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Charles M. Schweik, assistant professor of Natural Resources Conservation and the Center for Public Policy and Administration, has received a five-year, $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program to study open source software projects on the Internet.

James Manwell, a research associate professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, and his research colleagues on campus and at MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are sharing a nearly $600,000, one-year pilot grant to begin the design of the next generation of offshore wind turbines.

As the new head of the library’s Special Collections and Archives Department, Robert S. Cox has plans to make the department and its resources known and used all over campus.

A memorial services for David G. DuBois, retired visiting professor of Afro-American Studies and Journalism, will be held Sunday, Feb. 27, 2-5 p.m. in the Lincoln Campus Center Auditorium.