CAMPUS NOTES

The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF), a student fee-generated grant program, is currently accepting funding applications for projects that help to reduce the campus’s impact on the environment. Any UCSB staff, faculty, or student is eligible to apply. Ideal projects include those that can measurably reduce campus energy, water, waste, etc., while also educating the campus community. They need not be campuswide projects; departmental or building initiatives are also eligible. Applications are available now and due by January 26, 2009. More information can be found at <http://sustainability.ucsb.edu/tgif>.

Thomas C. Bruice, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been awarded the 2008 Linus Pauling Medal. The medal is presented annually by the Oregon, Portland and Puget Sound Sections of the American Chemical Society. It recognizes outstanding accomplishments in chemistry in the spirit and in honor of Linus Pauling, a native of the Pacific Northwest.

Lorraine Lisiecki, an assistant professor of earth science, has received the Subaru Outstanding Woman in Science Award from the Geological Society of America. The award is based on the scientific impact of Lisiecki’s doctoral dissertation research at Brown University. She developed a set of software packages that allowed her to compare data from around the world that pertain to the study of changes in climate through time.

Henry T. Yang, UCSB chancellor, has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He was cited for his leadership in the engineering profession. Also, at its 65th Congregation next month, The Chinese University of Hong Kong will confer upon Yang an honorary Doctor of Science degree in recognition of his contributions to promoting excellence in higher education.

Roman Baratiak has been named associate director of UCSB Arts & Lectures. Formerly the film and lectures manager, Baratiak brings more than 30 years of UCSB service to his new role. He will work closely with director Celesta Billeci on major curatorial matters such as programming the department’s extensive and eclectic film and public lecture series.

Kimberly McCartney has been named senior director of development at Arts & Lectures. She will lead the development team in launching a major annual and endowment gift initiative coinciding with Arts & Lectures’s 50th anniversary in 2009-10. McCartney is an alumna of UC San Diego and most recently served as director of development for UCSD’s Division of Arts and Humanities.