June 12, 2000

Highlights

• Congratulations to… Paul Falkowski and Scott Glenn. Paul was one of the recipients of the Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research, and Scott was one of the recipients of the Faculty Scholar-Teacher Award.
• B.J. Choi passed his Ph.D. Qualifying Examination on May 25. Congratulations B.J.
• Just published: Nordstrom, K.F. 2000. Beaches and Dunes of Developed Coasts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 338 p.
• Karl Nordstrom has also just received a Development grant from NJ Sea Grant: "Opportunities for nature based tourism on natural, restored and intensively used beaches and dunes in coastal municipalities in New Jersey.”
• There will be a planning meeting between Rutgers (mostly IMCS), Princeton, and Goddard Space Flight Center at Princeton on 26 June to discuss the formation of a consortium to participate in NASA's astrobiology program. If interested, contact Paul Falkowski (2-6555 x370).

Meetings Attended

• Sybil Seitzinger attended the American Geophysical Union meeting in Washington, DC on May 30 and presented the following invited talk: “ Nitrogen Retention in Rivers Measurements and Model Estimation,” Sybil P. Seitzinger, Renée V. Styles, Beth Boyer, Richard Alexander, Gilles Billen, Robert Howarth, Bernhard Mayer, Nico vanBreemen, Andrew E. Laursen.
• During the week of June 5, Sybil attended the ASLO meeting in Copenhagen and presented the following talk: “Bioavailability and Chemical Composition of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen in Natural and Pollutant Sources to Aquatic Ecosystems,” Seitzinger, S.P., Mazurek, M.A., Styles, R.M., Lauck, R., Wiegner, T. Rutgers University, IMCS, New Brunswick, NJ; Sanders, R.W., Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.