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December
NMSI Awards $2.4 Million Grant to CST and the College of Education
December 1, 2007
For the United States to continue producing a technologically literate workforce, the public education system must enhance science and mathematics education, especially at the middle and high school levels. To help achieve this goal, Temple University's College of Science and Technology and College of Education have been awarded a grant of up to $2.4 million by the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) to improve secondary teacher education in science and math.
The grant is one of 12 to be awarded by NMSI (www.nationalmathandscience.org) to implement a program modeled after the UTeach program, a highly successful math and science teacher preparation program at the University of Texas at Austin. More Information
November
Tahir-Kheli Appointed Fellow of American Physical Society
November 30, 2007
Raza Tahir-Kheli, professor in the Department of Physics, has been appointed a fellow of the American Physical Society. Dr. Tahir-Kheli is being honored his contributions over a long research career to the theory of condensed matter, particularly in the fields of magnetism in perfect and disordered materials and of correlated atomic diffusion. Election to fellowship in the APS is limited to just one half of one percent of the total membership.
Temple Launches Dual Degree Program with Taiwanese Universities
November 26, 2007
Last month, Dean Hai-Lung Dai traveled to Taiwan with Temple President Ann Weaver Hart for a signing ceremony established a new dual degree program with six leading Taiwanese universities.
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Surmacz to Participate in University's Interdisciplinary Forum on Obesity
November 26, 2007
Eva Surmacz, associate professor in the Department of Biology, will participate in the University's upcoming interdisciplinary forum, Understanding and Treating Obesity and Its Consequences. The forum is open to all and will be held Thursday, December 6 at 4 p.m. in the Emy Auditorium at Temple University Hospital.
Geology Professor George Myer Featured on the History Channel
November 19, 2007
George H. Myer, professor in the Department of Geology, was featured on the History Channel's "Mega Disasters" series on Tuesday, November 27. Myer, an expert in catastrophic geology, appeared in an episode titled "The Next Pompeii?", which examined the consequences of an eruption by Italy's Mount Vesuvius.
Mega Disasters on the History Channel
CST Chemistry Professors Invited to Lecture at Gordon Research Conferences
November 19, 2007
Two Department of Chemistry faculty members have been invited to speak at the 2008 Gordon Research Conferences. Frank Spano will be lecturing at “Electronic Processes in Organic Materials” to be held at Mount Holyoke College, July 20 – 25, 2008. Franklin Davis will be lecturing at "Stereochemistry" to be held at Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, July 27 - August 1, 2008. The title of his talk is "Asymmetric Synthesis of Nitrogen Heterocycles using Sulfinimines."
Gordon Research Conferences
CIS Launches Summer Program for High School Students
November 14, 2007
The Department of Computer and Information Sciences recently announced a new program for high school students, Media-Rich Programming in Python, that will debut in summer 2008.The four-week course focuses on Python, a dynamic, object-oriented computer programming language that gives the programmer substantial freedom and graphic assistance for creating modern computer applications with rich media contents. Its simple design facilitates learning, and it has been proven useful for commercial and mobile software developments.The students will develop projects using the language and attend field trips to industrial computer labs.
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Chemistry Graduate Student Receives ACS Recognition Award
November 14, 2007
Hajime Yagamata, graduate student in the Department of Chemistry, received an American Chemical Society Chemical Technology Student Recognition Award. The award is given to outstanding upper-level chemical technology students who demonstrate a high level of
performance in the laboratory and the classroom, excellent oral and written communication
skills, integrity, and reliability.
Otvos Lectures at International Peptide Symposium in Australia
November 6, 2007
Laszlo Otvos, research professor in the Department of Biology, lectured at the 4th International Peptide Symposium, held in Cairns, Australia in October. Dr. Otvos spoke about new lepimagonists that are being developed for use in treating obesity and other lipid-deficiency diseases. He also spoke about his work in flu vaccine development at a satellite meeting.
Lorenz Gives Keynote Lecture at Mathematics Conference
November 6, 2007
Martin Lorenz, professor in the Department of Mathematics, delivered the W.J. Blundon Lecture at the Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences conference at the University of New Brunswick in October. The lecture was named in honor of Jack Blundon, who was Head of Department at Memorial University of Newfoundland for the 27 years leading up to 1976. Dr. Lorenz's topic was "How Large Can a Finite Group of Matrices Be?"
