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Today's Top Story
RU Foundation Accepting Project Proposals
for Carlot Endowment and King Endowment
The RU Foundation administers two subgrant programs: the Carlot Endowment to provide services for elderly in need and the King Endowment to provide services for mental well-being. The RU Foundation is accepting proposals for new projects to be undertaken during the 2008-2009 academic year.
The Carlot Endowment project proposals must provide direct services to the needy, older population of Southwest Virginia. For detailed information, see Call for Proposals. The deadline for submissions is 5 p.m., April 9, 2008.
The King Endowment project proposals should directly support mental health interventions and professional development training in areas related to mental health by RU faculty members in collaboration with community partners. For detailed information, see Call for Proposals. The deadline for submissions is 5 p.m., April 11, 2008. To learn more, contact Catherine Van Noy at cvannoy@radford.edu or 831-6715.
Campus News
Highlanders Take on UNC Asheville Tomorrow Night
The RU men's basketball team hosts UNC Asheville tomorrow night in the Dedmon Center. Gates open at 6 p.m. and the game starts at 7 p.m. First National Bank will be sponsoring its annual Cash Grab at halftime. RU will observe a moment of silence before the game in support of our colleagues at NIU. Follow RU basketball action at RUHighlanders.com.
RU Society of Physics Students
Hosts Physicist George Brooke Friday
 Physicist George Brooke (right) will speak on Friday, Feb. 22, at 4 p.m. in Reed Hall, room 201. He will talk about his research using the "gas-phase absorption spectroscopy" method.
Brooke sends laser light through various materials that have been changed into their gaseous form. The gas absorbs specific light wavelengths depending upon their atomic or molecular structure. He will describe the process of changing materials into their gaseous forms, along with the physics involved in the light absorption process.
Kudos
Guinan Honored by North American Bluebird Society
Radford University biology associate professor and director of RU Environmental Center Judith Guinan was recently awarded the 2008 Research Award from the North American Bluebird Society for her species account of the Western Bluebird. Her account will be published in the book and online series Birds of North America.
To produce the account, Guinan reviewed every published scholarly article and book about Western Bluebirds that she could locate. Using these sources, she incorporated information about the origins, natural history, ecology and behavior of Western Bluebirds into a comprehensive account of our current knowledge about the species. The revised version incorporates information from more than 90 other publications on Western Bluebirds.
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Coming Up at RU
2/19, Robert Trent and Friends Concert
2/20, MBB vs. UNCA
2/21, Jennifer Spoon: Perceptions of Paper exhibition opens
2/21, Labyrinths: Art Exhibition opens
2/22, T&F at VT Challenge
2/23, M&WT vs. Winthrop
2/23, MBB vs. VMI
2/26, WBB at UNCA
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