Cancer claims chemistry professor
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determined and enthusiastic indi
vidual” who constantly talked of
new research and teaching until
four weeks ago.
The university awarded Gupta
the first W.W. Marshall
Professorship of Biotechnology in
honor of his contributions to the
university and research in his field,
Weeks said.
In 1972, Gupta made his first
breakthrough discovery of protein
eIF-2, another protein needed to
begin protein synthesis.
Prior to joining the university,
Gupta was a member of a research
group headed by H.G. Khorana at
the Institute for Enzyme Research
in Madison, Wis. Khorana later won
the Nobel Prize in 1968 for his work
in discovering the genetic code.
Gupta, a native of India, earned
his bachelor’s and master’s degrees
from the University of Calcutta and
earned a doctorate from the
University of Michigan.
He was recently honored as a
distinguished alumnus by the
University of Calcutta, and he still
financially supported a number of
libraries in India.
He received the NU Outstanding
Research and Creative Activity
Award in 1983.
Gupta is survived by his wife,
Shukla Mukheijee.
Parkhurst said a memorial ser
vice will be held for Gupta on Sept.
26 in the chemistry department for
department members only.
Students learn healthy weight control
By Sarah Baker
Assignment Reporter
The University Health Center
wants to teach students how to be
healthy from the inside out.
Active Weigh, a class which is
offered to all students and faculty,
helps its members learn techniques
to be healthier, said instructor Karen
Miller, a dietitian and medical nutri
tion therapist.
“Participants in the class learn
weight management techniques,”
Miller said. “It’s not necessarily a
weight loss program.”
Through the class, members
have the opportunity to weigh in, lis
ten to presentations and participate
in discussions.
Topics include good nutrition,
exercise, behavior modification,
body image, fad diets and other
weight-related subjects.
The 10-week class began
Monday, and runs from 12:10 p.m. to
12:50 p.m. in the health center.
The only requirements to enroll
are a medical evaluation and proof of
either being a UNL student or facul
ty member. The cost is $30 for stu
dents and $35 for faculty and staff.
Carol Ash, communications
coordinator at the health center, said
the class is a part of Well Worth It,
the university wellness program.
“There are a lot of people on
campus who are interested in better
ment of their health. This class fits
into the program,” Ash said.
Miller said that in the past two
years, numbers for the class have
been extremely low.
“Last year we had four partici
pants, and we only have two people
enrolled right now,” Miller said.
She didn’t know why the num
bers seemed to be decreasing, but
she said the class won’t be canceled.
She will allow interested people
to continue to enroll throughout the
first week of the class, she said.
The class success rate is not mea
sured in the amount of weight the
participants lose, Miller said.
“It depends on how you rate suc
cess,” Miller said. “If participants
leave knowing how to be healthier,
that is success.”
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students also signed up to join the open-membership Student Impact Team. SITs first meeting
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