Hill and Zitarelli Author Featured Article in Mathematics Journal
November 1, 2007
David R. Hill, professor, and David E. Zitarelli, associate professor, both from the Department of Mathematics, authored a featured article, "Limit Points and Connected Sets in the Plane," in the most recent issue of Convergence, the Mathematical Association of America's online magazine. Dr. Zitarelli was also one of nine invited speakers at a conference sponsored by the International Commission for the History of Mathematics in conjunction with the 4th International Conference on Representation Theory in Tibet in July.
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Sieburth Invited to Lecture in Korea
November 1, 2007
Scott Sieburth, professor in the Department of Chemistry, will be giving an invited lecture at the 15th International Symposium on Organosilicon Chemistry (http://www.isos-xv.org) to be held in Jeju, Korea, June 1st- 6th, 2008.
Krow Honored with Albright College Distinguished Alumni Award
November 1, 2007
Grant Krow, professor in the Department of Chemistry, was honored with the Albright College Distinguished Alumni Award during a ceremony October 5. Dr. Krow was previously inducted into the Albright College Athletic Hall of Fame.
October
Schafmeister Article Featured in Scientific American
October 16, 2007
Christian E. Schafmeister, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, recently wrote an article titled "Molecular Legos" that was published in a special edition of Scientific American. Dr. Schafmeister explores how a modest collection of small molecular building blocks enables the design and manufacture of nanometer-scale structures programmed to have virtually any shape desired. The article is available for download on the magazine's Web site
Sieburth Recieves Philadelphia Organic Chemists' Club 2008 Symposium Award
October 16, 2007
Scott Sieburth, professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been honored with the Philadelphia Organic Chemists' Club 2008 Symposium Award. Dr. Sieburth will be recognized for his important contributions to the field of organic chemistry, in both the areas of silane and cycloaddition chemistry at a seminar in October. Fellow professor Franklin A. Davis was also honored with this award, in 2002.
Biology Department Launches Professional Development Series
October 16, 2007
This fall, the Department of Biology and Career Development Services will be launching a new professional development seminar series for biology majors. The series aims to provide biology students with all options available to them as graduates, inspire them to see the potential that their education has to offer, provide career counseling and match the students with future employers or graduate programs, and train them in life skills necessary for a successful career.
With 4.5 percent of all Temple students, Biology is the University’s most popular major. However, according to Dr. Seema Freer, assistant professor in the Department, most of these students are never introduced to career options beyond medical school, despite the vast variety of opportunities for which they are qualified. In addition to Dr. Freer, the series has been developed by Dr. Shohreh Amini, chair of the Department, Dr. Jackie Tanaka and Dr. Richard Waring, associate professors, and Dr. Daniel Spaeth, lecturer, with the help of Mary Claire Dismukes from Career Development Services.
The first seminar, “Game Plan for Success in Biology (and Basketball),” will feature Temple men’s basketball coach Fran Dunphy speaking on leadership and network skills. The lecture will take place on October 23, at 7 PM in Ritter Hall Walk Auditorium.
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Kotochigova Published in Physical Review Letters
October 10, 2007
Svetlana Kotochigova, associate professor in the Department of Physics, recently published an article titled "Prospects for Making Polar Molecules with Microwave Fields" in Physical Review Letters, the field's top journal. Notably, Dr. Kotochigova was the sole author of this paper. The article is available in Adobe PDF Format
Math Graduate Student to Present at SIAM Conference on Mathematics for Industry
October 10, 2007
Xiuhond Du, graduate student in the Department of Mathematics, presented his poster titled "Balancing Iteration Accuracy Using Inexact CG in Parabolic Control Problems" at the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
SIAM Conference on Mathematics for Industry: Challenges and Frontiers, held October 9-11 in Philadelphia.
