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Show Friday, June 2, 1995 The Daily Utah Chronicle 2 Prof ; of Chinese wins award for excellence in teaching BY SUZANNE SOFFE Chronicle Staff Writer Deborah Porter, Chinese language recently received Cannon Award for lence. ; ;.' Because it is as well as teachers," he said. The Ramona Cannon committee, which is made up of past recipients of the award, has the responsibility of selecting only One winner each year, according to Iannucd. The committee is representative of every department in the College of Humanities," he said. They are not looking for just a flash .in the pan," he said. They want to see more than one good year or one good class. They want professors with a long-terteaching record." According to Iannucd, winners of the Ramona Cannon award are widely known as excellent teachers. Candidates for the award, which is worth $1,000, are usually nominated by faculty or dose colleagues a professor of and literature, the Ramona teaching excel- ' an endowed award for the College ' of . Humanities, Porter will be recognized in front of her colleagues and students during the annual college convocation, David Iannucd, associate dean of the College of Humanities said. This is an absolute honor for me," Porter said "I am committed to teaching and I look forward to many years of making this kind of contribution to the university." According to Iannucd, Porter is representative of the kind of junior faculty the College of Humanities has been hiring for the past 10 years. "We are committed to hiring that high-quali- fac- are . carefully studies information contained in course evaluations, he said. Classroom visits to get a feel for the teaching abilities are the final stage in the selection process, he said. "Deborah is an extremely good example of how successful we have been, in recent years, at recruiting faculty who are excellent scholars msvmimgmmmmmmm BY KRISTEN KAMERATH Chronide Staff Writer iiiliiii Ten U. faculty members to receive Pres. Scholar Awards t y',- -' . , , pi ;: Mfi;;v:H'-- Tea of the University of Utah's faculty members will receive 1995 Presidential Teaching Scholar Awards, an honor established two years ago by U. President Arthur Smith to support the university's commitment to teaching excellence. : Each faculty recipient receives a permanent increase e of $5,000. Those who are not faculty members receive a single honorarium in the same amount The awards will be presented at commencement ceremonies on Friday, June 9, to: , Susan Chesteen, associate professor of management, who joined the U. in 1981. . Ann Engar, associate instructor in undergraduate studies and or magnesium to carbon-fluorin- . breaking the bonds. ' - IP C-- H Her work is significant because "I am approach-- . ing catalysis, which has not been done," Kiplinger said. The reaction regenerates the transition metal compound, requiring only the addition of the compound to be altered and an excess of magnesium or aluminum, both of which are carbon- -fluorine inexpensive. is In addition, this method of C-- F carselective. Instead of reducing bons to hydrocarbons, they can replace different numbers of fluorines. This allows a controlled reaction, rather than the hot, violent ones typical of C-- F ... hydrogenation. this be can Hopefully, technology devdoped into commercial 'applications that will 'allow easier breakdown of chlorofluorocarbons, which contain C-bonds. "It's environmental deanup chemistry," she said. "Also, if you know how to break a C-- bond, you bond-breakin- fluorine-saturate- U. researcher Jacqueline Kiplinger was awarded a $14,500 fellowship as outstanding female researcher for finding ways to break cartxm-flouribonds. g d F 488: Smoking is haz- Newsfact ardous to your health. Stop HI - . . full-tim- ne 4 " Fellowships from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education were recently awarded to four University of Utah ' . College of Pharmacy students. for the academic year of . $6,000 fellowships Recipients Louis in are of pharmaMagas, department September beginning ceutics and pharmaceutical chemistry, a renewal award; Shana Skradski, Cncclly Vargas and Mclanie Cygi, all students in the pharmacology and toxicology department. These awards are based on a national competition and reflect the outstanding academic qualifications of these students," John Mauger, dean of the College of Pharmacy, said. The American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education has described these students as among the finest in the nation studying the pharmaceutical sciences. We're proud of them for bringing such an honor the University of Utah." One great burger hold the beef A Big H - ani: with a vegetarian patty (carrots, beans, celery wis, mushrooms, spices, onions, and green peppers) from page 1 bus stops, but we've investigated two cases, where students made forcible . one-yea- r, nt Council and Holtz agreed that this was a bargain, ' since all the artists could easily command at from page 1 least that much. Katz and Grooms, for example, routinely get $50,000 College of Fine Arts, said. "Student art is already displayed for works in professional galleries. where it is