Dec. 17, 2007 |
1. UA Linnaean Team Wins National Championship
2. Fleet Lee Presented Distinguished Research Award
3. Applications for $5,000 Spitze Legislative Internship Awards Due Jan. 15
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1. UA Linnaean Team Wins National Championship
The Department of Entomology Linnaean team won the national championship in the Linnaean Games competition Dec. 11 at the Entomological Society of America meeting in San Diego. They earned a spot in the national competition by winning the southeastern branch championship last March.
The Linnaean Games follow a "college bowl" question and answer format. Arkansas beat Virginia Tech in the first round of the national contest, then defending champion Nebraska in the next round, New Mexico State in the semi-final, and Clemson in the championship match.
Linnaean team members are Jackie McKern, Sandra Sleezer, Becky Trout, Godshen Pallipparambil, Cesar Solorzano (alternate) and coach Allen Szalanski.
The Linnaean competition is named for Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus who established the binomial system of biological nomenclature, which is the combination of a genus name and a single specific epithet to uniquely identify each species of organism. For example, the human species is uniquely identified by the binomial Homo sapiens. Prior to Linnaean taxonomy, animals were classified according to their mode of movement.
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2. Fleet Lee Presented Distinguished Research Award
Fleet Lee, professor of plant pathology and rice plant pathologist based at the Rice Research and Extension Center, Stuttgart, was presented the Distinguished Research Award at the Fourth International Rice Blast Conference in Bejing, China. Lee is widely regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on management of rice blast, which is a major disease of rice world-wide.
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3. Applications for $5,000 Spitze Legislative Internship Awards Due Jan. 15
Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors interested in public policy and hoping to participate in a Bumpers College Internship in a legislative or congressional office are encouraged to apply for the one of two $5000 Spitze Public Policy Legislative Internship Awards by January 15, 2008. Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and must have completed at least one course in political science, law, or public policy. The Bumpers College will work with applicants to secure an internship in a legislative or congressional office (usually for the summer). This application is available online at http://bumperscollege.uark.edu/39.htm under the Separate Applications section. For more information, contact Laura Gamble, Scholarship Administrator, at lgamble@uark.edu or 575-2253.
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