opinions in an open forum. and you can’t expect it to remain the throughout New Castle County. Creekmur knew he would have to “We’ve established something same,” Creekmur says. “It will grow Julien would continue to be a key relocate there if he wanted a real that’s made with a creative human as the people inside of the culture element in Creekmur’s professional chance to break into the industry. In touch,” Creekmur writes in an grow.” life when he later became the the meantime, he began his own editorial on the site. “That’s always Creekmur also is a regular president of AllHipHop.com. web site to continue building his been our viewpoint; we write for contributor to VIBE, The Source, “My approach to business, and writing portfolio. the people, not the big companies or Complex and SCRATCH. He has relationships in general, is to work “It’s difficult to write for other artists.” been featured on National Public with people I’ve known for years magazines when I know what I As the popularity of Radio, Celebrity Justice, Bill and years. Greg, Steve and I bring want to communicate to an AllHipHop.com rose, Creekmur was O’Reilly’s The O’Reilly Factor and many different things to the audience,” Creekmur says. “I needed writing more reviews, editorials and on New York’s Hot 97 FM. company in terms of our skill sets,” somewhere to showcase my own feature articles. That’s when “This thing reaches way beyond Creekmur says. talent, my own way.” BET.com approached him with an me,” he says. “It’s beyond While Creekmur honed his Once again, Creekmur found his offer to write for that site, where he AllHipHop.com. It’s unstoppable. journalism skills in class, he also path crossing that of Watkins. Since has been a contributing writer for The future is bright for us. We’re delved deeper into the music scene. both had web sites dedicated to hip- the past three and a half years. just getting started. There are many He used his time at WVUD to hop, they decided in 1998 to merge “Every time I interview Russell opportunities open to us right spotlight new hip-hop artists and the two. AllHipHop.com became Simmons, Jay-Z, P. Diddy—someone now—to go off line into print, TV, started interviewing popular hip- official in 2000. of that caliber—I always learn DVDs and albums. The possibilities hop acts, such as A Tribe Called “I was surprised by the initial something,” he says. “Those are limitless.” ◆ Quest and KRS-One, and other acts impact of the web site. I never interviews are very educational —Kim Sharrah, AS ’06

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an Slipetsky, Foundation and Slipetsky says you’d be amazed at ’92CHEP/PhD, Delaware State who wants their pictures taken with has been a University. Santa. Dteacher all his life, but to Santa on call But, he says his “Once I had 15 sailors squeeze in believers in the magic of most rewarding around me. Another time, a girls’ Christmas, he’s Santa teaching high school swim team came to have Claus. experience came a picture taken with Santa. Seven or It’s easy to see why. in the last seven eight girls surrounded me and began This 260-pound, 5- years of his taking off their clothes; well, I foot-10-inch, open-faced, career when he panicked until I realized they had twinkling-eyed gentleman was part of the their swimsuits on underneath. with thick white hair and James Groves When I did pet pictures for a local snow-white beard and Adult High veterinarian, one person brought mustache is a dead ringer School Program three cats. One of them didn’t for the legendary bearer at the Delaware believe in Santa because he of yuletide gifts. Correctional scratched and bit and gave me a That resemblance and Center in really hard time before we got the his retirement from Smyrna. He picture.” teaching after 31 years taught inmates But, the photo that Slipetsky became the impetus for from 18 to 60 remembers “every year” was the one Santa Baby, a seasonal years old. “That of him with Emily. The 8-year-old business in which was the best girl had cancer, and the Slipetsky, aka Kris teaching job I chemotherapy treatments had Kringle, is the only ever had. The caused her face to swell. “She didn’t product. students really think Santa would be able to His advertising wanted to learn. recognize her. So, I spent some time literature reads, “I am They were with her. I told her ‘When you have available for photo prepared, had pain, just think of me and Rudolph, shoots, commercials, good attitudes, ’cause we’ll be thinking of you.’” modeling, conventions, allowed me to The next year, he received a note presentations, parties teach and worked saying that Emily wouldn’t be and motivational talks.” very hard. They’d visiting him again, but that the time Slipetsky knows even get upset if I he spent with her the year before something about wasn’t there one had made her very happy. motivating people, day.” Slipetsky says he enjoys running because he says that’s In 2004, an independent Santa service what he did for most of Slipetsky retired [www.santababy.org] because he can CARL KLEINSCHMIDT his adult life as a Santa Baby is a seasonal business with Dan Slipetsky its only from teaching. book a variety of venues rather than Delaware high school product. “For most of be tied down to a mall for 10 hours marketing teacher, along my life, I was a day. And, whenever he needs a with part-time teaching short-haired and little encouragement from his peers, positions at the state departments of College, Delaware Technical and clean shaven, then I decided to grow he attends meetings of the Elections and Labor, Goldey-Beacom Community College, the Annenberg a beard. I passed a mirror one day Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded and said, ‘Oh my God, I look just Santas, an international like Santa.’ It was like it was organization currently listing almost someone else in the mirror.” In 600 “real bearded” gentlemen who 1997, he contacted a photo studio are dedicated to the joy of being that specialized in Santa pictures, Santa. and they hired him. The next day he When he’s at home with family was at a mall sitting in a Santa chair and friends, Slipetsky works with asking people what they wanted for stained glass, gardens, reads, travels Christmas. and does tai chi. His wife, Shirley He’s been playing Santa ever Ann Lockhart-Slipetsky, is the since. business manager for the In fact, last December, he Veterinarian Specialty Center of defended the existence of his alter Delaware. His son, Daniel Slipetsky ego in a re-enactment of the court Jr., AS ’96, is a jazz pianist and tuba scene from the movie Miracle on player who was a member of UD’s 34th Street before the Delaware Marching Band, and his daughter, Supreme Court with Delaware Apryl Marie Neuhauser, is a food judges, lawyers and business people service specialist. ◆ in supporting roles. —Barbara Garrison

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Music man celebrates 55 years in Alumni Band eon Tabb is truly a one- time as the late J. Robert man band. He plays the King, a professor of music trumpet, baritone horn, who was the founding Lbaritone sax, Sousaphone, guitar director of the Marching and piano, and his instrument of Band and whose teaching choice is the bassoon. career at UD spanned 40 “I’ve been a school music teacher years. ever since I graduated from UD in “Dr. King and I were 1950 until I retired after 42 years, so ‘freshmen’ together, both I had to learn how to play several starting out at UD,” Tabb instruments so I could teach them,” says. “In those days, there Tabb says. were six music majors, and A music and education major at about 35 students in the Delaware, Tabb, with the exception Marching Band. The band of one year, has returned each had one majorette, Roberta Homecoming to play in UD’s Carothers [Martin], and we Alumni Band. Every fall, he gets out followed her everywhere. his trumpet to start practicing for We played the fight song the big event and contacts Heidi and the alma mater, and Sarver, band director and associate our only formation was professor of music, to find out what forming a UD on the field.” is on the program. As the years have Today, according to progressed, he is the sole remaining Sarver, there are 350 band marcher of his era. members, four drum “I love Leon!” Sarver says. majors who conduct the “Alumni Band is about Leon Tabb— band, 42 color guard someone who keeps coming back members who carry flags, year after year, doesn’t mind rifles and sabers and one to changes, doesn’t care about politics, five “Golden Girls,” or doesn’t care if it rains (which it majorettes. As far as the DUANE PERRY Leon Tabb returns to the Delaware Stadium field each year at Homecoming to tends to do at Homecoming for band performance, Sarver play his trumpet with the Alumni Band. some reason). Leon just loves to says, it is art in motion. The play his trumpet, and that’s what field is considered a stage. it’s all about!” The speed at which the This year was special for Tabb as performers move, the colors of the Another important event at UD spend his time when not making his daughter, Wendy Wands, and flags and the presentation are visual for Tabb was meeting his wife, music? Tabb says he is involved in son, Bruce, flew in from the state of representations of the music. Muriel Rogasky, UD ’46, on a blind some volunteer activities—like Washington, and his other son, Dr. King also was responsible for date. A retired teacher, Muriel Tabb spending time at the Quaker Keith (Kip), came up from North Tabb becoming a bassoonist. “One died in 2001. Wilderness Center in upper New Carolina for Homecoming and a day, the two of us came across a big, Although Tabb has retired after York state, clearing trails and family reunion. A graduate of dusty old box and opened it up, and teaching in West Virginia, Smyrna, helping to maintain the site; Hofstra University, Bruce and his there was a bassoon. We had to buy Del., and Pennsville, N. J., where he assisting in building schools with a father were cheering for opposing some reeds for it from Lou Knowles, now lives, he is still making music Catholic organization in Belize in teams at the Homecoming football who had a music shop in with the Brandywine Pops and with Central America; and, through Elder game. Wilmington. Lou said he needed a a group from the Adas Kodesch Hostel, volunteering with Hereford Having served in the Navy in the bassoonist for a band he played in Synagogue in Wilmington, which International in Arkansas, learning Aleutian Islands in World War II, and that he would pay for bassoon plays Jewish and Hebrew music. to milk goats and perform other Tabb came to UD about the same lessons for me,” Tabb says. How else does an 81-year-old chores as needed. ◆ —Sue Moncure

