LehighNow Volume 03, Issue 08

              LEHIGHNOW
January 30, 2003
Volume 3, Issue 8
IN BRIEF
HONORS/AWARDS
Journal honors
Klier
The journal Topics in
Catalysis recently
dedicated a special issue
to Kamil Klier, University Distinguished
Professor of chemistry
who, in his 35-year
career with Lehigh,
served as director of the
Zettlemoyer Center for
Surface Studies and chair
of the chemistry
department.
The issue, "Catalysis:
Surface Centers and
Mechanisms," contains
papers presented at the
74th Colloid and Surface
Science Symposium of
the American Chemical
Society, held last year at
Lehigh.
The issue was edited by
Richard G. Herman,
principal research
scientist at Lehigh's
Zettlemoyer Center and
Jule Rabo, retired
corporate scientist with
Union Carbide Corp. and
a former member of the
visiting committee of
Lehigh's department of
chemistry.
Four of the 18 articles
in the special issue were
authored or co-authored
by Lehigh faculty and
graduate students.
Journalism
department
in new home
After more than four
decades in the cramped,
dark, and sometimes damp
quarters of the University
Center, the Department of
Journalism and Communication recently moved into
the spacious new digs of
the Weinstock Center for
Journalism in renovated
and restored Coppee Hall.
The  move,  which
took place over two snowy
afternoons in early January,
allows the department to
more comfortably house
the increasing number of
students who elect
journalism and communication as either their major
or minor. In the last 20
years, that number has
grown from 20 to more
than 180.
"We're   still   trying
to get accustomed to
windows and sunlight,"
quips Jack Lule, the
journalism professor who
helped coordinate
fundraising for the
renovation. "But seriously:
This was a magnificent
renovation that kept the
architectural beauty and
uniqueness of the building
while updating it for 21st
century journalism."
The   months-long
renovation of Coppee
Hall—which first served as
the university gymnasium
and, later, as the home of
the College of Arts and
Sciences—was made
possible largely through
the generosity of Luke '36
and Jane Weinstock.
"They and others saw this
great opportunity to
restore a truly historic
building while also helping
out a growing program,"
Lule says. "The Weinstock
Center for Journalism will
be a wonderful home."
Lule notes that dozens of
alumni have given, and
continue to give, to the
building fund.
"It's not only a great
opportunity for our
students to be able to learn
and develop in this new
space, but it's a great tribute
to the loyalty and generosity of alumni," he says.
In addition to the
Weinstocks, other members
of the planning committee
included Robert J. Teufel
Jr. '59, former president of
Rodale Press, Inc. and chair
of the committee.; Walter J.
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New research
center practices
what it teaches
For more than a decade,
Lehigh's nationally ranked
College of Education has
closed the gap between
what happens in research
and what happens in schools
and communities with regard
to disabilities. Those efforts
have been recognized with
$5 million in new grants by
the U.S. Congress and the
U.S. Department of Education.
The U.S. Congress made a
$500,000 appropriation to
Lehigh University to create
the Center for Research to
Practice - Schools, Families,
Communities in the College
of Education. This was a
first for the college that has
consistently gained national
attention over the last
several years for its focus on
real-world research to help
individuals who are at risk
for disabilities.
"The appropriation was
used to develop a research
center that will be a catalyst
in creating new synergies for
future projects focusing on
schools, families, and
communities," says Sally A.
White, professor and dean of
the College of Education.
"Once the center was
established, several new
research grants from the U.S.
Department of Education
quickly followed and are
now currently housed in the
center."
These grants will enable
researchers to create a living
laboratory to test programs
and strategies that have
proven most effective in
helping individuals with
disabilities in three areas:
families, schools, communities.
Edward S. Shapiro, chair
of the College of Education's
education and human
services department, Iacocca
Professor of Education, and
professor of school psychology, and Russell Gersten,
director, Instructional
Research Group, Signal Hill,
Calif., were named co-
interim directors of the
center while the college
begins a search for a
permanent director. The
center is expected to engage
faculty from Lehigh, other
universities and colleges, as
well as create teams of
research scientists who will
work with high-need urban,
suburban, and rural school
districts and community
agencies and service providers. In addition to the
congressional grant, the
center also has received
money for:
• Project REACH:  Research
Exploring Alternatives for
Children - National Center
for Students with Social,
Emotional, and Behavioral
Needs. $3.5 million ($700,000
per year for five years),
through the Office of Special
Education Programs, to
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