CAMPUS NOTES

Due to construction activity, the bicycle and pedestrian lanes along Pardall Corridor are closed this week (June 13-17) between the loop near the Events Center and the tunnel under Ocean Road to Isla Vista. Detour signs have been posted and construction personnel will aid in rerouting traffic, including the temporary closure of one lane on Ocean Rd. Questions should be directed to David McHale, physical facilities engineer, at 698-3078.

The one-day strike on May 26 by the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) union passed at UCSB with no reports of class closures or any impact on operations, according to campus officials. UPTE counts 273 members among technical and research employees. A noon rally turned out around 40 union members and allies, some from other unions.

Last Saturday, Harry Steinhauer, professor emeritus and founding chair of the Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies Department, celebrated his 100th birthday. A native of Cracow, Poland, he immigrated with his family to Canada when he was five. After earning degrees in French and German literature, and teaching in Canadian and American universities, he arrived at UCSB in 1964. The next year he oversaw the reorganization that birthed the French and Italian Department as well as the one that evolved into Germanic and other studies. He has led a distinguished career as scholar and translator as well as teacher, authoring numerous textbooks and journal articles. He retired from UCSB in 1971, but citations on an estimated 6,600 Web sites testify to the continuing vitality of his German literature translations.

Christopher Parker, assistant professor of political science, has received a prestigious Scholars in Health Policy Research Fellowship from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He will use it to further research American military veterans’ health issues during two years at UC Berkeley.

Beth E. Schneider, professor of sociology and UCSB associate dean of social sciences, has been elected to be vice president in 2006 of the Pacific Sociological Association. The western region professional society has more than 1,300 members.

Diane Fujino, associate professor of Asian American studies, has published “Heartbeat of Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama” (University of Minnesota Press, 2005), the first biography of this trail-blazing Asian American activist.

James D. Proctor, associate professor of geography, has edited essays by the array of scientists, philosophers, and religious scholars he organized for a discussion series at UCSB into a volume with the same title as the series: “Science, Religion, and the Human Experience” (Oxford University Press, 2005).