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before starting up her own practice Hand again. “They were scheduling me to treat six patients an hour. I didn’t therapist even know my own name by the end of the day, let alone the patients I was treating,” she says. employs At Kassimir Hand Therapy in Huntington Station, N.Y., Kassimir is soft touch back to her proven approach, giving patients the one-on-one care they in new field need. She says she continues to see patients who ultimately required more surgery because their insurance fter graduating from Temple didn’t allow them to get the therapy University with a degree in they needed or receive it in a timely A occupational therapy, Joanne fashion. Although she gets paid for Kassimir set off to help people who only half of a visit, she insists that had been injured or suffered ailments patients spend an hour in her office. that limited their mobility and ability They warm up the hand for 15 to live independently. During her first minutes, then get a half-hour of one- three years on the job at Nassau on-one therapy and then do hand County Medical Center in New York, exercises for the remaining time. Kassimir found herself at the cutting People visit Kassimir after tendon edge of a new field—hand therapy. and nerve laceration repair, burn It was 1979, and advances in injuries, broken bones, tennis elbow, microsurgery were enabling carpal tunnel syndrome, amputations orthopedic and plastic surgeons to and work injuries. Many cases are the perform miracles in repairing injured result of a traumatic accident, while hands, Kassimir says, but a different, others result from arthritis or more delicate form of occupational repetitive strain. Most patients are therapy was needed to maximize the “everyday people like you and me,” function of these newly mended she says, while others are musicians, extremities. This was new territory in CLARK JONES concert pianists and professional the world of occupational therapy, and Occupational therapist Joanne Kassimir helped devise the delicate therapy needed to restore flexibility to a newly mended hand. athletes. Winter brings those who Kassimir was leading the way in have fallen on ice or tangled with developing this specialty. their snow blowers, while summer “Everything was trial and error,” eventually she opened her own hand for their work. “We were running our brings lawn mower and fire cracker Kassimir says. “There were no rehabilitation practice in 1986. “I tell businesses on a daily basis and not injuries. And then, she says, there are people I’m the grandmother of hand thinking about it too much. Then the the people who use a knife to separate therapy on Long Island,” she says. HMO world hit in the mid-’90s, and frozen bagels or hamburgers and cut “I tell people I’m the Patients came to her, because we had no power again,” she recalls. into their palms. grandmother of hand surgeons recognized the value of a Once again inspired to get active in “Things happen,” Kassimir says. therapist who specializes in the hand. the legislative arena, Kassimir joined “They go into surgery and then to us. therapy on Long “Any therapist out there can take on a other private practitioners to form an I’m grateful that I have patients who Island.” —Joanne Kassimir hand patient as a case, but it doesn’t organization called CHOT (Certified have followed me from office to office. mean they are doing hand therapy,” Hand Occupational Therapists). They could go to someone a block Kassimir says. “The more involved Incorporated as a group, they met away, but they drive a good distance textbooks of diagnosis and treatment cases really need to see a hand with insurance companies and to see me. They realize what I do and for hand therapy, which are available specialist. They need someone with negotiated fees. how it is different. I want to feel good today. The doctors would suggest that special knowledge about how the “We were faced with situations in about what I’m doing. I want a good things and I would suggest things, and upper extremity works, and the gentle which we used to be paid $100, and result for my patient. This way then we’d try them to see if they touch that doesn’t damage the small now we were receiving only $20. The everybody wins.” ◆ worked. We kept trying and we kept structures of the hand.” HMOs didn’t know who we were or —Sharon Huss Roat, AS ’87 learning. Gradually, therapists and While establishing her practice, what we did. They didn’t see how surgeons from across the country were Kassimir also spent a great deal of time much time we were spending with Joanne Kassimir lives in Bellmore, N.Y., getting together to share information. lobbying for appropriate coverage of patients, what we were doing and with her husband, Dr. Andrew Goldberg, It was quite exciting to be there at the hand therapy and the broader field of how we were being compensated,” her 15-year-old daughter, Valerie beginning.” occupational therapy, which was then Kassimir says. “It’s a fight we’re still Shapiro, and 18-year-old daughter, Kassimir was a charter member of not covered by insurance. She and fighting. Some HMOs have lowered Meredith Goldberg. Her daughter, the American Society of Hand colleagues from around New York the reimbursement so severely that we Jaclyn Shapiro, is a UD sophomore Therapists and was among the first to went to Albany and to Washington, can’t afford to treat those patients.” majoring in psychology with a minor in become a certified hand therapist D.C., to educate insurance companies Frustrated by the HMO approach, Spanish and philosophy. Jaclyn’s father, (CHT). She left her work at the and Medicare about their specialty. Kassimir sold her practice to a big Michael Shapiro, is a physics teacher at hospital to offer hand therapy practices They ultimately succeeded in earning corporation in the mid-’90s, working Sewanaka Central High School in New in a number of doctors’ offices, and recognition and appropriate coverage for that company for three years Hyde Park, N.Y.

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Building a . reputation on odd lots

t the age of 58, Paul Robbins concedes that he’s part of a dying A business, but he’s not quite ready to throw in the towel on his 25-year career as a fabric broker. Up until about five years ago, Robbins says he would’ve been thrilled if his son had decided to join him in the business; however, in recent years, he has seen dramatic changes that have nearly eliminated the domestic fabric trade. An estimated 80 percent of the U.S. fabric and clothing manufacturing business has moved to China,

Pakistan, India and other overseas CLARK JONES locations, because U.S. manufacturers Fabric broker Paul Robbins finds buyers for excess or flawed fabrics and arranges custom orders for special customers. can no longer compete with companies that pay their workers as little as $50 per month in wages. Clothing can be purchased so (the stiff, wasted lengths of fabric that the fabric will be milled to their get out or develop more international inexpensively at megastores like were used over and over again to test specifications. One such case is a connections. However, with just four Wal-Mart, Target and Kmart, there is the dyes and get the colors to the right fabric used for costumes that to six years left before he retires, he no longer an economic incentive for shade before printing). This material Robbins sells to one of the top fabric plans to ride out his career serving people to sew their own garments, he often goes to developing countries chains. “The colors coordinate with those he’s worked with for so many says. The days when most where “somebody will use it for what they are already buying much years. And, though he jokes that his cheaper from overseas, but we are motto is “price, not pride,” Robbins able to give them two-week delivery clearly takes pride in the business of whatever color they need in relationships he has built in an “There’s one thing about being an entrepreneur... whatever quantity they want. If it’s increasingly difficult industry. you always have to reinvent yourself.” —Paul Robbins coming from China, they have to “Over time, you keep looking for buy a full container load and it takes and meeting people. You take the five to six weeks for delivery,” he hardest thing that a mill has to sell department stores carried fabric for something,” Robbins says. “I sell says. “Sometimes, it is cheaper to and you find somebody who can use home sewing are long since gone. under one-yard pieces to my customer pay a little more money to get just it. You move the items that no one “There’s one thing about being an in Nigeria, where they use it to wrap what you want when you want it.” else will take. That’s how I built my entrepreneur… you always have to fish, and one to nine yard pieces of And, that’s why Robbins thinks the business,” Robbins says. “It’s really reinvent yourself,” Robbins says. flock velvet prints that they piece domestic fabric business will never about the relationships. If a person While other fabric brokers have left together to upholster couches. They totally die. There’s also the military, likes you, you do business.” ◆ the industry completely or shifted will buy a 45,000-pound container which purchases all of its fabric and —Sharon Huss Roat, AS ’87 their focus to foreign sources, he has load of all different fabrics.” does all of its manufacturing within carved out a niche market that may From manufacturers, Robbins gets U.S. borders. “That’s a lot of Paul Robbins lives in Irvington, N.Y., best be described as “odd lots, excess or end-of-season fabric used camouflage,” Robbins says. with his wife, Barbara Lowenthal. seconds and you-name-it-we’ll-sell-it.” for first-quality merchandise, short If he were just starting out in the Their son, Jason, is a UD sophomore As a broker, Robbins works much pieces from the cutting room floor business, Robbins says he’d probably majoring in accounting. like a real estate agent. He arranges a (which can actually be 10-15 yards sale between an owner and a buyer long because the cutting tables run and earns a commission. The the entire length of a warehouse) and UD Family Night owners—or sources of the fabric— off-shade fabrics. “Manufacturers will include fabric mills, home furnishing put a lot of yardage down on the is every night at and clothing manufacturers and cutting table and cut multiple the Burner fabric “jobbers” who purchase and garments at once, so they check very 20% off Food Check take title to fabric and then sell it closely to make sure it is all the same with U.D. I.D. through brokers or directly to shade. They can’t take a chance that customers. His buyers include top the sleeve might be a different color Gourmet-to-go shop– fabric chain stores such as Hancock than the body of a suit jacket,” he 20% off with this ad Fabrics and Jo Ann Stores, as well as says. a few remaining regional stores that With Robbins’ help, the unused Our to-go shop offers an sell fabric, and customers in less fabric from manufacturers may find extensive menu of carry-out affluent countries like Nigeria who its way into a retail fabric store, along foods for any occasion. buy low-end merchandise by the with wool or other fabrics he sells to pound. stores through a jobber. He also 425 Hockessin Corner From fabric mills, Robbins obtains arranges custom orders of special Hockessin, DE flawed fabric like seconds and thirds, fabrics, where his customers can 9 miles from UD 302-239-2314 as well as fabric known as “leaders” choose whatever colors they want and

