Steps to improve campus safety announced
Several initiatives to enhance campus safety, including a community policing and problem-solving effort, a substation in Southwest and a police cadet program, will be put into place during the spring semester, according to Jo-Anne Vanin, interim vice chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life.

State facing hard choices, says Kulik
Calling the failure to fund University employee contracts "a real black mark on the Commonwealth as an employer," State Rep. Stephen Kulik (D-Worthington) told the Faculty Senate the state's budget picture is not improving.

'Dark fiber' aids access to Internet
The University is taking advantage of a glut in "dark fiber" to lease its own fiber optic cable so it can get faster, less expensive access to the Internet, according to Associate Chancellor for Information Technology Rosío Alvarez. "Dark fiber" is fiber optic cable that hasn't been "lit."

Search begun for faculty advisor
Interim Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Charlena Seymour has begun a search for an academic advisor to the provost for Undergraduate Education, she announced at the Nov. 14 Faculty Senate meeting.

Two A&F officials quit
Associate vice chancellor for Facilities and Campus Services Ted Weidner and Physical Plant director Earl Smith resigned during the past week, according to Joyce Hatch, interim vice chancellor for Administration and Finance.

Ahern wins national award for greenways research
Jack Ahern, professor and head of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, received the sole honor award for research from the American Society of Landscape Architects in the 2002 Professional Awards Competition.

ISHA 'migrations' seminar open to junior, senior faculty
The Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Humanities and Fine Arts (ISHA) has opened applications for its spring 2002 seminar, "Migrations."

Friends of Library issue Tippo book
The Friends of the Library has published its first "occasional paper," a profile of the late Oswald Tippo, the Class of 1932 graduate who became a campus institution as provost, its first chancellor and as a well-regarded Botany professor.