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Chemistry Postdoc Awarded Research Prize
October 10, 2007
Satoshi Nihonyanagi
, postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Borguet's research group in the Department of Chemistry, was awarded a prize for his research on
"Time- and Frequency Resolved Sum-Frequency Generation Studies of Free OH at Solid/Aqueous Interfaces" at the
International Conference on Electrified Interfaces, held in Sahoro Resort, Hokkaido, Japan in July. More Information
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September
Dr. Nicholson Receives Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
September 26 , 2007
Dr. Allen W. Nicholson, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs and Professor in the Departments of Biology and Chemistry, received a competitive continuation grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, for a project entitled: "Reactivity epitopes of ribonuclease III substrates." The goal of this project is to determine the role of double-stranded RNA processing in cellular and viral gene expression and regulation. The grant award provides $270,000 for the first year, with total funding estimated at $1,100,000 over four years.
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Professors Koffman and Friedman Release New Textbook
September 26 , 2007
Elliot Koffman and Frank Friedman, Professors in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, have released a new fifth edition of Problem Solving, Abstraction, and Design Using C++, published by Addison-Wesley. Dr. Koffman also recently released Problem Solving and Program Design in C, Fifth Edition, published by Addison-Wesley with Jeri Hanly of the University of Loyola as co-author.
Professor Borguet Collaborating on NASA Small Business Tech Transfer Award Project
September 12 , 2007
Eric Borguet, professor in the Department of Chemistry, is collaborating with a small company that just received a NASA Small Business Technology Transfer Phase II Award. His research group has been subcontracted by Applied Sensor Research & Development Corporation for the development of nanocluster Pd films for hydrogen detection as part of the project, “Passive Wireless Hydrogen Sensors Using Orthogonal Frequency Coded Acoustic Wave Devices.” Project Abstract
Associate Professor Karen Palter, Biology, Named Co-PI on New NSF Grant
September 4 , 2007
Associate professor Karen Palter is one of four co-PI’s for a new NSF grant, "An Integrated Computational and Experimental Model for Biochemical and Electrical Interactions in Ion Channels and the Impact of Sialic Acid on Neuronal Function," with collaborators from Johns Hopkins University and New York University.
AUGUST
CST Welcomes Class of 2011
August 30 , 2007
The College of Science and Technology is proud to welcome over 1,000 new students this fall, including the highest number of new freshman of any Temple school or college. This number represents a 14 percent increase in new freshman and a total increase of 9 percent over last year’s incoming class. In addition, these students are the best academically prepared class in the College’s history, as evidenced by the fact that twice as many science and technology students have been admitted to the University Honors Program than in Fall 2006. Full Story
New Ph.D. Program for CIS Department Approved
August 23 , 2007
The College is pleased to announce the approval of a new, streamlined Ph.D. program for the Department of Computer and Information Sciences. This program allows the well-prepared, research-oriented student to go from a bachelor’s degree to a doctorate in four years. For students with a relevant master's degree, it is possible to obtain a Ph.D. in even less time. Research begins in the first year of the program, and students begin publishing no later than the second year. At the end of the four years, students will have both a Ph.D. and a fair number of publications, which will be a great advantage as they pursue employment possibilities. For more information, please visit the CIS Web site at www.temple.edu/cis.
Eva Surmacz Awarded Grant for Breast Cancer Research
August 21 , 2007
Eva Surmacz, associate professor in the Department of Biology and researcher with the Sbarro Health Research Organization,, has been awarded a grant from Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program to study HER2/Leptin Crosstalk in Breast Cancer. Recent epidemiological and clinical data confirmed that obesity in postmenopausal women is associated with increased breast cancer risk, development of more aggressive breast tumors and resistance to certain anti-breast cancer treatments. The molecular mechanisms of this link are not clear, but several studies in animal and cellular models suggested that excess body weight could promote breast cancer through increased production of a fat tissue-derived hormone leptin. Several recent reports indicated that leptin might exert its oncogenic activity not only through its own receptor, LepR, but also, indirectly, through other receptors in breast cancer cells. Surmacz’s research will examine crosstalk between the leptin/LepR system and the oncogenic receptor HER2, which is amplified in 25-30% of breast tumors.
Orin N. Chein to Present at International Mathematics Conference in Prague
August 9 , 2007
Orin N. Chein, professor in the Department of Mathematics, will present a paper titled “Bol Loops with a Large Left Nucleus” at the Loops ’07 International Mathematics Conference, to be held August 19-25 in Prague. Dr. Chein was also an organizer of the conference, a forum for all aspects of loops and quasigroups which highlights new relevant results in algebra and geometry, and fosters connections to combinatorics, cryptography and group theory.
