news & notes
One of the top swim-mers in TU history, Budner
qualified for the Olympic
Trials in the 400-meter
year nearly 40 tons of food
waste from TU dining halls
went to local landfills.
TU’s composting program
provides an added bonus.
For every ton of food
Budner qualified
for three events.
Golden qualified
for two.
research projects at ARL
laboratories while TU
faculty can participate in
summer sabbaticals. The
program also provides
equipment loans or the
use of ARL labs by TU
researchers.
“I believe [the partner-ship] will provide tremendous research opportunities
for our faculty and students,
while at the same time
helping the lab advance
their time-sensitive, real-world research needs,” says
Robert Hammell, a retired
lieutenant colonel from
ARL who is now associate
chair of TU’s Department of
Computer and Information
Sciences.
year 2010 was approximately $3.4 million, an
increase of 81 percent over
the approximately $1.9
million awarded in fiscal
year 2009.
Federal funding jumped
from approximately $3
million in 2009 to just over
$4.6 million in 2010.
The money supported
basic research, community outreach and teacher
professional development.
Projects included preparing more nurses for service
in the state of Maryland,
providing educational
and other services to
Baltimore’s Cherry Hill
neighborhood and developing educational programs
for those affected by Base
Realignment and Closure
(BRAC) in Maryland, as
well as studies on eating
disorders and climate.
A composting
bag is picked
up three times a
week by Waste
Neutral Group.
freestyle, the 200-meter
individual medley and
the 400-meter individual
medley after participating
in the U.S. Long Course
Nationals this summer. A
three-year letter winner for
the Tigers, Golden qualified
for the Olympic Trials in the
800-meter freestyle and
the 200-meter butterfly.
“Both Meredith and
Brooke should take pride
in knowing their hard work
has culminated in this
tremendous honor,” says
Towson Coach Pat Mead.
Best Value
Towson University made
Kiplinger’s Personal
Finance top-100 list of
best values in public colleges. Towson ranked 78th,
a 19-point improvement
from last year. The annual
list is a ranking of four-year
institutions that deliver a
stellar education at an
affordable price. The list
appears in Kiplinger’s
February 2011 issue in
print and online at www.
kiplinger.com/tools/colleges.
Partners in Research
Towson University and
the Army Research Lab
(ARL) have formed a partnership that will enhance
education and research
in science, mathematics,
engineering and technology. Students will benefit
from internships and
Funding Record
TU received its largest
amount ever, recording
$30 million from state,
federal and local government agencies, and private
corporations and foundations in fiscal year 2010.
Total funding for
research projects in fiscal
Waste Not
At Newell Dining Hall,
leftovers are getting new
life since a composting program began in September.
Uneaten food no longer
gets chucked into a dump-ster but instead is put into
a composting bag that is
picked up three times a
week by Waste Neutral
Group, a local firm.
It’s a simple process
that reduces what goes
into landfills. Food scraps
account for some 13
percent, or 32 million tons,
of the total garbage
generated nationwide,
according to the Environ-
mental Protection Agency.
Chartwells, TU’s dining
service, estimates that last
waste collected, Waste
Neutral will provide the
university with 40 pounds
of compost for use in
campus landscaping.
5 WINTER 2011 towson