taught," Council said, At about the same time, in 1991, there that conwas "1 no the for Art" program also remarking cern about student art in the old started looking for an environmenhome of the College of tal sculpture for the lawn between Humanities, Orson Spencer Hall. the biology building, as part of the The artworks and artists are renovation of the James Talmage ''' "Cutthroat TroutUtah Trout," by Building. r' ' Neil Welliver of Maine; New The work, which looks like a Yorker Alex Katz' "Wild Flowers;" series of sandstone cubes, entitled Saul Steinberg's "Moab (Utah) "Common Ground," was made by 1994;" Red Grooms' "Wagon David Phillips of Somerville, Mass. Wheels;" Vija Clemins' "Eraser The works were installed in Number IV LNCO about a week after the dedDrawing Constellation;" and San Francisco ication of the building two weeks artist Wayne Tbicbaud's "Cloud ago, even though they've been in and Cow. Utah for almost a year, Council Each artist was asked to begin, said. The paintings could not be with heir impressions of Utah." installed until an elaborate security Many have already been to the system that wires each painting state or have other connections. directly to a central alarm could be ' . Steinberg has even lectured at the setup. : U. Council talked about the possiThe artists' were paid $15,000 bility of more "traveling" exhibits, each for their works, commiswhich could indude student art, sioned as "works on paper draw for the rest of the building. He said the "spare" hallways "could use it." " "" too fast could givt you a Newcfect tZK: Cs2ng a coo-co"cotd fcssdsste." Cj crreful.You'vt ben warntd. : - ': CFC's." : , This might possibly make chemical companies more willing to convert their CFC production into CFC alternatives, if a controlled, inexpensive method such as Kiplinger's, is successful. , , Pharmaceutical Foundation a wa rds pha rmacy fellows : know how to make them We might be able to use this knowledge that we've gained from breaking these bonds into making useful alternatives to -- . William Epstein, chemistry professor, who has been with the U. faculty since 1961. Brook Hopkins, associate professor of English, who has worked at the U. since 1975. L. King Isaacson, mechanical engineering professor, who joined : the U. in 1961. Nancy Nickman, associate professor of pharmacy practice, who has worked at the U. since 1967. Patricia Anne Reagan, associate professor of health education, who has been with the U. faculty since 1978. r Ronald Smclser, history professor, who joined the university in ' 1974. ; ; ; associate Joseph Za chary, professor of computer science, who ' has worked with the university since 1987. . ; . '11 compounds, e OF bonds and replacing them with base-salar- y honors. V room-temperatu- re F i tWst&fl V carbon- -fluorine - CamptdsBntfs i "SAM Pi" Jacqueline Kiplinger, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Utah, has been chosen from a group of 1,119 applicants as the recipient of a $14,500 fellowship administered by the American Association' of University Women Educational Foundation. The fellowship is awarded to women based on their work in a variety of fields. Kiplinger's research is in organic chemistry; she works in Dr. Thomas Richmond's lab in the U.'s chemistry department. Kiplinger has developed new ways to break bonds in controlled, reactions. These reactions utilize transition metal compounds to mediate electron transfer from aluminum ty who are familiar with or have access to the professors' long term teaching histories, Iannucd said. The committee reviews all the nominations received and then outstanding in research as well as in teaching and are able to relate the two," Iannucd said. ulty student wins award as outstanding female researcher U. Ph;D; Rencher, who is public relations coordinator for the Utah State Office of Education. ; She feared that if k were someone else with a gun in their home, someone could have been hurt . .. . "A water gun looks like a real gun at 2 entries into homes during the wee hours of night," said Salt Lake Mice LtJim Jensen. renin said, "rifc're hoping this is windOne of the incidents occurred at 3 20 ing down." a m. at the residence of West In the second incident, residents also stuHigh dent Carlcy Renchcr. Three students called police. In that case, a fight broke slipped into her residence to "assassiout when the homeowner tried to detain nate" Rencher, a student body officer. a young intruder. The students were apparently fright-ene- d The danger is obvious someone when die giH's mother asked them could be seriously hurt or Idled," said to identify themselves and they fled the Jensen. Td like to send some of the house to a waiting car. The girl's mother seniors who've been caught breaking , . into homes back for another telephoned the police. year of "These kids are great kids, kids who school to learn a little common sense." have worked hard their whole Authorities high to see some "assasschool careers. These ate kids who are sins'', make aexpect detour always welcome at my house except at through youth detention or even jail, he 3:30 in the morning,' said Eileen added. indKmornirSaklftSgLjiin 425 S.7MU4 2S78W. 4700 Sow H35f.F1tiMlM. - |