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Homecoming 2006, set for Oct. 13-15 Six alumni honored with

omecoming 2006 Hwill cover the Presidential Citations campus with class reunions and receptions, alumni S ix University of Delaware alumni received the gratitude for teaching me about our country and honors and Presidential Citation for Outstanding instilling in me the desire to strive for excellence.” citations and SAchievement during a ceremony that marked tailgating the beginning of Homecoming Weekend on Friday, Scott E. Fendorf is football fans at Oct. 7, in Bayard Sharp Hall. recognized as a leading Delaware UD President David P. Roselle and Robert Davis, soil geochemist. Stadium. vice president for development and alumni relations, He recently received the Initial planning presented the awards to the UD graduates of the last M.L. and Chrystie M. has begun for special 20 years who “exhibit great promise in their Jackson Soil Science reunion events for the professional and public service activities.” Award from the Soil Classes of 1956, 1961, Recipients, representing four of the University’s Science Society of 1981, 1996 and 2001. colleges and six different majors, are Arup K. America, a prestigious Additional details will be posted as they Chakraborty EG ’88PhD, Robert T. Haslam award given to a become available on the Homecoming web site Professor of Chemical Engineering, professor of scientist who has made [www.udel.edu/homecoming]. For questions or chemistry and professor of biological engineering at seminal contributions in further Homecoming information, please the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); soil chemistry and contact the Office of Alumni and University Scott E. Fendorf AG ’92PhD, associate professor of mineralogy. He has Relations at (302) 831-2341 or send an e-mail to soil and environmental chemistry at Stanford served as an adviser to Scott Fendorf [[email protected]]. University; Angela Tweedy Gladwell AS ‘98M, 17 graduate students environmental and historical preservation team and nine postdoctoral fellows and, in his previous administrator for the Federal Emergency position, received an excellence-in-teaching award Call for nominations Management Agency (FEMA); Paul J. Kane AS ’92, from the University of Idaho. Fendorf has published senior writer covering the U.S. Senate for Roll Call, more than 50 refereed papers in journals of soil he Alumni Association is seeking the Capitol Hill newspaper; Robert P. Meagley AS science, geochemistry and environmental science Tnominations for its Board of Directors and ’96PhD, senior staff scientist and researcher in and technology; has published 12 book chapters; 2006 Alumni Wall of Fame recipients. residence at Intel Corp.; and Andrea L. Stith AS ’95, and has presented 52 invited papers and lectures New Board members would begin their three- program officer at the Howard Hughes Medical worldwide. He earned his doctoral degree in soil year term on July 1, 2006. Visit Institute. and environmental chemistry from UD, where he [www.udel.edu/alumni/alum/board.html] for received the University’s Theodore Wolf more information and a nomination form. Arup K. Dissertation Prize in the Physical and Life The Alumni Wall of Fame recognizes Chakraborty’s research Sciences, as well as the Soil Science Society of outstanding professional and public service recently earned him America’s award for outstanding dissertation in achievements by UD graduates. Visit election to the soil science. [www.udel.edu/alumni/awards/wof.html] for prestigious National “Thirteen years since leaving, I look back with more information and a nomination form. Academy of amazement at my graduate experience at the Engineering, one of the University of Delaware,” Fendorf said. “Arriving highest professional from the West Coast, I had little idea of what to distinctions in expect and was struck by the beauty of the Thomas engineering. The Jefferson architecture, the rolling hills of the academy recognized him Piedmont and the spectacular fall colors. The for his accomplishments tremendous instruction, student camaraderie and in applying theoretical institutional resources left a lasting impression.” chemistry to practical Arup Chakraborty problems in immune Angela Tweedy system recognition, Gladwell works to polymer interfaces, protect historic sensor technology and catalysis. He has coauthored structures and regions UD license plates more than 90 publications and delivered more than from natural and 100 invited lectures. Chakraborty earned his humanmade disasters. how your UD spirit! Official University of doctoral degree in chemical engineering from UD in The National Historic SDelaware license plates are available now for 1989. Preservation Act residents of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania “I registered as a student at the University of requires FEMA to and New Jersey. To order your UD license plate, Delaware two days after coming to this country,” integrate historic visit [www.udel.edu/alumni/plates.html] or call Chakraborty said. “The University not only taught preservation into its the Office of Alumni and University Relations me about science and engineering, but also about planning for disasters. at (302) 831-2341. America and the principles that make this nation Gladwell joined the great. Today, as a proud American, I look back on Environmental and the four years at Delaware with fondness and Angela Tweedy Gladwell Historical Preservation

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Presidential Citation recipients Alumni Club Coordinators show great promise

CALIFORNIA Pcontinued from previous page H Bay Area Alumni Club Team in 1999 and was promoted to team lithography and was Janine Corcoran administrator in 2004. With FEMA’s integration named a group 1996 Physical Education (408) 375-6877 into the Department of Homeland Security, her manager. His group’s [[email protected]] team also faces challenges in protecting national research led to the monuments from the possibility of terrorist attack. Pentium 3 and Los Angeles Alumni Club Gladwell earned her master’s degree in urban Pentium 4 processors Suzanne McCaddin affairs and public policy from UD, while working and related inventions. 1998 English Education as a graduate assistant in the Center for Historic In 2004, Meagley was (310) 379-0082 Architecture and Design. She lives in Manassas, recognized as one of [[email protected]] Va., with her husband, Jerry. Intel’s top 12 inventors COLORADO “When I first came to Delaware to study of the year. He earned Denver Alumni Club historic preservation, I had no idea that the his doctoral degree in Joanne Massa Nawrocki faculty, courses and experiences would so organic chemistry at 1977 Business Administration dramatically shape my future career,” Gladwell UD, where he studied Robert P. Meagley Thornton, Colo. said. “UD faculty, most notably David Ames, organic reactivity for (303) 252-8967 Home helped me blend my two interests of historic the design of new (303) 673-5257 Work preservation and emergency management through materials in electronic applications. [[email protected]] a joint assistantship with the Center for Historic “The mentorship and education I received at the DELAWARE Architecture and Design and the Disaster Research University of Delaware launched my career as a Center. This experience focused my career and, scientist, engineer and manager,” Meagley said. New Castle County Alumni Club Craig Murray through it I developed many relationships that “Through the leadership opportunities extended to 1993 Mechanical Engineering continue to be extremely important in my personal me within the graduate program in the Department Wilmington, Del. and professional life.” of Chemistry and Biochemistry, I was able to hone (302) 761-9217 Home skills that enabled me to mentor effectively, (215) 399-4284 Work Paul J. Kane recently confidently lead teams and coordinate diverse [[email protected]] received the Everett projects.” McKinley Dirksen FLORIDA Award for Andrea L. Stith Northern Florida Alumni Club Distinguished previously was Ed Williamson Coverage of Congress, employed as a science 1987 Business Administration Jacksonville, Fla. one of the most policy analyst in the (904) 221-8277 respected awards in office of pubic affairs [[email protected]] American journalism, for the Federation of at the National Press American Societies for Southern Florida Alumni Club Foundation’s annual Experimental Biology. Cyndy Houck black-tie dinner. His In that position, she 1977 Business Administration winning entry was a developed programs to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (954) 564-5025 package of stories he advance biomedical [[email protected]] wrote about the fund- Paul Kane research by providing a raising activities of voice for individual KENTUCKY the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s investigators in Andrea L. Stith Kentucky Alumni Club Libraries, one of the largest charities linked to a biological and Marc deBloois political figure. Kane joined the Roll Call staff in biomedical sciences when federal laws and 1989 Mechanical Engineering 2000. His reporting focuses on party leadership, regulations are being developed and when Sandra de Bloois fund-raising, ethics and legal issues. Kane earned government programs are being funded. She has 1990 Theatre his bachelor’s degree in political science and pursued an interest in understanding how science- Lexington, Ky. completed a concentration in journalism at UD, funding priorities are established on a national [[email protected]] where he was a managing editor and columnist level by becoming a fellow of the American MARYLAND for The Review. Association for the Advancement of Science, while Baltimore Alumni Club “As the youngest of nine kids from a tight-knit working at the National Science Foundation. Stith Amanda Taylor Irish Catholic family, I came to the University earned her bachelor’s degree in physics from UD. 1998 Business Administration sheltered from the world beyond my neighborhood,” As an undergraduate, she participated in the Baltimore, Md. Kane said. “The University of Delaware became Honors Program, assisted in research and was a (410) 908-0317 my passport into the rest of world.... Whether it’s member of the club crew team. She earned her [[email protected]] chasing after Sen. Joe Biden, AS ’65, in the halls doctoral degree from the University of Virginia. MASSACHUSETTS of the Senate or poring through campaign finance She lives in Arlington, Va. reports in pursuit of the real motives in Congress, “I had four incredible years as an undergraduate Boston Alumni Club those four years at UD remain the defining at the University of Delaware,” Stith said. “I credit Danielle Malfitana 2001 Elementary Teacher Education experiences that opened my eyes to a career and this experience for providing me with a solid (617) 422-5497 a life I never knew existed.” foundation of knowledge and confidence. UD also [[email protected]] provided me with a comprehensive education that Robert P. Meagley is building and managing satisfied my intellectual needs and curiosities. By NEW JERSEY a new research laboratory for advanced encouraging my participation in various academic, Northern New Jersey Alumni Club lithography materials at Intel Corp. The lab is athletic and other extracurricular programs and Brad Bofford supporting the development of technology that will activities, UD encouraged my strong sense of 1993 International Relations be used to make computers in 2009 and beyond. community. I am truly grateful!” Hoboken, N.J. Meagley joined Intel where he worked with —Martin Mbugua (973) 812-6950 continued on [[email protected]] next page

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Homecoming spirit Check out upcoming Alumni Club events at shines despite weather [www[www.udel.edu/alumni]..udel.edu/alumni].

