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The Faculty Council on Retirement, Insurance & Benefits (FCRIB) is responsible for “all matters of policy relating to faculty retirement, insurance and benefitsâ€� (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Handbook, Vol II, and Sec 42-44).

The manager of a multi-million dollar research program for the Office of Naval Research and an expert on using sound energy to “see” inside the world’s oceans has been named director of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Applied Physics Laboratory, a center for research and teaching that last fiscal year brought in $43 million in grants and contracts.

An analysis of clinical trials involving more than 192,000 patients with hypertension shows that low-dose diuretics are more effective at preventing cardiovascular health problems than any other blood-pressure medication, according to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers and colleagues.

Atmospheric aerosols, airborne particles that reflect the sun’s heat away from Earth and into space, are in air pollution, in plumes of smoke from forest fires and in ash clouds from erupting volcanoes. A new study says the cooling effect of man-made aerosols could throw a monkey wrench into the current understanding of climate change.

The manager of a multi-million dollar research program for the Office of Naval Research and an expert on using sound energy to “seeâ€� inside the world’s oceans has been named director of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s Applied Physics Laboratory, a center for research and teaching that last fiscal year brought in $43 million in grants and contracts.

HUMANITIES FELLOW: Jordanna Bailkin, assistant professor of history, is one of 41 Fellows of the National Humanities Center for 2003-2004.

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