UCLA professor ranked highest faculty
member
UCLA engineering professor Chand Viswanathan is now the
highest-ranking faculty member in the University of California
system since assuming the UC Academic Senate chair position Sept.
1.
The crossover from faculty to administration was only a
relatively recent one since Viswanathan has been a member of the
School of Engineering faculty since 1962.
“I am continually inspired by the energy he brings to his
work,” said Chancellor Albert Carnesale, who made Viswanathan
one of his first acquaintances when arriving in 1997.
Viswanathan has numerous distinguished teaching awards to his
name and taught Henry Samueli, the namesake of the engineering
school. After being appointed vice chair of the senate last year,
he said what he’ll miss most is teaching.
Tornado takes lives of Maryland sisters
The University of Maryland suffered a loss when a tornado swept
the campus and took the lives of two sisters, Colleen and Erin
Marlatt.
Their car was carried away by the tornado with the two women in
it.
Both sisters graduated from Notre Dame Preparatory School in
Dulaney Valley. They were involved with community service and the
church.
Colleen Patricia Marlatt, 23, was a senior studying
communication and environmental policy. She was interning in
Annapolis, and her goal was to work in environmental policy on the
governmental level.
Erin, 20, was recovering from neurosurgery and was just
beginning to resume school after taking time off after the
procedure.
The campus is planning a memorial service in their honor and is
establishing a memorial fund.
NYU Medical Center provides aid for victims
Shortly after the Twin Towers collapsed on the morning of Sept.
11, administrators at the New York University Medical Center
activated their “disaster plan,” which established a
medical command center and expanded emergency and critical
services.
Doctors, staffers and volunteers at both facilities treated
patients in hospitals, helped rescue workers at the site, and
worked to identify victims.
“The NYU Medical Center system, as a whole, cared for
about 1,000 patients,” said Dr. Eric Razkow, chief medical
officer at NYU Tisch Medical Center.
“The downtown center and Bellevue took the brunt of the
acute cases,” he said.
According to Razkow, the command center was responsible for
organizing staff and preparing stations as well as treating
patients.
Slow economy alarms students in Oregon
As the economy slows because of the demise of the dot-com boom
and the record stock market plunge, some Univerisity of Oregon
business graduate students are quickening efforts to land secure
jobs
Large companies that hired MBA students are tightening budgets
and slashing recruiting efforts. Several will not be visiting
college campuses.
To compensate, the Career Services Department at the business
school is aiming a marketing blitz at companies its 70 students
most want to work for.
“We’re pulling ourselves up by the boot
straps,” said Deb Chereck, director for the Career Services
Department. “With the first-year students, we’re trying
to raise their awareness that these are difficult times.”
Compiled from Daily Bruin wire services.