H continued from previous page eavy rain and mud Central New Jersey Alumni Club didn’t dampen Eric Sigman HFightin’ Blue Hen 1999 History spirit Oct. 8, as (732) 266-0134 approximately 600 UD [[email protected]] alumni visited Alumni Row in the Delaware Field House Southern New Jersey Alumni Club to catch up with old friends, Jeff Shirk 1990 Business Administration share memories and rally Ocean City, N.J. support for the noon football (609) 398-1755 game against Hofstra. [[email protected]] According to Lauren Simione, assistant director of NEW YORK alumni relations, the ranks New York City Alumni Club of UD graduates visiting Erik Sulzbach over the weekend nearly 1996 History reached the projected 700- New York, N.Y. 900, and activities geared for (917) 400-6885 [[email protected]] youngsters meant that many alumni came with families NORTH CAROLINA in tow. DUANE PERRY Triangle Area Alumni Club “The field house was very Elizabeth DeFeo busy on Saturday, because it was a warm, dry Homecoming guests to a Saturday evening tour of 1997 Chemical Engineering place where people could gather and enjoy exhibits in Old College, Recitation Hall, Mechanical (919) 544-1906 themselves,” Simione said. Hall and the Studio Arts Building. [[email protected]] Refreshments, live music by the Royal Palm The Mentors’ Circle reception for the Class of 1955 Steel Band and the presence of several affinity on Friday evening and formal dinner Saturday PENNSYLVANIA groups—clusters of alumni formerly involved evening with President and Mrs. Roselle also had good Pittsburgh Alumni Club with spirit activities at UD—also lent a lively attendance, Simione said, and guests had such a grand Lee Erica Moses 2002 Marketing mood to the venue. time catching up with each other that taking class Pittsburgh, Pa. “This was the first year the alumni relations pictures proved difficult—a sure sign of a successful (412) 612-8529 office invited members of specific affinity groups reunion. [[email protected]] to Homecoming,” Simione said, “and having so “We had a pretty good turnout at Reunion Row and many former ag ambassadors, spirit ambassadors, Spirit Row, but I think the weather had some impact TEXAS cheerleaders, band members and mascots in on overall turnout, given the fact that many of the Austin Alumni Club attendance added a nice element to guests were in their 60s and 70s,” Simione said. Lethe Crum Burns Homecoming.” “Members of the Class of 1955, which had about 1996 Communication Simione said that members of the UD Alumni 300 graduates, all seemed to know each other and Austin, Texas Marching Band also made a good turnout and that have kept in close touch.” (512) 708-6320 [[email protected]] members of the classes of 1960, 1980, 1995 and Already in the initial stages of planning 2000 provided a good mix of UD grads. Homecoming 2006, alumni office personnel are Houston Alumni Club Other well-attended alumni events included a thinking of creating Homecoming niches for former Sandra Dunphy Saturday barbecue, hosted by UD’s Black Alumni honors students and resident assistants, and other 1976 Engineering Organization at the Center for Black Culture, and interest groups are being researched. Kingwood, Texas the fourth annual Art Loop, which treated —Becca Hutchinson (281) 360-4740 Home (281) 610-4750 Cell Phone [[email protected]] WASHINGTON, D.C. DC Alumni Club Cara Spiro 2002 Marketing Washington, D.C. [[email protected]]

We are currently looking for UD Alumni Club Coordinators for the following areas: Philadelphia, Phoenix; San Diego; Kent/Sussex County, Del.; Atlanta; Chicago; Charlotte, N.C.; Lancaster, Pa; and Dallas/Ft. Worth. Alumni Club Coordinators assist with selecting locations, formats, and dates for UD alumni events in their area. The Alumni Office helps plan events, so responsibility does not rest solely on the Club Coordinator. If you are interested, please visit [www.udel.edu/alumni/ clubs/] or call the Alumni Office at (302) 831- KATHY F. ATKINSON F. KATHY 2341. Many members of the Class of 1955 turned out for their 50th reunion, as did members of the classes of 1960, 1980, 1995 and 2000.

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Awards of Excellence Keep in touch! presented to three B&E alumni

What’s happening in your life? Please keep us posted. Write to: Office of Alumni and he Alfred Lerner College of Business and president and majority University Relations, University of Delaware, Economics has honored three of its owner of two minor Newark, DE 19716-7101, fax to (302) 831- T graduates with the college’s 2005 Alumni league baseball teams— 2045, send e-mail to [[email protected]] or Awards of Excellence. the Wilmington (Del.) fill out the web form at [www.udel.edu/ Nicholas M. Marsini Jr., a 1977 accounting Blue Rocks, a Boston alumni/intouch.html]. Let us hear from you! graduate, Matthew C. Minker III, a 2001 master of Red Sox affiliate, and business administration graduate, and Vincent A. the Omaha Royals, a NAME Schiavi, a 1975 accounting graduate, were Kansas City affiliate. presented the awards at a ceremony during The Blue Rocks won Homecoming weekend. The annual Alumni the Carolina League ADDRESS Awards of Excellence were established in 1991 to Championship in 1994, honor graduates of the college who have exhibited 1996, 1998 and 1999. exceptional accomplishments in their Minker serves on CITY STATE ZIP contributions to their professions and to the the boards and community. Matthew C. Minker executive committees DAYTIME TELEPHONE ( ) Marsini is executive vice president, chief of several baseball OCCUPATION financial officer and treasurer of PFPC Worldwide, organizations. He earned his bachelor’s degree in a member of the PNC engineering at UD in 1968. He has two adult PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND LOCATION Financial Services children and three grandchildren and lives in Group, where he is Wilmington with his responsible for all wife, Carol. UD DEGREE(S) EARNED AND YEAR(S) financial functions Schiavi is the and support services founder and president for PFPC operations. of Schiavi & Co., OTHER DEGREE(S) EARNED, YEAR(S) He also is chairman of Delaware’s first fee- PFPC Trust Co. and only financial planning chairman and firm, which currently SCHOOL NAME, LOCATION president of PFPC has assets of more than Trustee and Custodial $150 million. He has Services in Dublin, been recognized by E-MAIL ADDRESS Ireland. Worth Magazine, YOUR LATEST NEWS Marsini is a Mutual Funds Nicholas M. Marsini member of the Magazine, the Financial Executives Delaware Department Vincent A. Schiavi Institute and is active in numerous community of Justice Securities organizations. In addition to his bachelor’s degree Division and from UD, he earned a master of business Bloomberg Wealth Manager Magazine as a top administration degree from Widener University. financial adviser and wealth manager. He and his wife, Julia, live in Centerville, Del., Schiavi is a certified financial planner and a with their two sons. member of numerous professional and community Minker is owner and president of Minker organizations. He and his wife, Mary Ann, live in Construction, which has been recognized by Inc. Wilmington, Del., with their three children. Magazine for its fast-paced growth. He also is

Outstanding alumni recognized

obert B. Horne, ’55EG, and Marilyn Smith Horne, CHEP ’55, of West Chester, Pa., R received UD’s Outstanding Alumni awards during Homecoming Weekend Oct. 7-9. Bob, who Questions? received his degree in chemical engineering, was a member of the cheerleading squad and was a Call the Office of Alumni and letterman in lacrosse. Marilyn received her University Relations at bachelor’s degree in elementary education and was active in the women’s Playbill while at the (302) 831-2341 or visit University. The couple have served on several reunion committees for their class including their [www.udel.edu/alumni]. 50th reunion committee this year. KATHY F. ATKINSON F. KATHY Marilyn Smith Horne and Robert B. Horne

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Seminary California, poetry and a one- COLLEGE LEGEND AG–Agriculture and was honored by his person play, Center Natural Resources colleagues with a book Piece, which she has AS–Arts and Sciences titled, The Festschrift, performed in Boston BE–Lerner College of The Pattern of Sound and other cities. Her Business and Economics Doctrine: Essays in poems and columns CHEP–Human Services, Education and Public Honor of Robert can be seen at Policy Strimple. [www.ellensteinbaum. CHS–Health Sciences Ted Maugel ’58AS, com]. EG–Engineering of Clearwater, Fla., Roy Lee Williams GS–Graduate Studies retired as certified ’65AS/PhD, of MS–Marine Studies Carrollton, Va., was AA–Associate of arts or pharmacy technician science degree with St. Petersburg named professor H–honorary degree General Hospital in St. emeritus of chemistry M–master’s degree Petersburg, Fla. after 40 years of PhD/EDD-doctorate teaching and research at Old Dominion T HE ’60S University. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ T HE ’50S Henry Gysling ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ’67AS/PhD, of Bill Harman ’62EG, Rochester, N.Y., retired K. Robert Lang of Westford, Mass., from Kodak in 2004 ’53AS/M, ’56PhD, of retired from the and is working as a Philadelphia, organized technical staff of the technology director for the Rickshaw Reunion, Massachusetts Institute AirFlow Catalyst a visit to China for of Technology Lincoln Systems there. former residents of Laboratory after 37 Mary Kay Porter Shanghai, of which he years in radar. He ’68AS, of Milford, is one. A Russian volunteers with the Conn., designs translation of his 1999 Massachusetts manuals, tutorials and book Surfactants has Audubon Society. software for analytical been published. Ellen Zell Steinbaum instruments at Robert Strimple ’64AS, of Boston, PerkinElmer, a global ’56AS, of Escondido, writes a literary technology provider of Calif., professor column for The Boston products and services emeritus of systematic Globe and has in health and theology at Westminster published a book of industrial sciences.

