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Oct. 6: AGNR Open House
10 a.m.–3 p.m., Central Maryland Research and Education Center, 4240 Folly Quarter Rd., Ellicott City, Md.
This is a great opportunity for the general public to learn about the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, its academic programs, research programs across the state, and how Maryland Cooperative Extension strives to meet the needs of our citizens. For more information, call 301.405.2128.

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Oct. 7: Brunch and Gallery Exhibit of Ancient Stabiae
12 p.m.-4 p.m., Home of Hal '65 and Diane Brierley and Dallas Museum of Art
Meet fellow Terps and Professor Pietro Giovanni Guzzo, superintendent of archaeology of Pompeii, for brunch then explore ancient seaside villas of the Roman elite in an exhibit titled, "From the Ashes of Vesuvius" at the Dallas Museum of Art. For more information call 301.405.6542.

Oct. 12: MacLeod Lecture in Children's Literature
4 p.m.–5:30 p.m., UMUC Inn and Conference Center
Come join renowned children's book critic and historian Leonard S. Marcus as he shares an illustrated presentation on American children's literature and the impact of Little Golden Books. The College of Information Studies hosts the lecture and book signing. For more information call 301.405.2038.

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Oct. 17: Driskell Center Inaugural Exhibition Opening
5 p.m.–7 p.m., Cole Student Activities Building
Come inaugurate the new space for the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora in the Cole Student Activities Building. The reception opens the center's first resident show, "Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell." For more information call 301.314.2615 .

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Oct. 19: Inside Maryland
11 a.m.–6 p.m., Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center
Special guests will enjoy a day of lectures and lively discussion with some of Maryland's top faculty scholars working at the forefront of issues confronting the world today including the Middle East, American politics, global health challenges and climate change. For more information call 301.405.4568.

Oct. 19: Smith School of Business Campaign Celebration
6:30 p.m., Van Munching Hall
Special invited guests will join the Robert H. Smith School of Business in celebration of its ongoing success in the Great Expectations campaign and the effort to propel the Smith School to greatness. For more information call 301.405.9463.

Oct. 23: First Year Book Lecture
4 p.m., Stamp Student Union Hoff Theater
Acclaimed author Mike Tidwell discusses his book, The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities, the 2007-2008 First Year Book.

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Nov. 8: Maryland Society
6 p.m.–9 p.m., Cole Field House
Maryland Society members will embark on a whirlwind journey around the world—lasting just one evening—that showcases the university's global initiatives. For more information, call 301.405.6826.

Helping Students Reach for the Stars

Graduate Fellowships Benefit Students and Donors

Graduate student Ellen O’Connor and CLFS Dean Norma Allewell with Edna Hokenson (seated) at a Celebration of Scholarships event.

s the new Bioscience Research Building comes on line this fall, Maryland has a powerful new magnet to attract top faculty and researchers. And with nearly $500,000 raised so far to support fellowships in the chemical and life sciences, prospects for recruiting more top-notch graduate students are very bright.

After successfully defending his dissertation in August, Aydin Haririnia, Ph.D. '07 is now a scientific advisor at a prominent Washington, D.C. patent law firm. He credits his mentor Professor David Fushman, timely support from the Kraybill Fellowship in his last year and earlier funding from the William J. Bailey Fellowship for providing the foundation to accomplish his goal. "The fellowship really inspired me to achieve more in my research," Haririnia said, "and future students will also appreciate how much it relieves financial pressure so you can remain focused on the work."

Herman Kraybill, seated with Saranga Naganathan, a recipient of his fellowship along with Aydin Haririnia and Athi Naganathan (standing).

Herman F. Kraybill M.S. '38, Ph.D. '41, a retired biochemist who worked for years with the National Institutes of Health, Environmental Cancer Program, says he is very much committed to supporting students who are today breaking new ground in research closely linked to biomedical advances. "That is where the breakthroughs are coming that will turn the medical field around," he says. "I look forward to talking with my students; to hear deep discussions about their work. For me, it's like going back to school."

Close interaction with fellowship recipients is a common theme among donors to the College of Chemical and Life Sciences. Edna O. Hokenson Ph.D. '66, who created an endowed fellowship before her death in 2005, was known for adopting fellowship recipients into her life and she becoming a part of theirs.

Having lost both her husband and her son to cancer, Hokenson became dedicated to her fellowship students in microbiology and immunology, says her niece Becky Stattelman. Hokenson also "adopted" engineering students who received a fellowship she established in aerospace engineering to honor her son Gustav J. Hokenson Ph.D. '70.

"These students became the largest, positive thing left in her life." says Stattelman. She says her aunt was excited about science and research and saw her fellowships as a way to continue the progression of her passion even beyond her lifetime. "It provided for an extension of who she was and even the possible achievement of some of the work she didn't get a chance to do."

Ellen O'Connor '01, Ph.D. '06, the first recipient of the Dr. Edna O. Hokenson Endowed Fellowship, is a researcher with MedImmune, a Maryland-based biotechnology firm focused on developing new medicines and products to treat infectious diseases, cancer and inflammatory diseases.

To honor Hokenson's passion, Stattelman personally committed her $20,000 inheritance to the fellowship in microbiology and immunology and attended the opening of the new Bioscience Research Building this month. "Aunt Edna was really excited about the progress the college is making and would have been very proud of this new facility," she said.

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Published by the University of Maryland 2007