Zein-Eddine Meziani Elected Vice Chair of Gordon Research Conference in Nuclear Physics
August 9 , 2007
Zein-Eddine Meziani, professor in the Department of Physics, was elected Vice Chair of the Gordon Research Conference in Nuclear Physics for 2009. The Gordon Research Conferences provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research in the biological, chemical, and physical sciences, and their related technologies. After two years as chair, Dr. Meziani will become chair of the Nuclear Physics Conference in 2011. Gordon Research Conferences
Peter S. Riseborough Receives 2008 Lars Onsager Professorship and Medal
August 3 , 2007
Peter S. Riseborough , professor in the Department of Physics, was named the recipient of the 2008 Lars Onsager Medal and Professorship. The award is named for Lars Onsager, Norwegian-born physicist and 1968 winner of the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Dr. Riseborough will be spending several months as a visiting professor at NTNU Trondheim, Dr. Onsager’s alma mater.
JULY
Robert Levis Named Winner of 2007 American Chemical Society Philadelphia Section Award
July 17, 2007
Robert Levis, professor in the Department of Chemistry, was awarded the 2007 Philadelphia Section Award from the American Chemical Society. This award recognizes an individual, "who, by conspicuous scientific achievement through research, has made important contributions to man's knowledge and thereby aided the public appreciation of the profession." Dr. Levis is the director of the Center for Advanced Photonics Research, which aims to foster interactions between the biological, chemical, optical and physics communities with state of the art laser technology. Full Story.
Dr. Levis's Home Page
American Chemical Society Section Awards
Doctoral Student Anita Gaurnier Wins Margulies Award in Thrombosis Research
July 5, 2007
Anita Gaurnier, doctoral student in the Department of Biology, won first prize in the 26th Annual Dr. Erin Margulies Award in Thrombosis Research in the Temple University School of Medicine Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center. Her work describes the immunomodulatory activity of a newly discovered protein, angiocidin, which has anti-tumor activity for which Gaurnier's work may provide a mechanistic explanation. According to her advisor, profesor George Tuszynski, "Her award is particularly gratifying to me because I won the same award in 1982, when I was a research fellow in the Thrombosis Center."
Allen Nicholson Named Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs
July 2, 2007
Dean Dai is pleased to announce that Allen Nicholson has accepted an appointment as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs in the College of Science and Technology, effective July 1, 2007. As associate dean, Dr. Nicholson will oversee all aspects of the College's graduate programs, including admissions and support, will represent the College in all University graduate forums, and will assist in the formation and implementation of policies related to research in the College of Science and Technology.Dr. Nicholson previously served as chair of the Chemistry Department and as Acting Dean of the College. He now holds a joint faculty appointment in Biology and Chemistry.
Joel B. Sheffield Named Co-PI for New NIH Grant
July 2, 2007
Dr. George Baran of the College of Enginering Department of Mechanical Engineering, Project Director, and Dr. Joel Sheffield of the Department of Biology, as Co-PI, have been awarded a three year research grant from the National Instiutes of Health, for a study of Ordered Dental Nanocomposites.
According to Dr. Sheffield, "The current paradigm for designing composites, or materials that consist of two or more different substances, is that structure matters more than composition in determining properties. It is therefore surprising that there have been few succesful attempts to design biomaterials with a bio-inspired, or ordered arrangement of the reinforcing phase. Our study, recently funded by the NIH, utilizes the self-assembly capability of monodisperse, nanoscale colloidal silica particles to fabricate composites with an ordered and close-packed filler structure. Two methods of producing composites will be evaluated, and we intend to concentrate on elucidating the mechanism responsible for the surprisingly high toughness measured in preliminary experiments."
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JUNE
Eric Borguet Selected as Young Observer to 2007 IUPAC General Assembly and Congress
June 18, 2007
Eric Borguet, professor in the Department of Chemistry, was selected by the U.S. National Committee as one of six Young Observers to the 2007 International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry General Assembly and Congress, to be held August 4-12 in Torino, Italy.
David Hill Publishes New Edition of Math Text
June 18, 2007
David R. Hill, professor in the Department of Mathematics, recently released the 9th edition of Elementary Linear Algebra with Applications, co-authored by Bernard Kolman of Drexel University and published by Prentice Hall.
