Return to: University Relations : U of M Home One Stop | Directories | Search U of M View all past issues of Brief Vol. XXXI No. 1 • January 10, 2001 Editor: Pauline Oo, 612-624-7889, [email protected] Past issues President Yudof talked about "special aspects that differentiate the U" from other state higher education institutions to House Higher Education Committee Jan. 8. Discussion included funding sources, expenditures, and enrollment and employment statistics. Presentation is available at www.umn.edu/govrel. Presentation to Senate Higher Education Budget Division will be Jan. 22, 1 p.m., State Capitol. President-elect Bush has named Yudof to his 31-member transition advisory committee on education. "Education policy and reform are longtime interests of mine," said Yudof, "and I look forward to discussing these critical issues with those charged with setting our nation's policies." Bush has named 475 individuals, including Minnesotans Yudof and Gov. Ventura, to work on 15 committees. Provost Bruininks has been appointed to Governor's Workforce Development Council. Group advises governor on workforce development policies and plans strategies associated with Minnesota's workforce. Recent gift of $10 million to Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is largest in its 42-year history. Arboretum, part of the Department of Horticultural Science, will use the gift from an anonymous donor to build new Visitor Center. Center will serve as formal entry point to gardens and collections; projected opening is 2004. Preliminary findings on unauthorized use of U long-distance telephone access code by 13 Gopher football student-athletes and other U students were released Dec. 20. Report shows more than 1,500 calls totaling more than $1,600 were made between approximately Aug. 29 and Nov. 29, 2000. Incident has been reported to NCAA; internal investigation by general counsel's office is ongoing. Umbilical cord blood transplant for 6-year-old Fanconi anemia patient Molly Nash was successful. Nash underwent surgery at Fairview-U Medical Center in September. This is "an example of the how work done to combine pre-implantation genetic diagnosis and in-vitro fertilization to create a healthy cord blood donor holds great promise for those with not only (the often fatal) Fanconi anemia, but also leukemia, thalassemia, Hurler syndrome, and other diseases that cause the immune system and bone marrow to fail," said U transplant specialist John Wagner. New U-wide contract travel agencies effective Jan. 1 are AAA Minnesota/Iowa Travel Services, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Corporate Travel Services, and University Travel. 2001 U-wide contract book will no longer be available in print. Web contract data will include links to TechMart, U Stores, and Financial Forms Nirvana. For information, see uwidecontracts.umn.edu or purchasing.umn.edu. Revised Workers Compensation Policy and Procedures effective Dec. 15 are available at www.fpd.finop.umn.edu/groups/ppd/documents/policy/workers_comp.cfm. For information or policy training, call 612-627-1858 or 9. U stationery items--letterhead, envelopes, business cards, notehead, and labels--can now be ordered online at www.printing.umn.edu (click on Order Stationery). New system will allow quicker turnaround of orders, and every order placed will be available for 18 months, eliminating the need to reenter certain data for new orders. Special 10% discount is offered until Feb. 2. Sesquicentennial photo plaques are now available through U Bookstores in cherry wood or faux marble, with choice of 16 campus scenes. Sesquicentennial logo can be included on photo and an engraved plate may be added. Cost is $49.95, with additional charges for personalization. To order, call 1-800-551-8636 or see www.bookstore.umn.edu; click on Gifts & Apparel, then on sesquicentennial logo. Nominations for Supercomputing Institute research scholar are due Jan. 15. For nomination forms or information, see www.msi.umn.edu/general/Programs, call Michael Olesen at 612-624-1356, or e-mail [email protected]. New Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment, and the Life Sciences is seeking funding proposals for research, projects, or curricular innovation in academic year 2000-01, including summer 2001. Applicants may seek up to $10,000; consortium will award total of $40,000. E-mail [email protected] by Feb. 1. CROOKSTON--Kami Trowbridge, assistant director of admissions, will begin as new interim director of first year experience effective Jan. 15. Working with faculty and staff, Trowbridge will be responsible for planning and implementing First Year Experience program for students entering UMC fall 2001. UMC student chapter of the Wildlife Society was recently presented with its charter at the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference in Minneapolis. Charter officially recognizes it as part of the national organization. Students enrolled in fall semester's Hort 3033, Commercial Floriculture Crops, produced and sold nearly 600 poinsettia plants for the holidays. Profits help cover costs of