CLAS News - Fall/Winter 2005

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Around The College: Film and media programs

Research Briefs: Studying adolescent obesity; researching children’s peer relationships; exploring the nature of sexual consent; discovering life in ocean’s depths; observing infidelity among barn swallows

Managing the Next Disaster: The director of the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes enters the national debate over global warming’s effect on natural disasters such as the devastating hurricanes of 2005.

An Ounce of Prevention, A Pound of Cure: An ASU life sciences professor received a major boost recently for his efforts to perfect a safe, potent vaccine for bacterial pneumonia, which kills more children around the world each year than any other infectious disease.

Strategic Hires: Meet the new chairs of languages and literatures and Chicana/Chicano studies

Faculty Honors: Three CLAS faculty members were singled out for recognition by the university president this year, two as President’s Professors and one as a faculty exemplar, or “rising star.”

In Memoriam:

Marianna F. Brose
Duane Brown
Eugenia DeLamotte
LeRoy Eyring
Clement Kevane

First-generation Scholars: Meet the eight undergraduates who received the inaugural CLAS First-Generation Scholarships, which support students who lack the advantage of growing up in college-educated households.

Alumni Profiles and Class Notes:
Bill Bell, B.A. in psychology, 1961
Martin Petersen, B.A. in political science, 1968
Barbara Mundell, B.A. in political science, 1978
Melissa Payner, B.S. in home economics, 1981

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