Veritas, Vol. 29, No. 01, October 1988

              OCTOBER 1988 VOL. 29 NO. 1
FOR THE FACULTY AND STAFF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
...And all our ships at sea
by Rosemary Sullivant
Venezuela, the Bahamas, and the tropical Atlantic will be the destinations for the UM’s research vessel Columbus Iselin this fall semester The ORV Columbus Iselin is owned and operated by the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. It is one of the 31 ships in the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet supported by the National Science Foundation.
The Iselin spends between 220 and 240 days at sea each year.
“Our schedule for 1989 is one of the busiest for any UNOLS vessel,” says Ron Hutchinson, manager, marine operations. “Because the Iselin is capable of multidisciplinary cruises, it is a valuable ship for researchers from many different fields. We can take biologists, chemists and physical oceanographers, and they can all work in concert.”
In August, the Iselin will be in the Bahamas with principal investigator Samuel Gruber, professor, biology and living resources. He is studying a species of shark that has adapted to living in a particular kind of muddy water in the shallows near Bimini. Gruber will be back on the Iselin in October to study shark behavior in shallow' water off Key West. Both cruises are sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
In September and October; the Iselin returns to the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela, where it
spent this past April. Principal investigators are Rod Zika, professor; marine and atmospheric chemistry; Oliver Zafirion, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute; and Kenneth Moppet; professor; marine and atmospheric chemistry. They are continuing work on SOLARS, Studies of Light Activated Reactions in the Sea. About 40 scientists from more than ten universities are involved in this study in the waters of the Orinoco outflow and the Caribbean. The four-year-old SOLARS project is sponsored by the Office of Navy Research.
In November, Professor Ed Carpenter; a biological oceanographer from the State University of New \brk, Stony Brook, is principal investigator for a cruise in the tropical Atlantic. He will head a scientific party of 16, studying the physiology and ecology of nitrogen fixation by marine planktonic microorganisms.
The Iselin is the largest of the University’s two research vessels. Designed and built in 1972 as a general purpose, full-ocean research vessel, the Iselin is 169 feet long and 35 feet across the beam. It operates with a crew of 12 and has berthing for 24 scientists.
The smaller RV Calanus is designed for operations in the Bahamas and the Florida Keys. The 67-foot Calanus has a 20-foot beam and an operating draft (depth) of five feet. A wet lab was added to the back of the deckhouse this past year; along with other improvements. The Calanus operates with a crew of two and has berthing for six scientists.
“300,000 ways to say thanks”—this year’s United Way campaign theme
“Three hundred thousand ways to say thanks!” is the University of Miami’s 1988 United Way Campaign theme. This year’s goal, $300,000, up 10 percent from 1987, is our way of thanking the community for supporting UM—$409 million to date in the ongoing Campaign for the University of Miami.
Vice President for Business and Finance David A. Lieberman, campaign coordinator; and Vice Provost Paul L. Sugrue, coordinator-designate for the 1989 campaign, together with members of the Campaign Steering Committee, will be attending meetings of schools, colleges, and major administrative units to get the campaign started.
The committee believes we can beat the goal, if every officer; dean, coordinator; and solicitor gets across the message as to what United Way does for our community Tbuth, the elderly, and those in need of social services, just to name a few, are helped by United Wry. The story is well told on film, and everyone in the University will have the opportunity' to see it.
“Payroll deduction is the easiest way to give,” says Lieberman, who has been contributing to United Way through payroll deduction for 31 years. “Ten dollars per bi-weekly pay period is something most of us ought to be able to put back into the community; and we won’t even miss it”
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Reminder: Open Enrollment Period begins October 17
The Open Enrollment and Transfer Period for 1988 will begin October 17 and continue through November 18. Look at the chart below' for the scheduled times and locations for these meetings on your campus.
CORAL GABLES CAMPUS
University Center, Flamingo Ballroom Wednesday; October 19	900 — 1100 am.
Friday; October 21	900 — 1100 am.
Wednesday; October 26	900 — 1100 am.
University Center, International Lounge Tuesday, November 1	900 — 1100 am.
Friday; November 4	900 — 1100 am.
Physical Plant Conference Room, 1535 Levante Avenue
Wednesday; November 2	9:30 — 11:30 am.
MEDICAL CENTER CAMPUS
Mailman Center Auditorium Monday, October 24	9:30 — 11:30 am.
Monday; October 31	9:30 — 11:30 am.
Tuesday; November 1	1:30 — 3:30 pm.
Wednesday; November 2	1:30 — 3*30 pm.