Recognizing Matt Gray for his recently published research on amphibian ranaviruses.

Joshua Fu, associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been appointed as an international adviser by the Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center. He is assisting the agency to establish an air quality forecasting system to provide hourly and daily status updates during the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, China.

Chris Cherry, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, recently participated in the Asian Development Bank SUMA (Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia) Summit in New Delhi, India. He presented the results of two studies, “Electric Bikes in the People’s Republic of China: Impact on the Environment and Prospects for Growth” and “Electric Two-Wheelers in India and Viet Nam: Market Analysis and Environmental Impacts.”

An architectural concept from the 1930s gets an environmentally friendly facelift.

Daniel Simberloff, professor of environmental science, was quoted in a recent Associated Press article titled “Predators Battle Bugs, Become Pests Themselves.”