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, and the sixth and final property is under contract and awaiting close. The architect for the NBR has been selected and approved by the University of Chicago Board of trustees. Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership has significant experience in designing biomedical research buildings. Examples of their work include the Hatfield Clinical research center at NIH, the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center in Seattle, and the Bunting-Blaustein Building at Johns Hopkins. ZGF will partner with the Chicago-area architectural support group Solomon Cordwell Buenz & Associates, which has specific experience in Chicago-area labo ratory construction. Examples of their work include the UIC Medical Research Building, the Life Science at Loyola, and the Research Building at Children's Memorial Hospital.

Animal Resources Center faculty Advisory Committee
An outgrowth of the Research Aims Action Planning process, the ARC Advisory Committee was created and charged to provide a mechanism whereby animal users have a voice in operations, strategy, and deicision-making as well as a means for the ARC to gain faculty review and input. Brian Popko, Ph.D., the Jack Miller Professor and Director of the Peripheral Neuropathy Center in the Department of Neurology, has been named Chair of the new Committee. Additional members include Drs. Beth McNally, John Crispino, Albert Bendelac, Un Jung Kang, Paul Vezina, Nicholas Hatsopoulos, Naoum Isssa, Dan Margolish, and George Langan, and Ken Sharigian and Carol Mathieu.

Academic Affairs
The Tracks and Tenure Working Group, chaired by Dr. Bruce Gewertz, submitted its final report to Dean Madara on July 29. The recommendations were then presented to the Divisional chairs at a Divisional Executive Committee meeting the same day. The Division will now consider ways to solicit broader faculty input on the recommendation as it formulates an implementation plan.

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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