Etta Gravely, an associate professor in the chemistry department, has been invited to serve on the newly established American Chemical Society-Hach Programs Advisory Board. Gravely was selected based on her expertise and involvement in chemistry and chemical education. The appointment is for the inaugural year of the program, which ends July 31, 2011.

The ACS-Hach Programs are a suite of award programs endowed by the Hach Scientific Foundation that support secondary chemistry education and respond to the needs of pre-service and in-service secondary teachers. The advisory board will serve as a consultative and advisory body to ACS staff and participate in the selection of scholarship and grant recipients.

Joseph L. Graves Jr., an associate dean for research and professor of biological sciences in the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, has written a chapter that will be included in the upcoming multi-volume collection, Voices of Black American Pioneers (Praeger/ABC-CLIO). The title of the article is "Science in the Belly of the Beast: My Career in the Academy."

Marlow Hinton, an adjunct professor of computer science, recently conducted a four-hour workshop on "Computer Ethics, Intellectual Property and Internet Plagiarism" for the Department of Defense Joint Educational Opportunities for Minorities (JEOM) Internship Program. The workshop was held in Arlington, Va., at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) headquarters.

Judy Rashid, associate vice chancellor for student affairs  and dean of students, has been invited by the book review editor for The Review of Higher Education, the official journal for the Association for the Study of Higher Education, to provide a peer review for inclusion in the Spring 2011 issue of the journal. The selected book is Unearthing promise and potential: Our nation's historically black colleges and universities, by Marybeth Gasman, Valerie Lundy-Wagner, Tafaya Ransom, and Nelson Bowman III (2010).

Rashid, a member of the American College Personnel Association Commission for Student Conduct and Legal Issues, also has been invited to submit a conference session to be a sponsored program for the 2011 ACPA Convention in Baltimore, Md.

An article written by Syrulwa Somah, an associate professor of environmental health and occupational safety and health and graduate studies coordinator, won the American Society of Safety Engineers, Council on Practices and Standards, Best Newsletter Article for the EnvironMentor and World Focus, 2009-2010. The article is titled "Environmental Health & Safety Issues in Post-Conflict Nations: Lessons from Liberia & Ivory Coast?" Founded in 1911, ASSE is the oldest and largest professional safety organization.

Teresa Jo Styles, a professor in the department of journalism and mass communication, participated in the Edelman New Media Academic Summit co-hosted by New York University and Syracuse University. Edelman, a global public relations firm, brought together executives and faculty to discuss "The Digital Reset: Communicating in an Era of Engagement." Media executives from ABC News, The  Associated Press, BBC World News, Bloomberg News, Conde Nast, Facebook, Huffington Post, Mashable, Meetup, NBC News, and News Corporation were some of the organizations participating in the discussion of  focusing on what will be next on the digital and social media horizon and how companies can prepare to move forward.