The University 21 President's Address to the Faculty 21 Center for Transgene Research Receives $1.75 Million 22 New Cross-Cultural Initiative Announced 22 South Dining Hall Features New Food Market Faculty Notes 23 Honors 23 Activities 25 Publications 26 Deaths Administrators' Notes 27 Honors 27 Publications Documentation 28 University Committee on Libraries August 19, 1998 Research 30 Awards Received and Proposals Submitted 31 Awards Received 32 Proposals Submitted SEPTEMBER 11, 1998 N u M B E R 12 \ \ 7 7 'FIH .,., S? 4 •• 21 President's Address to embryos (zygotes), and include a gene targeting program that will focus on the Faculty clot dissolution to complement the ex- isting program in coagulation. I Reverend Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., Iv· President of the University of Notre Castellino's laboratory is considered ~ Dame, will deliver his address to the among the foremost worldwide con- faculty on Tuesday, October 13 at 4:30 ducting basic biochemical research on I p.m. in room 101 DeBartolo. His re- blood-clotting mechanisms. A study by transgene researchers at Notre Dame u . marks will be followed by a reception and collaborators at the Flemish Inter- I~H; in the concourse outside the ~~ ~ auditorium. university Institute for Biotechnology • at the University of Leuven in Belgium rma ~ recently provided important and sur- ifa,<~ prising information about the role of b· Center for Transgene blood coagulation proteins during em- I bryo development. Similar research it Research Receives has applications in the study of cancer, I heart disease and hemophilia. $1.75 Million ' I~ In transgene research, scientists altet ~ The University of Notre Dame's Center genetic material in a very precise man- ljH,} for Transgene Research has received ner in an animal's embryo shortly after "~ $1.75 million from the W.M. Keck conception, either by adding, deleting I Foundation of Los Angeles for the in or exchanging certain genes in the few vivo study ofblood-clotting cells of the newly formed embryo. I mechanisms. This changes the animal for its entire lifespan in every cell of its body. And The center, which was established in it can be done in such a manner that ·d I ~ 1996, now will be named the W.M. the changes will be inherited by future Keck Center for Transgene Research generations. f-; and will continue to focus on the use of transgenic, gene targeting, and gene By breeding animals with differently I transfer technologies to study abnor- ~!ill;, altered genes, researchers expect to ; mal physiological functions of genes get a clearer view of the complex inter- involved in hemostasis - that is, the play of all genes involved in particular I arrest ofbleeding - with related func- blood diseases. tions in cancer and atherosclerosis. ~= The W. M. Keck Foundation, one of Directed by Francis J. Castellino, the nation's largest philanthropic orga- I~ dean of the College of Science and nizations, was established in 1954 by Kleiderer-Pezold professor of chemis- the late William Myron Keck, founder . try and biochemistry, the center has of The Superior Oil Company. The produced and characterized mice that Foundation's grantmaking focuses pri- lack specific genes governing blood co- II' marily on the areas of higher educa- I agulation. According to Castellino, the tion medical research, science, and en- Keck grant will allow the center to ex- gineering. Since its inception, the I panel the facilities and infrastructure of Foundation has awarded grants total· this research, specifically allowing for ling close to $700 million, and its as- I the hiring of personnel and the pur- sets have grown from $250 million to - chase of equipment for histological more than $1.4 billion today. and physiological analysis of geneti- cally altered animals . The grant also will help make it pas- II sible for Notre Dame transgene re- searchers to establish vascular injury a models, generate transgenic animals by microinjecting genetic material into I:::::"~ .. 22 T H E U N V E R 5 T y New Cross-Cultural The Plunge, offered to first-year stu­ South Dining Hall Features dents, is an overnight experience in Initiative Announced which members of the black student New Food Market community at Notre Dame welcome Africentric Spirituality, a new cross­ and embrace freshmen with informa­ A new food market featuring 12 dis­ cultural initiative for African-American tion , camaraderie, prayer and tinct dining options has opened in the students at the University of Notre bonding. newly renovated and expanded South Dame, is being introduced this year as Dining Hall at the University of Notre part of the University's Campus Minis­ The fall and spring sophomore class Dame. try programming. retreats are designed to reunite black students with their peers through the Located in what once was the Oak Developed by Chandra Johnson, assis­ sharing of academic, social and spiri­ Room cafeteria, the all-you-can-eat tant to the University's