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IN FOCUS
 
March 10, 2006
 
*SOUTHWESTERN STUDENTS RECEIVE AWARDS FOR KINESIOLOGY PAPERS*
 
Two Southwestern students received awards for papers they presented 
recently at the annual meeting of the Texas Chapter of the American 
College of Sport Medicine.
 
Junior kinesiology major *Wade Green* won third place among 
undergraduate student research papers for his paper titled "Effects of 
Intermittent Cervical Traction on Glenohumeral Flexion and Internal and 
External Rotation." The paper focused on determining the effects of 
intermittent cervical traction on shoulder flexion, external and 
internal rotation. The idea behind the paper centers on how intermittent 
cervical traction increases the area between the vertebrae that the 
nerves, running from the neck into the upper limb, pass through, and 
this increase in space facilitates an increased range of motion in the 
shoulder.
 
December graduate *John Hobbs* won first place among undergraduate 
student research papers for his paper, "Use of the Critical Power Model 
to Prescribe the Elements of Intermittent Exercise."
 
*SOUTHWESTERN BIOLOGISTS SHOWCASE RESEARCH SUCCESS AT **TEXAS** 
**ACADEMY** OF SCIENCE MEETING*
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Twelve biology students and seven faculty members journeyed to Beaumont, 
Texas, to share their research with other scientists at the 109^th 
annual meeting of the Texas Academy of Science. SU students captured 
five of 14 possible presentation awards in the Collegiate Academy, which 
represents all undergraduate researchers across the state. A cash prize 
to the student accompanied each of the following awards:
 
The Outstanding Oral Presentation Award (first place) went to *Brandon* 
*Boland* for his talk titled "Distinct palettes: feeding preferences 
between native and exotic applesnail populations" in collaboration with 
*Romi* *Burks*.
 
*Manjah* *Fernandez *received Honorable Mention for his talk titled 
"Ubiquitin and heat shock proteins in the severed ventral nerve cord of 
the crayfish /Procambarus clarki,"/ which is co-authored with Biology 
Department Chair *Rebecca* *Sheller*.
 
*Sheeba* *Varughese *received Second Place in Outstanding Poster 
Presentation for her research titled "Salt tolerance mechanisms of 
panicoid grasses." This work represented an MERCK interdisciplinary 
effort between Varughese, *Max* *Taub* and *Emily* *Niemeyer*.
 
*Tracey* *Einem *captured Third Place for Outstanding Poster with her 
presentation titled "Effects of 4-OH tamoxifen on HEC 1B endometrial 
cancer cells." The Merck Scholars Program also sponsored Einem's 
collaborative research with M*aria* *Cuevas* and *Maha* *Zewail*-*Foote*.
 
*Elizabeth* *Williams* received an Honorable Mention for her poster 
presentation titled "Determination of the Lon recognition site on the 
UmuC protein in /Escherichia coli/" co-authored with *Martín* *Gonzalez*.
 
In addition to representing the University well in presentations, junior 
*Brandon* *Boland* and senior *Matthew* *Barnes* each received a $750 
grant for continued research. The two tied for one of only two grants 
given by the Texas Academy of Science for undergraduate research. To 
qualify for this award, Barnes and Boland each submitted six-page 
research proposals at the beginning of the semester with the help of 
their advisor, *Romi Burks*. Boland will continue his research as a BSRP 
student this coming summer. His project, "Eat to live or live to eat? 
Feeding preferences at different life history stages of exotic versus 
native applesnail populations," will extend his work comparing Texas and 
Uruguayan populations of applesnails. 
 
Barnes' award will contribute to his Senior Honors Thesis. His research 
has explored fecundity and early life history in applesnails. This new 
project, "The Snail or the Egg: determining susceptibility to predation 
of different life history stages of applesnails," will extend his work 
into examining survivorship.  
* 
FACULTY FORUM *
 
The next Faculty Forum will be held March 20.
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*SU IN THE NEWS*
 
*Miguel Benevides*, director of the athletic training education program, 
was interviewed for a story that will appear in the April issue of 
/Training and Conditioning/ magazine.
 
/The Williamson County Sun/ published an article about *Christiana 
Griffin's* Anti-Defamation League-sponsored trip to Israel.
 
*NOTE*
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In Focus will not be published the week of spring break. The next issue 
will be published March 24.
 
CALENDAR

 
March
 
10                    Women's tennis vs. University of South Dakota, 2 p.m.
11                    Men's baseball vs. Hendrix College, 2 p.m.
11-19               Spring break    
12                    Men's baseball vs. Hendrix College, 2 p.m.
21                    Jessie Daniel Ames Lecture, Donna Haraway, 4 p.m., 
McCombs ballroom
22                    Men's baseball vs. Cardinal Stritch University, 7 
p.m.
23                    Men's baseball vs. Carleton College, 7 p.m.
25                    Austin Chamber Ensemble, 7 p.m., Caldwell-Carvey 
Foyer
26                    Guest artist recital, Oscar Ghiglia, guitar, 3 
p.m., Mood Atrium
26                    Men's lacrosse vs. Baylor University, 2:30 p.m.
28                    Men's baseball vs. McMurry University, 2 p.m.
28                    SU Chorale and Georgetown High School Choir, 7 
p.m., Lois Perkins Chapel  
30                    Pre-Shilling lecture with Sarah Daly, 4 p.m., Olin 
105
30-31               Board of Trustees meeting
31                    Men's tennis vs. University of Texas at Tyler, 3 p.m.
31                    Women's tennis vs. University of Texas at Tyler, 3 
p.m.
31                    "Thinking Ahead" Campaign Kickoff
31                    Shilling Lecture, Thomas Kean, 2 p.m., Robertson 
Center
31-April 9        /Man of No Importance/, Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones 
Theater

 

 

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