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10:25 a.m., July 3, 2008--A roundup of recent news items about UD, its faculty, students, staff and alumni.

Lynn Snyder-Mackler, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Physical Therapy, was interviewed July 3 concerning her research on knee replacement surgery as part of the Body and Soul program on 938LIVE, the largest current affairs radio channel in Singapore.

Charles Elson, Edgar S. Woolard Jr. Chair and director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, was quoted in a July 3 Sacramento Bee story about a suit filed against the chairman of Greater Sacramento Bancorp.

Art Trembanis, assistant professor of geological sciences, is featured in a National Geographic Finding History program on “Ghost Ships of the Black Sea.” For details, click here to see the Web page. Trembanis conducts research using autonomous underwater vehicles.

James Butkiewicz, professor and associate chairperson of the Department of Economics, and William Latham, associate professor of economics, were cited in a July 2 News Journal story about the failure of a bill before the state legislature that would have established a sports betting lottery. The bill had been passed by the House of Representatives but was not voted on by the Senate as the legislature ended its session. "If legislators think it's going to be a big revenue source, they're deceiving themselves," Butkiewicz said.

A roundup of selected speeches by valedictorians from around New Jersey published in the July 1 issue of The New York Times featured that by UD incoming freshman Dana Corasaniti of Hawthorne High School. She is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

George Luther, Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Harrington Professor of Oceanography, was featured on a July 1 WHYY-TV Delaware Tonight health and science segment on his research concerning kelp and the production of iodine.

Maciek R. Antoniewicz, assistant professor of chemical engineering, was featured in a July 1 News Journal story after being named the recipient of a DuPont Young Professor Grant for original research.

Muqtedar Khan, associate professor of political science and international relations and director of the Islamic Studies Program, wrote a July 1 Delaware Voice opinion piece in the News Journal concerning his experience as a Muslim delivering a sermon as part of a Christian service at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Newark. “I was once again reminded of the amazing degree of religious tolerance that many Christians in this country display habitually,” Khan wrote.

William Levin, a 1995 UD graduate and computer cartoonist, was featured in a story in the July 1 Jerusalem Post. Levin developed the online comic strip Shabot6000 about a pious Jew who builds a robot, named ShaBot. "The robot and the pious Jew represent my own struggle with Jewish identity and religion. It is my self-exploration with Judaism,” Levin told the newspaper.

Nicole Sherry, a 2002 UD graduate who is now head groundskeeper at Orioles Park at Camden Yards, was featured in a story in the July 1 Philadelphia Daily News.

Bill McGowan, a UD Cooperative Extension agent, was quoted in a July 1 Cape Gazette story and in a July 2 Bethany Wave story about the University program “Heart and Soul of Sussex County,” designed to help residents identify the county's most important characteristics. For more on the project, see the Web site [www.heartandsoulofsussex.org].

Jason Mycoff, assistant professor of political science and international relations, was quoted in a June 30 story on WILM-AM concerning the selection of running mates by presidential candidates.

Dewey Caron, professor of entomology and wildlife ecology, was quoted in a June 27 Columbus Dispatch story about the closing of a bee research laboratory at Ohio State University. "At this time, with the demise of bees, we need the strength of programs and use of facilities such as the one Ohio State had," Caron told the newspaper.

A presentation by Richard L. Engel, Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Science and Technology in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, as part of the University's Global Agenda series was cited in a June 23 Wired Blog Network story on the intelligence community and its assessment of the connection between climate change and conflict. The 2008 Global Agenda series, led by Ralph Begleiter, Rosenberg Professor of Communication and Distinguished Journalist in Residence, was titled “Boiling Point: International Politics of Climate Change.”

Asa Pieratt, former head of the acquisitions department and retired from the University of Delaware Library, was featured in the May issue of Delaware Today in a story headlined "Deltiology on Parade" about his post card collection.

Mark Samuels Lasner, senior research fellow in the Special Collections Department of the University of Delaware Library, was the subject of an article "Facing the Late Victorians: The Collection of Mark Samuels Lasner Is a Window on the World of the Writers, Artists and Others Who Were Famous for Being Famous in Their Era," in the spring issue of CC: Connecticut College Magazine.