FACULTY PROMOTIONS EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2004
Aliya Husain, to Professor, Pathology

NEW FACULTY APPOINTMENTS EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2004
Steve A.N. Goldstein, Professor and Chair, Pediatrics
William F. Mieler, Professor and Chair, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Michael Vannier, Professor, Radiology
Clare Close, Associate Professor, Surgery
Giancarlo Piano, Assistant Professor, Surgery
Marek Niekrasz, Assistant Professor, Surgery (ARC)
Vladimir Kalinichenko, Assistant Professor, Mediicine
Correction: Mary Stephenson, Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Shedding "Light" on Cancer Immunotherapy
Imagine an army preparing to battle a deadly foe, soldiers training to recognize, seek out, and destroy the enemy. Now imagine this scenario taking place inside the human body, where soldiers are killer T-cells and the enemy is a cancerous tumor...

Family Medicine
The Department of Family Medicine is a relatively new member of the Divisional community, created in 2000 and beginning full operation in 2002 with the appointment of Bernard Ewigman, M.D., as Professor and Chairman...

Creation of the Department of Microbiology
On June 29, 2004, the Division of the Biological Sciences celebrated the reemergence of the Department of Microbiology and the appointment of Dr. Olaf Schneewind as Chairman with a reception held in the Duchossois Center...

Aims Implementation Updates
The New Research Building (NRB)
Major milestones have been reached during the last quarter. The preferred site for the NRB -immediately west of and adjacent to the Biological Sciences Leanring Center- has been acquired. Five of the 6 private properties on the site have been acquired outright...

EDUCATION
The Llewellyn John & Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Although from 1938 to 1952 his name was a mystery to the University community, today the name Quantrell is synonymous with excellence in undergraduate teaching....

DEVELOPMENT
$400 Million Raised for Science and Medicine
With the close of the fiscal year on June 30, the Spark Discovery, Illuminate Life campaign has reached the $400 million mark and is on pace to meet a goal of $550 million by December 2006...

DISCOVERIES
The Division of the Biological Sciences is proud to announce the appointment of S. Murray Sherman, Ph.D., as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology, effective July 1, 2004...

FOREFRONT: of Sleep Research
The Division of the Biological Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of Arthur Haney, M.D., as Chair of the University of Chicago Practice Plan Executive Committee...

In Memoriam
H.G. WILLIAMS ASHMAN, PH.D.
An internationally recognized authority on the biochemistry, biosynthesis, regulation and molecular mode of action of sex hormones and their roles in reproduction and in cancer, Howard Guy Williams-Ashman, PhD...

ACCOLADES
Recent Awards and Grants Information for Biological Sciences Division Faculty

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Recent Recruitemnts and Appointments of Biological Sciences Division Faculty

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