Purdue Notebook
Purdue Notebook
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March 20, 1998
Campus activities-- Becky Herrnstein, director of Purdue's Women's Resource Office, will present, "Mediating Campus Conflict," at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 31, in Room 314, Stewart Center. Herrnstein's responsibilities include providing leadership in improving the campus climate regarding gender issues. Her work focuses on ethical and effective conflict management and its relevance to good leadership. The free program is part of the Women's Resource Office Leadership Series.
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Faculty and staff honors:-- Patrick J. Fox, assistant professor of civil engineering, has been chosen to receive the 1998 Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers. The award was established by the Geotechnical Engineering Division of the society to recognize outstanding practitioners, researchers and teachers of geotechnical engineering who are under age 35. -- Nicholas A. Peppas, the Showalter Distinguished Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Election to fellowship in the society is the highest honor members of the organization bestow on their peers. Peppas, who lives in Indianapolis , was cited for his exemplary research efforts on polymers, specifically how the structure of polymers affects the way various substances diffuse through them.
Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
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