CAMPUS NOTES

Reservations for regalia and for faculty participation in the commencement ceremonies are due on May 4, according to an announcement from the Public Events Office. The order form is at <www.ia.ucsb.edu/regalia/r> and requires a password for entry. For other commencement information, contact Meghan Dougherty (x7382) in public events.

Staff Assembly’s regular meeting place for its Wednesday Walks has ambled over to the track near Rob Gym; as of April 6, walkers no longer gather in front of the Women’s Center. Some aspects of the walks remain the same, however. “We will continue to give away a $10 gift certificate to the UCSB Bookstore each week,” said organizer Martha Olsen.

Shankar Aswani, associate professor of anthropology, last week received the 2005 Alumnus of Distinction Award from the University of Miami Alumni Association. He was cited for a “distinguished career as an anthropologist” and his “dedicated work in marine conservation.”

Lisa Hajjar, associate professor of law and society, has packed a decade’s worth of original research on the law and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict into her new book, “Courting Conflict: The Israeli Military Court System in the West Bank and Gaza” (University of California Press, 2005).

Patricia Hall, associate professor of music theory, was co-editor with University of Moncton music professor Friedemann Sallis of “A Handbook to 20th-Century Musical Sketches” (Cambridge University Press, 2004).

Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, professor of history and director of UCSB’s Center for Cold War Studies, has published a highly praised, multinational study of the end of World War II in the Pacific. It is titled “Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan” (Harvard University Press, 2005).

Carla Robbins, a member of the Social Sciences Division staff, has been named assistant to Dean Melvin L. Oliver. She joined UCSB with a teaching credential and after working in industry as a technical writer and editor.

Ted Wynn, formerly of the College of William and Mary, has joined the Development Office as director of development, regional, and annual giving. Though trained as an attorney, most of his experience is in regional and university fundraising.