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Shirish Shah Ohio, is professor of Kennecott Energy, ’68AS/PhD, of chemistry and which operates five Baltimore, a professor biochemistry at surface coal mines in of chemistry at Northeastern Ohio Montana, Wyoming THETHE Towson University in University College of and Colorado. Towson, Md., won the Medicine in George Steven DeerDeer ParkPark TavernTavern 2004 Salute to Rootstown, Ohio, and Nutter AG, of Excellence Award a lecturer for the Moorestown, N.J., ESTABLISHED 1851 • NEWARK, DE from the American American Society for general manager of Chemical Society and Microbiology Barwil Agencies NA was chosen one of the Waksman Foundation Inc., was elected to the society’s 2005 lecture program. board of directors of outstanding the Maritime coordinators for his 1974 Exchange, which participation in its ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ promotes the Delaware Chemagination River and Bay as a program. Naresh Batta AS/M, major commerce of Kennett Square, Pa., center on the Eastern 1970 is president and CEO of seaboard. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Batta Environmental in Newark, Del. 1975 Jeffrey A. Smith AS, Art Durnan AG, of ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ of Newark, Del., a fine Perth, Australia, arts photographer, principal adviser on Mark Vuolo AS, of spent a month in maintenance and Casper, Wyo., a Franklinton, La., as a reliability improvement psychiatrist in private Peace Corps/Crisis projects for Rio Tinto, practice, also works Corps volunteer a diversified mining with the community helping victims of company, received the mental health center Hurricane Katrina 2004 Augustus H. Gill there. apply for assistance. Award for Excellence in Oil Analysis from 1976 1973 the International ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Council for Machinery Newark’sNewark’s OldestOldest Lubrication. At the James Gkonos AS, of Ken Rosenthal time, he was working Downingtown, Pa., AS/PhD, of Akron, for Rio Tinto’s joined the law firm of CollegeCollege RestaurantRestaurant NewlyNewly renovated,renovated, yetyet retainingretaining itsits historichistoric charmcharm

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Saul Ewing as special Hospital. Management District counsel in its litigation Paul Thorson BE, in West Palm Beach. department, of Wilmington, Del., Michael Morfe AS, On the campus where learning, specializing in purchasing manager of Princeton Junction, technology and hospitality coexist, insurance matters. for AstraZeneca N.J., vice president of There’s a new environment to Pharmaceuticals’ Aon Consulting of Discover, Experience and Enjoy… 1977 Newark, Del., site, was Somerset, N.J., is a for business and pleasure ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ elected president of the national expert on National Association retiree medical and Robert Slowik CHS, of Purchasing Medicare Part D ’85CHS/M, of Management of issues. Highlands Ranch, Delaware. Caroline Miksch Colo., is defensive back Sukman AS, of Bali, coach for the Denver 1979 Indonesia, textile Broncos. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ designer and owner of Pelange Design, was 1978 Jane McLaughlin AS, one of five designers ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ of Ambler, Pa., chosen for the “World president of LifeCycle of Batik” exhibition at Steve Mosko AS, of Software, was elected the American Textile Culver City, Calif., to the board of History Museum in president of Sony directors of the Lowell, Mass. Her Pictures Television, National Association clothing line is was inducted into the of Women Business Cinnabar Blue. Broadcasting and Owners, Greater Elizabeth Hyde Cable Hall of Fame Philadelphia chapter. Thompson AS, of honoring the Richfield Springs, An Unparalleled Partnership industry’s leading 1980 N.Y., is a salesperson pioneers, innovators ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ for Mary Kay products. Guests and meeting planners who are and stars of the members will enjoy the benefits of Marriott Rewards incentives. Earn electronic arts. Pam Adams Lehr 1981 Marriott Guest Awards with each stay. Donna Cook EG, of Boca Raton, ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Stephens CHS, of Fla., is a senior Courtyard—Newark at the University of Delaware Northfield, N.J., is supervising engineer Mark Ashwill AS, of 400 Pencader Way • Newark, DE 19716 • Voice: 302-737-0900 director of quality in the Water Quality Hanoi, previously the Fax: 302-737-0990 • [www.udel.edu/hotel] improvement at Division of the South director of the World Shore Memorial Florida Water Languages Institute at Adjacent to Clayton Hall Conference Center

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State University of Naval Air Systems New York at Buffalo, Command, was Showcasing his talent has been appointed inducted into the director of the Naval Air Systems yron Jones, AS ’92, Institute of Command Fellows ’95M, is one of 14 International Program, which is actors chosen from a T Education’s Vietnam open to the top 3 field of 600 to join the offices in Hanoi and percent of technical ABC Talent Showcase, Ho Chi Minh City, professionals. which gives minority providing direct actors an opportunity to Vince Colonna AS, support to the of Miami Beach, Fla., work with professional Vietnam Fulbright directors on a scene that has been accepted program. into the National will be be shown to top Steven Eller BE, of talent agents and casting Alliance for Musical Closter, N.J., certified Theatre, the only directors. public accountant and national service According to Keli Lee, attorney, joined the organization for executive vice president of law firm of Rosen musical theatre talent and casting at ABC, Seymour Shapss productions. “We wanted to proactively Martin & Co. as a tax Thomas Forrest find, develop and nurture partner. BE, of Wilmington, untapped talent from all Matthew D. Seltzer diverse backgrounds. And, AG, of Hillside, N.J., Del., is president and of course, ideally, cast has been promoted to CEO of U.S. Trust them in our shows.” senior director with Co. of Delaware. Jones, who recently Cushman & Wakefield appeared on Broadway Inc., a provider of 1983 with Denzel Washington global real estate ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ in Julius Caesar and is solutions. currently appearing in Renosi Mokate nationwide television 1982 CHEP/M, of commercials, says, “I am ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Tshwane, South thankful for this Africa, has been showcase. This business John Bortz EG, of appointed deputy is all about baby steps. Owings, Md., a governor of the I’m ready to break into a landing gear systems South African ◆ jog.” ERIC CROSSAN team leader with Reserve Bank there.

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specialty chemical the Office of Public Hillsborough, N.J., is a 1984 provider. 1987 1989 Liaison for researcher with ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Jeganathan ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Pennsylvania. Mathematica Policy Sriskandarajah AS, Matthew Gore AS, of Research in Princeton, Mark Manniso AS, of Madison, Wisc., Jim Farrell AS, Laurie Eisenberg Los Angeles, visual N.J. of Newark, Del., teaches at Madison ’88/M, of Wilmington, Brancato CHEP, of effects producer for Linda Donofrio AS, founder of Forte Inc., a Area Technical College Del., a political Hasbrouck Heights, Zoic Studios there, was of Reading, Pa., is a creative merchandise and serves as faculty consultant and former N.J., is a customer nominated for a 2005 sales consultant with agency, received the adviser for the math spokesperson for the service representative Emmy Award for best OMNII 2004 Family Business club. late Sen. Paul with Lonza Inc., which visual effects in a Pharmaceuticals in of the Year Award Wellstone of develops, manufactures television series for the Philadelphia. from the Delaware 1986 Minnesota, was named and markets a broad Sci Fi Channel’s Small Business ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ executive director of range of complex fine Battlestar Galactica. 1991 Development Center. the Montana chemicals, polymers, ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Scott Peoples AS, David E. Chambers Democratic Party. additives and chemical 1990 of Cary, N.C., is BE, of Glen Falls, specialties. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Sumitra Dey-Bose global marketing N.Y., was named 1988 Patricia Enright AS, BE/M, of San Jose, manager for BASF’s senior vice president ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ of Harrisburg, was Debra Frederick Calif., is a realtor with Agricultural Products and client executive in appointed director of Brucker AS, of Referral Realty of Division. the Albany office of Steven Charnick EG, Marsh, an insurance of Lansdale, Pa., is a 1985 brokerage and risk senior research fellow ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ advisement firm. in the pharmacokinet- Thomas D. Cox Alan Flenner EG, of ics group of the drug Kathryn Schmidt Camp Hill, Pa., an metabolism Belville AG, of attorney with the department of Merck D. D. S. Springfield, Pa., is one Norristown, Pa., law Research Laboratories of 70 individuals firm of High, Swartz, in West Point, Pa. Family Dentistry nationwide to earn Roberts & Seidel and Bridget Toal master arborist board commander in the U.S. Simpkiss AS, of certification from the Naval Reserves, Springfield, Va., a Early Morning and Evening Hours Available International Society accepted command of senior policy and of Arboriculture. Naval Mobile requirements analyst Joseph G. Sapone Construction Battalion for Science Applications AS, of Shrewsbury, 21 and now leads 600 International Corp., is 302-368-2558 N.J., is regional sales Navy Seabees in on contract to Air manager for Pennsylvania, New Force headquarters at 96 East Main Street, Suite A • Newark, Delaware 19711 Phibrochem, a York and New Jersey. the Pentagon.

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Sunnyvale, Calif. Preventive Medicine, Christopher Grote Aberdeen Proving 1993 AS/PhD, of St. Louis, Grounds, Md. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ is senior research Joseph Shane AS, of associate with Shippensburg, Pa., is a Denise Sala Bushell Mallinckrodt chemical educator AS, of Woodcliff Lake, Pharmaceuticals with Shippensburg N.J., is an attorney in there. University there. the professional error Kathleen Keath BE, and omissions unit of of New Castle, Del., 1992 St. Paul Travelers is a certified public ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Insurance Co., in accountant and Morris Plains, N.J. partner-owner of Howard Kramen BE, Lyman Chen BE, of Positive Planning of Glen Allen, Va., is Wilmington, Del., is LLC/Delmarva Power. the founder and owner an actor appearing in Jeanine Kaczorowski of United Marketing Martin Scorsese’s film, Moore CHEP, of Solutions of Richmond, The Departed, as Jack Millsboro, Del., a a direct mail Nicholson’s fourth-grade teacher advertising company. interpreter. at Long Neck Jim Purcell AS, Marc Greenstein AS, Elementary School CHEP/M, of Milford, of Towaco, N.J., a there, was named Del., is president of urologist, performs Social Studies Teacher Communities in robotic surgery at the of the Year by the Schools of Delaware, North Jersey Center Indian River School which establishes for Urologic Care. District. relationships with DUANE PERRY Dennis Palalay AG, young people to help 1994 of Elkton, Md., who them succeed in ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Double the service received a master’s school. These Maryland Double Dels are both involved in the financial degree in health Quinetta Roberson Bhavana Joneja AS, services industry. Brian N. Whitworth ’97BE is a section sciences from Johns BE, of Ithaca, N.Y., of New York City, is an manager in the customer assistance department for MBNA bank Hopkins’ Bloomberg was promoted to attorney and associate in Hunt Valley, Md. Latisha Stillwell Whitworth ’98BE, a select School of Public associate professor of in the intellectual banker with M&T Bank in Maryland, recently received her Health, is a major in human resource property practice licenses in life and health insurance and securities. The couple, the U.S. Army and management in the groups at King & who live in Edgewood, Md., both participate in the youth program manager with School of Industrial Spalding, specializing ministry of their church, Prince of Peace. ◆ the Army’s Center for and Labor Relations at in patent litigation. Health Promotion and Cornell University. continued on page 117 Orthopaedic Specialists, P.A.

