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Hwy. 217 Comments Sought A new round of public
discussion on the future of Highway 217 and development of Goleta Old
Town has begun. The City of Goleta, acting as the lead redevelopment
agency for the infrastructure project, brought the talks to campus last
week. Other public scoping meetings are planned for Jan. 23 and
Jan. 30; both will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Goleta Valley Community
Center. Written comments will be accepted up to Jan. 31, and can be
sent to Ken Curtis, director of planning and environmental services,
6500 Hollister Ave., Ste. 120, Goleta, CA 93117.
HONORS & AWARDS
Michael Goodchild, professor of geography, was one of the
two foreign fellows selected in 2002 for membership in the Royal Society
of Canada. The society has a total of only 23 foreign fellows.
Sanjit K. Mitra, professor of electrical and computer engineering,
was cited for "outstanding contributions" when the European Association
for Signal, Speech, and Image Processing gave him its first-ever Individual
Technical Achievement Award. He was also elected to the Norwegian Academy
of Technological Sciences last fall.
PUBLICATIONS
Jonathan Glickstein, associate professor of history, has published
an analysis of America's early industrial capitalism and how myths of
opportunity supported labor exploitation and slavery in "American Exceptionalism,
American Anxiety" (University Press of Virginia, 2002).
TRANSITIONS
Gail McClenney, formerly associate librarian at Johnston Library
at Virginia State University in Petersburg, has become associate librarian
for technical services.
Sudi Staub, formerly alumnae relations and development director
for Boston's Simmons Graduate School of Management, is the new director
of the Development Office's schools and colleges program.
IN MEMORIAM
Peter Shapiro, an assistant librarian in acquisitions, died
on Dec. 13, 2002, as a result of heart disease. He was 57. He was recalled
with a tree-planting at the campus Greenhouse and Garden Project, which
he cultivated for 20 of the 28 years he was employed by UCSB. A sister,
Judy Ikenberry, survives him.
Milton Sobel, professor emeritus of statistics and applied
probability, died on Dec. 31, 2002. The New York City native was 83.
He worked on campus between 1975-1990. He is survived by Florence, his
wife of 53 years; a daughter, Judy; and two sons, Marc and Eric.
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