president, Rev. tual experiences. market serves students on the Univer­ Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., the program sity meal plan. It also is open to fac­ is designed to promote group solidar­ A spring retreat for the choirs is of­ ulty, staff and the general public at a ity, enriched self-understanding and a fered as a spiritual experience of song, cost of $5.25 for breakfast and $7.20 for collective sense of value and contribu­ scripture reading and community lunch. tion to the common good. Equally im­ building. The marketplace is separate and apart portant, the program will help prevent from Reekers, a new campus restau­ institutional isolation for African­ Freshman Intro - A yearlong series of rant that opened last week in the Americans and other under-repre­ programs, Freshman Intra includes South Dining Hall. sented students at the University. The Plunge, receptions throughout the year, a spring off-campus retreat, and a The 12 food market stations are: Africentric Spirituality is comprised of partners program in which first-year five primary components: students are paired with sophomores • Pan American - A variety of foods who provide guidance and mentoring. from North and South America Liturgy - The liturgical components • Great Aromas - Freshly baked include the Rejoice! Black Catholic Academic - The primary components breads, cookies and pastries Mass, the Friday Prayer Hour, the of the academic programming are the o Create a Stir - Stir-fry selections Voices of Faith Gospel Choir and the Sankofa Scholars, who are black under­ made to order, as well as other foods Rejoice! Black Catholic Choir. graduates with a grade point average of from the Pacific Rim 3.0 or better, and the Sankofa Abroad o Pasta Passion - Creative pasta dishes The Rejoice! Black Catholic Mass was Program, which offers scholarship aid • Daily Essentials - An assortment of initiated in 1996 to meet the spiritual to Sankofa Scholars enrolled in inter­ cereals, milk and orange juice and communal needs ofblack students national study programs. • Positively Pizza - A daily selection who are Catholic (about 35 percent of of calzones, bread sticks and pizzas the African-American student popula­ Sankofa is a West African word mean­ • The Home Front - Traditional reci­ tion at Notre Dame). Rejoice! is cel­ ing, "We must go back and reclaim our pes and vegetarian entrees, as well as ebrated the first Sunday of each month past so we can move forward; so we carved meats at lunch and dinner at 4 p.m. in the Sorin Hall chapel. understand why and how we came to • Thrill of the Grill- Specialty sand­ be who we are today." wiches and charbroiled entrees such as The Friday Prayer Hour is held from pork chops, hamburgers and salmon 4-5 p.m. each week, providing students Cultural - The cultural component of • Stackables - A selection ofbreads, with the opportunity to engage in quiet Africentric Spirituality is highlighted meats and cheeses, along with subma­ reflection with no music, preaching or by an annual trip to Chicago to attend rines sandwiches cut by the inch teaching. a musical or play, an art exhibit or • Soup and Salad - A full salad bar other events. and six different soups daily. The two choirs continue the time-hon­ • Belgian Waffle and Toppings Bar - ored tradition of retelling the story of The program also will publish a quar­ Waffles and toppings served at any black sojourn and faith through sacred terly newsletter, "Africentrically time of day. songs of praise. The choirs perform on Speaking ... " and has created a library The South Dining Hall food market and off campus and are open to all of books dedicated to black culture, students. Africentric spiritual enrichment, and Reekers are two of several changes prayer and personal reflection. in food service options on campus. In Retreats - There are three primary re­ addition, a new Burger King has treat opportunities. opened on the main level of the LaFortune Student Center and the Al­ legro coffee and sandwich shop on the lower level of LaFortune has changed its menu to feature a variety of submarine sandwiches. 23 Honors Activities Peter C. Burns, assistant professor of Ani Aprahamian, associate professor civil engineering and geological sci­ of physics, gave the invited talk "Vibra­ ences, was appointed to the executive tional Excitations in the A= 80 Region council of the Mineralogical Associa­ of Nuclei" at the ACS Symposium on tion of Canada for a three-year term Nuclear Structure at Low Excitation beginning in January 1999. Energies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massa­ Theodore Cachey, associate professor chusetts, August 23-27. of Romance languages and literatures and director of the Devers Program in Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, assistant pro­ Dante Studies, was elected to the fessor of physics, gave the invited talk Council of the Dante Society of "Drag Force in Granular Media" at the America.