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Kirsten Jason ’01CHEP married Gregory Jensen, Aug. 5, 2005.

Tyrone Bowden ’00AS married Vanessa Villegas ’02CHEP, Aug. 5, 2005.

Carolyn Bockius ’96CHEP married Gabriel Jackson Oct. 2, 2004.

Kristen Buzzell ’03CHEP married Dustin Best, Ann Paglee ’93BE to Brad Bozick, April 16, 2005 Aug. 21, 2004. Mary Stuart Scott ’93AS to Christopher James Gregory, Dec. 4, 2004 Dana Smith ’93BE to Howie Steiner, May 15, 2005 Eric Envall ’96AS to Erica Moore, April 30, 2005 Corey Arnold ’97AS to Edie Myers ’97AS, April 16, 2005 Christine Galasso ’95AS married Marcos Lara, Nov. 14, 2004. Carli Blische ’97CHS to Christopher Surk, June 18, 2005 Larry Tong ’97AG to Karen McKay ’03BE, Sept. 9, 2005 Tara Bacci ’98CHEP to Cary Davidson ’99CHS, Aug. 29, 2004 Jennifer Kolu ’98CHS to Sean Kirk, Sept. 5, 2004 Eric Lewbart ’00AS/M to Bonnie Feiner, April 16, 2005 Cristina Vickery ’01AS to Scott Mattocks ’01AS, July 9, 2004 ◆ Aja Inskeep ’02AS married Jason Robin Blair ’95BE married Kevin Towey, Oct. 4, Allison M. Ohme ’01CHEP married McDowell ’05AS, Sept. 4, 2005. 2003. Patrick Walters ’00CHS, July 30, 2005.

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Roger Hornby ’99AS married Corinne Mueller on Sept. 3, 2005. Members of the wedding party are pictured left to right: front row, Natalia Weiss Beley ’99CHEP, Melissa Cohen Grunbaum ’00AS, Amanda Cohen Reuter ’00AS, Corrine and Roger, David Difalco ’99CHEP, James Smedley III ’99AS; back row, Evan Grunbaum ’99CHEP, Rick Beley ’99AS, Chris Yasiejko ’99AS, Josh Kutenplon ’99BE, Brian Phipps ’99BE, Kelly Konwinski Smedley ’99CHS, David Ryan ’00AS, Allison McGowan Ryan ’99BE, Jeremy Muratore ’99AS, Robert Cahill ’99BE, Michael Pisano ’99BE, Brian Pippin ’99AS, Deepok Pradhan ’99AS, Merideth Bender Moyer ’99AG, Jennifer Cleary Roche ’99AS, Sander Gottleib ’00CHEP and Robert Roche ’98EG.

Hao Zou ’97BE/M married Liang Li ’97EG/M, April 16, 2005.

Lynn Noodam ’96CHS married Samuel Herring, June 4, Laurie Robbins ’98BE married Jerry Leal, 2005. Sept. 4, 2004.

Rebecca Ettinger ’02CHEP married John Heiss Lisa A. Marra ’04CHEP Amanda Smith ’95CHEP married Bob Welshmer ’93AS (far left), ’02AS, May 21, 2005. married Charles J. McKenna, May 14, 2005. Members of the wedding party included Jason Breyo Dec. 8, 2004. ’92AS, Aaron Leonard ’92AS, Michael Santos ’92AS, Anthony DiMarzo ’95AS, Drew Heinold ’91AS and John Wunder ’93BE.

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Diana Barbara McDonald ’02AS married Julian Richard Wells, Robin Ruark ’94AG married Karen Aug. 20, 2004. Johnsen ’95CHEP, Oct. 30, 2004.

Kimberly Slasinski ’01CHEP married Patrick McCoy ’03AS, Oct. 16, 2004.

Kristen Lana Banks ’02EG married Milton Melendez ’04CHEP, Julia W. Packard ’96CHEP married Paul Oct. 13, 2004. T. Hunter, Oct. 29, 2004.

William Franklyn Conway ’97EG to Kristin Erin Morgan ’01EG, Oct. 30, 2004

Jeanette Noelke ’03AS married Bryan Perey ’02CHS, June 18, Diana Waxman ’02AS married Brent J. 2005. Freccia ’02AS, July 10, 2005.

ATTENTION, NEWLYWEDS: Please submit photos and wedding information within a year after the ceremony. Color to the Office of Alumni and University photographs or digital images at least 2-1/2 Relations [[email protected]]. Be sure that inches wide and 300 dpi, saved as high-quality news of your marriage includes the date of the jpgs, may be submitted. Wedding party pictures, ceremony as well as your graduation year and at least 5 inches wide, may be used if they Jennifer Mizak ’98CHEP married Marc college. Please submit your wedding news include only UD alumni. ◆ Bechtel, Aug. 6, 2005.

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continued from 113 gifts manager for the Brandon Jones AIDS Foundation of Broadway bound MS/M, ’03MS/PhD, Chicago. of Crofton, Md., a Jessica Cincotta ach spring for 20 marine biologist with Moore AS, of Dayton, years, five UD the U.S. N.J., is a human alumnae have E Environmental resources generalist gathered in New Jersey to Protection Agency, with GE Healthcare. share a weekend of recently received the Tom Morley AS, of memories and a hit play national Suzanne E. Alexandria, Va., is a on Broadway. The five, Olive Award, which is manager with all of whom lived in presented to EPA BearingPoint Inc., Russell D Residence Hall employees who which offers strategic in the early 1970s, travel promote equal consulting, application from Virginia, opportunity through services, technology Pennsylvania and leadership and solutions and California for the annual innovative efforts. management services event. Shown here with Robin Mazin Van to companies and Boomer the dog are, Metre AS, of Fort government standing behind the wall, Collins, Colo., is a organizations. Nancy Cormany Bellis, veterinarian with the Michelle Olson AS, CHS ’72, of Ottsville, Pa.; Fort Collins Veterinary of Danville, Pa., is a seated on the wall, from Emergency Hospital. colorectal surgeon at left, Joan Winchester, AS Geisinger Medical ’73, CHEP ’75M, of Center there. Alexandria, Va., Sheri 1995 ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Heather Patton- Giordano Borrin, BE ’72, Graham AS, of Drexel of Ridgewood, N.J., and Jennifer Ogrodnick Hill, Pa., an Episcopal friend Winnie Frost; and Cochran AS, of priest, is the lower standing in front of the Stanford, Calif., is an school chaplain at The wall, Mary Cormany assistant professor of Episcopal Academy Flaherty, CHS ’72, of bioengineering at there. Richmond, Va., friend Stanford University Lauren Murray Kate Colman, and Beth there. Simione BE, of Durbin Young, AS ’72 of Lowell Matthews BE, Newark, Del., is Pebble Beach, Calif. ◆ of Chicago, is major continued on page 119

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Erin Marie Donohue was born Dec. 5, 2004, to Nicole Krupp Donohue Robert John March IV was born Sept. ’96CHS and Chris Donohue ’97EG, 15, 2004, to Alison Roath March of Newark, Del. ’98AS and Robert March III ’98EG, ’99M, of Abingdon, Md. Julia Rose Kathleen Crumpacker, born Aug. 7, 2005, to Gretchen Kyle William Kearns was born Lillian Margaret Young, born Feb. Schuckert Crumpacker ’81AS Dec. 15, 2004, to William 1, 2005, to Heather Couch and Benjamin Crumpacker, of Andrew Kearns III ’91BE and Young ’95CHEP and David Abbie Julia Kessler was born Jan. 17, 2005, Costa Mesa, Calif. Rachel Ann Wohlstein Kearns Young, of Laughlintown, Pa. to Lisa Jay Kessler ’98AS and Dan Kessler ’96BE. ’97AS, of Mount Laurel, N.J. Samuel Joseph Bartkowski, born Josie Reese Belkin, born March Aug. 12, 2005, to Matthew 22, 2005, to Melissa Golder Bartkowski ’89AS and Stacy Lauren Ferré Dumin, born Aug. 9, Zachary Louis Ermann, born Belkin ’96CHEP and Paul Walls Bartkowski ’93AS, ’96M, 2005, to Nels Dumin ’93EG/M March 16, 2005, to Lauren Belkin, of Rockville, Md. of Hockessin, Del. and Jennifer Sharrow Dumin Ehrlich Ermann ’95AS and ’94EG, of Wylie, Texas. Michael Ermann, of Blacksburg, Samantha Paige Levy, born May Christina Muglia, born Feb. 26, Va. 25, 2005, to Jennifer Silver 2005, to Linda Serrao Muglia Kara Tucker, born Aug. 16, 2005, Levy ’96AS and Scott Levy, of ’89BE and Nicholas Muglia IV, of to Laura Miller Tucker Voorhees, N.J. Staten Island, N.Y. Pender Elizabeth Liberi, born Aug. ’93CHEP and Jeff Tucker, of 31, 2005, to Victor Liberi Denville, N.J. Melanie Grace Siskind, born George Patterson Cross, born June ’95CHS/M and Karen Sullivan Nov. 13, 2004, to Sindi 15, 2005, to Caroline Lee Cross Liberi ’96CHS/M, of Gorham, Benjamin Ian Cohn, born Jan. 30, Moskowitz Siskind ’96CHEP ’90AS and Richard H. Cross Jr., of Maine. 2005, to Amy Cardonick Cohn and Aaron Siskind, of Wilmington, Del. ’94AS and Matthew Cohn, of Montgomery Village, Md. Westminster, Md. Kyle Christopher Mach, born June Sophia Ryan Hunt, born April 4, 8, 2005, to Gina Rolla Mach 2005, to Donna Ryan Hunt ’91BE Avery Reese David, born June 17, ’95CHEP and Christopher Caleb Daniel Spangler, born Jan. and Charles Hunt, of Houston, 2005, to Wendy David and Gregg Mach ’96CHS, of Fairfield, Conn. 1, 2005, to Shelly Straight Texas. David ’94AS, of Dobbs Ferry, N.J. Spangler ’96AG and Sam Andrew Thomas Moore, born May Spangler, of Roanoke, Va. Katherine Justine Lillard, born Oct. Evan Charles Watkins Robinson, 25, 2005, to Robert Moore 14, 2004, to Martha McKeown born March 25, 2005, to Jennifer ’95AS and Christa Hopkins Lukas Andrew Demskis, born Lillard ’92AG and Thomas Lillard, Watkins Robinson ’94AS and Moore ’96CHS, of Runnemede, April 27, 2005, to Erinn Van of Weymouth, Mass. Paul Robinson Jr., of Fairfax, Va. N.J. Buskirk Demskis ’97AS, ’00M

