Virginia Tech rescinds offer to lesbian partner of new dean
After originally offering a teaching position to Shelli Fowler, an English professor at Washington State University, as part of a package plan to recruit her lesbian partner, Karen DePauw as graduate dean, the board of visitors at Virginia Tech rescinded the offer at its most recent meeting.
The board reversed its offer after Fowler had signed an employment contract with Virginia Tech.
The decision, which board members chalked up to budget difficulties, has sparked protest and debate at Virginia Tech, which recently has made a concerted push to hire more female and minority faculty members.
Missing woman safe at home, unharmed
Zawadi Katina, a 23-year-old Charlottesville resident who had been reported missing since last Monday night, returned safely to her family in Charlottesville on Thursday afternoon. Charlottesville Police have not made any criminal charges related to her absence at this time.
Katina's family became concerned of her location after she failed to return home from work Monday.
New University Center to help combat chemical contamination
Funded by a three year, $600,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, the University will continue to house the nation's only Center of Expertise for Superfund Site Recycling -- an institute that will help transform sites of potential contamination, such as former pesticide factories, into safe environments.
The EPA currently maintains a list of over 1,200 hazardous sites that can potentially be resurrected for community use.
The center now consists of 12 faculty members and Law, College, Architecture, Commerce and Engineering students.
The center will study sites in the eastern region of the country near Virginia, examining ways to curb chemical hazards to make the locations safe for recreational use. Among the sites are a mine in Lead, S.D., a naval base in Virginia Beach and a landfill in Galloway Township, N.J.
Members at the center will help proliferate their research through conferences, publications and workshops. Their goal also is to aid other superfund sites not listed in the initial prospectus.
-- Compiled by Chris Wilson
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