Chubby double
Obesity research at UC has taken a new turn, one that may not totally allay fears of human cloning, but one that certainly makes it less attractive in some circles.
Associate professor Randall Sakai and his colleagues at the UC College
of Medicine Obesity Research Center have published the first documented
research linking cloning and obesity. Their report, published in Nature
Medicine last spring, shows cloned mice are prone to adult-onset obesity.Ian Wilmut, a key member of the team that generated Dolly the sheep, the first clone, wrote in an accompanying article that detailed observations of clones are "important before large-scale use of the technology in medicine" can take place. -- photo illustration/Colleen Kelley
Evening
College retires
Discovering
that your college had been dissolved was a little unsettling for students
returning to the College of Evening and Continuing Education this year.
The university, however, assured students that their degree programs remained
in place, just transported elsewhere -- all part of an ongoing effort
to serve students better.
The reorganization lies among UC's largest changes to academic programs
in a hundred years. Chief among them, the College of Evening and Continuing
Education no longer exists as a separate entity. CECE's programs were
merged under other colleges, mostly within the McMicken College of Arts
and Sciences. Specific programs within University College have also been
realigned under other colleges so that it may focus on becoming the gateway
for students to transition into baccalaureate programs.
Goals of the comprehensive reorganization include strengthening A&S
by emphasizing liberal arts, streamlining academic programs to reduce
duplication and expanding opportunities for all students -- whether under-prepared
or well-prepared.
On
the way up
When each
of these gentlemen announced his latest appointment, the occasion called
for more than a hearty slap on the back. Going beyond simple promotions,
two were made deans and one a presidential adviser.
- William Martin, M.D., is the new dean of the College of Medicine, the Christian Holmes Professor of Medicine and acting UC senior vice president. For the past 14 years, Martin has worked at the Indiana University School of Medicine, most recently as executive associate dean of clinical affairs and as CEO and president of the school's clinical practice group. His early career includes seven years on the faculty and medical staff of the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota.
- David Devier, the new Clermont College dean, previously served as dean of industrial and engineering technologies at Owens Community College, Toledo, where he built corporate relationships that helped increase employment for graduates. In addition, he taught courses in manufacturing and digital media.
- Robert
Herbold, A&S '64, was recently appointed to President Bush's Council
of Advisers on Science and Technology, the 22-member council that will
address issues such as using technology to fight terrorism and reducing
broadband-technology barriers. Herbold is a UC Foundation trustee and
the former chief operating officer of Microsoft.
