August 27, 2007                                                     Vol 9. No. 1

Grebenok Receives NSF Research Fellowship, USDA Grant 
  Robert Grebenok
Robert J. Grebenok, PhD, professor of biology at Canisius College, is the recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) research fellowship. Fifteen faculty and students from colleges and universities all over the world were invited to participate in the NSF- funded program from June through August.

For his fellowship, Grebenok performed summer research on the Chloroplast 2010 program at the Della Penna Laboratory at Michigan State University. Specifically, he worked as a visiting professor on Arabidopsis thaliana genetics, where he examined gene expression within the chloroplasts of higher plants.

Chance and Choice Recounts the Life of Joan Lorch 
 
Professor emerita of biology I. Joan Lorch, PhD, recounts the first 30 years of her life in a new book entitled Chance and Choice. Born in 1923 Germany, Lorch's memoir conveys the spirit of the times. She writes about what it was like to be a young Jewish girl growing up under Hitler's reign, how it felt to be an enemy alien while she later lived as a German national in war-torn England, and how she became a female biologist in what was then a largely male field. The story concludes in 1952 with Lorch's marriage to Peter Staple, a young English dentist and doctoral student.

Chance and Choice: My First Thirty Years sells for $19.94 and is available at www.lulu.com.



Volonino Serves as Guest Editor of Journal
Linda A. Volonino, PhD, CISSP, chair and professor of information systems, served as guest editor of the July issue of "Journal of Information Systems Management." The theme of the issue is Electronic Records Management (ERM). To read the issue, click here.		   linda volonino


Baskerville is Newest Public Safety Officer
(l-r) Corey Baskerville, officer for public safety, Kenneth C. Kruly, director of governmental relations and Gary Everett, director of public safety.

Officer Corey Baskerville was sworn in as a NYS peace officer by Kenneth C. Kruly, director of governmental relations, on Tuesday, July 17. Baskerville has served in the U.S. Army including a tour of duty in Iraq. He also previously worked for BRINKS security.

Public Safety Participates in National Night out Against Crime
Canisius student-athletes Dave Kasch '08 and Dan Evans '09, Director of Public Safety Gary Everett and Lieutenant James A. Murphy III represented Canisius College at an August 6 news conference at Cheektowaga Town Park to kick off the National Night out Against Crime. Kasch and Evans took the stage with local law enforcement, government officials and crime victim advocates in a tribute to the college students who lost their lives at Virginia Tech University.