Faculty members have elected nine faculty to represent them on the University Faculty Committee, a standing committee that provides a liaison between the new Faculty Senate and the university administration.
A total of 701 faculty members, or about half of those eligible, voted by mail for the body that will act as an executive committee for the senate. The senate is the new governing body for the university faculty, having replaced the Faculty Council of Representatives in January. Ballots were counted Feb. 21, and the faculty committee's first meeting was Feb. 27.
The following faculty were elected:
·John M. Abowd, professor of labor economics and chair, Department of Labor Economics, ILR School
·Frederick M. Ahl, professor of classics, College of Arts and Sciences
·Joan Jacobs Brumberg, professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Human Ecology, and the Women's Studies Program
·S. Gordon Campbell, professor of microbiology and director of international programs, College of Veterinary Medicine
·Elizabeth D. Earle, professor and chair, Department of Plant Breeding and Biometry, Agriculture and Life Sciences
·N. David Mermin, Horace White Professor of Physics, Arts and Sciences
·Mary Beth Norton, Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History, Arts and Sciences
·Benjamin Widom, Goldwin Smith Professor of Chemistry, Arts and Sciences
·David B. Wilson, professor of biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, Arts and Sciences