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Medicinal plants
expert to
present conferences
Dr.
Rodolfo Quintero,
an expert on medicinal plants, biopesticides, and biotechnology in
Latin American and
 the Caribbean, will visit ASU
next week to lead two conferences. Sponsors are the
Arkansas Biosciences Institute, the Office of Research and
Technology Transfer, the Colleges of Agriculture and
Sciences and Mathematics, the Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry and Physics, and the Environmental Sciences
Ph.D. Program. He will present the “biotechnology of petroleum” with
emphasis in phytoremediation and bioremediation in ABI Room 107 at 4
p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2. The second presentation,
“biotechnology of medicinal plants,” will begin at 10 a.m. Friday,
Nov. 3, in the
Student Union Auditorium. Dr. Argelia Lorence, who
is coordinating his visit, worked with him at the United
Nations when he was director of the Biotechnology Program for Latin
America and the Caribbean.
Have a heart
for ASU? Join Torchbearers ’07
It’s not too late, but it’s getting
close! To date, there are 456 Torchbearers, and there’s room at the
table for more. Torchbearers are faculty and staff members who
give $50 or more to the ASU Foundation to support academic programs
and scholarships. The donor may designate how the gift is allocated,
and 100% goes to that fund. Also, gifts are tax-deductible. Many Torchbearers give to their own college
or department, and others support the Student Travel Abroad fund, KASU, the Staff Senate Educational Stipend Fund, Santa’s Tribe, the
General Scholarship Fund or Library Enrichment.
One can join by filling out
the
online pledge form, or by calling the Development Office, ext.
3940. We’ll show our hand on Thursday, Nov. 2, when
all Torchbearers are invited to a breakfast buffet from 7:30 to 9
a.m. in the Student Union. Join Torchbearers, then plan to join
your colleagues for great food and prize drawings!
 Dr. Craig Jones will serve as peer
reviewer
Dr.
Craig Jones, Psychology and Counseling, has been invited to
serve as a reviewer for the
Educational Research Quarterly. The journal publishes
peer-reviewed articles in the area of educational psychology.
Second concert in Faculty
Recital Series is Thursday
The second presentation in th\is
year's Faculty Recital Series will be Thursday evening at 7:30 in
Riceland Hall of Fowler Center. The concert will feature music
faculty members Lauren Schack Clark, Dale Clark, and
Ed Owen. Click on NewsPage
for details.
American Chemical Society
commends ASU chapter
For the 12th year
in a row, the American Chemical Society (ACS) has selected ASU's
student chapter as one of the top affiliates in the country. Last
week, the ASU chapter received an ACS honorable mention award, for
the 2005-06 academic year, that will be awarded at the annual
meeting in Chicago next March. The award for the ASU chapter places
it in the top 16% of the 998 chapters in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
The ACS also commended Dr. Mark Draganjac, Chemistry, for his
dedication and hard work as advisor for the ASU chapter.
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