July 5, 2004

The U.S. Arctic Research Commission appointed Ken Hinkel, professor of geography, to its task force.

July 5, 2004

Dennis Berkey became the 15th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute on July 1, 2004.

July 5, 2004

Fundraising isn t a sprint- it s more like a marathon.

July 5, 2004

The dean s office will be strategically enhancing its global outreach during the next academic year.

July 5, 2004

The 2003-04 Honors Scholars Program Teaching Award went to Paul Esposito, professor of physics.

July 6, 2004

Sophomore psychology major, Christy Searcy, became an all-star fundraiser for the university last year by raising $109,100 as a student advocate with the UC Telefund.

July 6, 2004

The U.S. Arctic Research Commission has appointed Ken Hinkel, UC professor of geography, to its task force consisting of scientists and engineers charged with identifying key issues and research needs to foster greater understanding of global change impacts on permafrost in the Arctic and their importance to natural and human systems.

July 6, 2004

Brockway Clarke, assistant professor of English and fiction editor of The Cincinnati Review is the recipient of the 2004 Prairie Schooner Book Series Prize for Carrying the Torch, which will be published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2005.

July 6, 2004

If you build it, they will launch it. That s been the basic hope of a small team of high school and college students from Ohio and Wyoming who are building a rocket from scratch. NASA will launch their handiwork come the middle of July.

July 6, 2004

Anthony J. Perzigian, Senior Vice President and Provost, has announced the appointment of Roy Eckart, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, as Interim Dean of the College of Engineering beginning Sept. 1.