Chemistry's Daniel Strongin Named Co-PI on New NASA Astrobiology Team
June 18, 2007
Daniel Strongin, professor in the Department of Chemistry, was named a co-principal investigator on a research team that recently became a new member of NASA's Astrobiology Institute. The team, formally located at Montana State University, will focus on the origin of life, investigating the role of iron-sulfide compounds in the transistion from the living to the non-living world. Full Story
Dr. Strongin was recently featured in Science magazine:
The Structure of Ferrihydrite, a Nanocrystalline Material ( 400KB)
Resolving an Elusive Structure ( 800KB)
Biology's Karen Palter believes insects' nervous systems may provide clues to human neurodegenerative diseases
June 5, 2007
By studying the addition of sugars to proteins--a process called glycosylation--in the nervous system of insects, Dr. Palter believes she may be able to better understand neurodegenerative diseases in humans. Currently, her lab is involved in two collaborative research projects exploring the glycosylation process that could eventually play important roles in producing therapeutic drugs more efficiently and understanding neurodegenerative diseases such as epilepsy and memory loss. Full Story
Research of CIS Students to be Presented at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
June 4, 2007
Congratulations to Alanna Burke (IS&T), Rebecca Mackin (IS&T), Pauline Romas (CS), and Michelle Rufe (IS&T)! They will be representing Temple’s CIS department at the upcoming prestigious Grace Hopper Women in Computing Conference to be held this October in Orlando, Florida. They have been chosen to present their research technical poster project, “Algorithms of Love: The Growing Technology and Social Implications of Online Dating." Their project examines the profiling methods and system architecture of different online dating websites, compares the various matchmaking methods, and evaluates the overall societal impact of online dating. Their mentors, Professors Wendy Urban and Claudia Pine-Simon, will accompany the students.
Biochem major receives first SHRO Research Fellowship
June 1, 2007
Glea Habipaj, a junior majoring in biochemistry and Italian, has been selected as the first recipient of the SHRO Research Fellowship and will spend six weeks this summer doing molecular genetics research at a SHRO-sponsored lab at the University of Siena in Italy. Full Story
MAY
Antonio Giordano, director of SHRO, profiled in Science magazine
May 16 , 2007
Ribbon-Cutting for New Sbarro Lab
May 16 , 2007
Pennsylvania House Speaker Emeritus John Perzel and Republican Appropriations Committee Chairman Mario Civery, Jr. will participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Translational Drug Development and Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory at the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine at Temple University. The ceremony, to be held May 18, will recognize Perzel’s outstanding help in funding the laboratory. For more information, please contact Ilene Raymond Rush at irush@shro.org.
Zein-Eddine Meziani joins journal editorial board
May 16 , 2007
Zein-Eddine Meziani, professor in the department of physics, was invited to on the editorial board of European Physics Journal. Dr. Meziani will serve as co-editor for a period of three years.
John Nosek to lecture in Hong Kong
May 16 , 2007
John T. Nosek, associate professor in the department of computer and information sciences, lectured on virtual
instructional presence at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Friday, May 18. Dr. Nosek was also recently appointed senior editor of the Information Systems Management Journal.
New textbook by Omar Hijab
May 15 , 2007
Omar Hijab, professor in the department of mathematics, will be releasing a second edition of his textbook, Introduction to Calculus and Classical Analysis. It will be published by Springer in May 2007.
Franklin A. Davis honored with ACS Symposium
May 15 , 2007
Franklin A. Davis, professor in the department of chemistry, will be honored with a symposium in his name at the American Chemical Society’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting on May 16 at Ursinus College. Dr. Davis received a Cope Scholar Award from the Society in 2006 for the design of organic reagents with practical utility for the synthetic organic community. For more information, please visit the meeting's Web site.
April Smith named mentor coordinator for the National Academic Advising Association
May 14 , 2007
April Smith, the assistant director of CST's Office of Student Services, was recently named the mentor coordinator for region two of the National Academic Advising Association, the major professional association for academic advisors and administrators. Region two encompasses Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Please join us in congratulating April.
