CAMPUS NOTES

A plan for an information kiosk on University Plaza to aid campus visitors has been unveiled in a notice to the California Coastal Commission. An 11-foot high, circular metal structure on a concrete base will rise on the southeast side of the palm tree in the planter near Cheadle Hall, said Project Manager DeeDee Cianola. Visitors would approach on the east side of the kiosk. Work will begin in July.

Alice Alldredge, professor of ecology, evolution, and marine biology, has received the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography’s annual Evelyn Hutchinson Award for her “broad, significant, and ongoing impact on oceanography.” She is the third woman scientist honored by the professional society since the award’s inception in 1982.

Nancy Collins, professor of psychology, has recently received the Theoretical Innovation Prize from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology for stimulating “new ways of thinking” with her co-authored paper on risk regulation in relationships.

Denise Segura, professor of sociology, has been honored by the American Sociological Association’s Latina/o Sociology Division with a Lifetime Distinguished Contributions to Research, Teaching, and Service Award.

Paul L. Portuges, lecturer in film and media studies, has published a screenplay, “The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson” (Plain View Press, 2008), that dramatizes the environmentalist’s battles against government corruption and corporate greed.

Arnel Pascua, former dean of educational technology at Los Angeles City College, has been appointed Housing and Residential Services’ new director of information systems and technology. He has 18 years of experience in information management positions.

Joseph Lodge, a Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge and lecturer in political science, died after a 10-year battle with lymphoma on May 5 at his Santa Barbara home. The St. Paul, Minn., native was 76. The judge was first elected in 1958, and was one of California’s longest-serving jurists. He began an almost equally lengthy part-time association with UCSB in 1959 when economics hired him; in 1963 he began teaching criminal justice for political science. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Sheila, a son, three daughters, and a stepdaughter.