attending professional horticulture activities and events. Spring semester project will be to raise Easter lilies for mid-April. DULUTH--"Spaces of Remembrances: World War II," exhibition by UMD Art Department assistant professor Catherine Ishino and Minneapolis photographer Thomas Allen, will be Jan. 16-Feb. 18, Tweed Museum of Art. Exhibit includes performance video, interviews, photographs, and art design. Ishino will lecture Jan. 24, 10 a.m., Tweed art lecture gallery. Ajit Das, psychology professor, has contributed an article on compulsive gambling for the Encyclopedia of Psychology, published by American Psychological Association (APA) and Oxford University Press. UMD's Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) Web site "Water on the Web" was featured in Nov. 10 issue of Science. Article appeared in Education section of the publication's Net Watch and includes a graphic of chemistry professor Robert Carlson's Remote Underwater Sampling Station (RUSS). MORRIS--Campus streets now have names to assist emergency personnel who may be called to campus. Locations are as follows: University Drive--to the left as one enters campus on 4th St.; Cougar Circle--to the right at 4th St. entrance; Center Ave.--from North Parking Lot past Humanities Fine Arts, Community Services, and Camden Hall; Alumni Drive--between North Parking Lot and Transportation Garage; Prairie Lane--from Alumni Drive toward West Central Research and Outreach Center. Street signs will be erected in spring. ROCHESTER--First faculty recognition reception will be Jan. 10, 5 p.m., Radisson Hotel. Reception will include comments by UMR Provost Carl at 5:45 p.m. TWIN CITIES--School of Journalism and Mass Communication has won 3-year, $1.35 million grant from McCormick Tribune Foundation for proposal with New Directions for News (NDN) to relaunch it as nation's leading center for advance studies of news and the news industry. NDN has fostered innovation in the industry for more than 10 years. Cancer Center will participate in studying the effects of arthritis drugs in prevention of colorectal cancer--2nd leading cause of cancer death among Americans. Study is sponsored by National Cancer Institute in collaboration with Searle, now part of Pharmacia Corp., and Pfizer. For information, call 1-888-226-2376 or see www.cancer.umn.edu. Expansion design of Weisman art museum will be undertaken by Frank Gehry, original building designer. Plans, which are in early stages, will include exhibit space for museum's collection and a cafe. Raptor Center staff members and 2 bald eagles joined Target's 22-ton, 55-foot-long float in Tournament of Roses Parade. Float, themed "America the Beautiful," featured the eagles beneath Washington Monument replica. Dec. 20 Brief reported Facilities Management's landcare crew as contact for campus removal of ice and snow; however, requests for snow and ice removal at handicapped access entrances and 20 feet around buildings should be directed to building zone representatives: Zone 1 (St.Paul) 612-624-2288, Zone 2 (West Bank) 625-2001, Zone 3 (Health Sciences) 624-2900, Zone 4 (Campus Zone) 626-9963, Zone 5 (CLA) 626-8119, Zone 6 (IT) 625-0008. For parking ramps and lots, call Art Kistler, Parking and Transportation Services, at 626-8602. Climbing and Outdoor Adventure adult enrichment sessions, Jan. 17-Feb. 26, include snowshoe clinics, cross country skiing, fly rod building, fly tying, and indoor rock climbing. Geared toward novice participants; cost is $35-$170. For more information, call Todd Tratz at 612-624-9779, e-mail [email protected], or see www.recsports.umn.edu. Center for Teaching and Learning Services is offering 9 teaching enrichment workshops this spring. For workshop descriptions and registration link, see www.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn. Events: Discussion on tripartisan government in Minnesota will be Jan. 16, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Humphrey Center. Panelists include Gov. Ventura; Sen. Roger Moe, Senate majority leader; and Rep. Tim Pawlenty, House of Representatives majority leader. Cost is $30. For information, call Ellen Tveit at 612-625-8330, e-mail [email protected], or see www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/policy-forum. U of M Toastmasters Club meets Wednesdays, noon-1 p.m., 7-101 BSBE building. For more information, call 626-2057 or see [email protected]. Announcements: Claudia Schmidt-Dannert, assistant professor of biochemistry, was named a young scientist to watch in U.S. News and World Report Innovators for 2001. Patrick Mantyh, preventive sciences professor, received the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from National Institutes of Health for scientific excellence and productivity.<p> Go to the U of M home page ©2003 Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. Trouble seeing the text? | Contact U of M | Privacy The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. Last modified on Jan. 9, 2001 Return to: University Relations : U of M Home One Stop | Directories | Search U of M View all past issues of Brief Vol.