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qusearcA: 18' Business at 11ng RESEARCH: BIG BUSINESS AT UNM Research has become big business at the Univer- sity of New Mexico, with a total of $1,46;,608 in contracts and proposals for additional research amounting to $866,930 under consideration. This research work is generally of a basic and funda- mental nature rather than of a more immediately practical nature. Faculty members select their own research projects and are assisted in finding spon- sors by Mr. 11. L. lValker, Administrative Director of Research. At the present time, some .; organizations are sponsoring this work; exp. the National Institute of Health, several Indian tribes, the National Sei- enee Foundation, the Atomic Energy Commis- sion, Army Ordnance, the U. S. XVeather Bureau, Ofliee of Naval Research, Los Alamos, Sandia Corp., the Air Force OHice of Scientific Research, and the Air Force Research and Development Command. There are 32 projects currently being worked on; including studies on high altitude physics and the root systems of desert plants. RADIATION BIOLOGY Two courses in radiation biology are now being offered at the University working in eo-operation with the Atomic Energy Commission. One course will include instruction in handling radioactive particles and in detecting and protecting against radiation. The other course will deal with the effects of radiation in living tissues in plants and animals. Dr. Martin Fleck, who will teach the courses, spent two months at the Oak Ridge Insti- tute of Nuclear Studies. Duke and Harvard Uni- versities are also offering the courses under the backing of the AEC and the Los Alamos Scien- tific Laboratory. Dr. Martin XV. Fleck, UNM biologist Dl'l'l'XIER AXVARDED GRANT Dr. ll. I. Dittmer, professor of biology at the University, has re- 1 eeived a $9500 grant from the National Science Fouridaiton for the third year in a row. He is engaged in a study of the root systems of desert plants. Dr. Dittmerys new book, wllhe Story of the Plant King- dom, is now in its second printing. ; ' This big timber wolf was killed south of Lordshurg, N. M. lle stretches about 6 feet from nose tip to tail tip and weighed probably 100 lbs. XIAXNAL MUSEUM Dr. James Findley, U. N. XI. biology professor, is the curator of the department's mamnml mu- seum. The museum, with 10,000 specimens, is the largest in the Southwest. 'l'he fast-growing col- lection is housed in the basement of the Biology building. Through the efforts of Dr Findley and his stue dents, the collection has grown from 600 speci- mens four years ago to the present io,eoo Figure. Some Of the specimens were obtained through exchanges with collectors in Europe, Asia, Russia, Japan, Australia, and from other parts of the United States. Most of the regional specimens are gathered by Dr. Findley and his students on field trips during holidays, weekends and iii the summer, MAMMAL MUSEUM. Dr. James Findley holds a hognose skunk, Seventeen research papers have been written in found mostly in Mexico, and a striped skunk, found everywhere. They the past four years with the aid of the museum come in all sizes and grow beautiful fur. Thousands of mounted skins collection. It has proved to be an invaluable aid are in the UNM mammal collection. in both research and teaching. 8
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COMPLEX MOLECULES ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS The Department of Education received in 1957 Fundamental research in the field of complex molecules is being done by graduate students in a threefear grant of 563,54; to do research on the department of Chemistry at UNM. tVith the aid of the department's newly acquired speetro- . . 1 1 . d , .' . . , , . . H the problems of zidlustment of Indian and non- gmp 1, tie stu cuts are getting valuable experlenee 1n instrumentation and data recording. lhe speev Indian in the public elementary sehoots Of New trograph program enables students to study the effects of metal ions on strengths and types of Mexico. chemical bonds that form with various metals. Molecules are analyzed while under stimulation Participating in H10 TCSCRTCll program, WhiCh is from high energy iiltraex'iolet light, or from photographs of the Visible light which they emit when SPOUSOer by the U' S' Department Of Health, excited. The spectrograph was imported from Germany about a year ago at a cost of $10,000. It was pur- chased by UNM, with the aid of a research grant. Dr. Glen A. Crosby is the graduate student adviser for the spectrograph pI'OgI'JHL CANCER CURE SOUGHT The Chemistry Department of U. N. M. is cur- rently engaged in seeking cancer inhibiting com- pounds. The project is headed by Dr. Raymond N. Castle. Working under him on the study are Dr. Kikuo Adaehi, Duane Aldous, and Aim Ger- hardt. This research is being sponsored by the National Cancer Institute of the National Insti- tute of Health. The work done at U. N. M. is exclusively syn- thesizing 0r isolating compounds from plant and animal sources of potential physiological activity. Screening and testing the effectiveness of the com- pounds is done elsewhere, mainly at the 1 Tational Cancer Institute. Research work is also being done on anti- spasmodies and tranquilizers, under the direction of Dr. Raymond Castle, Dr. Mzisziyuki Onda and Miss XVinifred Matthews are working 011 the pro- duction of compounds. They are being soponsored by Smith, Kline and French Laboratories of Philadelphia. Iustin Hammer is doing research on the isola- tion of natural products from Cuban plants. All of this work is being done in the new $45,000 medical Chemistry laboratory in the base ment of the Chemistry building. The laboratory is devoted exclusively to health-direeted research. ,u-u- CANCER CURE SOUCII'I'. tVorking iii the UNM medical cheme istry lab on a project to find a compound that could combat cancer are Dr. Kikuo Adachi and XVinifred Matthews. Dr. Raymond N. Castle, UNXI Professor of Chemistry Education, ziiid XVelfare, are seven public schools in New Mexico: Iemez, Dulce. Cuba, Seboyeta, Thoreau, Santo Domingo, and Bent-Mesealero, most of which have predominantly Indian enroll- ment. The project has four field studies now in prog- ress under the direction of Dri Miles V. Ziutz 0f the Department of Education. The four studies include the teaching of oral English in kinder garten, under the direction of LeRoy Candie; the teaching of third grade arithmetic, under the direction of Hitoshi Ikeda; elementary seie'lee C011- eepts and Cultural differences, under the direction of Carol Charles; and the teaching of reading in the fifth grade under the direction of Miles V. Zintz. Activities in the study include periodic testing of pupils to determine the success of suggested teaching methods, and observation of classes. A Elm library of 100 tihiistrips is provided by the study and each hhiistrip has circulated through the participating schools. 'l'he library is made up of both educational films for the upper grades and more elementary films, such as fairy tales, which Can be understood and discussed by ehildren of limited English vocabulary in the lower grades. Monthly workshops for collaborating teachers and field study directors were initiated in Septem- ber of 1959 at the University at which teaching methods and common problems were discussed. The speaker at the March workshop was Dr. Florence Schroeder of the University Home Eee- nomies department, who recently completed her doctoral dissertation on HPre-Sehool Child Rearing Practices in 3 Rio Grande Pueblo. Tentative test results have shown iiiiprm'ement in 811 areas being studied. Also working on the cancer research project is Duane Aldous.
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