Dr. Don Culwell has been awarded the status of Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UCA.He will be recognized at the spring commencement ceremonies May 8 when the College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics students graduate.
Culwell was a member of the biology department for 38 years and he worked tirelessly in all areas of teaching, research, and service during that time. Culwell has been truly engaged in furthering the mission of the university after his retirement. He continues to work toward continued enhancements in both physical facility and the educational programs in the Jewel Moore Nature Reserve. Culwell serves on the Nature Reserve Committee and he actively participates in many of our activities. Culwell exemplifies in the truest sense what it means to be a lifelong scholar and a provider of service at UCA and the broader community.
Drs. Stephen Addison and Rahul Mehta of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, along with a group of 8 physics majors, spent three days conducting atomic and nuclear physics experiments at the University of North Texas (UNT) accelerator lab in Denton, Texas. The visit to UNT is part of the Junior Laboratory experience and involved students Pete Bland, Renee Brock, Trey French, Dustin Morris, Asami Nishikawa, Brandon Stocks, Alec Watson, and Josh Lieblong. Terry Johnson (UCA Physics, 96), a physics teacher at Mt. Vernon High School, and one of his students, Zach Cantey, also participated.
Dr. Brent Hill, associate professor of biology, and Senetibeb Gebre, Bonnie Schlicker, Renee Jordan and Sean Necessary had their article “Nongenomic Inhibition of Coronary Constriction by 17Betaestradiol, 2-Hydroxyestradiol, and 2-Methoxyestradiol,” published in The Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, Feb 2010, 88 (2): 147-52.
UCA student Justin Allen and Dr. Kari Naylor, assistant professor biology, attended the Southeastern Yeast Research Conference March 12-14. Justin presented a poster entitled Cloning by Yeast Gap Repair to Determine the Different Functions of the Homologous Proteins Mdv1 and Caf4 in Mitochondrial Fission. He won first place in the Undergraduate Poster division for his presentation.