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Friday, November 7, 2003
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![[Copy centre logos]](/images/2003/1107graphics.gif)
UW Graphics
has
announced a new image for its four copy centres, all in central campus
buildings: Carbon Copy (formerly the engineering copy centre) in the new
CEIT, Davis Copy just outside the Davis Centre library, Pixel Planet
in Math and Computer (replacing the math copy centre and the Pixel Pub),
and Express Copy (formerly Graphics Express) in the Dana Porter Library.
A "walking tour" promotion next week invites customers to visit all four
locations, get a card stamped at each of them and end up with "a free gift".
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The event for an estimated 4,000 visitors runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow, and includes faculty and program information, campus and residence tours, co-op education presentations and introductory sessions about UW.
Visitors will be given an overview of the university, says a UW news release, "as an exciting day is being planned with lots of information to help students decide which university is best for them.
"After going on 50-minute campus tours, the university-bound students will be able to attend information sessions on academic programs. Then they can visit faculty information booths at the Student Life Centre. UW's Office for Persons with Disabilities and Co-operative Education and Career Services will also have information booths.
"Later, they will be able to take tours of the residences on campus. Throughout the day, they can check out campus food outlets, along with the UW Bookstore, UW Shop and Techworx. UW's university colleges -- Conrad Grebel, Renison, St. Jerome's, and St. Paul's United -- will also host tours and provide information."
The complex currently includes the existing 99 townhouses, built in 1987 and lived in by upper-year students for most of the years since then. This fall, with the arrival of the "double cohort", the townhouses were converted to first-year residences.
The complex will more than double in size early in 2004 when 120 more houses, currently garish in pink insulation, are finished and ready for use. They're designated for married graduate students. Eventually, the total on the site, north of Columbia Street and east of Fischer-Hallman Road, could reach almost 400 houses.
Bud Walker, UW's director of business operations, notes that the plan is for all the houses to become "the UW graduate student housing community. Graduate students with dependents will reside in the new units and single graduates will be housed in the existing townhouses.
"The intent is to have the complex evolve into a community of graduate student scholars with services and programs tailored to the graduate community. Graduate Studies and Housing want to create an attractive graduate village environment that will enhance our graduate student community and our graduate studies program.
"With construction of the new townhouses, housing had to come up with a name for the new units or decide to go with one name for the entire complex. That presented the opportunity to choose a name that better represented the plan and character of the complex. Hence the choice of Village, versus Townhouses."
The awards were given to Brendan McConkey, biology, $118,000; Vladimir Bantseev, optometry, $303,291; and Michael Collins, mechanical engineering, Michael Fowler and Leonardo Simon, both chemical engineering, $152,288.
The New Opportunities Fund enables eligible universities "to provide research infrastructure for faculty members within 18 months of their first full-time academic appointment in Canada, so that these researchers can undertake leading-edge research".
McConkey's project is titled "Differential In-gel Electrophoresis System For Proteome Analysis". Says a CFI announcement: "The DIGE system is incredibly versatile and can analyse proteins from almost any source. Upcoming projects that will use this system include analysis of human proteins involved in cellular aging; characterization of protein expression in biotech micro-organisms, used to produce anti-clotting drugs; identification of low-abundance protein complexes in yeast; and identification of targets for protein structure prediction. . . .
"This system will permit differential quantification of hundreds to thousands of proteins within a single experiment. In addition to this capability, this system is a perfect complement to the UW Mass Spectrometry Facility, which can be used to determine amino acid sequence and modifications to proteins isolated using the DIGE system."
Bantseev's project is "Confocal Scanning Laser Microscope for Research in Vision Science and Biology". CFI says the funding "will make it possible to further develop a new and unique approach to the study of the eye, both in terms of basic science related to eye development and in applied research.
"The applied research will have an important impact on two major problems of national and international importance: namely the development of a humane way of testing eye toxicity and a new approach to the study of the effects of glaucoma on the eye."
The engineering project is "A Facility for the Development of Novel Nanostructured Materials for Electrochemical Applications". CFI says the new funding will provide "the capability to perform cutting-edge research in the combined areas of nanostructured materials and alternative energy applications.
"It is intended that the polymers developed through characterization and long-term testing of term performance and durability be assessed to determine their reliability for use in advanced photovoltaic and fuel cell applications. Characterization and testing of these nanostructured polymers and the assessment of properties in-situ will be crucial in determining their suitability and understanding mechanisms of failure. As an added benefit, the equipment significantly contributes to the materials characterization capabilities in the departments of Chemical and Mechanical Engineering."
![[Toews]](/images/2002/1218toews.gif)
This evening,
educator, theologian and New Testament scholar John Toews (left) will
discuss the "Biblical Theology of Leadership Affirmation: Rethinking
Ordination" as he gives Grebel's Benjamin Eby Lecture for this year.
The lecture starts at 7 p.m. in the Grebel chapel.
Toews was president of the college from 1996 until earlier this year, and is currently adjunct professor at Fresno Pacific University and Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary in Fresno, California. A specialist in the Book of Romans, Toews has spent much of his career in leadership roles at Mennonite educational institutions across North America.
As the abstract for his lecture indicates, Toews has strong, well-researched recommendations for the church and its leaders. "John's research will undoubtedly be of interest to Mennonites and others who are wrestling with questions of ordination in their theology and in their churches," says Marlene Epp, academic dean at Grebel.
The lecture series was established in 1985 and is a forum for Grebel faculty members to share their research and reflections with the larger college and university community. It's named after Benjamin Eby (1785-1853), a leader in the Mennonite Church and in education.