Dylan Chung-Shan Lee Quirk was Andrew Stephen DeAngelis was born Sept. 23, 2004, to Katherine W. born March 24, 2005, to Kristine Kevin Henry Wittekind was born Ryan Joseph Wong was born July Lee ’97 CHEP and Michael C. Quirk Chamberlain DeAngelis ’88AS and Sept. 21, 2004, to Stacy Goldin 7, 2005, to Dana Giardina Wong of Bear, Del. Lewis DeAngelis ’88AS, of ’95AS and Marc Wittekind ’95CHS ’96AS and Jim Wong ’96AS. Branchburg, N.J. of Ossining, N.Y.

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continued from page 117 rape and sexual University of assistant director of assault. Pennsylvania School of alumni relations at David Maturo Veterinary Medicine in the University of CHEP/M, of Philadelphia. Delaware. Deptford, N.J., is CEO William Shaw Jr. Christopher Tipping of Attolon Partners, a AG, of Washington, and Douglas AG, of Blue Bell, Pa., Center City D.C., is an interdisci- Demskis ’97BE, is an assistant Philadelphia plinary microbiologist of Newtown, Pa. professor at Delaware employment agency for the U.S. Valley College, that places Department of Patricia McAleese Doylestown, Pa. professionals with Agriculture Food Riley, born June Robin Blair Towey senior level Safety and Inspection 17, 2005, to BE, of Philadelphia, responsibility in Service. Carrie McAleese is founder and finance, accounting Bob Strab AS, of Riley ’97AS and president of ROOM, and administration. Wilmington, Del., is Sean Riley, of an interior design Janice McLean AS, of manager of the in-vitro Falmouth, Maine. studio there. Elizabeth, N.J., screening lab of received a master of Absorption Systems in Jaden David 1996 theology degree from Exton, Pa., which Howard, born ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Princeton Theological provides drug March 25, 2005, to Seminary. development services Griffin Welling Barrows was born Nov. 30, 2004, Shelia Patterson Ethan Badman AS, Nicole Milan-Tyner to pharmaceutical and to Jennifer Welling Barrows ’91AS and Brian Howard ’98AS of Ames, Iowa, is CHEP/M, of Egg biotechnology Kirkpatrick Barrows ’95CHEP, of Lewes, Del. and Lance assistant professor of Harbor Township, companies. Howard, of Bear, chemistry at Iowa N.J., is coordinator of Cindy Tobery AS, of Del. State University. health planning, Long Island City, N.Y., Ravi Dattani BE, of information and is an administrator in Pearse Michael Hockessin, Del., a education with the a program for gender McGeehan, born certified public Atlantic County equity in the sciences April 5, 2005, to accountant and Division of Public at Hunter College Ryan McGeehan financial adviser for Health. there. ’98AS and Becky Shiavi + Company, Mike Russo BE, of Adam Walker BE, McGeehan, of has completed the Collegeville, Pa., a ’05BE/M, of Somerset Coatesville, Pa. requirements to certified public N.J., is an account become a certified accountant and manager with Nicholas James financial planner. registered investment Amerada Hess Corp., Belsky, born July Deborah Deuel AS, representative with which deals in 25, 2005, to of Elkton, Md., a Anthony Russo, CPA, exploration, Siena Faith and Anya Lee Guttormson were born is working toward a production, refineries July 5, 2004, to Tamara Panaia Guttormson Jennifer Sterner molecular biologist, certified financial and retail sales of oil ’96AS and Paul Guttormson, of Colorado Springs. Belsky retired from the ’99AS/PhD and DuPont Co. planner designation. and gas. Alec Belsky Mare Dianora AS, of Nicole Schreiber AS, Joseph Wunderlich ’99AS/PhD, of Sag Harbor, N.Y., of Cherry Hill, N.J., is EG/PhD, of East Greenville, received a master of attending veterinary Manheim, Pa., is an Pa. fine arts degree from school at the associate professor of Goddard College in Riley Leo Walker, Plainfield, Vt., and is born Nov. 4, 2004, artist-in-residence at How much is your free time worth? to Harry Walker NYU Medical Center. $20? $40? $60? ’99CHS and Beth Doherty Katie Gordon CHEP, of Cambridge, Walker Mass., received a It’s About Time ’02CHEP, of master’s degree from Personal Concierge Service Wilmington, Del. Harvard University Graduate School of Patti Tranum, CEO Aiden Patrick Education in the Errands Small Business McGeehan, born mind, brain and Personal shopping Needs March 26, 2005, to education program (Gift wrapping) Administrative help Kristi Mickles there. James Ryan Pollock was born Dec. 27, 2004, to Groceries Pick up supplies McGeehan ’00AS Christian Jack Pollock Jr. ’82BE and Brenda Pollock, of Pet supplies and Tim Hermansen AS, of Organization Newark, Del. Seated with James is big sister Karen. Dry cleaning McGeehan, of Mountville, Pa., is Motor vehicle Home office Closets Monterey, Calif. associate director of Wait Service the Lancaster General ATTENTION, PARENTS: Repair Gift Certificates Jack Pearse Hospital’s family Delivery Bridal Please submit your baby news within a year Watson, born Sept. medicine residency after the birth. Photos of babies must feature Installation Baby showers 11, 2005, to program. them in UD or Blue Hen attire. Be sure that Frequent Travelers Birthdays news of your baby includes the birth date as Matthew Watson Ashley Mancinelli Employee Light housekeeping well as parents’ graduation years and ’00AS and Tricia AS, of Frederick, Md., appreciation Water plants colleges. 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Edith C. Passmore ’29AS, of Carl E.W. Hauger Jr. ’73AS, Kennett Square, Pa., July 18, 2005 ’75CHEP/M, of Wilmington, Del., June 19, 2005 Roberta Phillips Kohl ’33CHEP, of Atlanta, July 27, Lee C. Levis ’73AS, of Salisbury, 2005 Md., June 16, 2005 John E. Wilson III ’49CHEP, of Madeline Arnold Dunn Ernest DiSabatino ’36EG, of Smyrna, Del., Aug. 22, 2005 ’65AS/M, of Laurel, Del., July 6, Elizabeth Dermott Gilmore Wilmington, Del., Aug. 24, 2005 2005 ’74CHEP, of Seaford, Del., Aug. Thomas F. Rutledge ’50AS/PhD, 17, 2005 Marion Spencer Dressler of Chester, Pa., June 24, 2005 Elvira Piccarisi Snyder ’36AS, of Bridgewater, Ga., June ’65CHEP, of Lewes, Del., June Timothy T. Watson ’77AS, of 22, 2005 Arthur M. Codding ’51BE, of 14, 2005 Cordova, Md., June 11, 2005 Holmes, Pa., June 4, 2005 Woodrow Wilson Hughes John M. McGinnis ’66AG, of Donna M. Ciconte ’79AS, of ’36AS, of Wilmington, Del., Aug. Bettyann Simeone ’51CHEP, of Fort Myers, Fla., June 15, 2005 Newark, Del., May 26, 2005 14, 2005 Wilmington, Del., June 10, 2005 John W. Ward ’66AS/M, of Donald T. Hauk ’81BE, of Elmer Baldwin ’38EG, of Werner M. Stallmann ’51EG, of Wytheville, Va., June 2, 2005 Wilmington, Del., June 21, 2005 Seaford, Del., Aug. 12, 2005 Orlando, Fla., June 22, 2005 Leonard Bundy ’67CHEP/M, Joseph B. Baker Jr. ’84EG, of Jean Barnes Morton ’38AS, of John C. Graebner ’52EG, of of Wilmington, Del., June 23, New Castle, Del., Aug. 6, 2005 Wilmington, Del., Aug. 19, 2005 Ringoes, N.J., Oct. 30, 2004 2005 Aaron Rivers ’84AS, of James H. Hull ’39EG, of Seymour Kaplowitz ’52CHS, of Robert M. Johnson Middletown, N.Y., Feb. 7, 2005 Georgetown, Texas, July 5, 2005 Dunnellon, Fla., Aug. 24, 2005 ’67CHEP/M, of Bridgeville, Del., July 30, 2005 Kevin W. Parks ’85BE, of Marie Carson Lindell ’39CHEP, William E. (Coach) Horney Wilmington, Del., Aug. 2, 2005 of Newark, Del., Aug. 26, 2005 ’53CHEP, of Newark, Del., July Hannah Ale McDonough 2, 2005 ’67CHEP, ’68M, of Newark, David P. Ferretti ’87EG, of Frank D. Cannon ’40AS, of N.J., June 17, 2005 Avondale, Pa., June 24, 2005 Seaford, Del., June 9, 2005 Martha Shillito Kinter ’54AS, of Tarpon Springs, Fla., April 19, 2005 Genaro Pennachi ’68CHEP, James A. Riedy ’87AS, of Ann W. Chalmers ’40CHEP/M, ’70M, ’71M, of Hillsborough, Elkton, Md., June 14, 2005 of Newark, Del., July 13, 2005 Cecile Beatrice Snyder N.C., May 5, 2005 ’55CHEP, ’58M, of Wilmington, John C. Spahr ’87CHS, ’88M, William G. Shaw ’40AS, of Del., June 1, 2005 David H. Conklin II ’70AS, of of Cherry Hill, N.J., May 2, 2005 Marietta, Ga., March 23, 2005 Wilmington, Del., June 14, 2005 Lawrence P. Lore ’56AS, of William Joseph Etienne Jacob Balick ’42AS, of Westmont, N.J., June 17, 2005 Alice Narcowich ’70AS, of ’89AS, of Newark, Del., July 31, Wilmington, Del., July 18, 2005 Morgantown, Pa., Feb. 18, 2005 2005 Charles Sims Heckert ’57AG, Dorothy Cann Hopkins ’42AS, ‘80BE/M, of Wilmington, Del., Walter Silowka ’70EG, of Michael Hildebrandt ’93AS, of of Lewes, Del., July 1, 2005 June 1, 2005 Allentown, Pa., Aug. 14, 2005 Boca Raton, Fla., May 25, 2005

