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Wednesday Research Seminar Series
“Bacteria for Bioenergy: Hydrogen Gas Production by Rhodopseudomonas palustris”. Jean Huang, Olin College of Engineering. Wednesday, Wednesday, Nov 18 at 4:00 pm in Science Building Room 124. Reception immediately following. Open to the public.

Science At Night
"Climate Change: A Crucial Environmental Issue Facing Modern Society". Dr. Berrian Moore III, Executive Director, Senior Research Scientist, Climate Central. Wednesday, Nov 18 at 7:00 pm in Science Building Room 125. Reception immediately following. Open to the public. Dr. Moore shared in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,

Welcome New Faculty Member
Dr. Maureen Kelly joins us this year on a full-time faculty appointment. Besides teaching, Dr. Kelly is a semiprofessional musician. Her office is located in Science Building 239. Telephone: 203-837-9038.

• Dr. Howard Russock has retired after 33 years of exemplary service to the Biology Department and the University as a whole. He will continue to teach part-time as emeritus faculty. Wish him the best of luck when you see him.

• A time-lapse video of Dictostelium life-cycle has won a runners-up award for Arjumond Khan and Benjamin Woodhouse in The Scientist magazine Video Awards: 2009. The video was created in fulfillment of a senior research project in 2008 in Dr. Frank Dye's lab (posted 08-04-09).

• Associate Professor Ruth Gyure is co-author of an article, "Co-selection of Mercury and Antibiotic Resistance in Sphagnum Core Samples Dating Back 2000 Years", published in Geomicrobiology Journal (posted 06-20-09)

• Associate Professor Pat Boily and collaborators from the University of New Orleans are co-authors of an article, "Exercise- and hypoxia-induced anaerobic metabolism and recovery: a student laboratory exercise using teleost fish", published in Advances in Physiology Education. (posted 03-04-09).

• Associate Professor Ruth Gyure has been elected, in a national election, as Chair-Elect for the Educational Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. This position will allow Dr. Gyure to guide national decisions concerning microbiology education. (posted 02-12-09)

• Professor Tom Philbrick, along with WCSU graduate, Tom Edson, and collaborator, C.P. Bove, have an article in press in the journal Systematic Botany. (posted 02-10-09)

• Associate Professor Ruth Gyure is co-author of an article, "Using Microbial Ecology to Teach Experimental Design and Sampling Methods", published in the MicrobeLibrary Curriculum Resource Library, American Society for Microbiology. (posted 02-10-09)

• Assistant Professor Theodora Pinou, and collaborators at a New Haven magnet school, have published a new article about teaching the scientific process to first graders. (posted 02-02-09)

• Herpetology Club is welcoming new members. Contact Dr. Dora Pinou for more information.

• Biology Club is welcoming new members. For details, contact its advisor, Dr. Mitch Wagener.

• Advisor's lists, program planning sheets, and other forms are available from the Forms page .