Sunday afternoon, Grebel will hold a dedication service at 3 p.m. for its just-completed building expansion, which includes an atrium named in honour of Toews.
"The four-storey glass atrium is essentially completed, just in time for the dedication ceremony on Sunday," says Jennifer Konkle, communications officer at Grebel. "The John E. Toews Atrium links the residence and academic buildings, creating a large space filled with couches for visiting. Above, catwalks provide easy access to the library and elevator, making Grebel more wheelchair accessible. The new coffee bar, Common Ground, is set to open shortly."
Her invitation for Sunday: "Gather in the atrium for a brief program, followed by tours of the new residence rooms, apartments, music studios and more! Refreshments will follow."
United Way campaign over targetThe on-campus United Way campaign has passed its $150,000 goal -- "thanks," says co-chair Pat Cunningham, "to the generous donations from our university community and the hard work of the many volunteers across campus."She says special events across campus raised about $10,000 of the $160,000 that has come in so far. Contributions can be sent to the campus United Way office through November. Winner of the last big donor prize was Helene McLenaghan of the French department, "who will enjoy dining at the University Club courtesy of Food Services and the United Way campaign," Cunningham says. |
The second annual Image Processing Workshop is under way in the Davis Centre, involving researchers from across the country; it's hosted by the Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence laboratory (in the systems design engineering department) and the local branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Co-op work reports from the spring term that were marked by co-op
coordinators are available for pickup today in the Tatham
Centre. . . . Today's
career services
seminars are "Interview Skills: The Basics" and "Preparing
for Questions". . . .
The Sandford Fleming Foundation
The department of anthropology holds its big annual event today:
The Waterloo-Israel
Political Affairs Committee presents a talk today:
"Ishmael Khaldi, an
Israeli-Bedouin, will be coming to campus to talk about his
experience as a minority in the State of Israel, and the transition that
his people have been going under." The talk starts at 11:30 in the
Environmental Studies I courtyard.
The Bombshelter pub presents "3 Bands for 3 Bucks" tonight. . . . There's
an all-ages New Year's warmup party at Federation Hall tonight,
semi-formal, $5 cover charge. . . .
"Fifth Business" plays starting at 9 p.m. at the Graduate House. . . .
From New Year's to Easter, and it's still November: student volunteers
with the Easter Seals campaign are organizing "Power Play Challenge"
tomorrow afternoon, a ball hockey tournament to be held in the
Westmount Place
shopping centre parking lot, just south of campus. "Register your team of
six players," a flyer invites, collect some pledges, and show up and
play, not to mention eating the pizza and spaghetti that are part of the
day's fun. Last-minute details: 568-8556.
Saturday night at the Humanities Theatre:
Information systems and technology is warning of Internet connection
interruptions in the early hours of Sunday ("multiple interruptions of
up to 30 minutes") as Hydro One Telecom upgrades its wiring. . . .
The annual Maclean's magazine that rates Canadian universities is
expected to hit the newsstands on Sunday. . . .
National Technology Week, sponsored by the Canadian Council of
Technicians and Technologists and the National Council of Deans of Technology,
winds up this weekend. . . .
Sports this weekend:
The men's soccer Warriors are in Montréal for the national
championship tournament, and began with a 1-0 loss to St. Mary's last
night. They'll play the Université de Montréal today.
Meanwhile, the cross-country runners are in Moncton for the national
championships. The badminton team is at Western today, and hosts
Toronto tomorrow morning and Ryerson on Sunday morning in the PAC gym.
The basketball Warriors host York tonight and Laurentian tomorrow, with
women's teams playing at 6 p.m. and men's teams at 8 p.m. both nights.
The women's hockey Warriors are at Toronto today and host Laurier at
7:00 Sunday night at the Icefield; the men's hockey team is at York
tomorrow afternoon. The women's volleyball team will host Ottawa
on Saturday afternoon and Lakehead on Sunday afternoon in the PAC. And
the swim team is at McMaster on Saturday.
CAR
In celebration of the awarding of the Anthropology Silver Medal for
Academic Excellence to Ms. Lindsay Walker, the Department of
Anthropology has invited Dr. Lynn Snyder of the Smithsonian Institution
in Washington, D.C. to give our annual lecture. Dr. Snyder, whose recent
work has included research
on the history of anthropology at the Smithsonian, will speak under the title
"Before There were Horses: 10,000 Years of Dogs and People in
North America". The talk will start at 3:30 p.m. in Arts Lecture room 105.
A reception will follow in PAS 3005, 5:00-6:30, at which the Department
of Anthropology will announce the 2003 winner of the Sal Weaver Memorial
Tuition Scholarship in honour of our late colleague and friend, Sal
Weaver, who taught in the Anthropology Section for over 25 years.
Jacqueline Macpherson at ext. 2520 should have last-minute information.
India Waterloo Linkage at UW and the local Hindu Temple invite you to
enjoy an evening of tantalizing dance featuring vibrant art directors of
two Canadian dance companies specializing in two different Indian dance
forms, namely north Indian Kathak and south Indian Bharatanatyam. In
addition to these pure dances, you are going to experience a fusion of
north and south Indian dances with the western dance forms. The show is
aptly named North, South, West. In addition, you will enjoy
complimentary snacks and refreshments in the intermission.
The performance consists of ten explosive, fast-paced numbers.
The show starts at 7:30. Tickets are $15 from the Humanities box office.
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