Congratulations to Dr. Gudrun Schmidt on being named the 2005 Outstanding Non-tenured Faculty in Natural and Physical Sciences by the LSU Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi. The award consists of a plaque and check for $1,000.  She will be honored at the Phi Kappa Phi Spring Banquet and Awards Ceremony on April 26^th.

Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline honor society. The society currently has over 120,000 active members and nearly 300 chapters at colleges and universities across the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.

This is the second prestigious award for Dr. Schmidt this year. She recently earned the National Science Foundation Career Award for her research entitled “BioNanocomposites: An Approach Towards Tissue Engineering.”

Ernest Lynn Hill, Senior development officer for the LSU Foundation and a resident of Baton Rouge, passed away Tuesday March 1, 2005.  Ernie received his bachelor of science degree from Carson Newman College and master of science degree from the University of Tennessee.  He was employed at LSU in 1971. He held the positions of the first director of the Maddox Fieldhouse, assistant athletic director, associate head baseball coach and development director of the Varsity Club, which became the Tiger Athletic Foundation and the LSU Alumni Association.  Most recently, Hill served as senior development officer for the LSU Foundation, assigned to the College of Basic Sciences.  

Ernie will also be remembered for his active role in charitable fundraising.  From 1979 to 1983, Ernie was on leave from the university to raise funds to support the 1983 International Special Olympics held in Baton Rouge.

Dean's Commendation for Excellence in Teaching

John Hopkins, Patrick Kolniak, Tamara Nauman, Graca Vicente and Steve Watkins are recipients of the Dean of Basic Sciences commendation on their excellence in teaching as perceived by students and indicated in their evaluations.  The College of Basic Sciences and the Department of Chemistry are all proud of your accomplishments and wish you continued success in your instructional efforts.

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Upcoming Chemistry Department Seminars

Donald Jacobsen from the Lerner Research Institute will be giving a seminar entitled "Molecular Basis for the Vascular Pathology of Hyperhomocysteinemia" March 18, 2005 at 3:40 p.m. in the Life Science Annex Auditorium.

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Julia Chan

University of New Orleans, Department of Physics, February 2, 2005, "A Chemist's Perspectives in the Search for Heavy Fermion Superconductors."

University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Chemistry, February 14, 2005, "Intermetallic in multidimensions: From Single Crystals to Nanowires."

Texas A&M University, Department of Chemistry, February 16, 2005, "Ternary Intermetallics: A Search for Heavy Fermion Superconductors."

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Williams, W. M.; Moldovan, M.; Young, D. P.; Chan, J. Y.. Synthesis, structure, and magnetism of Tb4PdGa12 and Tb4PtGa12 . J. Solid State Chem., 2005, 178 , 52-57

Millican, J. M., Macaluso, R.T.; Young, D.P.; Moldovan, M. Chan, J.Y.,. Synthesis, structure and magnetism of Ce2PdGa10 . J. Solid State Chem., 2004, 177 , 4695-4700

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William Pryor

Antioxidant-mediated augmentation of ozone-induced membrane oxidation. Ballinger, C. A.; Cueto, R.; Squadrito, G.; Coffin, J. F.; Velsor, L. W.; Pryor, W. A.; Postlethwait, E. M. Free Radic Biol Med 38:515-526; 2005.

The Mechanism of the Self-initiated Thermal Polymerization of Styrene; Theoretical Solution of a Classic Problem. Khung, K. S.; Jones; W. H.; Pryor, W. A.; Houk, K. N. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 127 1265-1277, 2005.

Role of Cigarette Radicals in Damage to RNA and other Biomolecules. Stone, K.; Pryor, W.A., In Pass, H. I; Carbone, D. P.; Johnson, D.H.; Minna, J. D.; Turrisi, A.T. es. Lug Cancer. Principles and Practice. 3rd Ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005: 25-31

Book Review: Carotenoids for health and disease. Pryor, W. A. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 38:148; 2005.

English Lesson. Pryor, W. A. The Advocate . 2005. 1-22-2005.

Cardiomyocyte and vascular endothelial cell signaling by cholesterol ozonation products.

P.I. Rao Uppu, Southern University; Mentors: W. A. Pryor, LSU; J. Francis, LSU, Veterinary Medical School.

PATENTS

Robert P. Hammer has just been awarded a patent "Detection of Nucleic Acid Sequence Differences Using The Ligase Detection Reaction with Addressable Arrays."  Other inventors included on the patent are Francis Barany, et al., Cornell Research Foundation and George Barany, et al., University of Minnesota.

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Benefits Annual Enrollment.  Annual Enrollment will be held April 1 – April 30, 2005.  The annual Benefits Fair will be held on Friday, April 15^th from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. in the Union Royal Cotillion Ballroom.  Informational meetings will be held throughout the month of April.  Employees wishing to make a change to their health plans will be able to do so electronically via their PAWS accounts. The “one-time option to change plans” will not be permitted during the new plan year; therefore, the plan that is selected for July will be the plan that employees will have through June 30, 2006 (no exceptions).  A new life insurance policy will be offered that will take the place of UNUM term life. The new plan will offer better rates than both the UNUM term life and Group Benefits Prudential Life insurance products. 

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FREE INCOME TAX PREPARATION AND ELECTRONIC FILING

Beginning January 18, 2005 through April 14, 2005, LSU's VITA site will operate on Tuesdays from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM and on Thursdays from 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM. The site will be located in the lunchroom of the Facility Services building. No appointment is needed, but if you wish to take advantage of this service, you will need to present the following:

Please note that the VITA site is not authorized to prepare "married filing separately" returns.

Please refer any questions to Sheri Thompson at 578-5739 or Marian Augustine at 578-7056.

To the faculty:  Please come by and introduce the new post docs, grad students or visiting professors to our office staff. We will be glad to help in getting an account established in our Online Order Tracking System and give them a brief training session on using the OOTS system.