Robert H. Goldey ’43EG, of Walter Z. Collings Sr. ’58EG, Frank W. Cranston ’71BE, of Tasha Holman ’96AS/M, of Hilton Head, S.C., Aug. 20, 2005 ’61M, ’70PhD, of Newark, Del., Dover, Del., July 10, 2005 Winston-Salem, N.C., Aug. 6, July 21, 2005 2005 Laura Kirby MacPherson Constance Willis Dunbar ’44AS, of Easton, Md., July 30, Wilber Richard Evans ’71CHEP/M, of Elkton, Md., Richard Breder ’03BE/M, of 2005 ’60CHEP/M, of Orlando, Fla., Aug. 20, 2005 Newark, Del., Aug. 30, 2005 July 12, 2005 Mark Jacoby ’48AS, of Boca David W. Lipp ’72AS/M, of Andrew Hoefler ’03AG/M, of Raton, Fla., June 20, 2005 John L. Holloway III ’62EG, of Amherst, Mass., June 16, 2005 Oxford, Pa., Aug. 10, 2005 Tucson, Ariz., Aug. 20, 2005 Edgar Maurice Ferree Catherine Hogshead Carpenito Erik J. Mitsch ’03AS, of ’49AS/M, of Quarryville, Pa., July Thomas E. Simpson ’62AS, of ’73AS, of Raleigh, N.C., Aug. 25, Wilmington, Del., June 11, 16, 2005 Newark, Del., June 18, 2005 2005 2005 ◆

computer science and 1997 GlaxoSmithKline there. Alumni Service Award Media Inc., a direct 1998 computer engineering ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Michael Jordan AS, of for professional response media service ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ at Elizabethtown (Pa.) Bujumbura, Burundi, achievements in law. in New York City. College. Domonic Bearfield is the regional security Julianne Perry Jamie Wilson AS, of Jeffrey Dougan AS, of Keith Wynne CHEP, CHEP/M, of Durham, officer at the U.S. Schmidt BE, of New Brooklyn, N.Y., who Durham, N.C., accepted of Brooklyn, N.Y., N.H., teaches in the York City, received a received a doctorate in a position with Hugh Embassy there. received a master’s political science master’s degree in history from New York Cummings High School Jennifer L. Safford degree in international department of the education from New University, is an in Burlington, N.C. development and University of New AS, of Philadelphia, a York University. assistant professor of Erin Draper AS, of education from Hampshire there. tax and estate planning Dana Singleton BE, Afro-ethnic studies and Roslyn, Pa., has entered Columbia University Keith Hornberger AS, attorney with Cozen of Englewood, N.J., is history at California the Pennsylvania College and teaches science at of Apex, N.C., is a O’Conner, received the senior account State University at of Optometry’s Doctor P.S. 56 in Brooklyn. medicinal chemist with 2005 Temple Law executive with ID Fullerton. of Optometry Program.

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Jennifer Gartner AS, Del., is an executive of 10 research of Longmont, Colo., who assistant to the associates to attend the received a master of Delaware Secretary of 55th Lindau meeting Five Star Service justice administration Health and Social of Nobel Laureates and Sparkling Swimming Pool from Norwich Services. students June 26-July University in Vermont, Nicole Maholtz AS, 1 in Germany. is general counsel for the of Penfield, Pa., Kristin Kern Rose Space Science Institute received a master’s EG, of Newark, Del., in Boulder, Colo. degree in physician is a survivability Angela Jackson BE, assistant studies from analyst for Service of Baltimore, is a staff Philadelphia College of Engineering Co. of accountant with the Osteopathic Medicine. Belcamp, Md., which U.S. Securities and Bryan Nance provides integrated Exchange Commission CHEP/M, of Medford, solutions in systems in Washington, D. C. Mass., is director of engineering. Beautifully Landscaped Jill Trafton Venton minority recruiting for Carla Triolo CHS, of Spacious Floor Plans AS, of Ann Arbor, the Massachusetts Wilmington, Del., was Convenient Location Mich., is an assistant Institute of awarded a master’s professor of chemistry Technology’s Office of degree in physician State-of-the-Art Fitness Center at the University of Admissions. assistant studies from Virginia, Charlottesville. Tim Van Winkle the Philadelphia CHEP, of Haverford, College of Osteopathic 1999 Pa., is the executive Medicine. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ chef for Restaurant Tommy Wooster Associates assigned to CHS, of Newark, Del., Steven Bennett Winterthur Museum a bodybuilder, won the AS/PhD, of Bloomsburg, in Delaware. heavyweight division Pa., is an assistant in the Delaware State professor of chemistry at 2000 and East Coast Classic Shippensburg University ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ bodybuilding 1314 Wharton Drive Newark, Delaware 19711 in Shippensburg, Pa. competition. 1-888-754-5790 Christina Bowers AS, Keith Gutowski AS, Kristi Zecker BE, of apartmentsatpinebrook.com of Chandler, Ariz., is a of Tuscaloosa, Ala., a Wheaton, Md., is a sixth-grade teacher at graduate student at the graduate student at Phoenix Elementary University of Alabama, George Washington School there. was selected by Oak University in Leah A. Jones CHEP, Ridge Associated Washington, D.C., ‘01/M, of Wilmington, Universities to be one pursuing a master’s

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degree in human investment banking De Lage Laden the qualities of the assistant studies from resource management group at Amper, Financial Services of foam insulation used 2003 Philadelphia College of and doing research and Politziner & Mattia, Wayne, Pa. in the Space Shuttle ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Osteopathic Medicine. event planning for the certified public James Dzwilewski Columbia. Daniel Taylor BE, of Office of Graduate Life accountants and BE, of Monmouth Nicole Mitchell Elena Danilina AS, Wilmington, Del., there. consultants. Junction, N.J., is in Walsh CHEP, of of Dubai, United Arab received a master’s Sam Waller CHEP, of nonproprietor sales for Exton, Pa., a Emirates, is an degree in economics 2001 New York City, is Merrill Lynch, Pierce, secondary-school instructor at American from Duke University ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ managing director of Fenner & Smith. teacher in the Red University in Dubai. and is pursuing a Northwestern Mutual’s Shunjun Song EG, of Clay Consolidated Maureen Furci CHEP, doctorate at Stanford Benjamin Codi BE, New York City office. Ann Arbor, Mich., a School District in of Sayville, N.Y., is a University. of New York City, is research assistant at Wilmington, Del., home and career skills president of Codi Bus 2002 the University of received a master’s teacher for Bayshore 2004 Inc., a tour company ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Michigan, was cited in degree in school Middle School. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ there. a New York Times administration and Marcie Redenbaugh Scott Klokis BE, of James Darley BE, of article, along with leadership from Johns CHS, of Macungie, Pa., Catherine Bakerian New York City, is an Bryn Mawr, Pa., is a other UD researchers Hopkins University in received a master’s AS, of Newark, Del., associate with the lease consultant with for their research on Baltimore. degree in physician is program and ESTATE Roofs of Distinction for Homes of Distinction PLANNING When you want it to last ESTATE & PROBATE SERVICES • WILLS, TRUSTS, ESTATE ADMINISTRATION • Real Estate - Section 1031 Tax Free Exchanges Ralph V. Estep, Sr.-EA, PA, ABA, ATP, ATA • Tax Audit Representation Roofing ❖ Gutters • Expert Investigation & ❖ Gutter Protection ❖ Skylights Testimony On Civil & www.taxesbyestep.com Rt 7 & Rt 4 - Stanton, DE FINANCING AVAILABLE Criminal Prosecution UD ALUMNI RECEIVE $250 OFF ANY COMPLETE ROOF. WITH COPY OF AD RALPH V. ESTEP, E.A., P.A.

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