CST Welcomes Mr. Roger Cutitta as the new manager of operations
May 9 , 2007
CST welcomes Mr. Roger Cutitta as the new manager of operations/facilities in the College of Science and Technology. Roger has 25 years of experience at Temple. He served initially in Facilities Management, and for the past 12 years he has served as the manager of instructional labs in the department of geology. Roger's first day of work in CST is May 9, 2007.
Robert M. Aiken received a Recognition of Service Award from the Association for Computing Machinery
May 9 , 2007
Robert M. Aiken, professor in the department of computer and information sciences, received a Recognition of Service Award from the Association for Computing Machinery. He was honored for his 22 years of service on the association’s board, including 4 years as chair. Dr. Aiken will become president of Temple’s Faculty Senate on July 1.
Professor Gutierrez appointed a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Argentina
May 7 , 2007
Cristian Gutierrez, professor in the department of mathematics, has been appointed a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Argentina. According to the Academy, “This title constitutes an honor which is conferred on those who have dedicated, with relevant merits, to the cultivation and development of the Exact and Natural Sciences.”
Dr. Eric Borguet receives NSF Grant to Explore Molecular Wires
May 7 , 2007
Eric Borguet, associate professor in the department of chemistry, has received nearly $500,000 from the National Science Foundation as part of a $2 million collaborative effort to study how electronic charge moves through peptide nucleic acid. Story
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Biology Graduate Student Elliot Seifert Named Male Student Athlete of the Year
April 27 , 2007
Elliot Seifert, a first-year graduate student in CST’s department of biology, was named the male student athlete of the year at Temple’s fourth annual Breakfast of Champions on April 25. Seifert, an offensive lineman on Temple’s football team, started 34 consecutive games this season as an offensive tackle. He earned his undergraduate degree in biology in May 2006 and has been cited on both the Dean's List and Athletic Director's Honor Rolls during his academic career. Seifert is currently working on his master’s degree. Story
Please join us in congratulating the recipients of the 2007 Graduate Student Awards!
April 27 , 2007
2007 Graduate Student Awards winners. More
Daniel B. Szyld elected chair of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics's activity group on Linear Algebra
April 27 , 2007
Daniel B. Szyld, professor in the department of mathematics, was recently elected chair of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics's activity group on Linear Algebra. Among his activities as chair, Dr. Szyld is organizing the first International Summer School on Numerical Linear Algebra, to be held July 2008 in Spain.
Martin Lorenz, Department of Mathematics, Honored with 2006-2007 Faculty Research Award
April 27 , 2007
A member of the American Mathematical Society and Sigma Xi, the scientific research society, Lorenz has published 64 articles in highly respected mathematical journals, and he has been an invited speaker at more than 50 national and international conferences and symposia. Story
CST Faculty Members Join Temple’s $1 Million Research Awards Club
April 27 , 2007
CST faculty members Eric Borguet, Scott Sieburth (both of the department of chemistry), and Zoran Obradovic (department of computer and information sciences) have been newly admitted to Temple’s $1 Million Research Awards Club. The Club was created to honor and publicly recognized highly funded faculty, as well as underscore the importance of research at Temple University. Story
Student Jin Kyung Kim Wins Third-Place in POCC Poster Presentation
April 23 , 2007
Jin Kyung Kim, a 4th year graduate student in Dr. Sieburth's lab (Department of Chemistry), presented a poster titled "Aziridine Metalation, Silylation and Ring Opening: a General Synthetic Approach to alpha-Aminosilanes and Silanediol-based Protease Inhibitors" at the Philadelphia Organic Chemists’ Club Day on Thursday, April 19, 2007.
Kim’s poster, one of 33 presented at this event, won third place. Five poster presentations representing Temple University were accompanied by posters from the University of Pennsylvania, University of Delaware, Villanova University, Saint Joseph's University, Bryn Mawr College, and the pharmaceutical companies Locus Pharmaceuticals and Johnson & Johnson.
Following the poster session, Dr. Ahmed F. Abdel-Magid (Temple University Ph.D. 1980) of Johnson & Johnson received the POCC Award and presented a lecture "Advances in Chemical Process Research."
Symposium Honoring IBM’s Robert Dennard the inventor of Dynamic Random Access Memory
April 23 , 2007
IBM’s Robert Dennard, the inventor of Dynamic Random Access Memory in computers and the 2007 Benjamin Franklin Medalist in Electrical Engineering, will be honored at a public symposium in Kiva Auditorium, Ritter Hall, on Wednesday, April 25.
