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Oscar P. Chilson, Ph.D., adjunct instructor and professor emeritus of biology in Arts & Sciences, died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006, after a brief illness. He was 73.

The Jan. 10-11 conference will include updates on the latest funding trends from federal agencies, and informative sessions for academic researchers on research policies, practices and opportunities.

Through the yearly Give Thanks Give Back campaign, University students, faculty and staff sponsored 121 financially struggling families and collected several thousand gifts.

Several events are scheduled on campus early next year to mark the University’s 20th annual celebration honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

The University is prepared for NIH’s electronic grant filing mandate.

The Dec. 1 board meeting included reports and updates on campus activities and the election of Gordon W. Philpott, emeritus professor of surgery, to the board.

The men’s basketball team shot 74.1 percent in the second half to claim the 23rd Annual Lopata Classic with an 81-65 win against Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Dec. 2 at the Field House.

Photo by Robert Boston

Claudia Daugherty, coordinator of the nonprofit management master’s degree program in University College in Arts & Sciences, died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006, at her home in Wildwood, Mo.

Photo by Mary ButkusEmil R. Unanue, M.D. (left), and Michael W. Sherraden, Ph.D., receive Faculty Achievement Awards Dec. 2 at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center.