CAMPUS NOTES

UCSB employees can now create a plastic photo-identity card that also functions as a debit card and a library card. The debit function, which is part of the Access system, is not required. However, if employee identification is important to you, note that paper identity cards were discontinued on July 1. To receive a new card, free of charge, visit the UCen Information Desk on the main level between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. A brochure that lists the conditions for Access is also available.

Theodore “Ted” Bergstrom, professor of economics, has been recognized by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) for the journal pricing information he and his biologist son, Carl, have gathered for their academic peers and the online public. The father-son team was named to the ranks of SPARC Innovators.

George Legrady, professor of art, left, and Marcos Novak, professor of media arts and technology, were separately selected to be among 14 international artists to have their works displayed through August in the prestigious Rotunda Gallery of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.

Melvyn I. Semmel, professor emeritus of education, has been named the 2007 Peabody College Distinguished Alumnus at Vanderbilt University. He was the founder and leader (from 1978 until 1994) of what is now the special education, disability, and risk emphasis in the Department of Education at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education.

Jati Sengupta, professor of economics, examines the role of innovation and modern technology in global industrial growth in a new book, “Dynamics of Entry and Market Evolution” (Palgrave-Macmillan, London, 2007).

Atsuko Hayashi, a former Japanese language lecturer in the East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies Department, died on June 18 in Long Beach, Calif. Born in Takasaki-shi, Gunma Prefecture, she worked at UCSB from 1998–1999 and 2002–2005 before accepting an assistant professorship at CSU Long Beach. She is survived by her mother, Toshie Hayashi, and a sister, Sumiko, who live in Japan.

Phyllis B. Plous, former chief curator for the University Art Museum, died on June 21 in Vancouver, Wash., of a heart attack. The Green Bay, Wisc., native was 81. A long-time devotee of art and Santa Barbara, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Plous. She is survived by a son, David, a sister, and three grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Harold J. Plous Award at UCSB.