Temple’s Department of Computer and Information Sciences in the College of Science and Technology is co-hosting the symposium with the Franklin Institute and Villanova University’s Center for Advanced Communications. More information
Traditional and Alternative Careers in Science for Graduate & Undergraduate Students on April 23, 2007
April 17 , 2007
Workshop and forum for graduate and undergraduate students by Dr. Lori Conlan, Program Manger of Science Alliance (Career development and Mentoring program at the New York Academy of Sciences). Organized by the Temple University Chemical Society and Office of the Dean - CST. More Information
Temple commemorates noted mathematician with the purchase of a high-end computer that will assist researchers
April 12 , 2007
In honor of the observance of the 300th birthday of 18th century computational mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler, the Mathematics Department, together with Computer Services, has purchased a high-end computer that will assist researchers in conducting large-scale computations as part of their research. Story
Dr. Nyquist Receives Gold Medal Contribution Award from the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society
April 10 , 2007
Jonathan Nyquist, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Geology, was given the Gold Medal Contribution Award by the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society. The award recognizes an individual who has made exceptional contributions to the environmental and engineering geophysical community and to the society. Dr. Nyquist was honored for his work as editor of the Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, where he made several significant contributions. Under his leadership, an electronic submission and review process for manuscripts was established; the journal was accepted into the ISI Science Citation Index; an affiliation was established with GeoScience World, a non-profit corporation that makes geoscience journals available to libraries and institutions worldwide; and four special issues were introduced. Dr. Nyquist was honored at the society’s 20th annual meeting, held in Denver, Colorado from April 1 - April 5, 2007.
Dr. Nyquist's Web site
Daniel Swern Memorial Lecture: "The Discovery and Development of LIPITOR (Atorvastatin Calcium)"
April 10 , 2007
The College had an excellent turnout for the first annual Daniel Swern Memorial Lecture, featuring Bruce Roth, Ph.D. of Pfizer discussing “The Discovery and Development of Lipitor.” Dr. Roth, who is in Global Research and Development at the company’s Michigan laboratories, discussed the process of developing the drug and the effects that it has had on the pharmaceutical industry. More
CST Students presenting at the Temple Undergraduate Research Forum & Creative Works Symposium
April 5 , 2007
CST Students Presenting at the Temple Undergraduate Research Forum and Creative Works Symposium, held on Thursday, April 5, 2007, 10:10—11:30 am in the Student Center atrium.
Lisa Di Yan, "Novel Nuclease Inhibitor"
Allison Pymer, "Nonlinear Optical Studies of the Surface Charge of Mesoscopic Colloidal Silica Particles"
Sony Chau, "A Method to Recognize Eicosanoids Extracted from Specimen "
Matthew Fenty, "Theoretical Model of Feshbach-stimulated Raman photoproduction of a Bose-Einstein condensate consisting of singlet molecules"
Tarlay Morlu, " Regulation of Complement C3 gene by HIV-1 induced IL-1 in promonocytes and astocytes."
Si Lam, "Edible Taste Strips for Identification of Human Taste Recognition Thresholds"
Andrew Yanaka & Hetvi Desai, "Recognition of Gustatory Stimuli with Edible Taste Strips"
Advising Office moved to 1810 Liacouras walk, Room 203
April 5 , 2007
The Office of Student Services (Advising Office) moved to new location on Thursday May 12, 2007.
Old location:
Barton Hall, Rm A306
New Location:
1810 Liacouras Walk, Rm 203
MARCH
Chemistry Professor Eric Borguet Selected as Visiting Fellow by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
March 29, 2007
Eric Borguet, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, was selected as a Visiting Fellow by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. This fellowship is designed to allow senior scientists to pursue collaborative research in Japanese universities. Dr. Borguet will be traveling to Japan in June, and will present seminars at several Japanese universities and research institutes. He will also give an invited talk at the International Conference on Electrified Interfaces 2007 in Sahoro, Hokkaido, Japan from June 24-29. Previous Temple recipients of this fellowship include Hai-Lung Dai, Dean and Laura H. Carnell Professor; and Franklin A. Davis, Ph.D. and Scott Sieburth, Ph.D., both professors in the Department of Chemistry.
