D. Kamili Anderson, director, Howard University Press, is featured in the October issue of ESSENCE in an article about “Hooked on Gadgets.” Anderson, highlighted with her granddaughter, discusses how high-tech tools enhance her personal and professional lives.

Professor Gary L. Harris, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and associate director of Materials Science Research Center of Excellence, has been named one of the “50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science” by BlackEngineer.com. It is a technology news and information source reaching 120,000 readers in the U.S., U.K., Caribbean and Africa. To view, visit http://www.blackengineer.com/artman/publish/article_283.shtml.

Ebony Jackson, program associate, Department of Alumni Relations, was spotlighted in the Thursday, Oct. 14, edition of the Washington Post’s “Hot Off the Wire” column for her unclassified genre of music. Having released her first CD last year, “How Can U Love Me,” Jackson has been a regular performer throughout the D.C.-Maryland area singing her brand of music that fuses Christian lyrics with neo-soul, R&B and jazz sounds.

Professor Winnie Owens-Hart, Department of Art, was among the featured artists at the the Margaret W. Joseph L. Fisher Art Gallery in the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall & Arts Center of Northern Virginia Community College–Alexandria. Her ceramics exhibit, “The Vessel Within,” closed on Oct. 29. The gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Associate Professor Gwendolyn W. Pla, Department of Nutritional Sciences, was elected to the American College of Nutrition (ACN) Board of Directors at the annual meeting in Long Beach, California, on Oct. 2. Established in 1959, the ACN seeks to promote scientific endeavor in the field of nutritional sciences.

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