Dr. Borguet’s research focuses on nanotechnology and nanoscale processes at interfaces, nonlinear optics, ultrafast dynamics, environmental chemistry, nanoporous carbonaceous materials, and scanning probe microscopy. He has published dozens of articles since 2000, and members of his research group have won several awards, most recently at the American Chemical Society annual meeting in February 2007.
Dr. Borguet's Website
S.H.R.O. Summer Research Internship Program
March 27, 2007
Deadline to apply: March 30, 2007
The Sbarro Health Research Organization is offering a six- week summer fellowship at the University of Siena in Italyfor a student majoring in the sciences who is fluent in written and spoken Italian. More Information
Small Molecule Derived from Tumor Suppressor Gene Could Act as Anti-Cancer Therapeutic
March 26, 2007
A small molecule derived from the spacer domain of the tumor-suppressor gene Rb2/p130 has demonstrated the ability to inhibit tumor growth in vivo and could be developed into an anti-cancer therapeutic, according to researchers at Temple University’s Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine. They reported their findings in the March 22 issue of journal Oncogene.
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Article published on Oncogene journal
New Web site for Alliance for Minority Participation Program(AMP)
March 14, 2007
The NSF Funded program works to increase the enrollment, retention, and graduation rate of underrepresented minority students majoring in Science, Math, Engineering and Technology (SMET) disciplines. The AMP program has a new Web site. Please visit the program Web site.
Dr. Carlos R. Stroud, Jr. Professor of Optics & Physics visits CST
March 14, 2007
Carlos Stroud, Professor of Physics and Optics and Director of the Center for Quantum Information at the University of Rochester visits the college. More
FEBRUARY
Fossils study yields surprise in ancient climate change
February 16, 2007
The largest shift in climate since the time of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago may have produced environments across Central North America different than what has been commonly perceived and accepted, according to a recent study co-authored by Dennis Terry of Temple’s Geology Department. Story
Students win awards at American Chemical Society Annual Meeting
February 12, 2007
A number of Temple students presented their research last month at the annual meeting of the Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society. More Information
Dr. Antonio Giordano to receive 2007 Saint Valentine Prize
February 12, 2007
On February 14th, Antonio Giordano, M.D., Ph.D., founder and president of the Sbarro Health Research Organization and director of the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine located at Temple University, will receive the 2007 Saint Valentine Prize in Terni, Italy, the home of St. Valentine. The prize honors humanitarian contributions in everything from medicine to peace in the Middle East. Past winners have included Mikhail Gorbachev, Mother Teresa, and Yitzhak Rabin. More Information
Nomination deadline for Graduate Student Awards March 16, 2007
February 12, 2007
The nomination forms for Outstanding Student in Teaching and Outstanding Student in Research are available now on the graduate awards page. The deadline for nominations are March 16, 2007.
Colloquium and Seminar Schedule for Spring 2007 Semester
February 2,2007
The Colloquium and Seminar Schedule for the Spring 2007 semester is available online. Schedule
CST Alumni Gallery of Success
February 2, 2007
Dr. Stanley Lefkowitz and Dr. Michelle Steen inducted to the college alumni gallery of success for the academic year 2006 - 2007. More Information
JANUARY
Dr. Theodore W. Burkhardt from department of physics named Fellow of the American Physical Society
January 16, 2007
Fellowship in the American Physical Society is an honor awarded to no more than half-a-percent of the society's membership each year. Only about 12% of APS members at any time are Fellows. (Web page)
Citation: For his contributions to the theory of phase transitions at surfaces and interfaces, and his contributions to the statistical mechanics of polymers.
Nominated By: Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP)
The Temple Physics Department now has four fellows out of fifteen tenure track faculty, which is about double the rate in the membership as a whole.
CST Laboratory ranked number four by Cell Cycle
January 04, 2007
Dr, Antonio Giordano, who heads the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine and Center for Biotechnology at Temple University, was ranked number four internationally on the basis of number of publications.
Review:
Sbarro Institute: Web page
Lab Profile: http://www.cellcycles.org/showauthor.php?surname=Giordano&initials=A
Rankings: http://www.cellcycles.org/labs.php (Click Publication Number)